Richard Briers

Richard Briers

Birthday: January 14, 1934 in Raynes Park, Surrey, England, UK
Deathday: February 17, 2013
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 whe...n 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).
The Good Life: Secret & Scandals

The Good Life: Secret & Scandals

Movie | 2022
(archive footage)
Roobarb and Custard: The Complete Collection

Roobarb and Custard: The Complete Collection

Movie | 2017
Narrator, Roobarb, Custard / lot of characters. (uncredited)
British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves

British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves

Movie | 2016
Acting Role (archive footage) (uncredited)
Mouse and Mole at Christmas Time

Mouse and Mole at Christmas Time

Movie | 2013
Mouse (voice)
Cockneys vs Zombies

Cockneys vs Zombies

Movie | 2012
Hamish
Run For Your Wife

Run For Your Wife

Movie | 2012
Newspaper Seller
Horror on the High Rise

Horror on the High Rise

Movie | 2011
National Theatre Live: London Assurance

National Theatre Live: London Assurance

Movie | 2010
Mr. Adolphus Spanker
All About The Good Life

All About The Good Life

Movie | 2010
Agatha Christie's Marple

Agatha Christie's Marple

TV | 2010
Wilson
One Episode
Peter Kay's Animated All Star Band: The Official BBC Children in Need Medley

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

Movie | 2009
Roobarb/Custard (voice)
Torchwood

Torchwood

TV | 2008
Parker
One Episode
Kingdom

Kingdom

TV | 2008
Jim Wright
One Episode
That's What I Call Television

That's What I Call Television

TV | 2007
Self
One Episode
A Bucket O' French and Saunders

A Bucket O' French and Saunders

TV | 2007
One Episode
As You Like It

As You Like It

Movie | 2006
Adam
Comedy Connections

Comedy Connections

TV | 2006
One Episode
New Tricks

New Tricks

TV | 2006
James Farlow
One Episode
My Appalling School Report

My Appalling School Report

TV | 2006
4 Episodes
Extras

Extras

TV | 2006
Richard Briers
One Episode
The Funny Blokes of British Comedy

The Funny Blokes of British Comedy

Movie | 2005
Himself
Our Hidden Lives

Our Hidden Lives

Movie | 2005
Herbert Brush
Dad

Dad

Movie | 2005
Larry James
Roobarb and Custard Too

Roobarb and Custard Too

TV | 2005
Narrator
39 Episodes
Peter Pan

Peter Pan

Movie | 2003
Sam "Smee" Smiegel
Bob the Builder: The Knights of Fix-A-Lot

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

Movie | 2003
Robert (voice)
Friday Night with Jonathan Ross

Friday Night with Jonathan Ross

TV | 2003
Self
One Episode
Unconditional Love

Unconditional Love

Movie | 2002
Barry Moore
Natural World

Natural World

TV | 2002
One Episode
Victoria & Albert

Victoria & Albert

Movie | 2001
Joseph Paxton
Love's Labour's Lost

Love's Labour's Lost

Movie | 2000
Sir Nathaniel
Monarch of the Glen

Monarch of the Glen

TV | 2000
Hector MacDonald
33 Episodes
The Nearly Complete and Utter History of Everything

The Nearly Complete and Utter History of Everything

TV | 2000
2 Episodes
Parkinson

Parkinson

TV | 2000
Self
One Episode
Midsomer Murders

Midsomer Murders

TV | 1999
Stephen Wentworth
One Episode
Watership Down

Watership Down

TV | 1999
Captain Broom (voice)
One Episode
The Student Prince

The Student Prince

Movie | 1998
Dr. Corbitt
Geoff Hamilton: a Man and His Garden

Geoff Hamilton: a Man and His Garden

TV | 1998
Narrator
5 Episodes
A Respectable Trade

A Respectable Trade

TV | 1998
Sir Charles Fairley
4 Episodes
Tony Awards

Tony Awards

TV | 1998
Self - Nominee
One Episode
Spice World

Spice World

Movie | 1997
Bishop
Brass Eye

Brass Eye

TV | 1997
Self
One Episode
Hamlet

Hamlet

Movie | 1996
Polonius
The Adventures of Toad

The Adventures of Toad

Movie | 1996
Rat
In the Bleak Midwinter

In the Bleak Midwinter

Movie | 1995
Henry
Heavy Weather

Heavy Weather

Movie | 1995
The Hon. Galahad Threepwood
The Adventures of Mole

The Adventures of Mole

Movie | 1995
Rat
Down to Earth

Down to Earth

TV | 1995
Tony Fairfax
7 Episodes
Mary Shelley's Frankenstein

Mary Shelley's Frankenstein

Movie | 1994
Grandfather
Mole's Christmas

Mole's Christmas

Movie | 1994
Rat
Skallagrigg

Skallagrigg

Movie | 1994
Old Arthur/George
Frances the Firefly

Frances the Firefly

Movie | 1994
Narrator (voice)
Screen Two

Screen Two

TV | 1994
Old Arthur/George
One Episode
Much Ado About Nothing

Much Ado About Nothing

Movie | 1993
Signor Leonato
Lovejoy

Lovejoy

TV | 1993
Raymond Doncaster
One Episode
If You See God, Tell Him

If You See God, Tell Him

TV | 1993
Godfrey Spry
4 Episodes
Swan Song

Swan Song

Movie | 1992
Nikita
Peter's Friends

Peter's Friends

Movie | 1992
Lord Morton
Mr. Bean

Mr. Bean

TV | 1990
Mr. Sprout
One Episode
A Chorus of Disapproval

A Chorus of Disapproval

Movie | 1989
Ted Washbrook
Henry V

Henry V

Movie | 1989
Lieutenant Bardolph
Twelfth Night, or What You Will

Twelfth Night, or What You Will

Movie | 1988
Malvolio
Children's Favourites - Volume 1

Children's Favourites - Volume 1

Movie | 1988
Alias (voice)
Tales of the Unexpected

Tales of the Unexpected

TV | 1988
Albert Dobson
One Episode
Wogan

Wogan

TV | 1988
Self
One Episode
Doctor Who: Paradise Towers

Doctor Who: Paradise Towers

Movie | 1987
The Chief Caretaker
Doctor Who

Doctor Who

TV | 1987
Chief Caretaker
4 Episodes
Alias the Jester

Alias the Jester

TV | 1985
Alias
13 Episodes
All in Good Faith

All in Good Faith

TV | 1985
Reverend Philip Lambe
18 Episodes
Ever Decreasing Circles

Ever Decreasing Circles

TV | 1984
26 Episodes
Arms and the Man

Arms and the Man

Movie | 1983
Bluntschli
The Aerodrome

The Aerodrome

Movie | 1983
The Rector
It's Your Move

It's Your Move

Movie | 1982
The Husband
Goodbye Mr Kent

Goodbye Mr Kent

TV | 1982
7 Episodes
P.Q. 17

P.Q. 17

Movie | 1981
Jack Broome
Play for Today

Play for Today

TV | 1981
Commander Jack Broome
One Episode
Village Wooing

Village Wooing

Movie | 1979
A
Watership Down

Watership Down

Movie | 1978
Fiver (voice)
Our Flesh and Blood

Our Flesh and Blood

Movie | 1977
Mr. Smythe
The Other One

The Other One

TV | 1977
Ralph Tanner
13 Episodes
The Norman Conquests

The Norman Conquests

TV | 1977
Reg
3 Episodes
Play for Today

Play for Today

TV | 1977
Mr. Smythe
One Episode
The Galton & Simpson Playhouse

The Galton & Simpson Playhouse

TV | 1977
Henry Fairlane
One Episode
A Small Miracle

A Small Miracle

Movie | 1976
Himself - Commentator
Noah and Nelly in... SkylArk

Noah and Nelly in... SkylArk

TV | 1976
30 Episodes
One-Upmanship

One-Upmanship

TV | 1976
17 Episodes
Great

Great

Movie | 1975
Isambard Kingdom Brunel
The Good Life

The Good Life

TV | 1975
Tom Good
28 Episodes
The Four Musketeers

The Four Musketeers

Movie | 1974
Louis XIII (voice) (uncredited)
Roobarb

Roobarb

TV | 1974
30 Episodes
The Three Musketeers

The Three Musketeers

Movie | 1973
Louis XIII (voice)
Ooh La La!

Ooh La La!

TV | 1973
One Episode
Rentadick

Rentadick

Movie | 1972
Miles Gannet
Tall Stories

Tall Stories

TV | 1971
6 Episodes
Birds On The Wing

Birds On The Wing

TV | 1971
Charles Jackson
6 Episodes
All the Way Up

All the Way Up

Movie | 1970
Nigel Hadfield
From a Bird's Eye View

From a Bird's Eye View

TV | 1970
George Lemon
One Episode
Ben Travers Farces

Ben Travers Farces

TV | 1970
Charlie Tutt
7 Episodes
NBC Experiment in Television

NBC Experiment in Television

TV | 1969
(voice)
One Episode
BBC Play of the Month

BBC Play of the Month

TV | 1968
Sandy Tyrell
One Episode
Fathom

Fathom

Movie | 1967
Flight Lt. Timothy Webb
The Bargee

The Bargee

Movie | 1964
Tomkins
All in Good Time

All in Good Time

Movie | 1964
The Young Husband
A Home of Your Own

A Home of Your Own

Movie | 1964
The Husband
Doctor in Distress

Doctor in Distress

Movie | 1963
Medical Student (uncredited)
The Girl on the Boat

The Girl on the Boat

Movie | 1962
Eustace Hignett
Brothers In Law

Brothers In Law

TV | 1962
13 Episodes
Dixon of Dock Green

Dixon of Dock Green

TV | 1962
Ken Tracey
One Episode
A Matter of WHO

A Matter of WHO

Movie | 1961
Jamieson
Murder She Said

Murder She Said

Movie | 1961
'Mrs Binster'
Marriage Lines

Marriage Lines

TV | 1961
43 Episodes
Armchair Theatre

Armchair Theatre

TV | 1961
Stanley Frelaine
One Episode
Bottoms Up!

Bottoms Up!

Movie | 1960
Colbourne
Girls at Sea

Girls at Sea

Movie | 1958
'Popeye' Lewis
Bird Bath

Bird Bath

TV
Narrator
25 Episodes
Little Red Tractor Stories

Little Red Tractor Stories

TV
Narrator (voice)
4 Episodes
The Good Life: Secret & Scandals

The Good Life: Secret & Scandals

Movie | 2022
(archive footage)
Roobarb and Custard: The Complete Collection

Roobarb and Custard: The Complete Collection

Movie | 2017
Narrator, Roobarb, Custard / lot of characters. (uncredited)
British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves

British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves

Movie | 2016
Acting Role (archive footage) (uncredited)
Mouse and Mole at Christmas Time

Mouse and Mole at Christmas Time

Movie | 2013
Mouse (voice)
Cockneys vs Zombies

Cockneys vs Zombies

Movie | 2012
Hamish
Run For Your Wife

Run For Your Wife

Movie | 2012
Newspaper Seller
Horror on the High Rise

Horror on the High Rise

Movie | 2011
National Theatre Live: London Assurance

National Theatre Live: London Assurance

Movie | 2010
Mr. Adolphus Spanker
All About The Good Life

All About The Good Life

Movie | 2010
Peter Kay's Animated All Star Band: The Official BBC Children in Need Medley

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

Movie | 2009
Roobarb/Custard (voice)
As You Like It

As You Like It

Movie | 2006
Adam
The Funny Blokes of British Comedy

The Funny Blokes of British Comedy

Movie | 2005
Himself
Our Hidden Lives

Our Hidden Lives

Movie | 2005
Herbert Brush
Dad

Dad

Movie | 2005
Larry James
Peter Pan

Peter Pan

Movie | 2003
Sam "Smee" Smiegel
Bob the Builder: The Knights of Fix-A-Lot

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

Movie | 2003
Robert (voice)
Unconditional Love

Unconditional Love

Movie | 2002
Barry Moore
Victoria & Albert

Victoria & Albert

Movie | 2001
Joseph Paxton
Love's Labour's Lost

Love's Labour's Lost

Movie | 2000
Sir Nathaniel
The Student Prince

The Student Prince

Movie | 1998
Dr. Corbitt
Spice World

Spice World

Movie | 1997
Bishop
Hamlet

Hamlet

Movie | 1996
Polonius
The Adventures of Toad

The Adventures of Toad

Movie | 1996
Rat
In the Bleak Midwinter

In the Bleak Midwinter

Movie | 1995
Henry
Heavy Weather

Heavy Weather

Movie | 1995
The Hon. Galahad Threepwood
The Adventures of Mole

The Adventures of Mole

Movie | 1995
Rat
Mary Shelley's Frankenstein

Mary Shelley's Frankenstein

Movie | 1994
Grandfather
Mole's Christmas

Mole's Christmas

Movie | 1994
Rat
Skallagrigg

Skallagrigg

Movie | 1994
Old Arthur/George
Frances the Firefly

Frances the Firefly

Movie | 1994
Narrator (voice)
Much Ado About Nothing

Much Ado About Nothing

Movie | 1993
Signor Leonato
Swan Song

Swan Song

Movie | 1992
Nikita
Peter's Friends

Peter's Friends

Movie | 1992
Lord Morton
A Chorus of Disapproval

A Chorus of Disapproval

Movie | 1989
Ted Washbrook
Henry V

Henry V

Movie | 1989
Lieutenant Bardolph
Twelfth Night, or What You Will

Twelfth Night, or What You Will

Movie | 1988
Malvolio
Children's Favourites - Volume 1

Children's Favourites - Volume 1

Movie | 1988
Alias (voice)
Doctor Who: Paradise Towers

Doctor Who: Paradise Towers

Movie | 1987
The Chief Caretaker
Arms and the Man

Arms and the Man

Movie | 1983
Bluntschli
The Aerodrome

The Aerodrome

Movie | 1983
The Rector
It's Your Move

It's Your Move

Movie | 1982
The Husband
P.Q. 17

P.Q. 17

Movie | 1981
Jack Broome
Village Wooing

Village Wooing

Movie | 1979
A
Watership Down

Watership Down

Movie | 1978
Fiver (voice)
Our Flesh and Blood

Our Flesh and Blood

Movie | 1977
Mr. Smythe
A Small Miracle

A Small Miracle

Movie | 1976
Himself - Commentator
Great

Great

Movie | 1975
Isambard Kingdom Brunel
The Four Musketeers

The Four Musketeers

Movie | 1974
Louis XIII (voice) (uncredited)
The Three Musketeers

The Three Musketeers

Movie | 1973
Louis XIII (voice)
Rentadick

Rentadick

Movie | 1972
Miles Gannet
All the Way Up

All the Way Up

Movie | 1970
Nigel Hadfield
Fathom

Fathom

Movie | 1967
Flight Lt. Timothy Webb
The Bargee

The Bargee

Movie | 1964
Tomkins
All in Good Time

All in Good Time

Movie | 1964
The Young Husband
A Home of Your Own

A Home of Your Own

Movie | 1964
The Husband
Doctor in Distress

Doctor in Distress

Movie | 1963
Medical Student (uncredited)
The Girl on the Boat

The Girl on the Boat

Movie | 1962
Eustace Hignett
A Matter of WHO

A Matter of WHO

Movie | 1961
Jamieson
Murder She Said

Murder She Said

Movie | 1961
'Mrs Binster'
Bottoms Up!

Bottoms Up!

Movie | 1960
Colbourne
Girls at Sea

Girls at Sea

Movie | 1958
'Popeye' Lewis
Agatha Christie's Marple

Agatha Christie's Marple

TV | 2010
Wilson
One Episode
Torchwood

Torchwood

TV | 2008
Parker
One Episode
Kingdom

Kingdom

TV | 2008
Jim Wright
One Episode
That's What I Call Television

That's What I Call Television

TV | 2007
Self
One Episode
A Bucket O' French and Saunders

A Bucket O' French and Saunders

TV | 2007
One Episode
Comedy Connections

Comedy Connections

TV | 2006
One Episode
New Tricks

New Tricks

TV | 2006
James Farlow
One Episode
My Appalling School Report

My Appalling School Report

TV | 2006
4 Episodes
Extras

Extras

TV | 2006
Richard Briers
One Episode
Roobarb and Custard Too

Roobarb and Custard Too

TV | 2005
Narrator
39 Episodes
Friday Night with Jonathan Ross

Friday Night with Jonathan Ross

TV | 2003
Self
One Episode
Natural World

Natural World

TV | 2002
One Episode
Monarch of the Glen

Monarch of the Glen

TV | 2000
Hector MacDonald
33 Episodes
The Nearly Complete and Utter History of Everything

The Nearly Complete and Utter History of Everything

TV | 2000
2 Episodes
Parkinson

Parkinson

TV | 2000
Self
One Episode
Midsomer Murders

Midsomer Murders

TV | 1999
Stephen Wentworth
One Episode
Watership Down

Watership Down

TV | 1999
Captain Broom (voice)
One Episode
Geoff Hamilton: a Man and His Garden

Geoff Hamilton: a Man and His Garden

TV | 1998
Narrator
5 Episodes
A Respectable Trade

A Respectable Trade

TV | 1998
Sir Charles Fairley
4 Episodes
Tony Awards

Tony Awards

TV | 1998
Self - Nominee
One Episode
Brass Eye

Brass Eye

TV | 1997
Self
One Episode
Down to Earth

Down to Earth

TV | 1995
Tony Fairfax
7 Episodes
Screen Two

Screen Two

TV | 1994
Old Arthur/George
One Episode
Lovejoy

Lovejoy

TV | 1993
Raymond Doncaster
One Episode
If You See God, Tell Him

If You See God, Tell Him

TV | 1993
Godfrey Spry
4 Episodes
Mr. Bean

Mr. Bean

TV | 1990
Mr. Sprout
One Episode
Tales of the Unexpected

Tales of the Unexpected

TV | 1988
Albert Dobson
One Episode
Wogan

Wogan

TV | 1988
Self
One Episode
Doctor Who

Doctor Who

TV | 1987
Chief Caretaker
4 Episodes
Alias the Jester

Alias the Jester

TV | 1985
Alias
13 Episodes
All in Good Faith

All in Good Faith

TV | 1985
Reverend Philip Lambe
18 Episodes
Ever Decreasing Circles

Ever Decreasing Circles

TV | 1984
26 Episodes
Goodbye Mr Kent

Goodbye Mr Kent

TV | 1982
7 Episodes
Play for Today

Play for Today

TV | 1981
Commander Jack Broome
One Episode
The Other One

The Other One

TV | 1977
Ralph Tanner
13 Episodes
The Norman Conquests

The Norman Conquests

TV | 1977
Reg
3 Episodes
Play for Today

Play for Today

TV | 1977
Mr. Smythe
One Episode
The Galton & Simpson Playhouse

The Galton & Simpson Playhouse

TV | 1977
Henry Fairlane
One Episode
Noah and Nelly in... SkylArk

Noah and Nelly in... SkylArk

TV | 1976
30 Episodes
One-Upmanship

One-Upmanship

TV | 1976
17 Episodes
The Good Life

The Good Life

TV | 1975
Tom Good
28 Episodes
Roobarb

Roobarb

TV | 1974
30 Episodes
Ooh La La!

Ooh La La!

TV | 1973
One Episode
Tall Stories

Tall Stories

TV | 1971
6 Episodes
Birds On The Wing

Birds On The Wing

TV | 1971
Charles Jackson
6 Episodes
From a Bird's Eye View

From a Bird's Eye View

TV | 1970
George Lemon
One Episode
Ben Travers Farces

Ben Travers Farces

TV | 1970
Charlie Tutt
7 Episodes
NBC Experiment in Television

NBC Experiment in Television

TV | 1969
(voice)
One Episode
BBC Play of the Month

BBC Play of the Month

TV | 1968
Sandy Tyrell
One Episode
Brothers In Law

Brothers In Law

TV | 1962
13 Episodes
Dixon of Dock Green

Dixon of Dock Green

TV | 1962
Ken Tracey
One Episode
Marriage Lines

Marriage Lines

TV | 1961
43 Episodes
Armchair Theatre

Armchair Theatre

TV | 1961
Stanley Frelaine
One Episode
Bird Bath

Bird Bath

TV
Narrator
25 Episodes
Little Red Tractor Stories

Little Red Tractor Stories

TV
Narrator (voice)
4 Episodes