Person

John Bird

Acting · 1936–2022 · Nottingham, England, UK

John Michael Bird was an English actor, director, writer and satirist.

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  Midsomer Murders

  St John Beachwood

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  Screen Two

  Commander Abigail

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  Play for Today

  Captain Wigmore

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  Have I Got News for You

  Self - Team Captain

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  Celebrity Mastermind

  2003

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  Omnibus

  Self

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  Playhouse

  H.G. Wells

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  Inspector Morse

  George Linacre

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  Jonathan Creek

  D.I. Nathan Gallo

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  Performance

  John Reid

• 2009Famous, Rich and Homeless
• 2008Bremner, Bird and Fortune: Silly MoneyVarious
• 2006The Real Dad's ArmyNarrator
• 2004Bottom Mindless ViolenceFather (archive footage)
• 2003Celebrity Mastermind
• 2003Winter SolsticeBarry
• 2003Absolute PowerMartin McCabe
• 2003Between Iraq and a Hard Place
• 2000Chambers
• 1999Bremner, Bird and Fortune
• 1999The Strange Case of Delfina Potocka1st Official
• 1998In the RedController, Radio 4
• 1997Jonathan CreekD.I. Nathan Gallo
• 1997Midsomer MurdersSt John Beachwood
• 1996Giving TongueLord Jessop
• 1995Some Interesting Facts About Peter CookSelf
• 1994Anna LeeAdrian Wesley
• 1993To Play the KingBryan Brynford-Jones
• 1993Rory Bremner...Who Else?
• 1993Sooty & Co.Self
• 1992After the DanceJohn Reid
• 1991Murder Most HorridDuncan Jupp
• 1991PerformanceJohn Reid
• 1991BejewelledEustace
• 1990Have I Got News for YouSelf - Team Captain
• 1990CluedoProfessor Plum
• 1990Circles Of DeceitGeorge
• 1990El C.I.D.Douglas Bromley
• 1990One Foot in the GraveLewis Atterbury
• 1989Rory Bremner
• 1989Shadow of the NooseMr Justice Hawkins
• 1989Joint Account
• 1989A Bit of Fry & Laurie
• 1989The Secret Policeman’s Biggest BallSelf
• 1988Scarfe's Follies
• 1987The Children of DynmouthCommander Abigail
• 1987A Little PrincessMr Carmichael
• 1987Filthy Rich & CatflapDingo Wucker
• 1987Inspector MorseGeorge Linacre
• 1987The Growing Pains of Adrian MoleCourtney Elliot
• 1986A Very Peculiar PracticeVice-Chancellor Ernest Hemmingway
• 1986Farrington of the F.O.VJ Lawrence
• 1986Yes, Prime Minister
• 1986The Dangerous Brothers
• 1985Mrs Capper's BirthdayMaurice
• 1985The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13¾
• 1985Home to RoostFG Fielding
• 1985Blue MoneyHarry Diamond
• 1985Lytton's DiaryJacko
• 1985Screen TwoCommander Abigail
• 1984Oxbridge BluesClive
• 1984Travelling ManJack Ormand
• 1984Danger: Marmalade at WorkMr. Atkins
• 1983DramaramaDudley Roberts
• 1983The Falklands FactorLord North
• 1982Educating MarmaladeMr Atkins
• 1982King LearDuke of Albany
• 1982The Secret Policeman's Other BallSelf - Various Roles
• 1982The Tractor Factor
• 1981Timon of AthensPainter
• 1981FothergillHG Wells
• 1980The Taming of the ShrewPedant
• 1980A Walk in the ForestDesmond Hughes
• 1980High TideCyril
• 1979Friday Night, Saturday Morning
• 1979The Last Window CleanerCaptain Wigmore
• 1979Blue Remembered HillsRaymond
• 1979Dick TurpinGooch
• 1978The BBC Television ShakespearePedant
• 1978Armchair ThrillerCyril
• 1977Jabberwocky1st Herald
• 1977The Galton & Simpson PlayhouseThe Man
• 1976The Seven-Per-Cent SolutionBerger
• 1976Well Anyway
• 1976The Secret Policeman's BallSelf
• 1975Shades of GreeneMaling
• 1975After That, This
• 1974PlayhouseH.G. Wells
• 1973Yellow DogDialogue
• 1972Full HouseActor in Sketches
• 1972The Alf Garnett SagaWillis
• 1970Take a Girl Like YouDick Thompson
• 1970Play for TodayCaptain Wigmore
• 1970The Breaking of BumboJock
• 1969A Promise of BedTaxi Driver
• 1969World in FermentGerald Pikestaff
• 1969The Best House in LondonHome Secretary
• 1968With Bird Will Travel
• 1968A Dandy in Aspic
• 196830 Is a Dangerous Age, Cynthia!Herbert Greenslade
• 1968Red, White, and ZeroMan on Train
• 1967OmnibusSelf
• 1967A Series of Bird's
• 1967Piccadilly Palace
• 1966Alice in WonderlandFrog Footman
• 1964Not So Much a Programme, More a Way of Life
• —Rory Bremner: From Blair to HereInterviewer