Richard Briers

Biography

Richard David Briers, CBE (14 January 1934 – 17 February 2013) 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
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Personal Info

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29859

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

1

Gender

Male

Birthday

1934-01-14

Place of Birth

Raynes Park, Surrey, England, UK

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    Mary Shelley's Frankenstein

    Mary Shelley

    Hamlet

    Hamlet

    Watership Down

    Watership Do

    Much Ado About Nothing

    Much Ado Abo

    In the Bleak Midwinter

    In the Bleak

    Fathom

    Fathom

    Love's Labour's Lost

    Love's Labou

    It's Your Move

    It's Your Mo

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    Heavy Weathe

    Cockneys vs Zombies

    Cockneys vs

    The Bargee

    The Bargee

    Run For Your Wife

    Run For Your

    Rentadick

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    The Funny Bl

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    Great

    A Matter of WHO

    A Matter of

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    Twelfth Nigh

    Peter Pan

    Peter Pan

    Girls at Sea

    Girls at Sea

    All the Way Up

    All the Way

    The Four Musketeers

    The Four Mus

    The Three Musketeers

    The Three Mu

    The Good Life: Secret & Scandals

    The Good Lif

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    Roobarb and

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    All in Good

    A Chorus of Disapproval

    A Chorus of

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    The Aerodrom

    Murder She Said

    Murder She S

    Mouse and Mole at Christmas Time

    Mouse and Mo

    Doctor in Distress

    Doctor in Di

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    Mole's Chris

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    The Student

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    Dad

    Peter's Friends

    Peter's Frie

    Henry V

    Henry V

    Bottoms Up!

    Bottoms Up!

    Peter Kay's Animated All Star Band: The Official BBC Children in Need Medley

    Peter Kay's

    National Theatre Live: London Assurance

    National The

    British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves

    British Sitc

    Spice World

    Spice World

    As You Like It

    As You Like

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    A Small Mira

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    Skallagrigg

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    Our Flesh an

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    The Adventur

    A Home of Your Own

    A Home of Yo

    Unconditional Love

    Unconditiona

    The Girl on the Boat

    The Girl on

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    All About Th

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    P.Q. 17

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    The Adventur

    Doctor Who: Paradise Towers

    Doctor Who:

    Victoria & Albert

    Victoria & A

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    Frances the

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    Horror on th

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    Bob the Buil

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    The Good Life: Inside Out

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    2022

    The Good Life: Secret & Scandals

    as(archive footage)

    2017

    Roobarb and Custard: The Complete Collection

    asNarrator, Roobarb, Custard / lot of characters. (uncredited)

    2016

    British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves

    asActing Role (archive footage) (uncredited)

    2013

    Mouse and Mole at Christmas Time

    asMouse (voice)

    2012

    Cockneys vs Zombies

    asHamish

    2012

    Run For Your Wife

    asNewspaper Seller

    2011

    Horror on the High Rise

    as

    2010

    All About The Good Life

    as

    2010

    National Theatre Live: London Assurance

    asMr. Adolphus Spanker

    2009

    Peter Kay's Animated All Star Band: The Official BBC Children in Need Medley

    asRoobarb/Custard (voice)

    2006

    As You Like It

    asAdam

    2005

    Our Hidden Lives

    asHerbert Brush

    2005

    The Funny Blokes of British Comedy

    asHimself

    2005

    Dad

    asLarry James

    2003

    Peter Pan

    asSam "Smee" Smiegel

    2003

    Bob the Builder: The Knights of Fix-A-Lot

    asRobert (voice)

    2002

    Unconditional Love

    asBarry Moore

    2001

    Victoria & Albert

    asJoseph Paxton

    2000

    Love's Labour's Lost

    asSir Nathaniel

    1998

    The Student Prince

    asDr. Corbitt

    1997

    Spice World

    asBishop

    1996

    Hamlet

    asPolonius

    1996

    The Adventures of Toad

    asRat

    1995

    Heavy Weather

    asThe Hon. Galahad Threepwood

    1995

    The Adventures of Mole

    asRat

    1995

    In the Bleak Midwinter

    asHenry

    1994

    Mole's Christmas

    asRat

    1994

    Mary Shelley's Frankenstein

    asGrandfather

    1994

    Skallagrigg

    asOld Arthur/George

    1994

    Frances the Firefly

    asNarrator (voice)

    1993

    Much Ado About Nothing

    asSignor Leonato

    1992

    Peter's Friends

    asLord Morton

    1992

    Swan Song

    asNikita

    1989

    Henry V

    asLieutenant Bardolph

    1989

    A Chorus of Disapproval

    asTed Washbrook

    1988

    Twelfth Night, or What You Will

    asMalvolio

    1988

    Children's Favourites - Volume 1

    asAlias (voice)

    1987

    Doctor Who: Paradise Towers

    asThe Chief Caretaker

    1983

    The Aerodrome

    asThe Rector

    1983

    Arms and the Man

    asBluntschli

    1982

    It's Your Move

    asThe Husband

    1981

    P.Q. 17

    asJack Broome

    1979

    Village Wooing

    asA

    1978

    Watership Down

    asFiver (voice)

    1977

    Our Flesh and Blood

    asMr. Smythe

    1976

    A Small Miracle

    asHimself - Commentator

    1975

    Great

    asIsambard Kingdom Brunel

    1974

    The Four Musketeers

    asLouis XIII (voice) (uncredited)

    1973

    The Three Musketeers

    asLouis XIII (voice)

    1972

    Rentadick

    asMiles Gannet

    1970

    All the Way Up

    asNigel Hadfield

    1967

    Fathom

    asFlight Lt. Timothy Webb

    1964

    A Home of Your Own

    asThe Husband

    1964

    The Bargee

    asTomkins

    1964

    All in Good Time

    asThe Young Husband

    1963

    Doctor in Distress

    asMedical Student (uncredited)

    1962

    The Girl on the Boat

    asEustace Hignett

    1961

    A Matter of WHO

    asJamieson

    1961

    Murder She Said

    as'Mrs Binster'

    1960

    Bottoms Up!

    asColbourne

    1958

    Girls at Sea

    as'Popeye' Lewis

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