Richard Briers(1934-2013)

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Richard Briers was born on 14 January 1934 in Merton, Surrey, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Much Ado About Nothing (1993), Peter Pan (2003) and Watership Down (1978). He was married to Ann Davies. He died on 17 February 2013 in London, England, UK.

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Nominated for 1 BAFTA Award
- 1 win & 1 nomination total

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Known for

Kenneth Branagh, Keanu Reeves, Denzel Washington, Kate Beckinsale, Michael Keaton, Robert Sean Leonard, and Emma Thompson in Much Ado About Nothing (1993)

Much Ado About Nothing

7.3

Leonato

1993

Jason Isaacs, Don Battee, Brian Carbee, Septimus Caton, Alan Cinis, Frank Gallacher, Phil Meacham, Darren Andrew Mitchell, Ludivine Sagnier, Bruce Spence, Jeremy Sumpter, Jacob Tomuri, Frank Whitten, Dan Wyllie, Harry Eden, Mick Roughan, George MacKay, Rachel Hurd-Wood, Harry Newell, Freddie Popplewell, Rupert Simonian, Theodore Chester, Lachlan Gooch, Patrick Gooch, and Venant Wong in Peter Pan (2003)

Peter Pan

6.8

Smee

2003

Watership Down

7.5

Fiver(voice)

1978

The Good Life

8.0

TV Series

Tom Good

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Actor

Mouse and Mole at Christmas Time
6.6
TV Movie
- Mouse (voice)
- 2013
Top Gear
8.7
TV Series
- Sat Nav (voice)
- 2013
Cockneys vs Zombies
5.9
- Hamish
- 2012
Run for Your Wife
2.7
- Newspaper Seller
- 2012
The Only One Who Knows You're Afraid
7.0
- Narrator
- 2011
Sonnet 155
6.6
Video
- Performer
- 2011
Freds Meat
Short
- Fred (voice)
- 2010
National Theatre Live: London Assurance
8.1
- Mr. Adolphus Spanker
- 2010
Peter Kay's Animated All Star Band: The Official BBC Children in Need Medley
8.2
Music Video
- Roobarb\Custard (voice)
- 2009
Marple
7.9
TV Series
- Wilson
- 2009
Bob the Builder: Race to the Finish
7.2
Video
- Robert (voice)
- 2008
Little Whispers
8.4
Short
- Stranger
- 2008
Torchwood
7.7
TV Series
- Parker
- 2008
Kingdom
7.8
TV Series
- Jim Wright
- 2008
Holby City
5.8
TV Series
- George Woodman
- 2007

Soundtrack

Monarch of the Glen
7.7
TV Series
- performer: "Keep Right on to the End of the Road" (uncredited)
- 2000
Love's Labour's Lost
5.9
- performer: "The Way You Look Tonight"
- 2000
Ratcatcher
7.5
- Soundtrack ("Roobarb & Custard")
- 1999
A Chorus of Disapproval
5.5
- performer: "Fill Every Glass", "Let Us Take The Road" (uncredited)
- 1989
The Good Life
8.0
TV Series
- performer: "Oh, What A Beautiful Mornin'"
- performer: "Happy Birthday To You"
- performer: "Let's Do It (Let's Fall In Love)" ...
- 1975–1976

Videos5

Bob The Builder - When Bob Became a Builder

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Midwinter's Tale

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Alternative name
- R. Briers
Height
- 5′ 10″ (1.78 m)
Born
- January 14, 1934
- Merton, Surrey, England, UK
Died
- February 17, 2013
- London, England, UK(emphysema)
Spouse
- Ann Davies1956 - February 17, 2013 (his death, 2 children)
Children
Relatives
- Jane Briers(Sibling)
Other works
(4/98) Stage: Appeared (as "The Old Man") in "The Chairs" by Eugène Ionesco. John Golden Theater, New York City
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Trivia
He revealed in a newspaper interview in January 2013 that he had been diagnosed with emphysema in 2007 and had smoked approximately half a million cigarettes before quitting. According to his daughter Lucy, he quit instantly in 2001 after a routine chest X-ray showed that if he didn't, he would soon be in a wheelchair.