John Bird

John Bird

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

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Known For

Midsomer Murders

Midsomer Murders

1997 • as St John Beachwood

Playhouse

Playhouse

1974 • as H.G. Wells

Play for Today

Play for Today

1970 • as Captain Wigmore

Play for Today

Play for Today

1970 • as Lord North

Play for Today

Play for Today

1970 • as Desmond Hughes

Play for Today

Play for Today

1970 • as Raymond

Filmography

2009

Famous, Rich and Homeless
Famous, Rich and Homeless
TV - Released: 6/24/2009

2008

TV
Bremner, Bird and Fortune: Silly Money
as Various
TV - Released: 11/2/2008

2006

TV
The Real Dad's Army
as Narrator
TV - Released: 2/27/2006

2004

Bottom Mindless Violence
Bottom Mindless Violence
as Father (archive footage)
Movie - Released: 11/22/2004

2003

Winter Solstice
Winter Solstice
as Barry
Movie - Released: 12/25/2003
Between Iraq and a Hard Place
Between Iraq and a Hard Place
Movie - Released: 1/5/2003
Absolute Power
Absolute Power
as Martin McCabe
TV - Released: 11/10/2003
Celebrity Mastermind
Celebrity Mastermind
TV - Released: 12/26/2003

2000

TV
Chambers
TV - Released: 6/15/2000

1999

The Strange Case of Delfina Potocka
The Strange Case of Delfina Potocka
as 1st Official
Movie - Released: 1/1/1999
Bremner, Bird and Fortune
Bremner, Bird and Fortune
TV - Released: 10/17/1999

1998

In the Red
In the Red
as Controller, Radio 4
TV - Released: 5/26/1998

1997

Jonathan Creek
Jonathan Creek
as D.I. Nathan Gallo
TV - Released: 5/9/1997
Jonathan Creek
Jonathan Creek
as Horace Greeley
TV - Released: 5/9/1997
Midsomer Murders
Midsomer Murders
as St John Beachwood
TV - Released: 3/23/1997

1996

Movie
Giving Tongue
as Lord Jessop
Movie - Released: 9/1/1996

1995

Some Interesting Facts About Peter Cook
Some Interesting Facts About Peter Cook
as Self
Movie - Released: 12/19/1995

1994

Anna Lee
Anna Lee
as Adrian Wesley
TV - Released: 2/27/1994

1993

TV
Rory Bremner...Who Else?
TV - Released: 10/9/1993
Sooty & Co.
Sooty & Co.
as Self
TV - Released: 9/6/1993
To Play the King
To Play the King
as Bryan Brynford-Jones
TV - Released: 11/21/1993

1992

After the Dance
After the Dance
as John Reid
Movie - Released: 12/5/1992

1991

Bejewelled
Bejewelled
as Eustace
Movie - Released: 1/20/1991
Performance
Performance
as John Reid
TV - Released: 10/5/1991
Murder Most Horrid
Murder Most Horrid
as Duncan Jupp
TV - Released: 11/14/1991

1990

Circles Of Deceit
Circles Of Deceit
as George
Movie - Released: 4/11/1990
TV
El C.I.D.
as Douglas Bromley
TV - Released: 2/7/1990
Have I Got News for You
Have I Got News for You
as Self - Team Captain
TV - Released: 9/28/1990
One Foot in the Grave
One Foot in the Grave
as Lewis Atterbury
TV - Released: 1/4/1990
Cluedo
Cluedo
as Professor Plum
TV - Released: 7/25/1990
Have I Got News for You
Have I Got News for You
as Self
TV - Released: 9/28/1990

1989

The Secret Policeman’s Biggest Ball
The Secret Policeman’s Biggest Ball
as Self
Movie - Released: 1/1/1989
Joint Account
Joint Account
TV - Released: 1/26/1989
TV
Rory Bremner
TV - Released: 5/31/1989
A Bit of Fry & Laurie
A Bit of Fry & Laurie
TV - Released: 1/13/1989
Shadow of the Noose
Shadow of the Noose
as Mr Justice Hawkins
TV - Released: 2/28/1989

1988

Scarfe's Follies
Scarfe's Follies
Movie - Released: 1/28/1988

1987

The Children Of Dynmouth
The Children Of Dynmouth
as Commander Abigail
Movie - Released: 4/24/1987
Inspector Morse
Inspector Morse
as George Linacre
TV - Released: 1/6/1987
Filthy Rich & Catflap
Filthy Rich & Catflap
as Dingo Wucker
TV - Released: 1/7/1987
The Growing Pains of Adrian Mole
The Growing Pains of Adrian Mole
as Courtney Elliot
TV - Released: 1/5/1987
A Little Princess
A Little Princess
as Mr Carmichael
TV - Released: 1/18/1987

1986

Yes, Prime Minister
Yes, Prime Minister
TV - Released: 1/9/1986
The Dangerous Brothers
The Dangerous Brothers
TV - Released: 1/1/1986
A Very Peculiar Practice
A Very Peculiar Practice
as Vice-Chancellor Ernest Hemmingway
TV - Released: 5/21/1986
Farrington of the F.O.
Farrington of the F.O.
as VJ Lawrence
TV - Released: 2/13/1986

1985

Mrs Capper's Birthday
Mrs Capper's Birthday
as Maurice
Movie - Released: 11/17/1985
Blue Money
Blue Money
as Harry Diamond
Movie - Released: 3/1/1985
The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13¾
The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13¾
TV - Released: 9/16/1985
Home to Roost
Home to Roost
as FG Fielding
TV - Released: 4/19/1985
Screen Two
Screen Two
as Commander Abigail
TV - Released: 1/6/1985
Lytton's Diary
Lytton's Diary
as Jacko
TV - Released: 1/9/1985

1984

Oxbridge Blues
Oxbridge Blues
as Clive
TV - Released: 11/14/1984
Danger: Marmalade at Work
Danger: Marmalade at Work
as Mr. Atkins
TV - Released: 2/20/1984
Travelling Man
Travelling Man
as Jack Ormand
TV - Released: 11/7/1984

1983

The Falklands Factor
The Falklands Factor
as Lord North
Movie - Released: 4/26/1983

1982

The Secret Policeman's Other Ball
The Secret Policeman's Other Ball
as Self - Various Roles
Movie - Released: 3/1/1982
King Lear
King Lear
as Duke of Albany
Movie - Released: 9/19/1982
Educating Marmalade
Educating Marmalade
as Mr Atkins
TV - Released: 10/25/1982

1981

Timon of Athens
Timon of Athens
as Painter
Movie - Released: 4/16/1981
Fothergill
Fothergill
as HG Wells
Movie - Released: 1/8/1981

1980

A Walk in the Forest
A Walk in the Forest
as Desmond Hughes
Movie - Released: 5/14/1980
High Tide
High Tide
as Cyril
Movie - Released: 3/11/1980
The Taming of the Shrew
The Taming of the Shrew
as Pedant
Movie - Released: 10/23/1980

1979

Blue Remembered Hills
Blue Remembered Hills
as Raymond
Movie - Released: 1/30/1979
Movie
The Last Window Cleaner
as Captain Wigmore
Movie - Released: 2/13/1979
Dick Turpin
Dick Turpin
as Gooch
TV - Released: 1/6/1979
Friday Night, Saturday Morning
Friday Night, Saturday Morning
TV - Released: 9/28/1979

1978

Armchair Thriller
Armchair Thriller
as Cyril
TV - Released: 2/21/1978
Armchair Thriller
Armchair Thriller
as Cyril (uncredited)
TV - Released: 2/21/1978

1977

Jabberwocky
Jabberwocky
as 1st Herald
Movie - Released: 3/28/1977
The Galton & Simpson Playhouse
The Galton & Simpson Playhouse
as The Man
TV - Released: 2/17/1977

1976

The Seven-Per-Cent Solution
The Seven-Per-Cent Solution
as Berger
Movie - Released: 10/24/1976
The Secret Policeman's Ball
The Secret Policeman's Ball
as Self
TV - Released: 4/1/1976
TV
Well Anyway
TV - Released: 9/24/1976

1975

TV
After That, This
TV - Released: 1/2/1975

1974

Playhouse
Playhouse
as H.G. Wells
TV - Released: 3/13/1974

1972

The Alf Garnett Saga
The Alf Garnett Saga
as Willis
Movie - Released: 3/22/1972
TV
Full House
as Actor in Sketches
TV - Released: 10/14/1972

1970

Take a Girl Like You
Take a Girl Like You
as Dick Thompson
Movie - Released: 12/16/1970
The Breaking of Bumbo
The Breaking of Bumbo
as Jock
Movie - Released: 9/28/1970
Play for Today
Play for Today
as Captain Wigmore
TV - Released: 10/15/1970
Play for Today
Play for Today
as Lord North
TV - Released: 10/15/1970
Play for Today
Play for Today
as Desmond Hughes
TV - Released: 10/15/1970
Play for Today
Play for Today
as Raymond
TV - Released: 10/15/1970

1969

The Best House in London
The Best House in London
as Home Secretary
Movie - Released: 6/1/1969
A Promise of Bed
A Promise of Bed
as Taxi Driver
Movie - Released: 12/1/1969
TV
World in Ferment
as Gerald Pikestaff
TV - Released: 6/23/1969

1968

30 Is a Dangerous Age, Cynthia!
30 Is a Dangerous Age, Cynthia!
as Herbert Greenslade
Movie - Released: 3/4/1968
Red, White, and Zero
Red, White, and Zero
as Man on Train
Movie - Released: 1/30/1968
A Dandy in Aspic
A Dandy in Aspic
Movie - Released: 4/2/1968
TV
With Bird Will Travel
TV - Released: 6/26/1968

1967

TV
A Series of Bird's
TV - Released: 10/3/1967
TV
Piccadilly Palace
TV - Released: 5/20/1967
Omnibus
Omnibus
as Self
TV - Released: 10/13/1967

1966

Alice in Wonderland
Alice in Wonderland
as Frog Footman
Movie - Released: 12/28/1966

1964

TV
Not So Much a Programme, More a Way of Life
TV - Released: 11/13/1964

Unknown

Movie
Rory Bremner: From Blair to Here
as Interviewer
Movie