
John Bird
Known for Acting · 93 credits
- Born
- 1936-11-22
- Died
- 2022-12-24
- Place of birth
- Nottingham, England, UK
Biography
John Michael Bird was an English actor, director, writer and satirist.
Known For
TV Shows (57)

Midsomer Murders
1997
as St John Beachwood

Have I Got News for You
1990
as Self - Team Captain

Play for Today
1970
as Raymond / Desmond Hughes / Captain Wigmore / Lord North

Omnibus
1967
as Self

Inspector Morse
1987
as George Linacre

Playhouse
1974
as H.G. Wells

Screen Two
1985
as Commander Abigail

Performance
1991
as John Reid

Jonathan Creek
1997
as D.I. Nathan Gallo / Horace Greeley

Celebrity Mastermind
2003

Murder Most Horrid
1991
as Duncan Jupp

Bremner, Bird and Fortune
1999

Dramarama
1983
as Dudley Roberts

One Foot in the Grave
1990
as Lewis Atterbury

Dick Turpin
1979
as Gooch

Cluedo
1990
as Professor Plum

The Secret Policeman's Ball
1976
as Self

A Bit of Fry & Laurie
1989

Yes, Prime Minister
1986

A Very Peculiar Practice
1986
as Vice-Chancellor Ernest Hemmingway

Home to Roost
1985
as FG Fielding

Lytton's Diary
1985
as Jacko

Sooty & Co.
1993
as Self

Travelling Man
1984
as Jack Ormand
El C.I.D.
1990
as Douglas Bromley

Filthy Rich & Catflap
1987
as Dingo Wucker

Armchair Thriller
1978
as Cyril / Cyril (uncredited)

Anna Lee
1994
as Adrian Wesley

Friday Night, Saturday Morning
1979

Oxbridge Blues
1984
as Clive

The Galton & Simpson Playhouse
1977
as The Man

Shadow of the Noose
1989
as Mr Justice Hawkins

Absolute Power
2003
as Martin McCabe

In the Red
1998
as Controller, Radio 4
Not So Much a Programme, More a Way of Life
1964

A Little Princess
1987
as Mr Carmichael
Rory Bremner...Who Else?
1993

To Play the King
1993
as Bryan Brynford-Jones

The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13¾
1985
Full House
1972
as Actor in Sketches

The Growing Pains of Adrian Mole
1987
as Courtney Elliot
A Series of Bird's
1967

The Dangerous Brothers
1986
Rory Bremner
1989
Chambers
2000

Educating Marmalade
1982
as Mr Atkins

Farrington of the F.O.
1986
as VJ Lawrence

Famous, Rich and Homeless
2009

Danger: Marmalade at Work
1984
as Mr. Atkins
World in Ferment
1969
as Gerald Pikestaff

Joint Account
1989
Bremner, Bird and Fortune: Silly Money
2008
as Various
Well Anyway
1976
After That, This
1975
Piccadilly Palace
1967
The Real Dad's Army
2006
as Narrator
With Bird Will Travel
1968
Movies (36)

The Seven-Per-Cent Solution
1976
as Berger

Jabberwocky
1977
as 1st Herald

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

Alice in Wonderland
1966
as Frog Footman

A Dandy in Aspic
1968

King Lear
1982
as Duke of Albany

The Secret Policeman’s Biggest Ball
1989
as Self

The Falklands Factor
1983
as Lord North

The Alf Garnett Saga
1972
as Willis
Giving Tongue
1996
as Lord Jessop

Timon of Athens
1981
as Painter

Bejewelled
1991
as Eustace

Take a Girl Like You
1970
as Dick Thompson

Red, White, and Zero
1968
as Man on Train

High Tide
1980
as Cyril

Scarfe's Follies
1988

The Best House in London
1969
as Home Secretary

The Strange Case of Delfina Potocka
1999
as 1st Official

The Breaking of Bumbo
1970
as Jock

Bottom Mindless Violence
2004
as Father (archive footage)

Fothergill
1981
as HG Wells

Winter Solstice
2003
as Barry

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

Blue Remembered Hills
1979
as Raymond

After the Dance
1992
as John Reid

Mrs Capper's Birthday
1985
as Maurice

The Taming of the Shrew
1980
as Pedant

Blue Money
1985
as Harry Diamond

Some Interesting Facts About Peter Cook
1995
as Self

The Children of Dynmouth
1987
as Commander Abigail
The Last Window Cleaner
1979
as Captain Wigmore

Circles Of Deceit
1990
as George

A Promise of Bed
1969
as Taxi Driver
Rory Bremner: From Blair to Here
as Interviewer

Between Iraq and a Hard Place
2003

A Walk in the Forest
1980
as Desmond Hughes
About John Bird
John Michael Bird was an English actor, director, writer and satirist. With 93 credits spanning from 1964 to 2009, John Bird has appeared in 36 films and 57 TV shows.
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Most Popular John Bird Movies
- The Seven-Per-Cent Solution (1976) — as Berger
- Jabberwocky (1977) — as 1st Herald
- The Secret Policeman's Other Ball (1982) — as Self - Various Roles
- Alice in Wonderland (1966) — as Frog Footman
- A Dandy in Aspic (1968)
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