Richard Briers
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).
| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 1.1074 |
| Birthday | 1934-01-14 |
| Place of Birth | Raynes Park, Surrey, England, UK |
| Also Known As |
1994
Mary Shelley's Frankenstein
6.448/1381
Victor Frankenstein is a promising young doctor who, devastated by the death of his mother during childbirth, becomes obsessed with bringing the dead...
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Mary Shelley's Frankenstein
1996
Hamlet
7.339/513
Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, returns home to find his father murdered and his mother now marrying the murderer... his uncle. Meanwhile, war is brewing.
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Hamlet
1978
Watership Down
7.2/711
When the warren belonging to a community of rabbits is threatened, a brave group led by Fiver, Bigwig, Blackberry and Hazel leave their homeland in a...
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Watership Down
1993
Much Ado About Nothing
6.952/816
In this Shakespearean farce, Hero and her groom-to-be, Claudio, team up with Claudio's commanding officer, Don Pedro, the week before their wedding to...
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Much Ado About Nothing
1995
In the Bleak Midwinter
7.102/44
Out of work actor Joe volunteers to help try and save his sister's local church for the community by putting on a Christmas production of Hamlet, some...
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In the Bleak Midwinter
1967
Fathom
6.061/41
While touring abroad in Europe, beautiful American skydiver Fathom Harvill gets wrapped up in international intrigue when Scottish spy Douglas Campbel...
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Fathom
2000
Love's Labour's Lost
5.545/77
A scholarly king and his three companions swear off the society of women for three years, only to have a diplomatic visit from a French princess and h...
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Love's Labour's Lost
1982
It's Your Move
7.875/8
A silent slapstick comedy depicting the travails of young couple moving into a new home, who hire an accident-prone firm of house removers, headed by...
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It's Your Move
1995
Heavy Weather
8/3
At Blandings Castle, the Earl of Emsworth only cares about his prize pig 'The Empress' and is wilfully ignorant of the fact that his brother is planni...
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Heavy Weather
2012
Cockneys vs Zombies
5.7/461
A group of Cockneys arm themselves to rescue their elderly relative and his retirement home friends who are trapped and fighting off a zombie attack d...
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Cockneys vs Zombies
1964
The Bargee
7/13
After a lock-keeper entrusts his daughter to a canal Casanova, he is shocked to learn that she is pregnant. He then refuses to open his locks - causin...
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The Bargee
2012
Run For Your Wife
4.4/11
John Smith has been happily involved in a bigamous marriage for five years. He lives with Stephanie in Finsbury and Michelle in Stockwell. Fortunately...
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Run For Your Wife
1972
Rentadick
4.167/12
Armitage runs a chemical company that is on the verge of producing a gas that causes temporary disability. Clearly the military want it but it is also...
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Rentadick
2005
The Funny Blokes of British Comedy
6.5/2
Movie with some of the greatest brittish comedians such as Rowan Atkinson, John Cleese.
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The Funny Blokes of British Comedy
1975
Great
5.627/79
An animated film about the British engineer Isambard Kingdom Brunel, who spearheaded numerous engineering marvels of the early 19th century - includin...
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Great
1961
A Matter of WHO
6.4/5
Health officials from the World Health Organization link a smallpox outbreak in Europe to oil drilling in the Middle East.
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A Matter of WHO
1992
Swan Song
6.833/6
An aging actor remembers his past stage triumphs and contemplates a dim future on the stage of an empty theatre. The film was nominated for an Oscar f...
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Swan Song
1988
Twelfth Night, or What You Will
7.417/6
The tale begins when a brother and sister are separated in a shipwreck, but survive to be washed up on the shore of Illyria. The sister, Viola, disgui...
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Twelfth Night, or What You Will
2003
Peter Pan
7.132/2783
In stifling Edwardian London, Wendy Darling mesmerizes her brothers every night with bedtime tales of swordplay, swashbuckling and the fearsome Captai...
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Peter Pan
1958
Girls at Sea
7.333/3
When HMS Scotia pays a visit to the French Riviera, the officers throw a lavish party to celebrate the engagement of Captain Robert Randall to Jill Ea...
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Girls at Sea
1970
All the Way Up
7/4
Fred Midway may be a bit short on brains, but he's got plenty of ambition. However, before he can gain promotion as a salesman, he must make his famil...
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All the Way Up
1983
Arms and the Man
0/0
A frightened Swiss soldier climbs into a young Bulgarian girl's room during wartime.
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Arms and the Man
1974
The Four Musketeers
6.4/221
The Four Musketeers defend the queen and her dressmaker from Cardinal Richelieu and Milady de Winter.
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The Four Musketeers
1973
The Three Musketeers
6.7/363
In 17th century France, young D'Artagnan wants to join the King's Musketeers, but instead befriends three legendary musketeers—Athos, Porthos, and Ara...
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The Three Musketeers
2022
The Good Life: Secret & Scandals
7/2
The cosy sitcom had storylines tackling mid-life crises, drunken wife-swapping and more.
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The Good Life: Secret & Scandals
2017
Roobarb and Custard: The Complete Collection
0/0
Roobarb and Custard: The Complete Collection has a lot of 69 episodes, the two pre-school children's shows including the 1974 tv show "Roobarb" (30 e...
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Roobarb and Custard: The Complete Collection
1964
All in Good Time
0/0
A Guinness advert in the form of a short comic film set in a traditional country pub.
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All in Good Time
1979
Village Wooing
0/0
Adaptation of the play by George Bernard Shaw. (Synopsis) Richard Briers tries to woo Judi Dench in this play by George Bernard Shaw.
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Village Wooing
1989
A Chorus of Disapproval
5.407/27
Guy Jones (Irons) moves to a small British town and joins the local amateur dramatics society as a way to meet people. However he soon finds the drama...
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A Chorus of Disapproval
1983
The Aerodrome
7/1
In the future England is ruled by a fascist government, and one day the leaders begin the construction of a heavily guarded, mysterious airport. BBC a...
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The Aerodrome
2005
Our Hidden Lives
4.5/4
Based on the best-selling book by award-winning writer Simon Garfield, four stories from Britain's 'lost decade' (1945 - 1955) are presented from the...
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Our Hidden Lives
1961
Murder She Said
7.331/240
Miss Marple believes she's seen a murder in a passing-by train, yet when the police find no evidence she decides to investigate it on her own.
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Murder She Said
2013
Mouse and Mole at Christmas Time
6/4
Animation telling of the adventures of Mouse, Mole, Rat and Owl. Before giving a Twelfth Night party, Mouse makes a snowmole for Mole. In a dream, Sno...
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Mouse and Mole at Christmas Time
1963
Doctor in Distress
6.3/16
"Doctor in Distress" is the fifth of the seven films in the "Doctor" series, and focuses on Sir Lancelot Spratt, Simon Sparrow's old teacher and som...
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Doctor in Distress
1994
Mole's Christmas
5.4/5
Rat and Mole must get to Mole's home through a snowy Christmas Eve while eluding weasel pickpockets.
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Mole's Christmas
1998
The Student Prince
5.25/4
The Queen's youngest son is off to university, mainly because "I'm hopeless at anything else". Barry, his new bodyguard, has no time for the royal fam...
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The Student Prince
2005
Dad
9.5/2
Lucy Gannon (Soldier, Soldier, Bramwell, Trip Trap) has written Dad, the poignant story of Larry James (Richard Briers), a cheery and independent 86-y...
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Dad
1992
Peter's Friends
6.606/218
After inheriting a large country estate from his late father, Peter invites his friends from college: married couple Roger and Mary, the lonely Maggie...
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Peter's Friends
1989
Henry V
7.097/413
In 1415, in the midst of the Hundred Years' War, the young King Henry V of England embarks on the conquest of France.
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Henry V
1960
Bottoms Up!
6.65/10
An incompetent boarding school headmaster, Professor Jim Edwards, devises a bizarre plot to raise the profile of his boarding school, and thus save hi...
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Bottoms Up!
2009
Peter Kay's Animated All Star Band: The Official BBC Children in Need Medley
9/8
Big Chris leads a chorus of characters from various animated children's television shows in a medley of seven songs: 1. "Can You Feel It" 2. "Don't...
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Peter Kay's Animated All Star Band: The Official BBC Children in Need Medley
2010
National Theatre Live: London Assurance
7/1
Grace has agreed to marry Sir Harcourt in return for his financial support of her family. At a house party in her father's place, Harcourt's son Charl...
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National Theatre Live: London Assurance
2016
British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves
5.7/2
Documentary celebrating the British sitcom and taking a look at the social and political context from which our favourite sitcoms grew. We enjoy a tri...
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British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves
1997
Spice World
4.918/508
World famous pop group the Spice Girls zip around London in their luxurious double decker tour bus having various adventures and performing for their...
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Spice World
2006
As You Like It
5.77/100
Witty, playful and utterly magical, the story is a compelling romantic adventure in which Rosalind and Orlando's celebrated courtship is played out ag...
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As You Like It
1976
A Small Miracle
0/0
On Christmas Eve, a poor old woman plays her accordion in the street. Apart from two children, the passers-by ignore her and by the end of the day she...
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A Small Miracle
1994
Skallagrigg
4/3
Back in the 'bad old days' when the physically and mentally disabled were locked away in institutions a legend grew of someone who could stand up to t...
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Skallagrigg
1977
Our Flesh and Blood
0/0
Comedy about a couple expecting their first baby.
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Our Flesh and Blood
1995
The Adventures of Mole
7.5/2
Mole decides it's time for an adventure! It isn't long before he discovers all the fun and thrills of the riverbank in the company of his new found fr...
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The Adventures of Mole
1964
A Home of Your Own
6.571/7
A Home of Your Own is a 1964 British comedy film which is a brick-by-brick account of the building a young couple’s dream house. From the day when the...
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A Home of Your Own
2002
Unconditional Love
5.987/62
After her husband leaves her, a woman travels to London for the funeral of the pop star, Victor Fox, she's adored all her life. There, she meets the l...
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Unconditional Love
1962
The Girl on the Boat
6/6
Norman Wisdom does to P.G. Wodehouse in Girl on the Boat what Jerry Lewis did to Gore Vidal in Visit to a Small Planet. The zany Wisdom, put in charge...
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The Girl on the Boat
2010
All About The Good Life
0/0
What was it really like behind the scenes of The Good Life? With contributions from Richard Briers, Penelope Keith, Monty Don, Brian Sewell and John O...
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All About The Good Life
1981
P.Q. 17
0/0
"That order to scatter was as good as a death sentence to those merchant ships. And there isn't one officer or rating who doesn't agree with me." A Br...
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P.Q. 17
1996
The Adventures of Toad
0/0
Toad's life is just one big adventure! His latest and greatest hobby is racing around the countryside in his new motor car getting into all sorts of t...
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The Adventures of Toad
1987
Doctor Who: Paradise Towers
6.5/4
The Doctor and Mel visit Paradise Towers, a residential complex that promises a peaceful life to its residents. However, the establishment is far from...
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Doctor Who: Paradise Towers
2001
Victoria & Albert
7.577/13
The passionate love story that was Queen Victoria and Prince Albert's lengthy marriage. Beginning in 1837, the year of King William IV's death and 18-...
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Victoria & Albert
1994
Frances the Firefly
0/0
An animated fire safety PIF from the 1990s, narrated by Richard Briers. A book version of the PIF was published in 2004.
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Frances the Firefly
2011
Horror on the High Rise
0/0
Mark Ayres presents a look at the making of Paradise Towers.
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Horror on the High Rise
2003
Bob the Builder: The Knights of Can-A-Lot
6.9/7
When an old castle needs repairs, it's time to call Bob the Builder! Unfortunately a case of mistaken identity puts Bob's father in charge, resulting...
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Bob the Builder: The Knights of Can-A-Lot
1988
Children's Favourites - Volume 1
0/0
A compilation of episodes from The Wind in the Willows, Danger Mouse and Alias the Jester.
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Children's Favourites - Volume 1
2025
The Good Life: Inside Out
0/0
Documentary celebrating 50 years of The Good Life.
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The Good Life: Inside Out
1994
French and Saunders' Christmas Carol
0/0
Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders reprise some of their favourite characters for a yuletide airing, while Charles Dickens and the Oscar-winning film T...
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French and Saunders' Christmas Carol
1985
A Month in the Country
0/0
Ivan Turgenev's comedy features an attractive woman approaching middle age. At her husband's country estate, with an admirer in constant attendance, s...
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