Richard Briers
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).
Known For
Midsomer Murders
Doctor Who
Tony Awards
Agatha Christie's Marple
New Tricks
Play for Today
Play for Today
Tales of the Unexpected
All Movies (64)
- The Good Life: Inside Out2025
- The Good Life: Secret & Scandals2022 · as (archive footage)
- Roobarb and Custard: The Complete Collection2017 · as Narrator, Roobarb, Custard / lot of characters. (uncredited)
- British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves2016 · as Acting Role (archive footage) (uncredited)
- Mouse and Mole at Christmas Time2013 · as Mouse (voice)
- Cockneys vs Zombies2012 · as Hamish
- Run For Your Wife2012 · as Newspaper Seller
- Horror on the High Rise2011
- All About The Good Life2010
- National Theatre Live: London Assurance2010 · as Mr. Adolphus Spanker
- Peter Kay's Animated All Star Band: The Official BBC Children in Need Medley2009 · as Roobarb/Custard (voice)
- As You Like It2006 · as Adam
- Our Hidden Lives2005 · as Herbert Brush
- The Funny Blokes of British Comedy2005 · as Self
- Dad2005 · as Larry James
- Peter Pan2003 · as Sam "Smee" Smiegel
- Bob the Builder: The Knights of Can-A-Lot2003 · as Robert (voice)
- Unconditional Love2002 · as Barry Moore
- Victoria & Albert2001 · as Joseph Paxton
- Love's Labour's Lost2000 · as Sir Nathaniel
- The Student Prince1998 · as Dr. Corbitt
- Spice World1997 · as Bishop
- Hamlet1996 · as Polonius
- The Adventures of Toad1996 · as Rat
- Heavy Weather1995 · as The Hon. Galahad Threepwood
- The Adventures of Mole1995 · as Rat
- In the Bleak Midwinter1995 · as Henry
- French and Saunders' Christmas Carol1994 · as Self
- Mole's Christmas1994 · as Rat
- Mary Shelley's Frankenstein1994 · as Grandfather
- Skallagrigg1994 · as Old Arthur/George
- Frances the Firefly1994 · as Narrator (voice)
- Much Ado About Nothing1993 · as Signor Leonato
- Peter's Friends1992 · as Lord Morton
- Swan Song1992 · as Nikita
- Henry V1989 · as Lieutenant Bardolph
- A Chorus of Disapproval1989 · as Ted Washbrook
- Twelfth Night, or What You Will1988 · as Malvolio
- Children's Favourites - Volume 11988 · as Alias (voice)
- Doctor Who: Paradise Towers1987 · as The Chief Caretaker
- A Month in the Country1985 · as Arkady
- The Aerodrome1983 · as The Rector
- Arms and the Man1983 · as Bluntschli
- It's Your Move1982 · as The Husband
- P.Q. 171981 · as Jack Broome
- Village Wooing1979 · as A
- Watership Down1978 · as Fiver (voice)
- Our Flesh and Blood1977 · as Mr. Smythe
- A Small Miracle1976 · as Himself - Commentator
- Great1975 · as Isambard Kingdom Brunel
- The Four Musketeers1974 · as Louis XIII (voice) (uncredited)
- The Three Musketeers1973 · as Louis XIII (voice)
- Rentadick1972 · as Miles Gannet
- All the Way Up1970 · as Nigel Hadfield
- Fathom1967 · as Flight Lt. Timothy Webb
- A Home of Your Own1964 · as The Husband
- The Bargee1964 · as Tomkins
- All in Good Time1964 · as The Young Husband
- Doctor in Distress1963 · as Medical Student (uncredited)
- The Girl on the Boat1962 · as Eustace Hignett
- A Matter of WHO1961 · as Jamieson
- Murder She Said1961 · as 'Mrs Binster'
- Bottoms Up!1960 · as Colbourne
- Girls at Sea1958 · as 'Popeye' Lewis
All TV Shows (64)
- A Bucket O' French and Saunders2007
- That's What I Call Television2007 · as Self
- Kingdom2007 · as Jim Wright
- Torchwood2006 · as Parker
- My Appalling School Report2006
- Roobarb and Custard Too2005 · as Narrator
- Extras2005 · as Richard Briers
- Agatha Christie's Marple2004 · as Wilson
- New Tricks2004 · as James Farlow
- Comedy Connections2003
- Friday Night with Jonathan Ross2001 · as Self
- Monarch of the Glen2000 · as Hector MacDonald
- The Nearly Complete and Utter History of Everything2000
- Watership Down1999 · as Captain Broom (voice)
- Geoff Hamilton: a Man and His Garden1998 · as Narrator
- A Respectable Trade1998 · as Sir Charles Fairley
- Parkinson1998 · as Self
- Midsomer Murders1997 · as Stephen Wentworth
- Brass Eye1997 · as Self
- Down to Earth1995 · as Tony Fairfax
- If You See God, Tell Him1993 · as Godfrey Spry
- Mr. Bean1990 · as Mr. Sprout
- Lovejoy1986 · as Raymond Doncaster
- All in Good Faith1985 · as Reverend Philip Lambe
- Alias the Jester1985 · as Alias
- Screen Two1985 · as Old Arthur/George
- Ever Decreasing Circles1984
- Natural World1983
- Wogan1982 · as Self
- Goodbye Mr Kent1982 · as Travis Kent
- Tales of the Unexpected1979 · as Albert Dobson
- The Other One1977 · as Ralph Tanner
- The Norman Conquests1977 · as Reg
- The Sunday Drama1977 · as Dennis
- The Galton & Simpson Playhouse1977 · as Henry Fairlane
- Noah and Nelly in... SkylArk1976
- One-Upmanship1976 · as Stephen Potter
- The Good Life1975 · as Tom Good
- Noddy1975 · as Narrator
- Roobarb1974
- Between the Wars1973 · as Oswald Carstairs
- Tall Stories1971
- Birds on the Wing1971 · as Charles Jackson
- Play for Today1970 · as Mr. Smythe
- Play for Today1970 · as Commander Jack Broome
- Ben Travers Farces1970 · as Charlie Tutt
- From a Bird's Eye View1970 · as George Lemon
- Ooh La La!1968
- ITV Playhouse1967 · as A
- NBC Experiment in Television1967 · as (voice)
- BBC Play of the Month1965 · as Sandy Tyrell
- Thursday Theatre1964 · as David Prentice
- Theatre 6251964 · as David Prentice
- Doctor Who1963 · as Chief Caretaker
- Brothers In Law1962
- Faces of Jim1961 · as John Frobisher
- Faces of Jim1961 · as Lighthouse Assistant
- Faces of Jim1961 · as Ricky Groin
- Marriage Lines1961 · as George Starling
- Armchair Theatre1956 · as Stanley Frelaine
- Tony Awards1956 · as Self - Nominee
- Dixon of Dock Green1955 · as Ken Tracey
- Bird Bath— · as Narrator
- Little Red Tractor Stories— · as Narrator (voice)