Where to watch Richard Briers in the UK
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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 Ken…
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- Midsomer Murders (1997) as Stephen Wentworth
- Play for Today (1970) as Mr. Smythe
- Doctor Who (1963) as Chief Caretaker
- Tony Awards (1956) as Self - Nominee
- Wogan (1982) as Self
- Natural World (1983) Cast
- Parkinson (1998) as Self
- Screen Two (1985) as Old Arthur/George
- Agatha Christie's Marple (2004) as Wilson
- New Tricks (2004) as James Farlow
- BBC Play of the Month (1965) as Sandy Tyrell
- Mr. Bean (1990) as Mr. Sprout
- Tales of the Unexpected (1979) as Albert Dobson
- ITV Playhouse (1967) as A
- Torchwood (2006) as Parker
- Monarch of the Glen (2000) as Hector MacDonald
- Theatre 625 (1964) as David Prentice
- Hamlet (1996) as Polonius
- Extras (2005) as Richard Briers
- Friday Night with Jonathan Ross (2001) as Self
- Dixon of Dock Green (1955) as Ken Tracey
- Watership Down (1999) as Captain Broom (voice)
- Lovejoy (1986) as Raymond Doncaster
- Thursday Theatre (1964) as David Prentice
- Kingdom (2007) as Jim Wright
- Comedy Connections (2003) Cast
- The Good Life (1975) as Tom Good
- NBC Experiment in Television (1967) as (voice)
- Peter Pan (2003) as Sam "Smee" Smiegel
- Ooh La La! (1968) Cast
- Watership Down (1978) as Fiver (voice)
- Brass Eye (1997) as Self
- The Three Musketeers (1973) as Louis XIII (voice)
- Mary Shelley's Frankenstein (1994) as Grandfather
- Much Ado About Nothing (1993) as Signor Leonato
- The Sunday Drama (1977) as Dennis
- Spice World (1997) as Bishop
- Ben Travers Farces (1970) as Charlie Tutt
- Faces of Jim (1961) as John Frobisher
- Ever Decreasing Circles (1984) Cast
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Most-watched Richard Briers films currently: Hamlet (1996), Peter Pan (2003), Watership Down (1978), The Three Musketeers (1973), Mary Shelley's Frankenstein (1994).
What TV shows has Richard Briers appeared in?
Selected TV credits: Midsomer Murders (1997), Play for Today (1970), Doctor Who (1963), Tony Awards (1956), Wogan (1982).
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