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Richard Briers

Actor • Born 1934

Richard Briers

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About

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

Torchwood posterTorchwoodSeries • 2006Midsomer Murders posterMidsomer MurdersSeries • 1997Doctor Who posterDoctor WhoSeries • 1963Peter Pan posterPeter PanMovie • 2003Play for Today posterPlay for TodaySeries • 1970BBC Play of the Month posterBBC Play of the MonthSeries • 1965ITV Playhouse posterITV PlayhouseSeries • 1967Agatha Christie's Marple posterAgatha Christie's MarpleSeries • 2004Natural World posterNatural WorldSeries • 1983Tales of the Unexpected posterTales of the UnexpectedSeries • 1979Screen Two posterScreen TwoSeries • 1985New Tricks posterNew TricksSeries • 2004Theatre 625 posterTheatre 625Series • 1964Mr. Bean posterMr. BeanSeries • 1990Monarch of the Glen posterMonarch of the GlenSeries • 2000Extras posterExtrasSeries • 2005Lovejoy posterLovejoySeries • 1986Kingdom posterKingdomSeries • 2007Dixon of Dock Green posterDixon of Dock GreenSeries • 1955The Three Musketeers posterThe Three MusketeersMovie • 1973Mary Shelley's Frankenstein posterMary Shelley's FrankensteinMovie • 1994Much Ado About Nothing posterMuch Ado About NothingMovie • 1993The Good Life posterThe Good LifeSeries • 1975The Four Musketeers posterThe Four MusketeersMovie • 1974