Acting
John Bird
- Titles
- 33movies49TV showsmovies and TV shows
- Career
- 19642009
- Leading roles
- 18top three billing
- Average score
61/100
- Highest rated
Absolute Power78/100
What stands out
Compared with the average well-known movie, over 21 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.
- Wit & Wordplay7.1average 3.7
- Satire & Parody5.2average 2.3
- Situational Comedy5.2average 2.7
- Dark Humor5.0average 2.9
- Absurdist Humor4.0average 2.0
- Politics4.6average 2.6
- Cringe Humor4.0average 2.2
- Physical Comedy3.9average 2.5
Rarely in their work
- Adrenaline2.9, average 5.1
- Violence2.4, average 4.3
- Melancholy3.3, average 4.7
- Tension4.6, average 6.1
Main genres
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Recurring tags
- Witty Dialogue 3
- Character-Driven 3
- Social Commentary 2
- Social Satire 2
- Political Commentary 2
- Ensemble Cast 2
- British Satire 2
- Absurdist Comedy 2
- Social Critique 2
- Cult Classic 2
- Sketch Comedy 2
- Political Satire 2
Works often with
People in at least two of their main titles.
John FortuneActorBremner, Bird and Fortune, Not So Much a Programme, More a Way of Life, Rory Bremner...Who Else?, Rory Bremner, A Series Of Bird's, +5 more
Rory BremnerActorBremner, Bird and Fortune, Rory Bremner...Who Else?, Rory Bremner, Bremner, Bird and Fortune: Silly Money, Rory Bremner: From Blair to Here
Warren MitchellActorJabberwocky, The Alf Garnett Saga, The Best House in London
Lynn FarleighActorA Walk in the Forest, Fothergill
John Le MesurierActorJabberwocky, The Alf Garnett Saga
Sebastian ShawActorTimon of Athens, Fothergill
Eleanor BronActorNot So Much a Programme, More a Way of Life, After That, This- GGeoff AtkinsonWriterRory Bremner...Who Else?, Rory Bremner: From Blair to Here
Jonathan MillerDirectorTake a Girl Like You, Timon of Athens
Movies and TV shows
171970s
17 titles · average score 64
70
Blue Remembered Hills (1979)
as Raymond
73
Dick Turpin (1979)
TV show · as Gooch
The Last Window Cleaner (1979)
as Captain Wigmore
Red, White, and Zero (1979)
as Man on Train
The BBC Television Shakespeare (1978)
TV show · as Pedant / Painter
57
Armchair Thriller (1978)
TV show · as Cyril (uncredited) / Cyril
60
Jabberwocky (1977)
as 1st Herald
64
The Seven-Per-Cent Solution (1976)
as Berger
Well Anyway (1976)
TV show
After That, This (1975)
TV show
Playhouse (1974)
TV show · as H.G. Wells
Yellow Dog (1973)
Dialogue
The Alf Garnett Saga (1972)
as Willis
56
Take a Girl Like You (1970)
as Dick Thompson
The Breaking of Bumbo (1970)
as Jock
70
Play for Today (1970)
TV show · as Lord North / Captain Wigmore