★ Acting

Richard Briers

1934 – 2013 · Raynes Park, Surrey, England, UK · Active 1955–2025

Richard Briers, born in 1934, is an English actor whose career spanned over fifty years, leaving an indelible mark on both stage and screen. He appears in Fathom (1967), where his comedic timing complements the film's playful espionage narrative. Briers also takes on a role in The Four Musketeers (1974), a swashbuckling adventure that showcases his versatility within the realm of cult cinema. His work in these films highlights a unique blend of humor and charm, contributing to the rich tapestry of British cult films.

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The Four Musketeers

1974 ★ 6.3

as Louis XIII (voice) (uncredited)

The Four Musketeers defend the queen and her dressmaker from Cardinal Richelieu and Milady de Winter.

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Fathom

1967 · ★7.0

Career Highlights Top 6 by popularity · TMDB

Mary Shelley's Frankenstein

1994

Much Ado About Nothing

Filmography

127 credits

2020s 2 credits

2025

The Good Life: Inside Out

Movie

2022

The Good Life: Secret & Scandals as (archive footage)

Movie ★ 7.0

2010s 8 credits

2017

Roobarb and Custard: The Complete Collection as Narrator, Roobarb, Custard / lot of characters. (uncredited)

Movie

2016

British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves as Acting Role (archive footage) (uncredited)

Movie ★ 5.7

2013

Mouse and Mole at Christmas Time as Mouse (voice)

Movie ★ 6.0

2012

Cockneys vs Zombies as Hamish

Movie ★ 5.7

2012

Run For Your Wife as Newspaper Seller

Movie ★ 4.4

2011

Horror on the High Rise

Movie

2010

National Theatre Live: London Assurance as Mr. Adolphus Spanker

Movie ★ 7.0

2010

All About The Good Life

Movie

2000s 23 credits

2009

Peter Kay's Animated All Star Band: The Official BBC Children in Need Medley as Roobarb/Custard (voice)

Movie ★ 9.0

2007

That's What I Call Television as Self

2007

A Bucket O' French and Saunders

TV ★ 6.2

2007

Kingdom as Jim Wright

TV ★ 7.1

2006

As You Like It as Adam

Movie ★ 5.8

2006

Torchwood as Parker

TV ★ 7.3

2006

My Appalling School Report

2005

The Funny Blokes of British Comedy as Self

Movie ★ 6.5

2005

Our Hidden Lives as Herbert Brush

Movie ★ 4.5

2005

Dad as Larry James

Movie ★ 9.5

2005

Extras as Richard Briers

TV ★ 7.8

2005

Roobarb and Custard Too as Narrator

TV ★ 7.3

2004

New Tricks as James Farlow

TV ★ 7.3

2004

Agatha Christie's Marple as Wilson

TV ★ 7.8

2003

Peter Pan as Sam "Smee" Smiegel

Movie ★ 7.1

2003

Bob the Builder: The Knights of Can-A-Lot as Robert (voice)

Movie ★ 6.9

2003

Comedy Connections

TV ★ 5.5

2002

Unconditional Love as Barry Moore

Movie ★ 6.0

2001

Victoria & Albert as Joseph Paxton

Movie ★ 7.6

2001

Friday Night with Jonathan Ross as Self

TV ★ 6.1

2000

Love's Labour's Lost as Sir Nathaniel

Movie ★ 5.5

2000

Monarch of the Glen as Hector MacDonald

TV ★ 7.3

2000

The Nearly Complete and Utter History of Everything

1990s 24 credits

1999

Watership Down as Captain Broom (voice)

TV ★ 7.4

1998

The Student Prince as Dr. Corbitt

Movie ★ 5.3

1998

Geoff Hamilton: a Man and His Garden as Narrator

TV ★ 8.0

1998

A Respectable Trade as Sir Charles Fairley

TV ★ 7.0

1998

Parkinson as Self

1997

Spice World as Bishop

Movie ★ 4.9

1997

Midsomer Murders as Stephen Wentworth

TV ★ 7.5

1997

Brass Eye as Self

TV ★ 7.7

1996

Hamlet as Polonius

Movie ★ 7.3

1996

The Adventures of Toad as Rat

Movie

1995

In the Bleak Midwinter as Henry

Movie ★ 7.1

1995

Heavy Weather as The Hon. Galahad Threepwood

Movie ★ 8.0

1995

The Adventures of Mole as Rat

Movie ★ 7.5

1995

Down to Earth as Tony Fairfax

TV ★ 7.5

1994

Mary Shelley's Frankenstein as Grandfather

Movie ★ 6.4

1994

Mole's Christmas as Rat

Movie ★ 5.4

1994

Skallagrigg as Old Arthur/George

Movie ★ 4.0

1994

Frances the Firefly as Narrator (voice)

Movie

1994

French and Saunders' Christmas Carol as Self

Movie

1993

Much Ado About Nothing as Signor Leonato

Movie ★ 7.0

1993

If You See God, Tell Him as Godfrey Spry

TV ★ 7.5

1992

Swan Song as Nikita

Movie ★ 6.8

1992

Peter's Friends as Lord Morton

Movie ★ 6.6

1990

Mr. Bean as Mr. Sprout

TV ★ 8.0

1980s 17 credits

1989

A Chorus of Disapproval as Ted Washbrook

Movie ★ 5.4

1989

Henry V as Lieutenant Bardolph

Movie ★ 7.1

1988

Twelfth Night, or What You Will as Malvolio

Movie ★ 7.4

1988

Children's Favourites - Volume 1 as Alias (voice)

Movie

1987

Doctor Who: Paradise Towers as The Chief Caretaker

Movie ★ 6.5

1986

Lovejoy as Raymond Doncaster

TV ★ 7.4

1985

Alias the Jester as Alias

TV ★ 6.8

1985

Screen Two as Old Arthur/George

TV ★ 7.1

1985

All in Good Faith as Reverend Philip Lambe

TV ★ 2.2

1984

Ever Decreasing Circles

TV ★ 7.5

1983

Arms and the Man as Bluntschli

Movie

1983

The Aerodrome as The Rector

Movie ★ 7.0

1983

Natural World

TV ★ 7.4

1982

It's Your Move as The Husband

Movie ★ 7.9

1982

Wogan as Self

TV ★ 5.3

1982

Goodbye Mr Kent as Travis Kent

1981

P.Q. 17 as Jack Broome

Movie

1970s 26 credits

1979

Village Wooing as A

Movie

1979

Tales of the Unexpected as Albert Dobson

TV ★ 6.8

1978

Watership Down as Fiver (voice)

Movie ★ 7.2

1977

Our Flesh and Blood as Mr. Smythe

Movie

1977

The Other One as Ralph Tanner

TV ★ 7.0

1977

The Norman Conquests as Reg

TV ★ 6.3

1977

The Galton & Simpson Playhouse as Henry Fairlane

1977

The Sunday Drama as Dennis

TV ★ 5.0

1976

A Small Miracle as Himself - Commentator

Movie

1976

Noah and Nelly in... SkylArk

TV ★ 7.0

1976

One-Upmanship as Stephen Potter

TV ★ 7.7

1975

Great as Isambard Kingdom Brunel

Movie ★ 5.6

1975

The Good Life as Tom Good

TV ★ 7.7

1975

Noddy as Narrator

TV ★ 6.0

1974

The Four Musketeers● as Louis XIII (voice) (uncredited)

Movie ★ 6.5

1974

Roobarb

TV ★ 7.4

1973

The Three Musketeers as Louis XIII (voice)

Movie ★ 6.7

1973

Between the Wars as Oswald Carstairs

TV ★ 9.0

1972

Rentadick as Miles Gannet

Movie ★ 4.2

1971

Tall Stories

1971

Birds on the Wing as Charles Jackson

TV ★ 9.0

1970

All the Way Up as Nigel Hadfield

Movie ★ 7.0

1970

From a Bird's Eye View as George Lemon

TV ★ 6.0

1970

Play for Today as Mr. Smythe

TV ★ 6.6

1970

Play for Today as Commander Jack Broome

TV ★ 6.6

1970

Ben Travers Farces as Charlie Tutt

1960s 21 credits

1968

Ooh La La!

TV ★ 10.0

1967

Fathom● as Flight Lt. Timothy Webb

Movie ★ 6.0

1967

NBC Experiment in Television as (voice)

1967

ITV Playhouse as A

TV ★ 7.0

1965

BBC Play of the Month as Sandy Tyrell

TV ★ 5.3

1964

The Bargee as Tomkins

Movie ★ 7.0

1964

All in Good Time as The Young Husband

Movie

1964

A Home of Your Own as The Husband

Movie ★ 6.6

1964

Theatre 625 as David Prentice

TV ★ 7.2

1964

Thursday Theatre as David Prentice

1963

Doctor in Distress as Medical Student (uncredited)

Movie ★ 6.3

1963

Doctor Who as Chief Caretaker

TV ★ 7.9

1962

The Girl on the Boat as Eustace Hignett

Movie ★ 6.0

1962

Brothers In Law

TV ★ 7.0

1961

A Matter of WHO as Jamieson

Movie ★ 6.4

1961

Murder She Said as 'Mrs Binster'

Movie ★ 7.3

1961

Faces of Jim as John Frobisher

1961

Faces of Jim as Lighthouse Assistant

1961

Faces of Jim as Ricky Groin

1961

Marriage Lines as George Starling

TV ★ 7.0

1960

Bottoms Up! as Colbourne

Movie ★ 6.6

1950s 4 credits

1958

Girls at Sea as 'Popeye' Lewis

Movie ★ 7.3

1956

Armchair Theatre as Stanley Frelaine

TV ★ 6.0

1956

Tony Awards as Self - Nominee

1955

Dixon of Dock Green as Ken Tracey

TV ★ 6.0

s 2 credits

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Bird Bath as Narrator

TV ★ 6.0

—

Little Red Tractor Stories as Narrator (voice)