Richard Briers

Richard Briers

January 14, 1934 · 92 years old

Richard David Briers, CBE (14 January 1934 – 17 February 2013) was an English actor. His fifty-year career encompassed television, stage, film and radio. Briers first came to prominence as George Starling in Marriage Lines (1961–66), but it was a decade later, when he narrated Roobarb and Noah and…

Known For

18 titles
1
Peter Pan

Peter Pan

2003 · 1h 53m · Movie

The Darling family children receive a visit from Peter Pan, who takes them to Never Never Land where an ongoing war with the evil Pirate Captain Hook is taking place.

6.8
2
Frankenstein

Frankenstein

1994 · 2h 3m · Movie

When the brilliant but unorthodox scientist Dr. Victor Frankenstein rejects the artificial man that he has created, the Creature escapes and later swears revenge.

6.3
3
Much Ado About Nothing

Much Ado About Nothing

1993 · 1h 51m · Movie

Young lovers, and soon to wed, Hero and Claudio conspire to get verbal sparring partners and confirmed singles, Benedick and Beatrice, to wed as well.

7.3
4
Watership Down

Watership Down

1978 · 1h 32m · Movie

Hoping to escape destruction by human developers and save their community, a colony of rabbits, led by Hazel and Fiver, seek out a safe place to set up a new warren.

7.5
5
Hamlet

Hamlet

1996 · 4h 2m · Movie

Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, returns home to find his father murdered and his mother remarrying the murderer, his uncle. Meanwhile, war is brewing.

7.7
6
Cockneys vs Zombies

Cockneys vs Zombies

2012 · 1h 28m · Movie

A gang of bank robbers fight their way out of a zombie-infested London.

5.9
7
Peter's Friends

Peter's Friends

1992 · 1h 41m · Movie

Six former college friends, with two new friends, gather for a New Year's Eve weekend reunion at a large English countryside manor after ten years to reminisce about the good times now long gone.

7.0
8
Murder She Said

Murder She Said

1961 · 1h 27m · Movie

When Miss Jane Marple reports witnessing a murder through the window of a passing train, the police dismiss her as a dotty spinster when no trace of the crime can be found.

7.3
9
Love's Labour's Lost

Love's Labour's Lost

2000 · 1h 33m · Movie

An update of the classic Shakespeare story, director Kenneth Branagh shot the film like a classic 1930s musical. It tells the story of four best friends who swear off love.

5.9
10
Monarch of the Glen

Monarch of the Glen

2001 · 41m · TV Show

Archie MacDonald, a young restaurateur is called back to his childhood home of Glenbogle where he is told he is the new Laird of Glenbogle.

7.7
11
As You Like It

As You Like It

2006 · 2h 7m · Movie

A daughter of the powerful Duke must show her courage and inventiveness to be with the man she loves.

6.1
12
A Chorus of Disapproval

A Chorus of Disapproval

1989 · 1h 32m · Movie

Widower Guy is transferred to an English coastal town, where he joins an amateur operatic society to "meet people" and "have fun".

5.6
13
The Bargee

The Bargee

1964 · 1h 42m · Movie

A lock-keeper entrusts his daughter with a canal Casanova, and she soon falls pregnant. He refuses to open his locks until the guilty party confesses.

6.2
14
Rentadick

Rentadick

1972 · 1h 34m · Movie

The incompetent detectives of Rentadick, Inc. track thieves of an experimental nerve gas that paralyzes from the waist down.

3.9
15
Bottoms Up

Bottoms Up

1960 · 1h 30m · Movie

Jimmy Edwards reprises his TV and radio role as the Professor trying to control a school full of naughty boys.

6.0
16
A Home of Your Own

A Home of Your Own

1964 · 45m · Movie

Wordless comedy about the trials and tribulations which abound when a young couple attempt to build their dream home.

6.7
17
Bob the Builder: The Knights of Fix-A-Lot

Bob the Builder: The Knights of Fix-A-Lot

2003 · 44m · Movie

Bob the Builder's dad comes to town and takes over the renovation of an old castle. Bob doesn't like taking a back seat and tries to tell his dad, but doesn't want to hurt his feelings.

7.3
18
Mouse and Mole at Christmas Time

Mouse and Mole at Christmas Time

2013 · 28m · Movie

Join Mouse and Mole at their Twelfth Night party! After the two have an argument, Mole spends the night outside in his armchair. He dreams that his new snow-mole comes to life and transports him to a land where his wishes are gran...

6.5