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Richard Briers

Age: 91 years

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Gender: Male

Birthday: January 14, 1934

Place of birth: Raynes Park, Surrey, England, UK

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), bu...

Known for: Acting

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Mary Shelley's Frankenstein
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Mary Shelley's Frank...

as Grandfather

Hamlet
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Hamlet

as Polonius

Watership Down
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Watership Down

as Fiver (voice)

Much Ado About Nothing
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Much Ado About Nothi...

as Signor Leonato

In the Bleak Midwinter
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In the Bleak Midwint...

as Henry

Fathom
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Fathom

as Flight Lt. Timothy Webb

Love's Labour's Lost
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Love's Labour's Lost

as Sir Nathaniel

It's Your Move
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It's Your Move

as The Husband

Heavy Weather
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Heavy Weather

as The Hon. Galahad Threepwood

Cockneys vs Zombies
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Cockneys vs Zombies

as Hamish

The Bargee
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The Bargee

as Tomkins

Run For Your Wife
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Run For Your Wife

as Newspaper Seller

Rentadick
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Rentadick

as Miles Gannet

The Funny Blokes of British Comedy
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The Funny Blokes of ...

as Himself

Great
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Great

as Isambard Kingdom Brunel

A Matter of WHO
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A Matter of WHO

as Jamieson

Swan Song
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Swan Song

as Nikita

Twelfth Night, or What You Will
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Twelfth Night, or Wh...

as Malvolio

Peter Pan
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Peter Pan

as Smee

Girls at Sea
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Girls at Sea

as 'Popeye' Lewis

All the Way Up
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All the Way Up

as Nigel Hadfield

Arms and the Man
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Arms and the Man

as Bluntschli

The Four Musketeers
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The Four Musketeers

as Louis XIII (voice) (uncredited)

The Three Musketeers
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The Three Musketeers

as Louis XIII (voice)

The Good Life: Secret & Scandals
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The Good Life: Secre...

as (archive footage)

Roobarb and Custard: The Complete Collection
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Roobarb and Custard:...

as Narrator, Roobarb, Custard / lot of characters. (uncredited)

All in Good Time
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All in Good Time

as The Young Husband

Village Wooing
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Village Wooing

as A

A Chorus of Disapproval
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A Chorus of Disappro...

as Ted Washbrook

The Aerodrome
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The Aerodrome

as The Rector

Our Hidden Lives
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Our Hidden Lives

as Herbert Brush

Murder She Said
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Murder She Said

as 'Mrs Binster'

Mouse and Mole at Christmas Time
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Mouse and Mole at Ch...

as Mouse (voice)

Doctor in Distress
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Doctor in Distress

as Medical Student (uncredited)

Mole's Christmas
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Mole's Christmas

as Rat

The Student Prince
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The Student Prince

as Dr. Corbitt

Dad
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Dad

as Larry James

Peter's Friends
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Peter's Friends

as Lord Morton

Henry V
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Henry V

as Lieutenant Bardolph

Bottoms Up!
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Bottoms Up!

as Colbourne

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

as Roobarb/Custard (voice)

National Theatre Live: London Assurance
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National Theatre Liv...

as Mr. Adolphus Spanker

British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves
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British Sitcom: 60 Y...

as Acting Role (archive footage) (uncredited)

Spice World
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Spice World

as Bishop

As You Like It
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As You Like It

as Adam

A Small Miracle
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A Small Miracle

as Himself - Commentator

Skallagrigg
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Skallagrigg

as Old Arthur/George

Our Flesh and Blood
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Our Flesh and Blood

as Mr. Smythe

The Adventures of Mole
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The Adventures of Mo...

as Rat

A Home of Your Own
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A Home of Your Own

as The Husband

Unconditional Love
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Unconditional Love

as Barry Moore

The Girl on the Boat
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The Girl on the Boat

as Eustace Hignett

All About The Good Life
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All About The Good L...

P.Q. 17
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P.Q. 17

as Jack Broome

The Adventures of Toad
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The Adventures of To...

as Rat

Doctor Who: Paradise Towers
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Doctor Who: Paradise...

as The Chief Caretaker

Victoria & Albert
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Victoria & Albert

as Joseph Paxton

All in Good Faith
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All in Good Faith

Ever Decreasing Circles
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Ever Decreasing Circ...

Midsomer Murders
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Midsomer Murders

as Stephen Wentworth

Noah and Nelly in... SkylArk
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Noah and Nelly in......

Torchwood
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Torchwood

as Parker

Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
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Friday Night with Jo...

as Self

Doctor Who
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Doctor Who

as Chief Caretaker

Tales of the Unexpected
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Tales of the Unexpec...

as Albert Dobson

Monarch of the Glen
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Monarch of the Glen

as Hector MacDonald

Comedy Connections
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Comedy Connections

The Good Life
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The Good Life

as Tom Good

Marriage Lines
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Marriage Lines

The Goodies
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The Goodies

Mr. Bean
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Mr. Bean

as Mr. Sprout

Lovejoy
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Lovejoy

as Raymond Doncaster

If You See God, Tell Him
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If You See God, Tell...

as Godfrey Spry

Roobarb
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Roobarb

Watership Down
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Watership Down

as Broom

From a Bird's Eye View
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From a Bird's Eye Vi...

as George Lemon

New Tricks
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New Tricks

as James Farlow

Wogan
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Wogan

as Self

Natural World
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Natural World

The Galton & Simpson Playhouse
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The Galton & Simpson...

That's What I Call Television
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That's What I Call T...

My Appalling School Report
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My Appalling School ...

Down to Earth
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Down to Earth

Goodbye Mr Kent
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Goodbye Mr Kent

Brothers In Law
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Brothers In Law

One-Upmanship
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One-Upmanship

Tall Stories
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Tall Stories

The Other One
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The Other One

as Ralph Tanner

Alias the Jester
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Alias the Jester

as Alias

A Bucket O' French and Saunders
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A Bucket O' French a...

Extras
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Extras

as Richard Briers

Ooh La La!
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Ooh La La!

Kingdom
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Kingdom

as Jim Wright

Geoff Hamilton: a Man and His Garden
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Geoff Hamilton: a Ma...

as Narrator

Brass Eye
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Brass Eye

Dixon of Dock Green
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Dixon of Dock Green

as Ken Tracey

A Respectable Trade
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A Respectable Trade

as Sir Charles Fairley

Screen Two
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Screen Two

as Old Arthur/George

The Norman Conquests
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The Norman Conquests

as Reg

Bird Bath
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Bird Bath

as Narrator

Roobarb and Custard Too
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Roobarb and Custard ...

as Narrator

Agatha Christie's Marple
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Agatha Christie's Ma...

as Wilson

Play for Today
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Play for Today

as Mr. Smythe

The Nearly Complete and Utter History of Everything
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The Nearly Complete ...

NBC Experiment in Television
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NBC Experiment in Te...

as (voice)

Parkinson
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Parkinson

as Self

Tony Awards
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Tony Awards

as Self - Nominee

Little Red Tractor Stories
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Little Red Tractor S...

as Narrator (voice)

Inspector Morse
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Inspector Morse

as Sir Clixby Bream

Minder
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Minder

as Col. Caplan

Play for Today
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Play for Today

as Commander Jack Broome

Armchair Theatre
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Armchair Theatre

as Stanley Frelaine