Richard Briers
Acting
1934-01-14 · Raynes Park, Surrey, England, UK
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).
movieThe Good Life: Inside Out
as · 2025 · 0.0
movieThe Good Life: Secret & Scandals
as (archive footage) · 2022 · 7.0
movieRoobarb and Custard: The Complete Collection
as Narrator, Roobarb, Custard / lot of characters. (uncredited) · 2017 · 0.0
movieBritish Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves
as Acting Role (archive footage) (uncredited) · 2016 · 5.7
movieMouse and Mole at Christmas Time
as Mouse (voice) · 2013 · 6.0
movieCockneys vs Zombies
as Hamish · 2012 · 5.7
movieRun For Your Wife
as Newspaper Seller · 2012 · 4.4
movieHorror on the High Rise
as · 2011 · 0.0
movieAll About The Good Life
as · 2010 · 0.0
movieNational Theatre Live: London Assurance
as Mr. Adolphus Spanker · 2010 · 7.0
moviePeter Kay's Animated All Star Band: The Official BBC Children in Need Medley
as Roobarb/Custard (voice) · 2009 · 9.0
tvA Bucket O' French and Saunders
as · 2007 · 6.2
tvThat's What I Call Television
as Self · 2007 · 0.0
tvKingdom
as Jim Wright · 2007 · 7.1
tvTorchwood
as Parker · 2006 · 7.3
movieAs You Like It
as Adam · 2006 · 5.8
tvMy Appalling School Report
as · 2006 · 0.0
movieOur Hidden Lives
as Herbert Brush · 2005 · 4.5
tvRoobarb and Custard Too
as Narrator · 2005 · 7.3
tvExtras
as Richard Briers · 2005 · 7.8
movieThe Funny Blokes of British Comedy
as Self · 2005 · 6.5
movieDad
as Larry James · 2005 · 9.5
tvAgatha Christie's Marple
as Wilson · 2004 · 7.8
tvNew Tricks
as James Farlow · 2004 · 7.3