John Bird
Known for Acting · 98 credits
- Born
- 1936-11-22
- Died
- 2022-12-24
- Place of birth
- Nottingham, England, UK
- Also known as
- John Michael Bird
Biography
John Michael Bird was an English actor, director, writer and satirist.
Known For
TV Shows (60)
Midsomer Murders
1997
as St John Beachwood
Have I Got News for You
1990
as Self - Team Captain
Omnibus
1967
as Self
Play for Today
1970
as Raymond / Captain Wigmore / Desmond Hughes / Lord North
Screen Two
1985
as Commander Abigail
Playhouse
1974
as H.G. Wells
Celebrity Mastermind
2003
Inspector Morse
1987
as George Linacre
Jonathan Creek
1997
as D.I. Nathan Gallo / Horace Greeley
Dramarama
1983
as Dudley Roberts
Murder Most Horrid
1991
as Duncan Jupp
Performance
1991
as John Reid
One Foot in the Grave
1990
as Lewis Atterbury
Sooty & Co.
1993
as Self
Dick Turpin
1979
as Gooch
Bremner, Bird and Fortune
1999
Not So Much a Programme, More a Way of Life
1964
Rory Bremner...Who Else?
1993
Yes, Prime Minister
1986
Travelling Man
1984
as Jack Ormand
The Secret Policeman's Ball
1976
as Self
Armchair Thriller
1978
as Cyril (uncredited)
The BBC Television Shakespeare
1978
as Pedant
A Bit of Fry & Laurie
1989
Home to Roost
1985
as FG Fielding
Cluedo
1990
as Professor Plum
Shadow of the Noose
1989
as Mr Justice Hawkins
Full House
1972
as Actor in Sketches
Oxbridge Blues
1984
as Clive
A Very Peculiar Practice
1986
as Vice-Chancellor Ernest Hemmingway
Filthy Rich & Catflap
1987
as Dingo Wucker
Lytton's Diary
1985
as Jacko
Piccadilly Palace
1967
In the Red
1998
as Controller, Radio 4
Absolute Power
2003
as Martin McCabe
A Little Princess
1987
as Mr Carmichael
Friday Night, Saturday Morning
1979
Anna Lee
1994
as Adrian Wesley
To Play the King
1993
as Bryan Brynford-Jones
El C.I.D.
1990
as Douglas Bromley
Famous, Rich and Homeless
2009
The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13¾
1985
The Galton & Simpson Playhouse
1977
as The Man
Farrington of the F.O.
1986
as VJ Lawrence
Rory Bremner
1989
A Series of Bird's
1967
The Growing Pains of Adrian Mole
1987
as Courtney Elliot
Educating Marmalade
1982
as Mr Atkins
Chambers
2000
Shades of Greene
1975
as Maling
Joint Account
1989
Danger: Marmalade at Work
1984
as Mr. Atkins
The Dangerous Brothers
1986
With Bird Will Travel
1968
Bremner, Bird and Fortune: Silly Money
2008
as Various
After That, This
1975
If It Moves, File It
1970
as Quick
Well Anyway
1976
World in Ferment
1969
as Gerald Pikestaff
The Real Dad's Army
2006
as Narrator
Movies (38)
Jabberwocky
1977
as 1st Herald
Bejewelled
1991
as Eustace
A Dandy in Aspic
1968
The Seven-Per-Cent Solution
1976
as Berger
The Taming of the Shrew
1980
as Pedant
Giving Tongue
1996
as Lord Jessop
The Secret Policeman’s Biggest Ball
1989
as Self
The Best House in London
1969
as Home Secretary
The Alf Garnett Saga
1972
as Willis
Bottom Mindless Violence
2004
as Father (archive footage)
Mrs Capper's Birthday
1985
as Maurice
Timon of Athens
1981
as Painter
Alice in Wonderland
1966
as Frog Footman
Scarfe's Follies
1988
Winter Solstice
2003
as Barry
The Secret Policeman's Other Ball
1982
as Self - Various Roles
After the Dance
1992
as John Reid
The Falklands Factor
1983
as Lord North
The Breaking of Bumbo
1970
as Jock
Red, White, and Zero
1968
as Man on Train
30 Is a Dangerous Age, Cynthia!
1968
as Herbert Greenslade
Blue Remembered Hills
1979
as Raymond
The Last Window Cleaner
1979
as Captain Wigmore
The First Kangaroos
1988
as Jupes
The Strange Case of Delfina Potocka
1999
as 1st Official
High Tide
1980
as Cyril
Take a Girl Like You
1970
as Dick Thompson
King Lear
1982
as Duke of Albany
A Walk in the Forest
1980
as Desmond Hughes
Blue Money
1985
as Harry Diamond
The Tractor Factor
1982
A Promise of Bed
1969
as Taxi Driver
Some Interesting Facts About Peter Cook
1995
as Self
Rory Bremner: From Blair to Here
as Interviewer
Fothergill
1981
as HG Wells
Circles Of Deceit
1990
as George
The Children of Dynmouth
1987
as Commander Abigail
Between Iraq and a Hard Place
2003
About John Bird
John Michael Bird was an English actor, director, writer and satirist. With 98 credits spanning from 1964 to 2009, John Bird has appeared in 38 films and 60 TV shows.
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- Jabberwocky (1977) — as 1st Herald
- Bejewelled (1991) — as Eustace
- A Dandy in Aspic (1968)
- The Seven-Per-Cent Solution (1976) — as Berger
- The Taming of the Shrew (1980) — as Pedant
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