Richard Briers
Known For
Acting
Born
1934-01-14 in Raynes Park, Surrey, England, UK
Died
2013-02-17
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).
Most Known For
Midsomer Murders
as Stephen Wentworth
Doctor Who
as Chief Caretaker
Agatha Christie's Marple
as Wilson
Play for Today
as Mr. Smythe
Play for Today
as Commander Jack Broome
Wogan
as Self
Mr. Bean
as Mr. Sprout
BBC Play of the Month
as Sandy Tyrell
Parkinson
as Self
Torchwood
as Parker
Natural World
Tales of the Unexpected
as Albert Dobson
New Tricks
as James Farlow
Extras
as Richard Briers
Theatre 625
as David Prentice
Screen Two
as Old Arthur/George
Monarch of the Glen
as Hector MacDonald
Lovejoy
as Raymond Doncaster
Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
as Self
The Good Life
as Tom Good