Richard Briers

Richard Briers

Acting

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…

Filmography

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The Good Life: Inside Out The Good Life: Inside Out 2025 The Good Life: Secret & Scandals ★ 7.0 The Good Life: Secret & Scandals 2022 Roobarb and Custard: The Complete Collection Roobarb and Custard: The Complete Collection 2017 British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves ★ 5.7 British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves 2016 Mouse and Mole at Christmas Time ★ 6.0 Mouse and Mole at Christmas Time 2013 Cockneys vs Zombies ★ 5.7 Cockneys vs Zombies 2012 Run For Your Wife ★ 4.4 Run For Your Wife 2012 Horror on the High Rise Horror on the High Rise 2011 All About The Good Life All About The Good Life 2010 National Theatre Live: London Assurance ★ 7.0 National Theatre Live: London Assurance 2010 Peter Kay's Animated All Star Band: The Official BBC Children in Need Medley ★ 9.0 Peter Kay's Animated All Star Band: The Official BBC Children in Need Medley 2009 A Bucket O' French and Saunders ★ 6.2 A Bucket O' French and Saunders 2007 That's What I Call Television That's What I Call Television 2007 Kingdom ★ 7.1 Kingdom 2007 Torchwood ★ 7.3 Torchwood 2006 As You Like It ★ 5.8 As You Like It 2006 My Appalling School Report My Appalling School Report 2006 Our Hidden Lives ★ 4.5 Our Hidden Lives 2005 Roobarb and Custard Too ★ 7.3 Roobarb and Custard Too 2005 Extras ★ 7.8 Extras 2005 The Funny Blokes of British Comedy ★ 6.5 The Funny Blokes of British Comedy 2005 Dad ★ 9.5 Dad 2005 Agatha Christie's Marple ★ 7.8 Agatha Christie's Marple 2004 New Tricks ★ 7.3 New Tricks 2004 Peter Pan ★ 7.1 Peter Pan 2003 Comedy Connections ★ 5.5 Comedy Connections 2003 Bob the Builder: The Knights of Can-A-Lot ★ 6.9 Bob the Builder: The Knights of Can-A-Lot 2003 Unconditional Love ★ 6.0 Unconditional Love 2002 Friday Night with Jonathan Ross ★ 6.1 Friday Night with Jonathan Ross 2001 Victoria & Albert ★ 7.6 Victoria & Albert 2001 Love's Labour's Lost ★ 5.5 Love's Labour's Lost 2000 Monarch of the Glen ★ 7.3 Monarch of the Glen 2000 The Nearly Complete and Utter History of Everything The Nearly Complete and Utter History of Everything 2000 Watership Down ★ 7.4 Watership Down 1999 The Student Prince ★ 5.3 The Student Prince 1998 Geoff Hamilton: a Man and His Garden ★ 8.0 Geoff Hamilton: a Man and His Garden 1998 A Respectable Trade ★ 7.0 A Respectable Trade 1998 Parkinson Parkinson 1998 Spice World ★ 4.9 Spice World 1997 Midsomer Murders ★ 7.5 Midsomer Murders 1997 Brass Eye ★ 7.7 Brass Eye 1997 Hamlet ★ 7.3 Hamlet 1996 The Adventures of Toad The Adventures of Toad 1996 Heavy Weather ★ 8.0 Heavy Weather 1995 The Adventures of Mole ★ 7.5 The Adventures of Mole 1995 In the Bleak Midwinter ★ 7.1 In the Bleak Midwinter 1995 Down to Earth ★ 7.5 Down to Earth 1995 French and Saunders' Christmas Carol French and Saunders' Christmas Carol 1994 Mole's Christmas ★ 5.4 Mole's Christmas 1994 Mary Shelley's Frankenstein ★ 6.4 Mary Shelley's Frankenstein 1994 Skallagrigg ★ 4.0 Skallagrigg 1994 Frances the Firefly Frances the Firefly 1994 If You See God, Tell Him ★ 7.5 If You See God, Tell Him 1993 Much Ado About Nothing ★ 6.9 Much Ado About Nothing 1993 Peter's Friends ★ 6.6 Peter's Friends 1992 Swan Song ★ 6.8 Swan Song 1992 Mr. Bean ★ 8.0 Mr. Bean 1990 Henry V ★ 7.1 Henry V 1989 A Chorus of Disapproval ★ 5.4 A Chorus of Disapproval 1989 Twelfth Night, or What You Will ★ 7.4 Twelfth Night, or What You Will 1988 Children's Favourites - Volume 1 Children's Favourites - Volume 1 1988 Doctor Who: Paradise Towers ★ 6.5 Doctor Who: Paradise Towers 1987 Lovejoy ★ 7.4 Lovejoy 1986 All in Good Faith ★ 2.2 All in Good Faith 1985 Alias the Jester ★ 6.8 Alias the Jester 1985 A Month in the Country A Month in the Country 1985 Screen Two ★ 7.1 Screen Two 1985 Ever Decreasing Circles ★ 7.5 Ever Decreasing Circles 1984 The Aerodrome ★ 7.0 The Aerodrome 1983 Natural World ★ 7.4 Natural World 1983 Arms and the Man Arms and the Man 1983 It's Your Move ★ 7.9 It's Your Move 1982 Wogan ★ 5.3 Wogan 1982 Goodbye Mr Kent Goodbye Mr Kent 1982 P.Q. 17 P.Q. 17 1981 Village Wooing Village Wooing 1979 Tales of the Unexpected ★ 6.8 Tales of the Unexpected 1979 Watership Down ★ 7.2 Watership Down 1978 The Other One ★ 7.0 The Other One 1977 The Norman Conquests ★ 6.3 The Norman Conquests 1977