Name
Richard Briers
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1934-01-14
Deathday
2013-02-17 (79 years old)
Place of Birth
Raynes Park, Surrey, England, UK
Biography
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
Watership Down
(727 Votes)
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When the warren belonging to a community of rabbits is threatened, a brave group led by Fi...
Relase Date : 14 Oct, 1978
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Much Ado About Nothing
(834 Votes)
6.953
In this Shakespearean farce, Hero and her groom-to-be, Claudio, team up with Claudio's com...
Relase Date : 7 May, 1993
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The Three Musketeers
(377 Votes)
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In 17th century France, young D'Artagnan wants to join the King's Musketeers, but instead ...
Relase Date : 11 Dec, 1973
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A Chorus of Disapproval
(27 Votes)
5.407
Guy Jones (Irons) moves to a small British town and joins the local amateur dramatics soci...
Relase Date : 18 Aug, 1989
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Movies
Tv Shows
- 1994 Mary Shelley's Frankenstein as Grandfather
- 1996 Hamlet as Polonius
- 1978 Watership Down as Fiver (voice)
- 1993 Much Ado About Nothing as Signor Leonato
- 1995 In the Bleak Midwinter as Henry
- 1967 Fathom as Flight Lt. Timothy Webb
- 2000 Love's Labour's Lost as Sir Nathaniel
- 1982 It's Your Move as The Husband
- 1995 Heavy Weather as The Hon. Galahad Threepwood
- 2012 Cockneys vs Zombies as Hamish
- 1964 The Bargee as Tomkins
- 2012 Run For Your Wife as Newspaper Seller
- 1972 Rentadick as Miles Gannet
- 2005 The Funny Blokes of British Comedy as Self
- 1975 Great as Isambard Kingdom Brunel
- 1961 A Matter of WHO as Jamieson
- 1992 Swan Song as Nikita
- 1988 Twelfth Night, or What You Will as Malvolio
- 2003 Peter Pan as Sam "Smee" Smiegel
- 1958 Girls at Sea as 'Popeye' Lewis
- 1970 All the Way Up as Nigel Hadfield
- 1983 Arms and the Man as Bluntschli
- 1974 The Four Musketeers as Louis XIII (voice) (uncredited)
- 1973 The Three Musketeers as Louis XIII (voice)
- 2022 The Good Life: Secret & Scandals as (archive footage)
- 2017 Roobarb and Custard: The Complete Collection as Narrator, Roobarb, Custard / lot of characters. (uncredited)
- 1964 All in Good Time as The Young Husband
- 1979 Village Wooing as A
- 1989 A Chorus of Disapproval as Ted Washbrook
- 1983 The Aerodrome as The Rector
- 2005 Our Hidden Lives as Herbert Brush
- 1961 Murder She Said as 'Mrs Binster'
- 2013 Mouse and Mole at Christmas Time as Mouse (voice)
- 1963 Doctor in Distress as Medical Student (uncredited)
- 1994 Mole's Christmas as Rat
- 1998 The Student Prince as Dr. Corbitt
- 2005 Dad as Larry James
- 1992 Peter's Friends as Lord Morton
- 1989 Henry V as Lieutenant Bardolph
- 1960 Bottoms Up! as Colbourne
- 2009 Peter Kay's Animated All Star Band: The Official BBC Children in Need Medley as Roobarb/Custard (voice)
- 2010 National Theatre Live: London Assurance as Mr. Adolphus Spanker
- 2016 British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves as Acting Role (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 1997 Spice World as Bishop
- 2006 As You Like It as Adam
- 1976 A Small Miracle as Himself - Commentator
- 1994 Skallagrigg as Old Arthur/George
- 1977 Our Flesh and Blood as Mr. Smythe
- 1995 The Adventures of Mole as Rat
- 1964 A Home of Your Own as The Husband
- 2002 Unconditional Love as Barry Moore
- 1962 The Girl on the Boat as Eustace Hignett
- 2010 All About The Good Life
- 1981 P.Q. 17 as Jack Broome
- 1996 The Adventures of Toad as Rat
- 1987 Doctor Who: Paradise Towers as The Chief Caretaker
- 2001 Victoria & Albert as Joseph Paxton
- 1994 Frances the Firefly as Narrator (voice)
- 2011 Horror on the High Rise
- 2003 Bob the Builder: The Knights of Can-A-Lot as Robert (voice)
- 1988 Children's Favourites - Volume 1 as Alias (voice)
- 2025 The Good Life: Inside Out
- 1994 French and Saunders' Christmas Carol as Self
- 1985 A Month in the Country as Arkady
- 1984 Ever Decreasing Circles ( 26 episodes )
- 1997 Midsomer Murders ( 1 episode ) as Stephen Wentworth
- 1976 Noah and Nelly in... SkylArk ( 30 episodes )
- 2006 Torchwood ( 1 episode ) as Parker
- 2001 Friday Night with Jonathan Ross ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1963 Doctor Who ( 4 episodes ) as Chief Caretaker
- 1979 Tales of the Unexpected ( 1 episode ) as Albert Dobson
- 2000 Monarch of the Glen ( 33 episodes ) as Hector MacDonald
- 2003 Comedy Connections ( 1 episode )
- 1975 The Good Life ( 28 episodes ) as Tom Good
- 1990 Mr. Bean ( 1 episode ) as Mr. Sprout
- 1986 Lovejoy ( 1 episode ) as Raymond Doncaster
- 1993 If You See God, Tell Him ( 4 episodes ) as Godfrey Spry
- 1974 Roobarb ( 30 episodes )
- 1970 From a Bird's Eye View ( 1 episode ) as George Lemon
- 2004 New Tricks ( 1 episode ) as James Farlow
- 1982 Wogan ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1983 Natural World ( 1 episode )
- 2007 That's What I Call Television ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2006 My Appalling School Report ( 4 episodes )
- 1995 Down to Earth ( 7 episodes ) as Tony Fairfax
- 1982 Goodbye Mr Kent ( 7 episodes ) as Travis Kent
- 1962 Brothers In Law ( 13 episodes )
- 1971 Tall Stories ( 6 episodes )
- 1977 The Other One ( 13 episodes ) as Ralph Tanner
- 1985 Alias the Jester ( 13 episodes ) as Alias
- 2007 A Bucket O' French and Saunders ( 1 episode )
- 2005 Extras ( 1 episode ) as Richard Briers
- 1968 Ooh La La! ( 1 episode )
- 2007 Kingdom ( 1 episode ) as Jim Wright
- 1998 Geoff Hamilton: a Man and His Garden ( 5 episodes ) as Narrator
- 1997 Brass Eye ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1955 Dixon of Dock Green ( 1 episode ) as Ken Tracey
- 1998 A Respectable Trade ( 4 episodes ) as Sir Charles Fairley
- 1985 Screen Two ( 1 episode ) as Old Arthur/George
- 1977 The Norman Conquests ( 3 episodes ) as Reg
- Soon Bird Bath ( 25 episodes ) as Narrator
- 2005 Roobarb and Custard Too ( 39 episodes ) as Narrator
- 2004 Agatha Christie's Marple ( 1 episode ) as Wilson
- 1970 Play for Today ( 1 episode ) as Mr. Smythe
- 2000 The Nearly Complete and Utter History of Everything ( 2 episodes )
- 1967 NBC Experiment in Television ( 1 episode ) as (voice)
- 1998 Parkinson ( 1 episode ) as Self
- Soon Little Red Tractor Stories ( 4 episodes ) as Narrator (voice)
- 1970 Play for Today ( 1 episode ) as Commander Jack Broome
- 1956 Armchair Theatre ( 1 episode ) as Stanley Frelaine
- 1965 BBC Play of the Month ( 1 episode ) as Sandy Tyrell
- 1971 Birds on the Wing ( 6 episodes ) as Charles Jackson
- 1970 Ben Travers Farces ( 7 episodes ) as Charlie Tutt
- 1985 All in Good Faith ( 18 episodes ) as Reverend Philip Lambe
- 1977 The Galton & Simpson Playhouse ( 1 episode ) as Henry Fairlane
- 1999 Watership Down ( 1 episode ) as Captain Broom (voice)
- 1975 Noddy ( 26 episodes ) as Narrator
- 1964 Theatre 625 ( 1 episode ) as David Prentice
- 1961 Faces of Jim ( 1 episode ) as John Frobisher
- 1961 Faces of Jim ( 1 episode ) as Lighthouse Assistant
- 1961 Faces of Jim ( 1 episode ) as Ricky Groin
- 1976 One-Upmanship ( 17 episodes ) as Stephen Potter
- 1956 Tony Awards ( 1 episode ) as Self - Nominee
- 1977 The Sunday Drama ( 1 episode ) as Dennis
- 1967 ITV Playhouse ( 1 episode ) as A
- 1961 Marriage Lines ( 43 episodes ) as George Starling
- 1964 Thursday Theatre ( 1 episode ) as David Prentice
- 1973 Between the Wars ( 1 episode ) as Oswald Carstairs
