Richard Briers
Acting
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Acting Credits
Biography
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), ...
Known For
Filmography
The Good Life: Inside Out
2025
The Good Life: Secret & Scandals
2022
as (archive footage)
Roobarb and Custard: The Complete Collection
2017
as Narrator, Roobarb, Custard / lot of characters. (uncredited)
British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves
2016
as Acting Role (archive footage) (uncredited)
Mouse and Mole at Christmas Time
2013
as Mouse (voice)
Cockneys vs Zombies
2012
as Hamish
Run For Your Wife
2012
as Newspaper Seller
Horror on the High Rise
2011
National Theatre Live: London Assurance
2010
as Mr. Adolphus Spanker
All About The Good Life
2010
Peter Kay's Animated All Star Band: The Official BBC Children in Need Medley
2009
as Roobarb/Custard (voice)
That's What I Call Television
2007
as Self
A Bucket O' French and Saunders
2007
Kingdom
2007
as Jim Wright
As You Like It
2006
as Adam
Torchwood
2006
as Parker
My Appalling School Report
2006
The Funny Blokes of British Comedy
2005
as Self
Our Hidden Lives
2005
as Herbert Brush
Dad
2005
as Larry James
Extras
2005
as Richard Briers
Roobarb and Custard Too
2005
as Narrator
New Tricks
2004
as James Farlow
Agatha Christie's Marple
2004
as Wilson
Peter Pan
2003
as Sam "Smee" Smiegel
Bob the Builder: The Knights of Can-A-Lot
2003
as Robert (voice)
Comedy Connections
2003
Unconditional Love
2002
as Barry Moore
Victoria & Albert
2001
as Joseph Paxton
Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
2001
as Self
Love's Labour's Lost
2000
as Sir Nathaniel
Monarch of the Glen
2000
as Hector MacDonald
The Nearly Complete and Utter History of Everything
2000
Watership Down
1999
as Captain Broom (voice)
The Student Prince
1998
as Dr. Corbitt
Geoff Hamilton: a Man and His Garden
1998
as Narrator
A Respectable Trade
1998
as Sir Charles Fairley
Parkinson
1998
as Self
Spice World
1997
as Bishop
Midsomer Murders
1997
as Stephen Wentworth
Brass Eye
1997
as Self
Hamlet
1996
as Polonius
The Adventures of Toad
1996
as Rat
In the Bleak Midwinter
1995
as Henry
Heavy Weather
1995
as The Hon. Galahad Threepwood
The Adventures of Mole
1995
as Rat
Down to Earth
1995
as Tony Fairfax
Mary Shelley's Frankenstein
1994
as Grandfather
Mole's Christmas
1994
as Rat
Skallagrigg
1994
as Old Arthur/George
Frances the Firefly
1994
as Narrator (voice)
French and Saunders' Christmas Carol
1994
as Self
Much Ado About Nothing
1993
as Signor Leonato
If You See God, Tell Him
1993
as Godfrey Spry
Swan Song
1992
as Nikita
Peter's Friends
1992
as Lord Morton
Mr. Bean
1990
as Mr. Sprout
A Chorus of Disapproval
1989
as Ted Washbrook
Henry V
1989
as Lieutenant Bardolph
Twelfth Night, or What You Will
1988
as Malvolio
Children's Favourites - Volume 1
1988
as Alias (voice)
Doctor Who: Paradise Towers
1987
as The Chief Caretaker
Lovejoy
1986
as Raymond Doncaster
A Month in the Country
1985
as Arkady
Alias the Jester
1985
as Alias
Screen Two
1985
as Old Arthur/George
All in Good Faith
1985
as Reverend Philip Lambe
Ever Decreasing Circles
1984
Arms and the Man
1983
as Bluntschli
The Aerodrome
1983
as The Rector
Natural World
1983
It's Your Move
1982
as The Husband
Wogan
1982
as Self
Goodbye Mr Kent
1982
as Travis Kent
P.Q. 17
1981
as Jack Broome
Village Wooing
1979
as A
Tales of the Unexpected
1979
as Albert Dobson
Watership Down
1978
as Fiver (voice)
Our Flesh and Blood
1977
as Mr. Smythe
The Other One
1977
as Ralph Tanner
The Norman Conquests
1977
as Reg
The Galton & Simpson Playhouse
1977
as Henry Fairlane
The Sunday Drama
1977
as Dennis
A Small Miracle
1976
as Himself - Commentator
Noah and Nelly in... SkylArk
1976
One-Upmanship
1976
as Stephen Potter
Great
1975
as Isambard Kingdom Brunel
The Good Life
1975
as Tom Good
Noddy
1975
as Narrator
The Four Musketeers
1974
as Louis XIII (voice) (uncredited)
Roobarb
1974
The Three Musketeers
1973
as Louis XIII (voice)
Between the Wars
1973
as Oswald Carstairs
Rentadick
1972
as Miles Gannet
Tall Stories
1971
Birds on the Wing
1971
as Charles Jackson
All the Way Up
1970
as Nigel Hadfield
From a Bird's Eye View
1970
as George Lemon
Play for Today
1970
as Mr. Smythe
Play for Today
1970
as Commander Jack Broome
Ben Travers Farces
1970
as Charlie Tutt
Ooh La La!
1968
Fathom
1967
as Flight Lt. Timothy Webb
NBC Experiment in Television
1967
as (voice)
ITV Playhouse
1967
as A
BBC Play of the Month
1965
as Sandy Tyrell
The Bargee
1964
as Tomkins
All in Good Time
1964
as The Young Husband
A Home of Your Own
1964
as The Husband
Theatre 625
1964
as David Prentice
Thursday Theatre
1964
as David Prentice
Doctor in Distress
1963
as Medical Student (uncredited)
Doctor Who
1963
as Chief Caretaker
The Girl on the Boat
1962
as Eustace Hignett
Brothers In Law
1962
A Matter of WHO
1961
as Jamieson
Murder She Said
1961
as 'Mrs Binster'
Faces of Jim
1961
as John Frobisher
Faces of Jim
1961
as Lighthouse Assistant
Faces of Jim
1961
as Ricky Groin
Marriage Lines
1961
as George Starling
Bottoms Up!
1960
as Colbourne
Girls at Sea
1958
as 'Popeye' Lewis
Armchair Theatre
1956
as Stanley Frelaine
Tony Awards
1956
as Self - Nominee
Dixon of Dock Green
1955
as Ken Tracey