The Funny Blokes of British Comedy
6.5
The Funny Blokes of British Comedy
2005
Norman Bird
Acting
Born October 30, 1920Died April 22, 2005Coalville, Leicestershire, England, UK
Biography
John George Norman Bird (30 October 1924 – 22 April 2005) was an English character actor. Bird was born in Coalville, Leicestershire, England. A RADA graduate, he made his West End debut in Peter Brook's production of The Winter's Tale at the Phoenix Theatre in 1951. He was also a member of the BBC's Radio Drama Company. His first film appearance was as the foreman in An Inspector Calls (1954). He was a familiar face to British cinema audiences of the 1950s and 1960s, appearing in nearly 50 films such as The Angry Silence (1960), The League of Gentlemen (1960), Whistle Down the Wind (1961), Victim (1961) and Term of Trial (1962) with Laurence Olivier and The Hill with Sean Connery (1965). He had over 200 television appearances, notably as Mr Braithwaite in Worzel Gummidge (1979–81) and Mr Arrad in the Fawlty Towers episode "Waldorf Salad" (1979). His long list of credits include Steptoe and Son, Till Death Us Do Part, Rising Damp, Ever Decreasing Circles, Yes Minister, To Serve Them All My Days, All Creatures Great and Small, Z-Cars, Public Eye, The Saint, Department S, Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased) and Boon. In 1990 he appeared in Stay Lucky, with Dennis Waterman, which marked his 200th television appearance. One of his last film appearances was as a taxi driver in Richard Attenborough's Shadowlands (1993).
Movies
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6.8
Crossing the Floor
1996
6.9
Shadowlands
1993
9.0
Born Kicking
1992
8.0
Miss Pym's Day Out
1992
0.0
Buddy
1986
0.0
This Office Life
1984
7.5
Black Carrion
1984
7.4
A Voyage Round My Father
1984
9.0
The Ghost Downstairs
1982
6.3
If You Go Down in the Woods Today
1981
5.8
The Final Conflict
1981
10.0
A Cup O' Tea An' A Slice O' Cake - Worzel Gummidge Christmas Special
1980
6.6
The Lord of the Rings
1978
6.8
The Medusa Touch
1978
6.9
The Slipper and the Rose
1976
Baby Sitters
0.0
Baby Sitters
1976
On the Tiles
0.0
On the Tiles
1976
The Big Kick
0.0
The Big Kick
1976
Double Trouble
0.0
Double Trouble
1976
Wedding Bells
0.0
Wedding Bells
1976
Monkey Tricks
0.0
Monkey Tricks
1976
Pot Luck
0.0
Pot Luck
1976
7.0
King Arthur, the Young Warlord
1975
7.0
Elementary, My Dear Watson
1973
4.8
Ooh...You Are Awful
1972
6.2
Young Winston
1972
6.1
Doomwatch
1972
6.2
Hands of the Ripper
1971
5.7
Please Sir!
1971
6.5
The Raging Moon
1971
6.1
The Rise and Rise of Michael Rimmer
1970
Up Among the Cuckoos
0.0
Up Among the Cuckoos
1970
3.1
The Virgin and the Gypsy
1970
7.7
Run a Crooked Mile
1969
Takeover
0.0
Takeover
1969
6.6
Oh! What a Lovely War
1969
6.0
The Limbo Line
1969
10.0
All at Sea
1969
6.9
A Dandy in Aspic
1968
6.4
The Wrong Box
1966
5.6
Sky West and Crooked
1966
End in Tears
0.0
End in Tears
1966
7.5
The Hill
1965
5.9
The Black Torment
1964
The Trial of Dr. Fancy
0.0
The Trial of Dr. Fancy
1964
5.3
The Beauty Jungle
1964
6.3
First Men in the Moon
1964
7.0
The Bargee
1964
5.7
Hot Enough for June
1964
7.2
80,000 Suspects
1963
6.2
Maniac
1963
7.9
The Punch and Judy Man
1963
6.2
Bitter Harvest
1963
6.3
The Mind Benders
1963
6.6
The Cracksman
1963
6.5
In Search of the Castaways
1962
6.1
Term of Trial
1962
6.7
Night of the Eagle
1962
7.6
Cash on Demand
1961
7.5
Victim
1961
7.2
Whistle Down the Wind
1961
5.8
The Secret Partner
1961
5.5
Very Important Person
1961
6.7
Man in the Moon
1960
7.1
The League of Gentlemen
1960
7.2
The Angry Silence
1960
7.2
An Inspector Calls
1954
TV Shows
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6.7
After Henry
7.3
Lytton's Diary
7.1
Screen Two
6.5
Hammer House of Mystery and Suspense
6.5
The Fourth Arm
0.0
Break Point
6.2
Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years
7.8
To Serve Them All My Days
7.0
Hammer House of Horror
8.3
Yes Minister
7.5
Friday Night, Saturday Morning
6.2
Worzel Gummidge
6.0
Thomas & Sarah
0.0
The Glums
7.0
Return of the Saint
6.7
Life Begins at Forty
7.8
All Creatures Great and Small
Miss Jones And Son
5.0
Miss Jones And Son
8.4
Raffles
6.3
Yanks Go Home
8.3
Fawlty Towers
7.3
Two's Company
4.5
Angels
6.8
Happy Ever After
Seven Faces of Woman
0.0
Seven Faces of Woman
0.0
Up The Workers
8.0
Arthur of the Britons
5.7
Crown Court
6.3
The Adventurer
6.5
My Wife Next Door
8.5
The Organization
6.0
Shirley's World
Suspicion
0.0
Suspicion
7.5
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
7.8
Jason King
6.0
The Guardians
7.2
Budgie
7.5
Bless This House
6.0
Softly Softly: Task Force
7.0
Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased)
5.5
Department S
W. Somerset Maugham
0.0
W. Somerset Maugham
7.0
ITV Saturday Night Theatre
7.0
ITV Saturday Night Theatre
Sanctuary
6.0
Sanctuary
7.5
Half Hour Story
7.6
Till Death Us Do Part
4.2
Thirty-Minute Theatre
Blackmail
7.0
Blackmail
It's Not Me - It's Them!
0.0
It's Not Me - It's Them!
7.0
Gideon's Way
8.2
Public Eye
Thursday Theatre
0.0
Thursday Theatre
7.2
Theatre 625
8.0
The Protectors
7.4
The Saint
7.4
The Saint
7.8
Steptoe and Son
7.8
Steptoe and Son
7.3
Z-Cars
Drama 61-67
0.0
Drama 61-67
7.8
The Avengers
5.3
Coronation Street
4.8
No Hiding Place
4.8
No Hiding Place
6.0
Armchair Theatre
6.0
Armchair Theatre
6.0