John Fortune

Biography

John Fortune was an English satirist, comedian, writer, and actor, best known for his work with John Bird and Rory Bremner on the TV series Bremner, Bird and Fortune. He was educated at Bristol Cathedral School and King's College, Cambridge, where he was to meet and form a lasting friendship with John Bird.

Known For

New Tricks

Have I Got News for You

The Bill

Playhouse

The Tailor of Panama

Murder Most Horrid

Match Point

Campion

All Movies (25)

• Match Point2005 · as John the Chauffeur
• Calendar Girls2003 · as Frank
• Between Iraq and a Hard Place2003
• Peter Cook: At a Slight Angle to the Universe2002 · as Self
• The Tailor of Panama2001 · as Maltby
• Maybe Baby2000 · as Acupuncturist
• Saving Grace2000 · as Melvyn
• The Strange Case of Delfina Potocka1999 · as 2nd Official
• Giving Tongue1996 · as Chief Executive
• A Very Open Prison1995 · as Prime Minister
• England, My England1995 · as Edward Hyde, Earl of Clarendon
• Don't Leave Me This Way1993 · as George Saunders
• Life After Life1990 · as Detective Inspector Curtin
• The Robbie Coltrane Special1989 · as Self
• The Demon Lover1986 · as Eric Farnham
• Bloodbath at the House of Death1984 · as John Harrison
• The Secret Policeman's Other Ball1982 · as Self - Various Roles
• Timon of Athens1981 · as Poet
• The Light Princess1978 · as Prince
• Jumbo1976 · as Dick Thompson
• The Cobblers of Umbridge1973 · as Phil Cobbler
• Take a Girl Like You1970 · as Sir Gerald
• The End of Arthur's Marriage1965 · as Server
• The Drinking Party1965 · as Phaedrus
• Rory Bremner: From Blair to Here— · as George Parr

All TV Shows (26)

• The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret2010 · as Magistrate
• Bremner, Bird and Fortune: Silly Money2008 · as Various
• Comedy Showcase2007 · as Magistrate
• Love Soup2005
• New Tricks2004 · as Mel Simons
• Spine Chillers2003 · as Frank
• Bremner, Bird and Fortune1999
• The Queen's Nose1995 · as Sir Vivian
• Rory Bremner...Who Else?1993
• Joking Apart1993 · as Clement
• Murder Most Horrid1991 · as Squire Thorpe
• Have I Got News for You1990 · as Self
• Rory Bremner1989
• Campion1989 · as Dr. Brian Kingston
• Hardwicke House1987 · as Psychologist
• First Among Equals1986 · as Clive Reynolds
• The Bill1984
• Yes Minister1980
• Hi-de-Hi!1980 · as Max Tewkesbury
• Well Anyway1976
• The Secret Policeman's Ball1976 · as Self
• Playhouse1974 · as Dick Thomson
• A Series of Bird's1967
• Not So Much a Programme, More a Way of Life1964
• Dig This Rhubarb1963
• Armchair Theatre1956 · as George Potter