Richard Briers

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

117

Gender

Male

Birthday

1934-01-14

Day of death

2013-02-17 (79 years old)

Place of Birth

Raynes Park, Surrey, England, UK

Richard Briers

Biography

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

  • Midsomer Murders

    Midsomer Murders

  • Doctor Who

    Doctor Who

  • Tony Awards

    Tony Awards

  • Wogan

    Wogan

  • Play for Today

    Play for Today

  • Play for Today

    Play for Today

  • Agatha Christie's Marple

    Agatha Christie's Marple

  • Tales of the Unexpected

    Tales of the Unexpected

  • BBC Play of the Month

    BBC Play of the Month

  • Natural World

    Natural World

  • New Tricks

    New Tricks

  • Parkinson

    Parkinson

  • Torchwood

    Torchwood

  • Mr. Bean

    Mr. Bean

  • Mary Shelley's Frankenstein

    Mary Shelley's Frankenstein

  • Screen Two

    Screen Two

  • Extras

    Extras

  • Lovejoy

    Lovejoy

  • Friday Night with Jonathan Ross

    Friday Night with Jonathan Ross

  • Monarch of the Glen

    Monarch of the Glen

  • Peter Pan

    Peter Pan

  • Dixon of Dock Green

    Dixon of Dock Green

  • Watership Down

    Watership Down

  • Cockneys vs Zombies

    Cockneys vs Zombies

  • Hamlet

    Hamlet

  • Kingdom

    Kingdom

  • Rentadick

    Rentadick

  • British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves

    British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves

  • Watership Down

    Watership Down

  • Doctor in Distress

    Doctor in Distress

  • The Three Musketeers

    The Three Musketeers

  • Much Ado About Nothing

    Much Ado About Nothing

  • The Good Life

    The Good Life

  • Brass Eye

    Brass Eye

  • The Adventures of Mole

    The Adventures of Mole

  • Ooh La La!

    Ooh La La!

  • Our Hidden Lives

    Our Hidden Lives

  • Heavy Weather

    Heavy Weather

  • Henry V

    Henry V

  • Swan Song

    Swan Song

  • Peter's Friends

    Peter's Friends

  • Great

    Great

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

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

  • Horror on the High Rise

    Horror on the High Rise

  • Skallagrigg

    Skallagrigg

  • Comedy Connections

    Comedy Connections

  • The Four Musketeers

    The Four Musketeers

  • Ever Decreasing Circles

    Ever Decreasing Circles

  • Love's Labour's Lost

    Love's Labour's Lost

  • Unconditional Love

    Unconditional Love

  • A Chorus of Disapproval

    A Chorus of Disapproval

  • Victoria & Albert

    Victoria & Albert

  • All in Good Faith

    All in Good Faith

  • As You Like It

    As You Like It

  • It's Your Move

    It's Your Move

  • The Nearly Complete and Utter History of Everything

    The Nearly Complete and Utter History of Everything

  • The Adventures of Toad

    The Adventures of Toad

  • From a Bird's Eye View

    From a Bird's Eye View

  • The Galton & Simpson Playhouse

    The Galton & Simpson Playhouse

  • P.Q. 17

    P.Q. 17

  • Fathom

    Fathom

  • Dad

    Dad

  • Bottoms Up!

    Bottoms Up!

  • That's What I Call Television

    That's What I Call Television

  • A Bucket O' French and Saunders

    A Bucket O' French and Saunders

  • A Respectable Trade

    A Respectable Trade

  • Murder She Said

    Murder She Said

  • All the Way Up

    All the Way Up

  • If You See God, Tell Him

    If You See God, Tell Him

  • NBC Experiment in Television

    NBC Experiment in Television

  • Roobarb

    Roobarb

  • Spice World

    Spice World

  • The Aerodrome

    The Aerodrome

  • Marriage Lines

    Marriage Lines

  • Ben Travers Farces

    Ben Travers Farces

  • Run For Your Wife

    Run For Your Wife

  • The Other One

    The Other One

  • A Matter of WHO

    A Matter of WHO

  • Our Flesh and Blood

    Our Flesh and Blood

  • Alias the Jester

    Alias the Jester

  • One-Upmanship

    One-Upmanship

  • All in Good Time

    All in Good Time

  • A Small Miracle

    A Small Miracle

  • Noah and Nelly in... SkylArk

    Noah and Nelly in... SkylArk

  • Children's Favourites - Volume 1

    Children's Favourites - Volume 1

  • The Norman Conquests

    The Norman Conquests

  • Doctor Who: Paradise Towers

    Doctor Who: Paradise Towers

  • Birds On The Wing

    Birds On The Wing

  • Roobarb and Custard Too

    Roobarb and Custard Too

  • Down to Earth

    Down to Earth

  • A Home of Your Own

    A Home of Your Own

  • Mole's Christmas

    Mole's Christmas

  • Armchair Theatre

    Armchair Theatre

  • The Student Prince

    The Student Prince

  • Brothers In Law

    Brothers In Law

  • The Funny Blokes of British Comedy

    The Funny Blokes of British Comedy

  • Twelfth Night, or What You Will

    Twelfth Night, or What You Will

  • Arms and the Man

    Arms and the Man

  • Bird Bath

    Bird Bath

  • Girls at Sea

    Girls at Sea

  • Noddy

    Noddy

  • Tall Stories

    Tall Stories

  • Goodbye Mr Kent

    Goodbye Mr Kent

  • Little Red Tractor Stories

    Little Red Tractor Stories

  • My Appalling School Report

    My Appalling School Report

  • Geoff Hamilton: a Man and His Garden

    Geoff Hamilton: a Man and His Garden

  • All About The Good Life

    All About The Good Life

  • In the Bleak Midwinter

    In the Bleak Midwinter

  • The Bargee

    The Bargee

  • Mouse and Mole at Christmas Time

    Mouse and Mole at Christmas Time

  • The Good Life: Secret & Scandals

    The Good Life: Secret & Scandals

  • The Girl on the Boat

    The Girl on the Boat

  • Bob the Builder: The Knights of Fix-A-Lot

    Bob the Builder: The Knights of Fix-A-Lot

  • National Theatre Live: London Assurance

    National Theatre Live: London Assurance

  • Roobarb and Custard: The Complete Collection

    Roobarb and Custard: The Complete Collection

  • Village Wooing

    Village Wooing

  • Frances the Firefly

    Frances the Firefly