John Fortune

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Born

1939-06-30

Place of Birth

Bristol, England, UK
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John Fortune

Biography

John Fortune was an English satirist, comedian, writer, and actor, best known for his work with John Bird and Rory Bremner on the TV series Bremner, Bird and Fortune. He was educated at Bristol Cathedral School and King's College, Cambridge, where he was to meet and form a lasting friendship with John Bird.

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Acting History

2010
The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret as Magistrate
2008
Bremner, Bird and Fortune: Silly Money as Various
2007
Comedy Showcase as Magistrate
2005
Match Point as John the Chauffeur
2005
Love Soup
2004
New Tricks as Mel Simons
2003
Calendar Girls as Frank
2003
Spine Chillers as Frank
2003
Between Iraq and a Hard Place
2002
Peter Cook: At a Slight Angle to the Universe as Self
2001
The Tailor of Panama as Maltby
2000
Maybe Baby as Acupuncturist
2000
Saving Grace as Melvyn
1999
Bremner, Bird and Fortune
1999
The Strange Case of Delfina Potocka as 2nd Official
1996
Giving Tongue as Chief Executive
1995
A Very Open Prison as Prime Minister
1995
Queen's Nose as Sir Vivian
1995
England, My England as Edward Hyde, Earl of Clarendon
1993
Rory Bremner...Who Else?
1993
Don't Leave Me This Way as George Saunders
1991
Murder Most Horrid as Squire Thorpe
1990
Life After Life as Detective Inspector Curtin
1990
Have I Got News for You as Self
1989
Rory Bremner
1989
Campion as Dr. Brian Kingston
1987
Hardwicke House as Psychologist
1986
The Demon Lover as Eric Farnham
1984
The Bill
1984
Bloodbath at the House of Death as John Harrison
1982
The Secret Policeman's Other Ball as Self - Various Roles
1981
Timon of Athens as Poet
1980
Yes Minister
1980
Hi-de-Hi! as Max Tewkesbury
1978
The Light Princess as Prince
1976
Well Anyway
1976
Jumbo as Dick Thompson
1976
The Secret Policeman's Ball as Self
1974
Playhouse as Dick Thomson
1973
The Cobblers of Umbridge as Phil Cobbler
1970
Take a Girl Like You as Sir Gerald
1967
A Series of Bird's
1965
The End of Arthur's Marriage as Server
1965
The Drinking Party as Phaedrus
1964
Not So Much a Programme, More a Way of Life
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Rory Bremner: From Blair to Here as George Parr