Richard Briers
Birthday: 1934-01-14 | Place of Birth: Raynes Park, Surrey, England, UKRichard 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 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
Acting
Role
as Hamish
as Wilson
as Adam
as Barry Moore
as Smee
as Hector MacDonald
as Sir Nathaniel
as Dr. Corbitt
as Polonius
as Henry
as Grandfather
as Godfrey Spry
as Signor Leonato
as Ted Washbrook
as Malvolio
as The Rector
as Fiver (voice)
as Mr. Smythe
as Flight Lt. Timothy Webb
as Jamieson
