About

Known credits:
80
Birthday:
1934-01-14
Place of birth:
Raynes Park, Surrey, England, UK
Website:
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Richard Briers

Overview

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
2022 The Good Life: Secret & Scandals Actor (archive footage) 58
Average
2017 Roobarb and Custard: The Complete Collection Actor Narrator, Roobarb, Custard / lot of characters. (uncredited) N/A
N/A
2016 British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves Actor Acting Role (archive footage) (uncredited) 59
Average
2013 Mouse and Mole at Christmas Time Actor Mouse (voice) 59
Average
2012 Cockneys vs Zombies Actor Hamish 57
Average
2012 Run For Your Wife Actor Newspaper Seller 58
Average
2010 All About The Good Life Actor N/A
N/A
2010 National Theatre Live: London Assurance Actor Mr. Adolphus Spanker 59
Average
2009 Peter Kay's Animated All Star Band: The Official BBC Children in Need Medley Actor Roobarb/Custard (voice) 59
Average
2006 As You Like It Actor Adam 58
Average
2006 My Appalling School Report Actor N/A
N/A
2005 Our Hidden Lives Actor Herbert Brush 58
Average
2005 Roobarb and Custard Too Actor Narrator 69
Fair
2005 The Funny Blokes of British Comedy Actor Himself N/A
N/A
2005 Dad Actor Larry James 59
Average
2003 Peter Pan Actor Smee 69
Fair
2002 Unconditional Love Actor Barry Moore 58
Average
2001 Victoria & Albert Actor Joseph Paxton 59
Average
2000 Love's Labour's Lost Actor Sir Nathaniel 58
Average
2000 Monarch of the Glen Actor Hector MacDonald 70
Good
2000 The Nearly Complete and Utter History of Everything Actor N/A
N/A
1999 Watership Down Actor Broom 70
Good
1998 The Student Prince Actor Dr. Corbitt 58
Average
1998 Geoff Hamilton: a Man and His Garden Actor Narrator N/A
N/A
1998 A Respectable Trade Actor Sir Charles Fairley 69
Fair
1997 Spice World Actor Bishop 53
Average
1996 Hamlet Actor Polonius 65
Fair
1996 The Adventures of Toad Actor Rat N/A
N/A
1995 The Adventures of Mole Actor Rat 59
Average
1995 Heavy Weather Actor The Hon. Galahad Threepwood 59
Average
1995 In the Bleak Midwinter Actor Henry 59
Average
1995 Down to Earth Actor N/A
N/A
1994 Mole's Christmas Actor Rat 58
Average
1994 Mary Shelley's Frankenstein Actor Grandfather 62
Fair
1994 Skallagrigg Actor Old Arthur/George 58
Average
1993 If You See God, Tell Him Actor Godfrey Spry 69
Fair
1993 Much Ado About Nothing Actor Signor Leonato 64
Fair
1992 Peter's Friends Actor Lord Morton 60
Fair
1992 Swan Song Actor Nikita 59
Average
1989 Henry V Actor Lieutenant Bardolph 64
Fair
1989 A Chorus of Disapproval Actor Ted Washbrook 58
Average
1988 Twelfth Night, or What You Will Actor Malvolio 59
Average
1987 Doctor Who: Paradise Towers Actor The Chief Caretaker 58
Average
1985 All in Good Faith Actor 43
Bad
1985 Alias the Jester Actor Alias 70
Good
1984 Ever Decreasing Circles Actor 70
Good
1983 The Aerodrome Actor The Rector 59
Average
1983 Arms and the Man Actor Bluntschli N/A
N/A
1982 It's Your Move Actor The Husband 59
Average
1982 Goodbye Mr Kent Actor N/A
N/A
1981 P.Q. 17 Actor Jack Broome N/A
N/A
1979 Village Wooing Actor A N/A
N/A
1978 Watership Down Actor Fiver (voice) 66
Fair
1977 The Other One Actor Ralph Tanner 69
Fair
1977 The Norman Conquests Actor Reg 69
Fair
1977 Our Flesh and Blood Actor Mr. Smythe N/A
N/A
1976 Noah and Nelly in... SkylArk Actor N/A
N/A
1976 One-Upmanship Actor 69
Fair
1976 A Small Miracle Actor Himself - Commentator N/A
N/A
1975 The Good Life Actor Tom Good 71
Good
1975 Great Actor Isambard Kingdom Brunel 58
Average
1974 The Four Musketeers Actor Louis XIII (voice) (uncredited) 60
Fair
1974 Roobarb Actor 70
Good
1973 The Three Musketeers Actor Louis XIII (voice) 62
Fair
1972 Rentadick Actor Miles Gannet 58
Average
1971 Tall Stories Actor N/A
N/A
1970 All the Way Up Actor Nigel Hadfield 59
Average
1967 Fathom Actor Flight Lt. Timothy Webb 59
Average
1964 All in Good Time Actor The Young Husband N/A
N/A
1964 The Bargee Actor Tomkins 59
Average
1964 A Home of Your Own Actor The Husband 59
Average
1963 Doctor in Distress Actor Medical Student (uncredited) 58
Average
1962 The Girl on the Boat Actor Eustace Hignett 59
Average
1962 Brothers In Law Actor N/A
N/A
1961 A Matter of WHO Actor Jamieson 59
Average
1961 Murder She Said Actor 'Mrs Binster' 62
Fair
1961 Marriage Lines Actor 69
Fair
1960 Bottoms Up! Actor Colbourne 58
Average
1958 Girls at Sea Actor 'Popeye' Lewis 59
Average
Bird Bath Actor Narrator 69
Fair