Richard Briers

★ Acting #8,615

1934 - 2013 (age 79) • Acting

Born: 1/14/1934 in Raynes Park, Surrey, England, UK

Died: 2/17/2013 (age 79)

Known for: Acting

Richard Briers

★ Acting #8,615

Richard David Briers, CBE (14 January 1934 – 17 February 2013) was an English actor. His fifty-year career encompassed television, stage, film and radio.

Known For

Mr. Bean

80%

Mr. Sprout

1990

Mary Shelley's Frankenstein

64%

Grandfather

1994

Watership Down

72%

Fiver (voice)

1978

Doctor Who

79%

Chief Caretaker

1963

Torchwood

73%

Parker

2006

Hamlet

73%

Polonius

1996

Extras

78%

Richard Briers

2005

Midsomer Murders

75%

Stephen Wentworth

1997

The Good Life: Inside Out

2025

The Good Life: Secret & Scandals

70%

(archive footage)

2022

Roobarb and Custard: The Complete Collection

Narrator, Roobarb, Custard / lot of characters. (uncredited)

2017

British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves

57%

Acting Role (archive footage) (uncredited)

2016

Mouse and Mole at Christmas Time

60%

Mouse (voice)

2013

Cockneys vs Zombies

57%

Hamish

2012

Run For Your Wife

44%

Newspaper Seller

2012

Horror on the High Rise

2011

All About The Good Life

2010

National Theatre Live: London Assurance

70%

Mr. Adolphus Spanker

2010

Peter Kay's Animated All Star Band: The Official BBC Children in Need Medley

90%

Roobarb/Custard (voice)

2009

A Bucket O' French and Saunders

62%

Unknown

2007

That's What I Call Television

Self

2007

Kingdom

71%

Jim Wright

2007

Torchwood

73%

Parker

2006

As You Like It

58%

Adam

2006

My Appalling School Report

Unknown

2006

Our Hidden Lives

45%

Herbert Brush

2005

Roobarb and Custard Too

73%

Narrator

2005

Extras

78%

Richard Briers

2005

The Funny Blokes of British Comedy

65%

Self

2005

Dad

95%

Larry James

2005

Agatha Christie's Marple

78%

Wilson

2004

New Tricks

73%

James Farlow

2004

Peter Pan

71%

Sam "Smee" Smiegel

2003

Comedy Connections

65%

Unknown

2003

Bob the Builder: The Knights of Can-A-Lot

69%

Robert (voice)

2003

Unconditional Love

60%

Barry Moore

2002