Richard Briers
Biography
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).
Known For
Acting
1994
asGrandfather
1996
asPolonius
1978
asFiver (voice)
1993
asSignor Leonato
1995
asHenry
1967
asFlight Lt. Timothy Webb
2000
asSir Nathaniel
1982
asThe Husband
1995
asThe Hon. Galahad Threepwood
2012
asHamish
1964
asTomkins
2012
asNewspaper Seller
1972
asMiles Gannet
2005
asHimself
1975
asIsambard Kingdom Brunel
1961
asJamieson
1992
asNikita
1988
asMalvolio
2003
asSam "Smee" Smiegel
1958
as'Popeye' Lewis
1970
asNigel Hadfield
1983
asBluntschli
1974
asLouis XIII (voice) (uncredited)
1973
asLouis XIII (voice)
2022
as(archive footage)
2017
asNarrator, Roobarb, Custard / lot of characters. (uncredited)
1964
asThe Young Husband
1979
asA
1989
asTed Washbrook
1983
asThe Rector
2005
asHerbert Brush
1961
as'Mrs Binster'
2013
asMouse (voice)
1963
asMedical Student (uncredited)
1994
asRat
1998
asDr. Corbitt
2005
asLarry James
1992
asLord Morton
1989
asLieutenant Bardolph
1960
asColbourne
2009
asRoobarb/Custard (voice)
2010
asMr. Adolphus Spanker
2016
asActing Role (archive footage) (uncredited)
1997
asBishop
2006
asAdam
1976
asHimself - Commentator
1994
asOld Arthur/George
1977
asMr. Smythe
1995
asRat
1964
asThe Husband
2002
asBarry Moore
1962
asEustace Hignett
2010
as
1981
asJack Broome
1996
asRat
1987
asThe Chief Caretaker
2001
asJoseph Paxton
1994
asNarrator (voice)
2011
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asSelf
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asAlbert Dobson
asHector MacDonald
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asRaymond Doncaster
asGodfrey Spry
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asGeorge Lemon
asJames Farlow
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asKen Tracey
asSir Charles Fairley
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asSelf
asSelf - Nominee
asNarrator (voice)
asSir Clixby Bream
asCol. Caplan
asCommander Jack Broome
asStanley Frelaine
Production
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