Born in Raynes Park, Surrey, England, UK — Jan 14 1934• Died Feb 17 2013

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 (…
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Stephen Wentworth

Chief Caretaker

Mr. Smythe

Sandy Tyrell

James Farlow

Wilson

Albert Dobson

David Prentice

Parker


Old Arthur/George

Mr. Sprout
Nikita

Raymond Doncaster

Hector MacDonald

Jim Wright

Richard Briers

Ken Tracey

Self

Tom Good


Polonius


(voice)
John Frobisher

Sam "Smee" Smiegel

Henry Fairlane


George Lemon

Lieutenant Bardolph

Bishop

Captain Broom (voice)

Signor Leonato

Reverend Philip Lambe

Louis XIII (voice)


Stanley Frelaine

Fiver (voice)

Grandfather

Sir Charles Fairley

Adam

'Mrs Binster'

Louis XIII (voice) (uncredited)

Lord Morton
Stephen Potter

Sir Nathaniel
Charlie Tutt
Self


Ralph Tanner

The Hon. Galahad Threepwood

Barry Moore

Old Arthur/George

Larry James

Godfrey Spry
Self

Newspaper Seller

Acting Role (archive footage) (uncredited)

Medical Student (uncredited)

Reg
Tony Fairfax

Jamieson

Tomkins
Herbert Brush

Henry
Charles Jackson

The Rector

'Popeye' Lewis

The Chief Caretaker


Narrator

Joseph Paxton

Nigel Hadfield

Flight Lt. Timothy Webb

Malvolio

Eustace Hignett

Rat


Hamish

Narrator

The Husband

Roobarb/Custard (voice)

Dr. Corbitt

Rat

Miles Gannet

Colbourne
Bluntschli

Alias

Jack Broome


Robert (voice)

Mr. Smythe

The Husband

Mr. Adolphus Spanker

Isambard Kingdom Brunel

Himself - Commentator


The Young Husband

Ted Washbrook

Travis Kent
A

Alias (voice)

Narrator

Narrator (voice)

(archive footage)

Mouse (voice)

Rat

Narrator (voice)

Self

Narrator


Narrator, Roobarb, Custard / lot of characters. (uncredited)

Self - Nominee