Acting
John Bird
- Titles
- 37movies59TV shows
- Career
Active from 1964 to 2009, busiest in 1969 and 1970 with 3 main titles each.
- Leading roles
- 20top three billing
- Average score
51/100
- Highest rated
Absolute Power77/100
What stands out
Compared with the average well-known movie, over 28 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.
- Wit & Wordplay6.6average 3.7
- Satire & Parody5.1average 2.3
- Situational Comedy5.0average 2.7
- Politics4.6average 2.6
- Dark Humor4.7average 2.9
- Nostalgia5.4average 3.6
- Cringe Humor3.7average 2.2
- Absurdist Humor3.5average 2.0
Rarely in their work
- Adrenaline3.0, average 5.1
- Violence2.6, average 4.3
- Scare1.3, average 2.6
- Tension4.9, average 6.1
Main genres
Select a genre to see those titles.
Recurring tags
- Witty Dialogue 3
- Character-Driven 3
- Social Commentary 3
- British Comedy 2
- Coming-of-Age 2
- Lighthearted 2
- Situational Comedy 2
- Political Satire 2
- Social Critique 2
- British Humor 2
- Current Affairs 2
- Slapstick Humor 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
Michael PalinActorFull House, Jabberwocky
Warren MitchellActorJabberwocky, The Best House in London
Lynn FarleighActorA Walk in the Forest, Fothergill
Sebastian ShawActorTimon of Athens, Fothergill
Charlotte ColemanActorEducating Marmalade, Danger: Marmalade at Work
Eleanor BronActorNot So Much a Programme, More a Way of Life, After That, This
Jack ShepherdActorFull House, World in Ferment
Dennis PotterActorNot So Much a Programme, More a Way of Life, Blue Remembered Hills
Colin BuckseyDirectorEducating Marmalade, High Tide
Stephen FrearsDirectorFull House, The Tractor Factor
Movies and TV shows
171990s
17 titles · average score 69
Bremner, Bird and Fortune (1999)
TV show · Creator, Writer
The Strange Case of Delfina Potocka (1999)
as 1st Official
69
In the Red (1998)
TV show · as Controller, Radio 4
81
Midsomer Murders (1997)
TV show · as St John Beachwood
77
Jonathan Creek (1997)
TV show · as Horace Greeley / D.I. Nathan Gallo
Giving Tongue (1996)
as Lord Jessop
Anna Lee (1994)
TV show · as Adrian Wesley
80
To Play the King (1993)
TV show · as Bryan Brynford-Jones
After the Dance (1992)
as John Reid
70
Murder Most Horrid (1991)
TV show · as Duncan Jupp
Performance (1991)
TV show · as John Reid
56
Bejewelled (1991)
as Eustace
El C.I.D. (1990)
TV show · as Douglas Bromley
51
One Foot in the Grave (1990)
TV show · as Lewis Atterbury
Cluedo (1990)
TV show · as Professor Plum
Circles Of Deceit (1990)
as George