John Bird
John Michael Bird (22 November 1936 – 24 December 2022) was an English actor, director, writer and satirist. He performed in the television satire boom of the 1960s, appearing in That Was the Week That Was. His television work included many appearances with John Fortune. Bird had an acting career in film, television, theatre and radio for over 55 years. He appeared in films including Take A Girl Like You (1970) and Jabberwocky (1977) as well as in television shows such as Joint Account, Marmalade Atkins, El C.I.D. and Chambers. He and Fortune also starred with Rory Bremner in the sketch show Bremner, Bird and Fortune (1993–2010), on Channel 4, which was nominated for BAFTA TV Awards.
Acted in
Famous, Rich and Homeless
2009
Bremner, Bird and Fortune: Silly Money
2008
as Various
The Real Dad's Army
2006
as Narrator
Celebrity Mastermind
2003
Winter Solstice
2003
as Barry
Absolute Power
2003
as Martin McCabe
Between Iraq and a Hard Place
2003
Chambers
2000
Bremner, Bird and Fortune
1999
The Strange Case of Delfina Potocka
1999
as 1st Official
In the Red
1998
as Controller, Radio 4
Jonathan Creek
1997
as D.I. Nathan Gallo
Jonathan Creek
1997
as Horace Greeley
Midsomer Murders
1997
as St John Beachwood
Giving Tongue
1996
Some Interesting Facts About Peter Cook
1995
as Self
Anna Lee
1994
as Adrian Wesley
Rory Bremner...Who Else?
1993
Sooty & Co.
1993
as Himself
After the Dance
1992
as John Reid
Murder Most Horrid
1991
as Duncan Jupp
Performance
1991
as John Reid
Bejewelled
1991
as Eustace
Cluedo
1990
as Professor Plum
Circles Of Deceit
1990
as George
El C.I.D.
1990
as Douglas Bromley
One Foot In the Grave
1990
as Lewis Atterbury
Rory Bremner
1989
Joint Account
1989
A Bit of Fry & Laurie
1989
The Secret Policeman’s Biggest Ball
1989
as Himself
The Children Of Dynmouth
1987
as Commander Abigail
Filthy Rich & Catflap
1987
as Dingo Wucker
Inspector Morse
1987
as George Linacre
A Very Peculiar Practice
1986
A Very Peculiar Practice
1986
as Ernest Hemingway
Yes, Prime Minister
1986
The Dangerous Brothers
1986
Mrs. Capper's Birthday
1985
as Maurice
The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole
1985
Home to Roost
1985
as FG Fielding
Blue Money
1985
as Harry Diamond
Lytton's Diary
1985
as Jacko
Oxbridge Blues
1984
as Clive
The Falklands Factor
1983
as Lord North
Educating Marmalade
1982
as Mr Atkins
King Lear
1982
as Duke of Albany
The Secret Policeman's Other Ball
1982
as Self - Various Roles
Timon of Athens
1981
as Painter
The Taming of the Shrew
1980
as Pedant
A Walk in the Forest
1980
as Desmond Hughes
High Tide
1980
as Cyril
Red, White, and Zero
1979
as Man on Train
The Last Window Cleaner
1979
as Captain Wigmore
Blue Remembered Hills
1979
as Raymond
Dick Turpin
1979
BBC Television Shakespeare
1978
Armchair Thriller
1978
as Cyril (uncredited)
Armchair Thriller
1978
as Cyril
Jabberwocky
1977
as 1st Herald
The Galton & Simpson Playhouse
1977
The Seven-Per-Cent Solution
1976
as Berger
Well Anyway
1976
The Secret Policeman's Ball
1976
as Self
After That, This
1975
Playhouse
1974
as H.G. Wells
The Alf Garnett Saga
1972
as Willis
Take a Girl Like You
1970
as Dick Thompson
Play for Today
1970
as Raymond
Play for Today
1970
as Captain Wigmore
Play for Today
1970
as Desmond Hughes
Play for Today
1970
as Lord North
The Breaking of Bumbo
1970
as Jock
A Promise of Bed
1969
as Taxi Driver
World in Ferment
1969
as Gerald Pikestaff
The Best House in London
1969
as Home Secretary
With Bird Will Travel
1968
30 Is a Dangerous Age, Cynthia!
1968
as Herbert Greenslade
Omnibus
1967
as Self
A Series Of Bird's
1967
Piccadilly Palace
1967
Alice in Wonderland
1966
as Frog Footman
Not So Much a Programme, More a Way of Life
1964
Rory Bremner: From Blair to Here
as Interviewer