Acting
Richard Briers
EN cinema · 67 credits
Born
14 January 1934
Died
17 February 2013 (aged 79)
Birthplace
Raynes Park, Surrey, England, UK
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 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).
Known for
Filmography
The Good Life: Secret & Scandals
as (archive footage)
Roobarb and Custard: The Complete Collection
as Narrator, Roobarb, Custard / lot of characters. (uncredited)
British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves
as Acting Role (archive footage) (uncredited)
Mouse and Mole at Christmas Time
as Mouse (voice)
Cockneys vs Zombies
as Hamish
Run For Your Wife
as Newspaper Seller
National Theatre Live: London Assurance
as Mr. Adolphus Spanker
Peter Kay's Animated All Star Band: The Official BBC Children in Need Medley
as Roobarb/Custard (voice)
As You Like It
as Adam
Our Hidden Lives
2005
Our Hidden Lives
as Herbert Brush
Dad
as Larry James
Peter Pan
as Sam "Smee" Smiegel
Bob the Builder: The Knights of Can-A-Lot
as Robert (voice)
More Great Comedy Moments
as Martin Bryce (archive footage)
Unconditional Love
as Barry Moore
Victoria & Albert
as Joseph Paxton
Great Comedy Moments
as Tom Good (archive footage)
Love's Labour's Lost
as Sir Nathaniel
The Student Prince
as Dr. Corbitt
Spice World
as Bishop
Hamlet
as Polonius
Heavy Weather
as The Hon. Galahad Threepwood
Mary Shelley's Frankenstein
as Grandfather
Skallagrigg
as Old Arthur/George
Frances the Firefly
as Narrator (voice)
Much Ado About Nothing
as Signor Leonato
Swan Song
1992
Swan Song
as Nikita
Peter's Friends
as Lord Morton
A Chorus of Disapproval
as Ted Washbrook
Henry V
as Lieutenant Bardolph
Twelfth Night, or What You Will
as Malvolio
Children's Favourites - Volume 1
1988
Children's Favourites - Volume 1
as Alias (voice)
Doctor Who: Paradise Towers
as The Chief Caretaker
The Aerodrome
as The Rector
It's Your Move
as The Husband
P.Q. 17
as Jack Broome
Watership Down
as Fiver (voice)
Our Flesh and Blood
as Mr. Smythe
The Morecambe and Wise Christmas Show
1977
The Morecambe and Wise Christmas Show
as Theatre Patron
A Small Miracle
as Himself - Commentator
Great
as Isambard Kingdom Brunel
The Four Musketeers
as Louis XIII (voice) (uncredited)
The Three Musketeers
as Louis XIII (voice)
Rentadick
as Miles Gannet
All the Way Up
as Nigel Hadfield
Fathom
as Flight Lt. Timothy Webb
The Bargee
as Tomkins
All in Good Time
as The Young Husband
A Home of Your Own
as The Husband
Doctor in Distress
as Medical Student (uncredited)
The Girl on the Boat
as Eustace Hignett
A Matter of WHO
as Jamieson
Murder She Said
as 'Mrs Binster'
Bottoms Up!
as Colbourne
Girls at Sea
as 'Popeye' Lewis