Richard Briers
Richard Briers
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 Acting
Popularity 8.554
Birthday 1934-01-14
Place of Birth Raynes Park, Surrey, England, UK
Also Known As
Mary Shelley's Frankenstein
1994

Mary Shelley's Frankenstein

Hamlet
1996

Hamlet

Watership Down
1978

Watership Down

Much Ado About Nothing
1993

Much Ado About Nothing

In the Bleak Midwinter
1995

In the Bleak Midwinter

Fathom
1967

Fathom

Love's Labour's Lost
2000

Love's Labour's Lost

It's Your Move
1982

It's Your Move

Heavy Weather
1995

Heavy Weather

Cockneys vs Zombies
2012

Cockneys vs Zombies

Run For Your Wife
2012

Run For Your Wife

Rentadick
1972

Rentadick

The Funny Blokes of British Comedy
2005

The Funny Blokes of British Comedy

Great
1975

Great

A Matter of WHO
1961

A Matter of WHO

Swan Song
1992

Swan Song

Twelfth Night, or What You Will
1988

Twelfth Night, or What You Will

Peter Pan
2003

Peter Pan

Girls at Sea
1958

Girls at Sea

All the Way Up
1970

All the Way Up

Arms and the Man
1983

Arms and the Man

Mole's Christmas
1994

Mole's Christmas

A Chorus of Disapproval
1989

A Chorus of Disapproval

The Aerodrome
1983

The Aerodrome

Our Hidden Lives
2005

Our Hidden Lives

Mouse and Mole at Christmas Time
2013

Mouse and Mole at Christmas Time

Murder She Said
1961

Murder She Said

Doctor in Distress
1963

Doctor in Distress

All in Good Time
1964

All in Good Time

The Student Prince
1998

The Student Prince

Dad
2005

Dad

Peter's Friends
1992

Peter's Friends

Henry V
1989

Henry V

Peter Kay's Animated All Star Band: The Official BBC Children in Need Medley
2009

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

Bottoms Up!
1960

Bottoms Up!

National Theatre Live: London Assurance
2010

National Theatre Live: London Assurance

British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves
2016

British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves

Spice World
1997

Spice World

As You Like It
2006

As You Like It

A Small Miracle
1976

A Small Miracle

Skallagrigg
1994

Skallagrigg

Our Flesh and Blood
1977

Our Flesh and Blood

The Adventures of Mole
1995

The Adventures of Mole

A Home of Your Own
1964

A Home of Your Own

Unconditional Love
2002

Unconditional Love

The Girl on the Boat
1962

The Girl on the Boat

All About The Good Life
2010

All About The Good Life

P.Q. 17
1981

P.Q. 17

The Adventures of Toad
1996

The Adventures of Toad

Doctor Who: Paradise Towers
1987

Doctor Who: Paradise Towers

The Bargee
1964

The Bargee

The Good Life: Secret & Scandals
2022

The Good Life: Secret & Scandals

The Four Musketeers
1974

The Four Musketeers

The Three Musketeers
1973

The Three Musketeers

Roobarb and Custard: The Complete Collection
2017

Roobarb and Custard: The Complete Collection

Village Wooing
1979

Village Wooing

Monarch of the Glen
2000

Monarch of the Glen

The Good Life
1975

The Good Life

Marriage Lines
1961

Marriage Lines

Mr. Bean
1990

Mr. Bean

Lovejoy
1986

Lovejoy

Watership Down
1999

Watership Down

Play for Today
1970

Play for Today

Natural World
1983

Natural World

One-Upmanship

One-Upmanship

All in Good Faith
1985

All in Good Faith

Ever Decreasing Circles
1984

Ever Decreasing Circles

Doctor Who
1963

Doctor Who

Torchwood
2006

Torchwood

Screen Two
1985

Screen Two

Midsomer Murders
1997

Midsomer Murders

Noah and Nelly in... SkylArk
1976

Noah and Nelly in... SkylArk

Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
2001

Friday Night with Jonathan Ross

Tales of the Unexpected
1979

Tales of the Unexpected

Comedy Connections
2003

Comedy Connections

The Goodies
1970

The Goodies

Roobarb
1974

Roobarb

If You See God, Tell Him
1993

If You See God, Tell Him

New Tricks
2004

New Tricks

Wogan
1982

Wogan

Down to Earth
1995

Down to Earth

Goodbye Mr Kent
1982

Goodbye Mr Kent

The Galton & Simpson Playhouse
1977

The Galton & Simpson Playhouse

That's What I Call Television
2007

That's What I Call Television

My Appalling School Report
2006

My Appalling School Report

Brothers In Law
1962

Brothers In Law

Tall Stories
1971

Tall Stories

A Bucket O' French and Saunders
2007

A Bucket O' French and Saunders

Extras
2005

Extras

Kingdom
2007

Kingdom

Brass Eye
1997

Brass Eye

A Respectable Trade
1998

A Respectable Trade

The Norman Conquests
1977

The Norman Conquests

Agatha Christie's Marple
2004

Agatha Christie's Marple

NBC Experiment in Television

NBC Experiment in Television

From a Bird's Eye View
1970

From a Bird's Eye View

The Other One
1977

The Other One

Alias the Jester
1985

Alias the Jester

Geoff Hamilton: a Man and His Garden
1998

Geoff Hamilton: a Man and His Garden

Ooh La La!
1968

Ooh La La!

The Nearly Complete and Utter History of Everything
2000

The Nearly Complete and Utter History of Everything

Dixon of Dock Green
1955

Dixon of Dock Green

Bird Bath

Bird Bath

Roobarb and Custard Too
2005

Roobarb and Custard Too

Play for Today
1970

Play for Today

Little Red Tractor Stories

Little Red Tractor Stories