Richard Briers
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- January 14, 1934
- Died
- February 17, 2013
- Birthplace
- Raynes Park, Surrey, England, UK
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).
Filmography
The Good Life: Inside Out 2025
Actor
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
Actor
All About The Good Life 2010
Actor
National Theatre Live: London Assurance 2010
as Mr. Adolphus Spanker
Peter Kay's Animated All Star Band: The Official BBC Children in Need Medley 2009
as Roobarb/Custard (voice)
As You Like It 2006
as Adam
- Our Hidden Lives
Our Hidden Lives 2005
as Herbert Brush
- The Funny Blokes of British Comedy
The Funny Blokes of British Comedy 2005
as Self
Dad 2005
as Larry James
Peter Pan 2003
as Sam "Smee" Smiegel
More Great Comedy Moments 2003
as Martin Bryce (archive footage)
Bob the Builder: The Knights of Can-A-Lot 2003
as Robert (voice)
Unconditional Love 2002
as Barry Moore
Great Comedy Moments 2001
as Tom Good (archive footage)
Victoria & Albert 2001
as Joseph Paxton
Love's Labour's Lost 2000
as Sir Nathaniel
The Student Prince 1998
as Dr. Corbitt
Spice World 1997
as Bishop
Hamlet 1996
as Polonius
The Adventures of Toad 1996
as Rat
The Adventures of Mole 1995
as Rat
Heavy Weather 1995
as The Hon. Galahad Threepwood
In the Bleak Midwinter 1995
as Henry
French and Saunders' Christmas Carol 1994
as Self
Mole's Christmas 1994
as Rat
Mary Shelley's Frankenstein 1994
as Grandfather
Skallagrigg 1994
as Old Arthur/George
Frances the Firefly 1994
as Narrator (voice)
Much Ado About Nothing 1993
as Signor Leonato
Peter's Friends 1992
as Lord Morton
- Swan Song
Swan Song 1992
as Nikita
Henry V 1989
as Lieutenant Bardolph
A Chorus of Disapproval 1989
as Ted Washbrook
Twelfth Night, or What You Will 1988
as Malvolio
- Children's Favourites - Volume 1
Children's Favourites - Volume 1 1988
as Alias (voice)
Doctor Who: Paradise Towers 1987
as The Chief Caretaker
A Month in the Country 1985
as Arkady
The Aerodrome 1983
as The Rector
- Arms and the Man
Arms and the Man 1983
as Bluntschli
It's Your Move 1982
as The Husband
P.Q. 17 1981
as Jack Broome
- Village Wooing
Village Wooing 1979
as A
Watership Down 1978
as Fiver (voice)
- The Morecambe and Wise Christmas Show
The Morecambe and Wise Christmas Show 1977
as Theatre Patron
Our Flesh and Blood 1977
as Mr. Smythe
A Small Miracle 1976
as Himself - Commentator
Great 1975
as Isambard Kingdom Brunel
The Four Musketeers 1974
as Louis XIII (voice) (uncredited)
The Three Musketeers 1973
as Louis XIII (voice)
Rentadick 1972
as Miles Gannet
All the Way Up 1970
as Nigel Hadfield
Fathom 1967
as Flight Lt. Timothy Webb
A Home of Your Own 1964
as The Husband
The Bargee 1964
as Tomkins
All in Good Time 1964
as The Young Husband
Doctor in Distress 1963
as Medical Student (uncredited)
The Girl on the Boat 1962
as Eustace Hignett
A Matter of WHO 1961
as Jamieson
Murder She Said 1961
as 'Mrs Binster'
Bottoms Up! 1960
as Colbourne
Girls at Sea 1958
as 'Popeye' Lewis
Credits from TMDB.