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