Actor profile

John Bird

22nd November 1936 Nottingham, England, UK Acting

John Michael Bird was an English actor, director, writer and satirist.

36 Movies 56 TV Shows 92 Credits

Filmography

Movies & TV Shows

Bottom Mindless Violence poster

Bottom Mindless Violence 22nd November 2004 as Father (archive footage)

Winter Solstice poster

Winter Solstice 25th December 2003 as Barry

Between Iraq and a Hard Place poster

Between Iraq and a Hard Place 5th January 2003

The Strange Case of Delfina Potocka poster

The Strange Case of Delfina Potocka 1st January 1999 as 1st Official

Giving Tongue 1st September 1996 as Lord Jessop

Some Interesting Facts About Peter Cook poster

Some Interesting Facts About Peter Cook 19th December 1995 as Self

After the Dance poster

After the Dance 5th December 1992 as John Reid

Bejewelled poster

Bejewelled 20th January 1991 as Eustace

Circles Of Deceit poster

Circles Of Deceit 11th April 1990 as George

The Secret Policeman’s Biggest Ball poster

The Secret Policeman’s Biggest Ball 1st January 1989 as Self

Scarfe's Follies poster

Scarfe's Follies 28th January 1988

The Children of Dynmouth poster

The Children of Dynmouth 24th April 1987 as Commander Abigail

Mrs Capper's Birthday poster

Mrs Capper's Birthday 17th November 1985 as Maurice

Blue Money poster

Blue Money 1st March 1985 as Harry Diamond

The Falklands Factor poster

The Falklands Factor 26th April 1983 as Lord North

King Lear poster

King Lear 19th September 1982 as Duke of Albany

The Secret Policeman's Other Ball poster

The Secret Policeman's Other Ball 1st March 1982 as Self - Various Roles

Timon of Athens poster

Timon of Athens 16th April 1981 as Painter

Fothergill poster

Fothergill 8th January 1981 as HG Wells

The Taming of the Shrew poster

The Taming of the Shrew 23rd October 1980 as Pedant

A Walk in the Forest poster

A Walk in the Forest 14th May 1980 as Desmond Hughes

High Tide poster

High Tide 11th March 1980 as Cyril

The Last Window Cleaner 13th February 1979 as Captain Wigmore

Blue Remembered Hills poster

Blue Remembered Hills 30th January 1979 as Raymond

Jabberwocky poster

Jabberwocky 28th March 1977 as 1st Herald

The Seven-Per-Cent Solution poster

The Seven-Per-Cent Solution 24th October 1976 as Berger

The Alf Garnett Saga poster

The Alf Garnett Saga 22nd March 1972 as Willis

Take a Girl Like You poster

Take a Girl Like You 16th December 1970 as Dick Thompson

The Breaking of Bumbo poster

The Breaking of Bumbo 28th September 1970 as Jock

A Promise of Bed poster

A Promise of Bed 1st December 1969 as Taxi Driver

The Best House in London poster

The Best House in London 1st June 1969 as Home Secretary

A Dandy in Aspic poster

A Dandy in Aspic 2nd April 1968

30 Is a Dangerous Age, Cynthia! poster

30 Is a Dangerous Age, Cynthia! 4th March 1968 as Herbert Greenslade

Red, White, and Zero poster

Red, White, and Zero 30th January 1968 as Man on Train

Alice in Wonderland poster

Alice in Wonderland 28th December 1966 as Frog Footman

Rory Bremner: From Blair to Here as Interviewer

Famous, Rich and Homeless poster

Famous, Rich and Homeless 24th June 2009

Bremner, Bird and Fortune: Silly Money 2nd November 2008 as Various

The Real Dad's Army 27th February 2006 as Narrator

Celebrity Mastermind poster

Celebrity Mastermind 26th December 2003

Absolute Power poster

Absolute Power 10th November 2003 as Martin McCabe

Chambers 15th June 2000

Bremner, Bird and Fortune poster

Bremner, Bird and Fortune 17th October 1999

In the Red poster

In the Red 26th May 1998 as Controller, Radio 4

Jonathan Creek poster

Jonathan Creek 9th May 1997 as Horace Greeley

Midsomer Murders poster

Midsomer Murders 23rd March 1997 as St John Beachwood

Anna Lee poster

Anna Lee 27th February 1994 as Adrian Wesley

To Play the King poster

To Play the King 21st November 1993 as Bryan Brynford-Jones

Rory Bremner...Who Else? 9th October 1993

Sooty & Co. poster

Sooty & Co. 6th September 1993 as Self

Murder Most Horrid poster

Murder Most Horrid 14th November 1991 as Duncan Jupp

Performance poster

Performance 5th October 1991 as John Reid

Have I Got News for You poster

Have I Got News for You 28th September 1990 as Self

Cluedo poster

Cluedo 25th July 1990 as Professor Plum

El C.I.D. 7th February 1990 as Douglas Bromley

One Foot in the Grave poster

One Foot in the Grave 4th January 1990 as Lewis Atterbury

Rory Bremner 31st May 1989

Shadow of the Noose poster

Shadow of the Noose 28th February 1989 as Mr Justice Hawkins

Joint Account poster

Joint Account 26th January 1989

A Bit of Fry & Laurie poster

A Bit of Fry & Laurie 13th January 1989

A Little Princess poster

A Little Princess 18th January 1987 as Mr Carmichael

Filthy Rich & Catflap poster

Filthy Rich & Catflap 7th January 1987 as Dingo Wucker

Inspector Morse poster

Inspector Morse 6th January 1987 as George Linacre

The Growing Pains of Adrian Mole poster

The Growing Pains of Adrian Mole 5th January 1987 as Courtney Elliot

A Very Peculiar Practice poster

A Very Peculiar Practice 21st May 1986 as Vice-Chancellor Ernest Hemmingway

Farrington of the F.O. poster

Farrington of the F.O. 13th February 1986 as VJ Lawrence

Yes, Prime Minister poster

Yes, Prime Minister 9th January 1986

The Dangerous Brothers poster

The Dangerous Brothers 1st January 1986

The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13¾ poster

The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13¾ 16th September 1985

Home to Roost poster

Home to Roost 19th April 1985 as FG Fielding

Lytton's Diary poster

Lytton's Diary 9th January 1985 as Jacko

Screen Two poster

Screen Two 6th January 1985 as Commander Abigail

Oxbridge Blues poster

Oxbridge Blues 14th November 1984 as Clive

Travelling Man poster

Travelling Man 7th November 1984 as Jack Ormand

Danger: Marmalade at Work poster

Danger: Marmalade at Work 20th February 1984 as Mr. Atkins

Educating Marmalade poster

Educating Marmalade 25th October 1982 as Mr Atkins

Friday Night, Saturday Morning poster

Friday Night, Saturday Morning 28th September 1979

Dick Turpin poster

Dick Turpin 6th January 1979 as Gooch

Armchair Thriller poster

Armchair Thriller 21st February 1978 as Cyril (uncredited)

The Galton & Simpson Playhouse poster

The Galton & Simpson Playhouse 17th February 1977 as The Man

Well Anyway 24th September 1976

The Secret Policeman's Ball poster

The Secret Policeman's Ball 1st April 1976 as Self

After That, This 2nd January 1975

Playhouse poster

Playhouse 13th March 1974 as H.G. Wells

Full House 14th October 1972 as Actor in Sketches

Play for Today poster

Play for Today 15th October 1970 as Raymond

World in Ferment 23rd June 1969 as Gerald Pikestaff

With Bird Will Travel 26th June 1968

Omnibus poster

Omnibus 13th October 1967 as Self

A Series of Bird's 3rd October 1967

Piccadilly Palace 20th May 1967

Not So Much a Programme, More a Way of Life 13th November 1964