Richard Briers
Biography
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).
Filmography
The Good Life: Inside Out
2025
The Good Life: Secret & Scandals
2022
as (archive footage)
Roobarb and Custard: The Complete Collection
2017
as Narrator, Roobarb, Custard / lot of characters. (uncredited)
British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves
2016
as Acting Role (archive footage) (uncredited)
Mouse and Mole at Christmas Time
2013
as Mouse (voice)
Cockneys vs Zombies
2012
as Hamish
Run For Your Wife
2012
as Newspaper Seller
Horror on the High Rise
2011
All About The Good Life
2010
National Theatre Live: London Assurance
2010
as Mr. Adolphus Spanker
Peter Kay's Animated All Star Band: The Official BBC Children in Need Medley
2009
as Roobarb/Custard (voice)
As You Like It
2006
as Adam
- No poster
Our Hidden Lives
2005
as Herbert Brush
- No poster
The Funny Blokes of British Comedy
2005
as Self
Dad
2005
as Larry James
Peter Pan
2003
as Sam "Smee" Smiegel
Bob the Builder: The Knights of Can-A-Lot
2003
as Robert (voice)
Unconditional Love
2002
as Barry Moore
Victoria & Albert
2001
as Joseph Paxton
Love's Labour's Lost
2000
as Sir Nathaniel
The Student Prince
1998
as Dr. Corbitt
Spice World
1997
as Bishop
Hamlet
1996
as Polonius
The Adventures of Toad
1996
as Rat