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Richard Briers
Actor
Born January 14, 1934Died February 17, 2013 (79 years)
Richard David Briers, CBE was an English actor. His fifty-year career encompassed television, stage, film and radio.
Briers first came to prominence as George Starling in Marriage Lines (1961–66), but it was a decade later, when he narrated Roobarb and Noah and Nelly in... SkylArk (1974–76) and when he played Tom Good in the BBC sitcom The Good Life (1975–78), that he became a household name. Later, he starred as Martin in Ever Decreasing Circles (1984–89), and he had a leading role as Hector in Monarch of the Glen (2000–05). From the late 1980s, with Kenneth Branagh as director, he performed Shakespearean roles in Henry V (1989), Much Ado About Nothing (1993), Hamlet (1996), and As You Like It (2006).
Briers first came to prominence as George Starling in Marriage Lines (1961–66), but it was a decade later, when he narrated Roobarb and Noah and Nelly in... SkylArk (1974–76) and when he played Tom Good in the BBC sitcom The Good Life (1975–78), that he became a household name. Later, he starred as Martin in Ever Decreasing Circles (1984–89), and he had a leading role as Hector in Monarch of the Glen (2000–05). From the late 1980s, with Kenneth Branagh as director, he performed Shakespearean roles in Henry V (1989), Much Ado About Nothing (1993), Hamlet (1996), and As You Like It (2006).
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Filmography
| 2023 | One Foot in the Grave: 30 Years of Laughs · as Tom Good |
| 2022 | Midsomer Murders: 25 Years of Mayhem · as Stephen Wentworth |
| 2017 | Roobarb and Custard: The Complete Collection · as Narrator, Roobarb, Custard / Lot Of Characters. (uncredited) |
| 2013 | Mouse and Mole at Christmas Time · as Mouse (voice) |
| 2012 | Cockneys vs Zombies · as Hamish |
| 2012 | Run for Your Wife · as Newspaper Seller |
| 2011 | The Only One Who Knows You're Afraid · as Narrator |
| 2011 | Sonnet 155 · as Performer |
| 2010 | National Theatre Live: London Assurance · as Mr. Adolphus Spanker |
| 2009 | Peter Kay's Animated All Star Band: The Official BBC Children in Need Medley · as Roobarb/custard (voice) |
| 2008 | Bob the Builder: Race to the Finish · as Robert |
| 2008 | Little Whispers · as Stranger |
| 2007 | Bob the Builder: Scrambler to the Rescue · as Robert |
| 2007 | A Bucket O' French and Saunders (TV Series) |
| 2007 | Kingdom (TV Series) · as Jim Wright |
| 2006 | Torchwood (TV Series) · as Parker |
| 2006 | As You Like It · as Adam |
| 2005 | Our Hidden Lives · as Herbert Brush |
| 2005 | Roobarb and Custard Too (TV Series) · as Narrator |
| 2005 | Dad · as Larry James |
| 2005 | Bob the Builder: Chip Off the Old Block · as Robert |
| 2004 | Bob the Builder: When Bob Became a Builder · as Robert |
| 2004 | Agatha Christie's Marple (TV Series) · as Wilson |
| 2003 | Peter Pan · as Smee |
| 2003 | Comedy Connections (TV Series) |
| 2003 | More Great Comedy Moments · as Martin Bryce |
| 2003 | Bob the Builder: The Knights of Fix-A-Lot · as Robert |
| 2003 | New Tricks (TV Series) · as James Farlow |
| 2002 | Top Gear (TV Series) · as Sat Nav |
| 2002 | Unconditional Love · as Barry Moore |
| 2001 | Victoria & Albert · as Joseph Paxton |
| 2001 | Victoria & Albert (TV Series) · as Joseph Paxton |
| 2000 | I Love the '70s (UK) (TV Series) · as Narrator |
| 2000 | Love's Labour's Lost · as Sir Nathaniel |
| 2000 | Doctors (TV Series) · as Jack Roberts |
| 2000 | Monarch of the Glen (TV Series) · as Hector Macdonald |
| 1999 | The Nearly Complete and Utter History of Everything · as Highway Robbery Victim |
| 1999 | Watership Down (TV Series) · as Broom |
| 1999 | Holby City (TV Series) · as George Woodman |
| 1998 | A Respectable Trade (TV Series) · as Sir Charles Fairley |
| 1997 | Spice World · as Bishop |
| 1997 | The Prince of Hearts · as Dr. Corbitt |
| 1997 | Bob the Builder (TV Series) · as Robert |
| 1997 | Midsomer Murders (TV Series) · as Stephen Wentworth |
| 1997 | Brass Eye (TV Series) |
| 1996 | |
| 1996 | The Adventures of Toad · as Rat |
| 1995 | Heavy Weather · as The Hon. Galahad Threepwood |
| 1995 | The Adventures of Mole · as Rat |
| 1995 | A Midwinter's Tale · as Henry |
| 1995 | Down to Earth (1995) (TV Series) |
| 1994 | Mole's Christmas · as Rat |
| 1994 | Mary Shelley's Frankenstein · as Grandfather |
| 1993 | If You See God, Tell Him (TV Series) · as Godfrey Spry |
| 1993 | Much Ado About Nothing · as Signor Leonato |
| 1992 | Peter's Friends · as Lord Morton |
| 1990 | |
| 1989 | Henry V · as Lieutenant Bardolph |
| 1989 | A Chorus of Disapproval · as Ted Washbrook |
| 1988 | Twelfth Night, or What You Will · as Malvolio |
| 1987 | Inspector Morse (TV Series) · as Sir Clixby Bream |
| 1986 | Lovejoy (TV Series) · as Raymond Doncaster |
| 1985 | All in Good Faith (TV Series) |
| 1985 | Alias the Jester (TV Series) · as Alias |
| 1984 | Screen Two (TV Series) · as Old Arthur/george |
| 1984 | Ever Decreasing Circles (TV Series) |
| 1983 | Natural World (TV Series) |
| 1982 | It's Your Move · as The Husband |
| 1979 | Minder (TV Series) · as Col. Caplan |
| 1979 | Tales of the Unexpected (TV Series) · as Albert Dobson |
| 1978 | Watership Down · as Fiver (voice) |
| 1977 | The Other One (TV Series) · as Ralph Tanner |
| 1977 | The Norman Conquests (TV Series) · as Reg |
| 1977 | The Galton & Simpson Playhouse (TV Series) |
| 1977 | The Galton and Simpson Playhouse (TV Series) · as Henry Fairlane |
| 1975 | The Good Life (1975) (TV Series) · as Tom Good |
| 1975 | Noddy (TV Series) · as Narrator |
| 1975 | Great (Isambard Kingdom Brunel) · as Isambard Kingdom Brunel |
| 1974 | The Four Musketeers: Milady's Revenge · as Louis Xiii (voice) (uncredited) |
| 1974 | Roobarb (TV Series) |
| 1973 | The Three Musketeers · as Louis Xiii (voice) |
| 1972 | |
| 1970 | The Goodies (TV Series) |
| 1970 | Play for Today (TV Series) · as Mr. Smythe |
| 1970 | All the Way Up · as Nigel Hadfield |
| 1969 | It's Tommy Cooper (TV Series) · as Guest |
| 1969 | ITV Saturday Night Theatre (TV Series) · as Ronald |
| 1968 | The Morecambe and Wise Show (TV Series) · as Theatre Patron |
| 1967 | ITV Playhouse (TV Series) · as A |
| 1967 | Fathom · as Flight Lt. Timothy Webb |
| 1967 | NBC Experiment in Television (TV Series) · as (voice) |
| 1965 | Jackanory (TV Series) · as Storyteller |
| 1965 | Play of the Month (TV Series) · as Sandy Tyrell |
| 1964 | A Home of Your Own · as The Husband |
| 1964 | Theatre 625 (TV Series) · as David Prentice |
| 1964 | The Bargee · as Tomkins |
| 1963 | Doctor Who (TV Series) · as Chief Caretaker |
| 1963 | The V.I.P.s · as Met. Official |
| 1963 | Doctor in Distress · as Medical Student (uncredited) |
| 1962 | The Girl on the Boat · as Eustace Hignett |
| 1961 | A Matter of WHO · as Jamieson |
| 1961 | Murder She Said · as 'mrs Binster' |
| 1961 | Survival (TV Series) · as Narrator |
| 1960 | Bottoms Up · as Colbourne |
| 1960 | BBC Sunday-Night Play (TV Series) · as Edward Kinnerton |
| 1958 | Girls at Sea · as 'popeye' Lewis |
| 1956 | Armchair Theatre (TV Series) · as Stanley Frelaine |
| 1955 | ITV Play of the Week (TV Series) · as Bombardier Owen |
| 1955 | ITV Television Playhouse (TV Series) · as Charlie Wilson |
| 1955 | Dixon of Dock Green (TV Series) · as Ken Tracey |