Acting
Richard Briers
- Titles
- 61movies56TV shows
- Career
Active from 1960 to 2022, busiest in 1994 and 1995 with 4 main titles each.
- Leading roles
- 48top three billing
- Average score
64/100
- Highest rated
The Good Life78/100
What stands out
Compared with the average well-known movie, over 41 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.
- Situational Comedy5.2average 2.7
- Wit & Wordplay5.8average 3.7
- Historical4.5average 2.6
- Nostalgia5.3average 3.6
- Satire & Parody3.8average 2.3
- Wholesome4.6average 3.3
- Physical Comedy3.3average 2.5
- Politics3.1average 2.6
Rarely in their work
- Adrenaline3.6, average 5.1
- Tension4.7, average 6.1
- Violence2.9, average 4.3
- Contemporary Realism3.9, average 5.2
Main genres
Select a genre to see those titles.
Recurring tags
- British Sitcom 8
- Gentle Humor 6
- Social Satire 4
- Character-Driven 4
- British Comedy 4
- Wit & Wordplay 3
- Social Commentary 3
- Classic Television 3
- Family Life 2
- Period Drama 2
- Psychological Drama 2
- Witty Dialogue 2
Works often with
People in at least two of their main titles.
Kenneth BranaghActorMary Shelley's Frankenstein, Hamlet, Love's Labour's Lost, In the Bleak Midwinter, Twelfth Night, or What You Will, +1 more
Imelda StauntonActorIf You See God, Tell Him, The Adventures of Toad, The Adventures of Mole, Mole's Christmas, Mouse and Mole at Christmas Time
Paul EddingtonActorThe Good Life, The Adventures of Toad, The Adventures of Mole, The Good Life: Secret & Scandals
Patrick DoyleComposerMary Shelley's Frankenstein, Hamlet, Love's Labour's Lost, Twelfth Night, or What You Will
Bob LarbeyCreatorThe Good Life, Ever Decreasing Circles, The Other One, Down to Earth- JJohn EsmondeCreatorThe Good Life, Ever Decreasing Circles, The Other One, Down to Earth
- RRichard TateActorThe Adventures of Toad, The Adventures of Mole, Mole's Christmas
Bernard CribbinsActorIt's Your Move, The Girl on the Boat, A Home of Your Own
Ronald FraserActorFathom, Heavy Weather, Rentadick
Peter DavisonActorThe Adventures of Toad, The Adventures of Mole, Mole's Christmas
Penelope KeithActorThe Good Life, The Norman Conquests, The Good Life: Secret & Scandals- MMartin GatesDirectorThe Adventures of Toad, The Adventures of Mole, Mole's Christmas
Movies and TV shows
108Upcoming
2 titles
TV show · as Narrator
TV show · as Narrator (voice)
2020s
1 title
as (archive footage)
2010s
6 titles · average score 46
as Narrator, Roobarb, Custard / lot of characters. (uncredited)
as Acting Role (archive footage) (uncredited)
as Mouse (voice)
57
as Hamish
35
as Newspaper Seller
as Mr. Adolphus Spanker
2000s
22 titles · average score 71
as Roobarb/Custard (voice)
74
TV show · as Jim Wright
75
TV show · as Parker
as Larry James
TV show · as Narrator
80
TV show · as Richard Briers
77
TV show · as James Farlow
78
TV show · as Wilson
as Robert (voice)
70
as Sam "Smee" Smiegel
76
TV show · as Hector MacDonald
56
as Sir Nathaniel
1990s
21 titles · average score 69
TV show · as Sir Charles Fairley
77
TV show · as Stephen Wentworth
75
as Polonius
71
as Henry
TV show
63
as Grandfather
TV show · as Godfrey Spry
71
as Signor Leonato
as Nikita
82
TV show · as Mr. Sprout
1980s
16 titles · average score 70
54
as Ted Washbrook
69
as Malvolio
as The Chief Caretaker
75
TV show · as Raymond Doncaster
TV show
TV show · as Alias
67
TV show · as Old Arthur/George
as The Rector
78
TV show
as The Husband
as Jack Broome
1970s
21 titles · average score 66
73
as Fiver (voice)
TV show · as Reg
TV show · as Ralph Tanner
as Mr. Smythe
78
TV show · as Tom Good
60
as Isambard Kingdom Brunel
TV show
69
as Louis XIII (voice)
40
as Miles Gannet
as Nigel Hadfield
70
TV show · as Commander Jack Broome / Mr. Smythe
1960s
16 titles · average score 64
59
as Flight Lt. Timothy Webb
TV show · as (voice)
60
TV show · as Sandy Tyrell
63
as The Husband
as The Young Husband
81
TV show · as Chief Caretaker
59
as Medical Student (uncredited)
56
as Eustace Hignett
TV show
62
as Jamieson
73
as 'Mrs Binster'
62
as Colbourne
1950s
3 titles · average score 64
as 'Popeye' Lewis
67
TV show · as Stanley Frelaine
61
TV show · as Ken Tracey