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Richard Briers

Richard Briers

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 (19

Born

Jan 14, 1934

Raynes Park, Surrey, England, UK

Died

Feb 17, 2013

Known For

Acting

Movies

63 acting

0 crew

Popularity

0.7

Known For

Peter Pan
Peter Pan
2003 as Sam "Smee" Smiegel
★ 7.1
Much Ado About Nothing
Much Ado About Nothing
1993 as Signor Leonato
★ 6.9
Mary Shelley's Frankenstein
Mary Shelley's Frankenstein
1994 as Grandfather
★ 6.4
Hamlet
Hamlet
1996 as Polonius
★ 7.3
The Three Musketeers
The Three Musketeers
1973 as Louis XIII (voice)
★ 6.8
Murder She Said
Murder She Said
1961 as 'Mrs Binster'
★ 7.3
The Four Musketeers
The Four Musketeers
1974 as Louis XIII (voice) (uncredited)
★ 6.4
Henry V
Henry V
1989 as Lieutenant Bardolph
★ 7.1
Watership Down
Watership Down
1978 as Fiver (voice)
★ 7.2
Peter's Friends
Peter's Friends
1992 as Lord Morton
★ 6.6
Spice World
Spice World
1997 as Bishop
★ 4.9
Cockneys vs Zombies
Cockneys vs Zombies
2012 as Hamish
★ 5.7
In the Bleak Midwinter
In the Bleak Midwinter
1995 as Henry
★ 7.1
Love's Labour's Lost
Love's Labour's Lost
2000 as Sir Nathaniel
★ 5.5
Fathom
Fathom
1967 as Flight Lt. Timothy Webb
★ 5.9
Unconditional Love
Unconditional Love
2002 as Barry Moore
★ 5.9
Doctor in Distress
Doctor in Distress
1963 as Medical Student (uncredited)
★ 6.2
A Chorus of Disapproval
A Chorus of Disapproval
1989 as Ted Washbrook
★ 5.3
As You Like It
As You Like It
2006 as Adam
★ 5.7
Run For Your Wife
Run For Your Wife
2012 as Newspaper Seller
★ 4.4
Victoria & Albert
Victoria & Albert
2001 as Joseph Paxton
★ 7.6
National Theatre Live: London Assurance
National Theatre Live: London Assurance
2010 as Mr. Adolphus Spanker
★ 7.0
Bob the Builder: The Knights of Can-A-Lot
★ 6.3
movie
★ 6.0
British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves
British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves
2016 as Acting Role (archive footage) (uncredited)
★ 5.7
Girls at Sea
Girls at Sea
1958 as 'Popeye' Lewis
★ 6.0
The Adventures of Mole
The Adventures of Mole
1995 as Rat
★ 6.0
The Bargee
The Bargee
1964 as Tomkins
★ 6.9
Heavy Weather
Heavy Weather
1995 as The Hon. Galahad Threepwood
★ 7.5
movie
Swan Song
1992 as Nikita
★ 6.8
Bottoms Up!
Bottoms Up!
1960 as Colbourne
★ 6.4
Rentadick
Rentadick
1972 as Miles Gannet
★ 3.8
Dad
Dad
2005 as Larry James
★ 10.0
The Girl on the Boat
The Girl on the Boat
1962 as Eustace Hignett
★ 5.6
A Home of Your Own
A Home of Your Own
1964 as The Husband
★ 6.0
Twelfth Night, or What You Will
★ 6.9
Doctor Who: Paradise Towers
Doctor Who: Paradise Towers
1987 as The Chief Caretaker
★ 6.5
A Matter of WHO
A Matter of WHO
1961 as Jamieson
★ 6.2
The Adventures of Toad
The Adventures of Toad
1996 as Rat
All the Way Up
All the Way Up
1970 as Nigel Hadfield
★ 6.0
Skallagrigg
Skallagrigg
1994 as Old Arthur/George
★ 1.0
P.Q. 17
P.Q. 17
1981 as Jack Broome
The Student Prince
The Student Prince
1998 as Dr. Corbitt
★ 4.3
Our Flesh and Blood
Our Flesh and Blood
1977 as Mr. Smythe
The Aerodrome
The Aerodrome
1983 as The Rector
★ 7.0
It's Your Move
It's Your Move
1982 as The Husband
★ 8.0
Mouse and Mole at Christmas Time
Mouse and Mole at Christmas Time
2013 as Mouse (voice)
★ 6.0
movie
Our Hidden Lives
2005 as Herbert Brush
★ 3.3
Mole's Christmas
Mole's Christmas
1994 as Rat
★ 4.8
The Good Life: Secret & Scandals
The Good Life: Secret & Scandals
2022 as (archive footage)
★ 7.0
movie
Arms and the Man
1983 as Bluntschli
Great
Great
1975 as Isambard Kingdom Brunel
★ 5.6
All in Good Time
All in Good Time
1964 as The Young Husband
A Small Miracle
A Small Miracle
1976 as Himself - Commentator
movie
Children's Favourites - Volume 1
1988 as Alias (voice)
movie
Village Wooing
1979 as A
Roobarb and Custard: The Complete Collection
Roobarb and Custard: The Complete Collection
2017 as Narrator, Roobarb, Custard / lot of characters. (uncredited)
Frances the Firefly
Frances the Firefly
1994 as Narrator (voice)