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).
Movies & TV Shows
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Peter Pan (2003) — Sam "Smee" Smiegel
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Mr. Bean (1990) — Mr. Sprout
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Mary Shelley's Frankenstein (1994) — Grandfather
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Much Ado About Nothing (1993) — Signor Leonato
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Watership Down (1978) — Fiver (voice)
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Doctor Who (1963) — Chief Caretaker
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Torchwood (2006) — Parker
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Hamlet (1996) — Polonius
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Spice World (1997) — Bishop
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Cockneys vs Zombies (2012) — Hamish
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Extras (2005) — Richard Briers
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Henry V (1989) — Lieutenant Bardolph
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The Three Musketeers (1973) — Louis XIII (voice)
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Midsomer Murders (1997) — Stephen Wentworth
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Murder She Said (1961) — 'Mrs Binster'
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The Four Musketeers (1974) — Louis XIII (voice) (uncredited)
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Peter's Friends (1992) — Lord Morton
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Agatha Christie's Marple (2004) — Wilson
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Brass Eye (1997) — Self
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As You Like It (2006) — Adam
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Great (1975) — Isambard Kingdom Brunel
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Love's Labour's Lost (2000) — Sir Nathaniel
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All in Good Faith (1985) — Reverend Philip Lambe
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New Tricks (2004) — James Farlow
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Unconditional Love (2002) — Barry Moore
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Lovejoy (1986) — Raymond Doncaster
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Tales of the Unexpected (1979) — Albert Dobson
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In the Bleak Midwinter (1995) — Henry
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The Good Life (1975) — Tom Good
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Fathom (1967) — Flight Lt. Timothy Webb
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Natural World (1983)
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A Chorus of Disapproval (1989) — Ted Washbrook
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Friday Night with Jonathan Ross (2001) — Self
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Monarch of the Glen (2000) — Hector MacDonald
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Kingdom (2007) — Jim Wright
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Doctor in Distress (1963) — Medical Student (uncredited)
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Ever Decreasing Circles (1984)
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Watership Down (1999) — Captain Broom (voice)
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The Bargee (1964) — Tomkins
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Victoria & Albert (2001) — Joseph Paxton