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 whe ... n 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).
British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves
2016
as Acting Role (archive footage) (uncredited)
Peter Kay's Animated All Star Band: The Official BBC Children in Need Medley
2009
as Roobarb/Custard (voice)
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| Organization | Category | Movie |
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Watership Down
as Broom
Episodes: 39
First Aired: Sep 28, 1999
Roobarb and Custard Too
as Narrator
Episodes: 39
First Aired: Aug 08, 2005
Monarch of the Glen
as Hector MacDonald
Episodes: 33
First Aired: Feb 27, 2000
The Good Life
as Tom Good
Episodes: 28
First Aired: Apr 04, 1975
Bird Bath
as Narrator
Episodes: 25
First Aired: Unknown
The Other One
as Ralph Tanner
Episodes: 13
First Aired: Nov 11, 1977
Alias the Jester
as Alias
Episodes: 13
First Aired: Nov 13, 1985
Geoff Hamilton: a Man and His Garden
as Narrator
Episodes: 5
First Aired: Oct 09, 1998
Doctor Who
as Chief Caretaker
Episodes: 4
First Aired: Nov 23, 1963
If You See God, Tell Him
as Godfrey Spry
Episodes: 4
First Aired: Nov 11, 1993
A Respectable Trade
as Sir Charles Fairley
Episodes: 4
First Aired: Apr 19, 1998
Little Red Tractor Stories
as Narrator (voice)
Episodes: 4
First Aired: Unknown
The Norman Conquests
as Reg
Episodes: 3
First Aired: Oct 05, 1977
Midsomer Murders
as Stephen Wentworth
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Mar 23, 1997
Torchwood
as Parker
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 22, 2006
Tales of the Unexpected
as Albert Dobson
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Mar 24, 1979
Mr. Bean
as Mr. Sprout
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jan 01, 1990
Lovejoy
as Raymond Doncaster
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jan 10, 1986
From a Bird's Eye View
as George Lemon
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 18, 1970
New Tricks
as James Farlow
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jan 01, 2004
Extras
as Richard Briers
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jul 21, 2005
Kingdom
as Jim Wright
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Apr 22, 2007
Dixon of Dock Green
as Ken Tracey
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jul 09, 1955
Screen Two
as Old Arthur/George
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jan 06, 1985
Agatha Christie's Marple
as Wilson
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Dec 12, 2004
Play for Today
as Mr. Smythe
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 15, 1970
NBC Experiment in Television
as (voice)
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Feb 19, 1967
Inspector Morse
as Sir Clixby Bream
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jan 06, 1987
Minder
as Col. Caplan
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 29, 1979
Play for Today
as Commander Jack Broome
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 15, 1970
Armchair Theatre
as Stanley Frelaine
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jul 08, 1956
Marriage Lines
Episodes: 43
First Aired: May 14, 1961
Noah and Nelly in... SkylArk
Episodes: 30
First Aired: Sep 13, 1976
Roobarb
Episodes: 30
First Aired: Oct 21, 1974
Ever Decreasing Circles
Episodes: 26
First Aired: Jan 29, 1984
All in Good Faith
Episodes: 18
First Aired: Dec 30, 1985
One-Upmanship
Episodes: 17
First Aired: Mar 10, 1976
Brothers In Law
Episodes: 13
First Aired: Apr 17, 1962
Down to Earth
Episodes: 7
First Aired: Jan 05, 1995
Goodbye Mr Kent
Episodes: 7
First Aired: Jan 28, 1982
Tall Stories
Episodes: 6
First Aired: Nov 20, 1971
My Appalling School Report
Episodes: 4
First Aired: Mar 10, 2006
The Nearly Complete and Utter History of Everything
Episodes: 2
First Aired: Jan 02, 2000
Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
as Self
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Nov 02, 2001
Comedy Connections
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jun 09, 2003
The Goodies
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Nov 08, 1970
Wogan
as Self
Episodes: 1
First Aired: May 04, 1982
Natural World
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 30, 1983
The Galton & Simpson Playhouse
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Feb 17, 1977
That's What I Call Television
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jun 30, 2007
A Bucket O' French and Saunders
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 07, 2007
Ooh La La!
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Apr 06, 1968
Brass Eye
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jan 29, 1997
Parkinson
as Self
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jan 09, 1998
Tony Awards
as Self - Nominee
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Apr 01, 1956
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