John Bird
Known for Acting · 93 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 (57)
Midsomer Murders
1997
as St John Beachwood
Play for Today
1970
as Raymond / Desmond Hughes / Captain Wigmore / Lord North
Have I Got News for You
1990
as Self - Team Captain
Omnibus
1967
as Self
Screen Two
1985
as Commander Abigail
Inspector Morse
1987
as George Linacre
Playhouse
1974
as H.G. Wells
Performance
1991
as John Reid
Jonathan Creek
1997
as D.I. Nathan Gallo / Horace Greeley
Murder Most Horrid
1991
as Duncan Jupp
Celebrity Mastermind
2003
Bremner, Bird and Fortune
1999
Dramarama
1983
as Dudley Roberts
One Foot in the Grave
1990
as Lewis Atterbury
Yes, Prime Minister
1986
Dick Turpin
1979
as Gooch
The Secret Policeman's Ball
1976
as Self
A Bit of Fry & Laurie
1989
Cluedo
1990
as Professor Plum
A Very Peculiar Practice
1986
as Vice-Chancellor Ernest Hemmingway
Travelling Man
1984
as Jack Ormand
Home to Roost
1985
as FG Fielding
Sooty & Co.
1993
as Self
Lytton's Diary
1985
as Jacko
El C.I.D.
1990
as Douglas Bromley
Filthy Rich & Catflap
1987
as Dingo Wucker
Absolute Power
2003
as Martin McCabe
Shadow of the Noose
1989
as Mr Justice Hawkins
Armchair Thriller
1978
as Cyril / Cyril (uncredited)
To Play the King
1993
as Bryan Brynford-Jones
Anna Lee
1994
as Adrian Wesley
Friday Night, Saturday Morning
1979
Oxbridge Blues
1984
as Clive
A Little Princess
1987
as Mr Carmichael
In the Red
1998
as Controller, Radio 4
The Growing Pains of Adrian Mole
1987
as Courtney Elliot
The Galton & Simpson Playhouse
1977
as The Man
The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13¾
1985
Rory Bremner...Who Else?
1993
Not So Much a Programme, More a Way of Life
1964
A Series of Bird's
1967
Full House
1972
as Actor in Sketches
The Dangerous Brothers
1986
Farrington of the F.O.
1986
as VJ Lawrence
Chambers
2000
Rory Bremner
1989
World in Ferment
1969
as Gerald Pikestaff
Educating Marmalade
1982
as Mr Atkins
Famous, Rich and Homeless
2009
Piccadilly Palace
1967
Joint Account
1989
Bremner, Bird and Fortune: Silly Money
2008
as Various
Danger: Marmalade at Work
1984
as Mr. Atkins
With Bird Will Travel
1968
After That, This
1975
Well Anyway
1976
The Real Dad's Army
2006
as Narrator
Movies (36)
Jabberwocky
1977
as 1st Herald
The Seven-Per-Cent Solution
1976
as Berger
The Secret Policeman's Other Ball
1982
as Self - Various Roles
The Secret Policeman’s Biggest Ball
1989
as Self
Bejewelled
1991
as Eustace
Red, White, and Zero
1968
as Man on Train
Alice in Wonderland
1966
as Frog Footman
Take a Girl Like You
1970
as Dick Thompson
The Falklands Factor
1983
as Lord North
The Strange Case of Delfina Potocka
1999
as 1st Official
The Alf Garnett Saga
1972
as Willis
King Lear
1982
as Duke of Albany
A Dandy in Aspic
1968
The Best House in London
1969
as Home Secretary
Giving Tongue
1996
as Lord Jessop
High Tide
1980
as Cyril
Timon of Athens
1981
as Painter
Winter Solstice
2003
as Barry
Between Iraq and a Hard Place
2003
Scarfe's Follies
1988
After the Dance
1992
as John Reid
The Taming of the Shrew
1980
as Pedant
Bottom Mindless Violence
2004
as Father (archive footage)
Blue Remembered Hills
1979
as Raymond
Some Interesting Facts About Peter Cook
1995
as Self
Fothergill
1981
as HG Wells
The Children of Dynmouth
1987
as Commander Abigail
Blue Money
1985
as Harry Diamond
The Breaking of Bumbo
1970
as Jock
30 Is a Dangerous Age, Cynthia!
1968
as Herbert Greenslade
Mrs Capper's Birthday
1985
as Maurice
Circles Of Deceit
1990
as George
The Last Window Cleaner
1979
as Captain Wigmore
Rory Bremner: From Blair to Here
as Interviewer
A Walk in the Forest
1980
as Desmond Hughes
A Promise of Bed
1969
as Taxi Driver
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
- Jabberwocky (1977) — as 1st Herald
- The Seven-Per-Cent Solution (1976) — as Berger
- The Secret Policeman's Other Ball (1982) — as Self - Various Roles
- The Secret Policeman’s Biggest Ball (1989) — as Self
- Bejewelled (1991) — as Eustace
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