John Bird

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Born

1936-11-22

Place of Birth

Nottingham, England, UK
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John Bird

Biography

John Michael Bird was an English actor, director, writer and satirist.

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Acting History

2009
Famous, Rich and Homeless
2008
Bremner, Bird and Fortune: Silly Money as Various
2006
The Real Dad's Army as Narrator
2004
Bottom Mindless Violence as Father (archive footage)
2003
Celebrity Mastermind
2003
Winter Solstice as Barry
2003
Absolute Power as Martin McCabe
2003
Between Iraq and a Hard Place
2000
Chambers
1999
Bremner, Bird and Fortune
1999
The Strange Case of Delfina Potocka as 1st Official
1998
In the Red as Controller, Radio 4
1997
Jonathan Creek as D.I. Nathan Gallo
1997
Jonathan Creek as Horace Greeley
1997
Midsomer Murders as St John Beachwood
1996
Giving Tongue as Lord Jessop
1995
Some Interesting Facts About Peter Cook as Self
1994
Anna Lee as Adrian Wesley
1993
Rory Bremner...Who Else?
1993
Sooty & Co. as Self
1992
After the Dance as John Reid
1991
Murder Most Horrid as Duncan Jupp
1991
Performance as John Reid
1991
Bejewelled as Eustace
1990
Have I Got News for You as Self - Team Captain
1990
Have I Got News for You as Self
1990
Cluedo as Professor Plum
1990
Circles Of Deceit as George
1990
El C.I.D. as Douglas Bromley
1990
One Foot in the Grave as Lewis Atterbury
1989
Rory Bremner
1989
Shadow of the Noose as Mr. Justice Hawkins
1989
Joint Account
1989
A Bit of Fry & Laurie
1989
The Secret Policeman’s Biggest Ball as Self
1988
Scarfe's Follies
1987
The Children Of Dynmouth as Commander Abigail
1987
A Little Princess as Mr. Carmichael
1987
Filthy Rich & Catflap as Dingo Wucker
1987
Inspector Morse as George Linacre
1986
A Very Peculiar Practice as Vice-Chancellor Ernest Hemmingway
1986
Yes, Prime Minister
1986
The Dangerous Brothers
1985
Mrs Capper's Birthday as Maurice
1985
The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13¾
1985
Home to Roost as FG Fielding
1985
Blue Money as Harry Diamond
1985
Lytton's Diary as Jacko
1985
Screen Two as Commander Abigail
1984
Oxbridge Blues as Clive
1984
Danger: Marmalade at Work as Mr. Atkins
1983
The Falklands Factor as Lord North
1982
Educating Marmalade as Mr Atkins
1982
King Lear as Duke of Albany
1982
The Secret Policeman's Other Ball as Self - Various Roles
1981
Timon of Athens as Painter
1981
Fothergill as HG Wells
1980
The Taming of the Shrew as Pedant
1980
A Walk in the Forest as Desmond Hughes
1980
High Tide as Cyril
1979
The Last Window Cleaner as Captain Wigmore
1979
Blue Remembered Hills as Raymond
1979
Dick Turpin as Gooch
1978
Armchair Thriller as Cyril
1978
Armchair Thriller as Cyril (uncredited)
1977
Jabberwocky as 1st Herald
1977
The Galton & Simpson Playhouse as The Man
1976
The Seven-Per-Cent Solution as Berger
1976
Well Anyway
1976
The Secret Policeman's Ball as Self
1975
After That, This
1974
Playhouse as H.G. Wells
1972
Full House as Actor in Sketches
1972
The Alf Garnett Saga as Willis
1970
Take a Girl Like You as Dick Thompson
1970
Play for Today as Captain Wigmore
1970
Play for Today as Lord North
1970
Play for Today as Desmond Hughes
1970
Play for Today as Raymond
1970
The Breaking of Bumbo as Jock
1969
A Promise of Bed as Taxi Driver
1969
World in Ferment as Gerald Pikestaff
1969
The Best House in London as Home Secretary
1968
With Bird Will Travel
1968
A Dandy in Aspic
1968
30 Is a Dangerous Age, Cynthia! as Herbert Greenslade
1968
Red, White, and Zero as Man on Train
1967
Omnibus as Self
1967
A Series of Bird's
1967
Piccadilly Palace
1966
Alice in Wonderland as Frog Footman
1964
Not So Much a Programme, More a Way of Life
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Rory Bremner: From Blair to Here as Interviewer