Richard David BriersCBE (14 January 1934 – 17 February 2013) was an English actor whose five-decade career encompassed film, radio, stage and television.
Briers first came to prominence as George Starling in Marriage Lines (1961–66), but it was a few years later, when he narrated Roobarb (1974–76) and Noah and Nelly in... SkylArk (1976–77) and played Tom Good in the BBC sitcom The Good Life (1975–78), that he became a household name. He starred as Martin in Ever Decreasing Circles (1984–89), and 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).
(1996) and As You Like It (2006). Briers was born on 14 January 1934 in Raynes Park, Surrey, the son of Joseph Benjamin Briers (1901–1980) and his second wife...
was written by John Esmonde and Bob Larbey, and it reunited them with RichardBriers, who had starred in their previous popular sitcom The Good Life. It...
member of the National Youth Theatre. As well as acting, Briers plays both the piano and flute. Briers played Mary Bennet in the BBC's television adaptation...
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that he is the new Laird. Along with Mackenzie, television veterans RichardBriers and Susan Hampshire received star billing as Archie's eccentric parents...
Good Life that aired from 4 April 1975 to 10 June 1978, and starred RichardBriers (Tom Good), Felicity Kendal (Barbara Good), Penelope Keith (Margo Leadbetter)...
1946) is an English actress. Wilton is known for starring opposite RichardBriers in the BBC sitcom Ever Decreasing Circles (1984–1989); playing Homily...
television sitcom first broadcast between 1963 and 1966. The series gave RichardBriers and Prunella Scales, its lead stars, a significant boost in their careers...
Simon Russell Beale, Maurice Evans, Ken Dodd, RichardBriers, Sir Nigel Hawthorne and Sir Derek Jacobi. Richard Wilson took on the role for the Royal Shakespeare...
building Paradise Towers, takes over the body of the Chief Caretaker (RichardBriers) so he can kill everyone in the Towers. The Seventh Doctor and Mel,...
Family Affairs, The Bill and Casualty. In 2005, she starred alongside RichardBriers and Kevin Whately in a drama called Dad on BBC One as part of Comic...
The narration of both series was provided by the actor RichardBriers. On 17 February 2013, Briers died, followed four days later by animator Godfrey. Roobarb...
It also made the earliest of Richard Waring's domestic comedies, Marriage Lines (1961–1966), starring RichardBriers (later to star in The Good Life)...
Sutton as Eric RichardBriers as Hamish Honor Blackman as Peggy Elizabeth Webster as Natasha Cockneys vs Zombies is RichardBriers's final acting credit...
break came with the early 1960s sitcom Marriage Lines starring opposite RichardBriers. She played her most famous role, Sybil Fawlty in the sitcom Fawlty...
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