Norman Bird
John George Norman Bird (30 October 1924 – 22 April 2005) was an English character actor.
Bird was born in Coalville, Leicestershire, England. A RADA graduate, he made his West End debut in Peter Brook's production of The Winter's Tale at the Phoenix Theatre in 1951. He was also a member of the BBC's Radio Drama Company. His first film appearance was as the foreman in An Inspector Calls (1954).
He was a familiar face to British cinema audiences of the 1950s and 1960s, appearing in nearly 50 films such as The Angry Silence (1960), The League of Gentlemen (1960), Whistle Down the Wind (1961), Victim (1961) and Term of Trial (1962) with Laurence Olivier and The Hill with Sean Connery (1965).
He had over 200 television appearances, notably as Mr Braithwaite in Worzel Gummidge (1979–81) and Mr Arrad in the Fawlty Towers episode "Waldorf Salad" (1979). His long list of credits include Steptoe and Son, Till Death Us Do Part, Rising Damp, Ever Decreasing Circles, Yes Minister, To Serve Them All My Days, All Creatures Great and Small, Z-Cars, Public Eye, The Saint, Department S, Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased) and Boon. In 1990 he appeared in Stay Lucky, with Dennis Waterman, which marked his 200th television appearance. One of his last film appearances was as a taxi driver in Richard Attenborough's Shadowlands (1993).
Acted in
Crossing the Floor
1996
as Grandfather
Shadowlands
1993
as Taxi Driver Witness
Born Kicking
1992
as Mr Radley
Miss Pym's Day Out
1992
as Man on Bus
Buddy
1986
as Mr Normington
Screen Two
1985
as Grandfather
This Office Life
1984
as Seeds
Black Carrion
1984
as Henry Bircher
Hammer House of Mystery and Suspense
1984
as Henry Bircher
A Voyage Round My Father
1984
as Ham
The Ghost Downstairs
1982
as Mr. Morris
Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years
1981
as Sir Maurice Hanley
If You Go Down in the Woods Today
1981
as Doctor
The Final Conflict
1981
as Dr. Philmore
A Cup O' Tea An' A Slice O' Cake - Worzel Gummidge Christmas Special
1980
as Mr Braithwaite
To Serve Them All My Days
1980
as Alderman Blunt
Hammer House of Horror
1980
as Basil
Yes Minister
1980
Worzel Gummidge
1979
as Mr. Braithwaite
Thomas & Sarah
1979
The Lord of the Rings
1978
as Bilbo (voice)
The Glums
1978
as Office Manager
Return of the Saint
1978
as Morgan
Life Begins at Forty
1978
The Medusa Touch
1978
as Major Henry Morlar
All Creatures Great and Small
1978
as Farmer Benson
Miss Jones And Son
1977
Raffles
1977
Yanks Go Home
1976
The Slipper and the Rose
1976
as Dress Shop Proprieter
Wedding Bells
1976
Double Trouble
1976
The Big Kick
1976
Baby Sitters
1976
On the Tiles
1976
Monkey Tricks
1976
Pot Luck
1976
as Farmer
Fawlty Towers
1975
as Mr. Arrad
Two's Company
1975
as Mr. Bunn
Angels
1975
King Arthur, the Young Warlord
1975
as Ambrose
Up The Workers
1973
as Sid Stubbins
Elementary, My Dear Watson
1973
as Inspector Street
Arthur of the Britons
1972
as Ambrose
Ooh... You Are Awful
1972
as Warder Burke
Crown Court
1972
The Adventurer
1972
as Brooks
My Wife Next Door
1972
Shirley's World
1972
Doomwatch
1972
as Brewer
Hands of the Ripper
1971
as Police Inspector
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
1971
as Inspector Trent
Jason King
1971
The Guardians
1971
Please Sir!
1971
as Reynolds
Budgie
1971
as Inspector Charles Upton
The Raging Moon
1971
as Dr Matthews
The Rise and Rise of Michael Rimmer
1970
as Alderman Poot
Up Among the Cuckoos
1970
as Walter
The Virgin and the Gypsy
1970
as Uncle Fred
Softly Softly: Task Force
1969
as Samuel Tomkins
Run a Crooked Mile
1969
as Sgt. Hooper
Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased)
1969
as Elliot
Department S
1969
as Drayton
Oh! What a Lovely War
1969
as Training Sgt (uncredited)
The Limbo Line
1969
All at Sea
1969
A Dandy in Aspic
1968
as Copperfield
Sanctuary
1967
The Wrong Box
1966
as Clergyman
Till Death Us Do Part
1966
Sky West and Crooked
1965
as Mr. Cheeseman - undertaker
The Hill
1965
as Commandant
Gideon's Way
1965
as Supt. Fred Lee
Public Eye
1965
as Arthur Biddle
The Black Torment
1964
as Harris
The Beauty Jungle
1964
as Mr. Edward Freeman
First Men in the Moon
1964
as Stuart
The Bargee
1964
as Waterways Supervisor Albert Williams
Hot Enough for June
1964
as Employment Exchange Clerk
80,000 Suspects
1963
as Harold Davis
Maniac
1963
as Salon
The Punch and Judy Man
1963
as Reginald Fletcher
Bitter Harvest
1963
as Mr. Pitt
The Mind Benders
1963
as Aubrey
The Cracksman
1963
as Policeman
In Search of the Castaways
1962
as Senior Yacht Guard
The Saint
1962
as Mr. Spode
The Saint
1962
as Weems
Term of Trial
1962
as Mr. Taylor
Night of the Eagle
1962
as Doctor
Z-Cars
1962
Cash on Demand
1961
as Arthur Sanderson
Victim
1961
as Harold Doe
Whistle Down the Wind
1961
as Eddie
The Secret Partner
1961
as Ralph Beldon
Very Important Person
1961
as Travers
The Avengers
1961
Coronation Street
1960
as Frank Jackson
Man in the Moon
1960
as Herbert
The League of Gentlemen
1960
as Weaver
The Angry Silence
1960
as Roberts
No Hiding Place
1959
Armchair Theatre
1956
as Walter
An Inspector Calls
1954
as Jones-Collins - Foreman