Richard Briers
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Birthplace:
Merton, Surrey, England, UK
British leading man Richard Briers appeared in several TV adaptations of venerable stage plays in the 1960s. His interpretation of cross-dressing Lord Fancourt Babberly in Charley's Aunt managed to find a berth on American public television in 1968. The warm gust of applause greeting the actor's appearance indicated that he was already an audience favorite - as indeed he was, having appeared in such films as Girls at Sea (1962) and Fathom (1967). When American viewers next saw Briers, he was starring with Felicity Kendall on an agreeable BBC sitcom, Good Neighbors (Briers' second starring series). The series was a light, easy-going account of two city dwellers trying to make a go at country living; Richard Briers and his superb supporting cast made the slender material seem far funnier than it really was.
Highest Rated Movies
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100%
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95%
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90%
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83%
Filmography
MOVIES
| RATING | TITLE | CREDIT | BOX OFFICE | YEAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 76% | Cockneys vs Zombies |
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— | 2013 |
| 36% | As You Like It |
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— | 2006 |
| 77% | Peter Pan |
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$48.5M | 2003 |
| 14% | Unconditional Love |
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— | 2002 |
| No Score Yet | Victoria & Albert |
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— | 2001 |
| 49% | Love's Labour's Lost |
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— | 2000 |
| No Score Yet | Winter In Watership Down |
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— | 1999 |
| No Score Yet | Escape to Watership Down |
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— | 1999 |
| No Score Yet | Journey to Watership Down |
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— | 1999 |
| No Score Yet | The Student Prince |
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— | 1998 |
| 36% | Spice World |
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— | 1998 |
| 95% | Hamlet |
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— | 1996 |
| 81% | In the Bleak Midwinter (A Midwinter's Tale) |
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— | 1996 |
| No Score Yet | Wind in the Willows |
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— | 1996 |
| 38% | Mary Shelley's Frankenstein |
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— | 1994 |
| 90% | Much Ado About Nothing |
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— | 1993 |
| 68% | Peter's Friends |
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— | 1992 |
| 100% | Henry V |
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— | 1989 |
| No Score Yet | A Chorus of Disapproval |
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— | 1988 |
| No Score Yet | It's Your Move |
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— | 1982 |
| 82% | Watership Down |
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— | 1978 |
| No Score Yet | Rat: Meet the Neighbors |
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— | 1978 |
| No Score Yet | All The Way Up |
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— | 1970 |
| 33% | Fathom |
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— | 1967 |
| No Score Yet | The Bargee |
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— | 1964 |
| 0% | The V.I.P.s |
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— | 1963 |
| No Score Yet | A Matter of Who |
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— | 1961 |
| 83% | Murder She Said |
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— | 1961 |
| No Score Yet | The Girl on the Boat |
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— | 1961 |
| No Score Yet | Bottoms Up |
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— | 1960 |
TV
| RATING | TITLE | CREDIT | YEAR |
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| No Score Yet |
Masterpiece
1971-2014
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| No Score Yet |
Miss Marple
2004-2013
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| 88% |
Extras
2005-2007
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| 94% |
Torchwood
2007-2011
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| No Score Yet |
Midsomer Murders
2021
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| No Score Yet |
Monarch of the Glen
2000-2005
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| No Score Yet |
Mystery!
1980-2007
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| No Score Yet |
Inspector Morse
1987-2000
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| 100% |
Mr. Bean
1990-1995
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| 68% |
Doctor Who
1963-1989
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| No Score Yet |
New Tricks
2003-2013
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| No Score Yet |
Tales of the Unexpected
1979-1988
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| No Score Yet |
The Good Life
1975-1977
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| No Score Yet |
Watership Down
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Quotes from Richard Briers' Characters
| Smee: | Wow. Two dead already. |
| Fiver: | Violet's gone. |
| Fiver: | So cold......so very cold.... |
| Fiver: | So cold... so very cold. |
| Smee: | Captain, the ice is melting, the sun is out, the flowers are all in bloom... |
| Captain Hook: | He's back. |