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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 Ken…
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- Midsomer Murders (1997) as Stephen Wentworth
- Doctor Who (1963) as Chief Caretaker
- Play for Today (1970) as Mr. Smythe
- BBC Play of the Month (1965) as Sandy Tyrell
- Tony Awards (1956) as Self - Nominee
- Agatha Christie's Marple (2004) as Wilson
- Theatre 625 (1964) as David Prentice
- Wogan (1982) as Self
- ITV Playhouse (1967) as A
- New Tricks (2004) as James Farlow
- Mr. Bean (1990) as Mr. Sprout
- Tales of the Unexpected (1979) as Albert Dobson
- Torchwood (2006) as Parker
- Screen Two (1985) as Old Arthur/George
- Natural World (1983) Cast
- Monarch of the Glen (2000) as Hector MacDonald
- Parkinson (1998) as Self
- Extras (2005) as Richard Briers
- Lovejoy (1986) as Raymond Doncaster
- Friday Night with Jonathan Ross (2001) as Self
- Dixon of Dock Green (1955) as Ken Tracey
- The Sunday Drama (1977) as Dennis
- Kingdom (2007) as Jim Wright
- Peter Pan (2003) as Sam "Smee" Smiegel
- The Good Life (1975) as Tom Good
- Brass Eye (1997) as Self
- Faces of Jim (1961) as John Frobisher
- Watership Down (1999) as Captain Broom (voice)
- Ooh La La! (1968) Cast
- The Galton & Simpson Playhouse (1977) as Henry Fairlane
- Much Ado About Nothing (1993) as Signor Leonato
- Hamlet (1996) as Polonius
- The Three Musketeers (1973) as Louis XIII (voice)
- Mary Shelley's Frankenstein (1994) as Grandfather
- Marriage Lines (1961) as George Starling
- Henry V (1989) as Lieutenant Bardolph
- Watership Down (1978) as Fiver (voice)
- Comedy Connections (2003) Cast
- Spice World (1997) as Bishop
- Cockneys vs Zombies (2012) as Hamish
- Murder She Said (1961) as 'Mrs Binster'
- Ever Decreasing Circles (1984) Cast
- The Four Musketeers (1974) as Louis XIII (voice) (uncredited)
- One-Upmanship (1976) as Stephen Potter
- As You Like It (2006) as Adam
- From a Bird's Eye View (1970) as George Lemon
- A Respectable Trade (1998) as Sir Charles Fairley
- The Nearly Complete and Utter History of Everything (2000) Cast
- Peter's Friends (1992) as Lord Morton
- Roobarb (1974) Cast
- Unconditional Love (2002) as Barry Moore
- NBC Experiment in Television (1967) as (voice)
- A Bucket O' French and Saunders (2007) Cast
- Armchair Theatre (1956) as Stanley Frelaine
- Fathom (1967) as Flight Lt. Timothy Webb
- Noah and Nelly in... SkylArk (1976) Cast
- That's What I Call Television (2007) as Self
- Run For Your Wife (2012) as Newspaper Seller
- Love's Labour's Lost (2000) as Sir Nathaniel
- All in Good Faith (1985) as Reverend Philip Lambe
- Doctor in Distress (1963) as Medical Student (uncredited)
- Peter Kay's Animated All Star Band: The Official BBC Children in Need Medley (2009) as Roobarb/Custard (voice)
- If You See God, Tell Him (1993) as Godfrey Spry
- Swan Song (1992) as Nikita
- A Chorus of Disapproval (1989) as Ted Washbrook
- The Funny Blokes of British Comedy (2005) as Self
- Down to Earth (1995) as Tony Fairfax
- The Norman Conquests (1977) as Reg
- Victoria & Albert (2001) as Joseph Paxton
- Heavy Weather (1995) as The Hon. Galahad Threepwood
- Ben Travers Farces (1970) as Charlie Tutt
- Alias the Jester (1985) as Alias
- The Bargee (1964) as Tomkins
- Rentadick (1972) as Miles Gannet
- Dad (2005) as Larry James
- The Other One (1977) as Ralph Tanner
- The Student Prince (1998) as Dr. Corbitt
- In the Bleak Midwinter (1995) as Henry
- Skallagrigg (1994) as Old Arthur/George
- A Home of Your Own (1964) as The Husband
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Most-watched Richard Briers films currently: Peter Pan (2003), Much Ado About Nothing (1993), Hamlet (1996), The Three Musketeers (1973), Mary Shelley's Frankenstein (1994).
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Selected TV credits: Midsomer Murders (1997), Doctor Who (1963), Play for Today (1970), BBC Play of the Month (1965), Tony Awards (1956).
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