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Richard Briers

Richard Briers

Actor · born 14 January 1934 · 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).

Where to start: Hamlet (1996).

As actor 62

TV shows 34

Frequently asked questions

What is the best Richard Briers movie?

By viewer score, Hamlet (1996) at 7.3/10.

What are Richard Briers’s most popular movies?

Peter Pan, Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, Much Ado About Nothing.

How many movies has Richard Briers made?

62 films on TMDB, 62 as actor.

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