Richard Briers

Richard Briers

1934-01-14 – 2013-02-17 (age 79) Raynes Park, Surrey, England, UK
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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).

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Known For

Peter Pan
Peter Pan

2003

as Sam "Smee" Smiegel

The Three Musketeers
The Three Musketeers

1973

as Louis XIII (voice)

Much Ado About Nothing
Much Ado About Nothing

1993

as Signor Leonato

Mary Shelley's Frankenstein
Mary Shelley's Frankenstein

1994

as Grandfather

The Four Musketeers
The Four Musketeers

1974

as Louis XIII (voice) (uncredited)

Watership Down
Watership Down

1978

as Fiver (voice)

Hamlet
Hamlet

1996

as Polonius

Spice World
Spice World

1997

as Bishop

Henry V
Henry V

1989

as Lieutenant Bardolph

Cockneys vs Zombies
Cockneys vs Zombies

2012

as Hamish

Murder She Said
Murder She Said

1961

as 'Mrs Binster'

As You Like It
As You Like It

2006

as Adam

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

2000

as Sir Nathaniel

Unconditional Love
Unconditional Love

2002

as Barry Moore

Peter's Friends
Peter's Friends

1992

as Lord Morton

A Chorus of Disapproval
A Chorus of Disapproval

1989

as Ted Washbrook

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

2016

as Acting Role (archive footage) (uncredited)

Dad
Dad

2005

as Larry James

Bob the Builder: The Knights of Can-A-Lot
The Bargee
The Bargee

1964

as Tomkins