Richard Briers
Known For
Acting
Born
January 14, 1934
Place of Birth
Raynes Park, Surrey, England, UK
Died
February 17, 2013

Richard Briers

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
7.5

Midsomer Murders

1997 · TV

Doctor Who
7.9

Doctor Who

1963 · TV

Screen Two
7.1

Screen Two

1985 · TV

Wogan
5.3

Wogan

1982 · TV

Natural World
7.4

Natural World

1983 · TV

Agatha Christie's Marple
7.8

Agatha Christie's Marple

2004 · TV

Play for Today
6.6

Play for Today

1970 · TV

BBC Play of the Month
5.3

BBC Play of the Month

1965 · TV

Mr. Bean
8.0

Mr. Bean

1990 · TV

Tony Awards

Tony Awards

1956 · TV

Theatre 625
7.2

Theatre 625

1964 · TV

Torchwood
7.3

Torchwood

2006 · TV

Tales of the Unexpected
6.8

Tales of the Unexpected

1979 · TV

New Tricks
7.3

New Tricks

2004 · TV

ITV Playhouse
7.0

ITV Playhouse

1967 · TV

Parkinson

Parkinson

1998 · TV

Lovejoy
7.4

Lovejoy

1986 · TV

Extras
7.8

Extras

2005 · TV

Monarch of the Glen
7.3

Monarch of the Glen

2000 · TV

Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
6.1

Friday Night with Jonathan Ross

2001 · TV

Kingdom
7.1

Kingdom

2007 · TV

Brass Eye
7.6

Brass Eye

1997 · TV

Dixon of Dock Green
6.0

Dixon of Dock Green

1955 · TV

Peter Pan
7.1

Peter Pan

2003 · Movie

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