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
24Upcoming
1 titles
Rory Bremner: From Blair to Here
as Interviewer
2000s
3 titles · average score 78
Bremner, Bird and Fortune: Silly Money (2008)
TV show · as Various
78
Absolute Power (2003)
TV show · as Martin McCabe
1990s
6 titles · average score 75
70
In the Red (1998)
TV show · as Controller, Radio 4
77
Midsomer Murders (1997)
TV show · as St John Beachwood
77
Jonathan Creek (1997)
TV show · as D.I. Nathan Gallo / Horace Greeley
Anna Lee (1994)
TV show · as Adrian Wesley
After the Dance (1992)
as John Reid
77
One Foot in the Grave (1990)
TV show · as Lewis Atterbury
1980s
10 titles · average score 78
Shadow of the Noose (1989)
TV show · as Mr. Justice Hawkins
Inspector Morse (1987)
TV show · as George Linacre
79
A Little Princess (1987)
TV show · as Mr. Carmichael
85
Yes, Prime Minister (1986)
TV show
82
A Very Peculiar Practice (1986)
TV show · as Ernest Hemingway
Timon of Athens (1981)
as Painter
74
The Taming of the Shrew (1980)
as Pedant
High Tide (1980)
as Cyril
1970s
4 titles · average score 71
70
Blue Remembered Hills (1979)
as Raymond
73
Dick Turpin (1979)
TV show · as Gooch
The BBC Television Shakespeare (1978)
TV show · as Pedant / Painter
70
Play for Today (1970)
TV show · as Lord North / Captain Wigmore