Norman Bird
Acting
- Nacimiento:
- 1920-10-30
- Fallecimiento:
- 2005-04-22
- Lugar de nacimiento:
- Coalville, Leicestershire, England, UK
Biografía
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).
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Filmografía
The Funny Blokes of British Comedy
Crossing the Floor
Tierras de penumbra
Born Kicking
Miss Pym's Day Out
After Henry
Buddy
Lytton's Diary
Screen Two
This Office Life
Black Carrion
Misterio
A Voyage Round My Father
The Fourth Arm
The Ghost Downstairs
Break Point
Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years
If You Go Down in the Woods Today
El final de Damien
A Cup O' Tea An' A Slice O' Cake - Worzel Gummidge Christmas Special
To Serve Them All My Days
La casa del terror
Sí, ministro
Friday Night, Saturday Morning
Worzel Gummidge
Thomas & Sarah
El Señor de los Anillos
The Glums
El regreso del santo
Life Begins at Forty
Alarma, catástrofe
Todas las criaturas grandes y pequeñas
Miss Jones And Son
Raffles
Yanks Go Home
La zapatilla y la rosa: La historia de Cenicienta
Wedding Bells
Double Trouble
The Big Kick
Baby Sitters
On the Tiles
Monkey Tricks
Pot Luck
Hotel Fawlty
Two's Company
Angels
King Arthur, the Young Warlord
Happy Ever After
Seven Faces of Woman
Up The Workers
Elementary, My Dear Watson
Arthur of the Britons
Tatuajes indiscretos
Crown Court
The Adventurer
My Wife Next Door
El joven Winston
The Organization
Shirley's World
Holocausto radiactivo
Suspicion
Las manos del Destripador
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
Jason King
The Guardians
Please Sir!
Budgie
Bless This House
Amor es mi vida
The Rise and Rise of Michael Rimmer
Up Among the Cuckoos
La virgen y el gitano
Softly Softly: Task Force
Run a Crooked Mile
Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased)
Departamento S
Takeover
W. Somerset Maugham
¡Oh, qué guerra tan bonita!
The Limbo Line
ITV Saturday Night Theatre
All at Sea
Sentencia para un Dandy
Sanctuary
Half Hour Story
La caja de las sorpresas
Till Death Us Do Part
Sky West and Crooked
End in Tears
Thirty-Minute Theatre
Blackmail
It's Not Me - It's Them!
La colina de los hombres perdidos
Gideon's Way
Public Eye
Horror en la mansión Fordyke
Thursday Theatre
The Trial of Dr. Fancy
The Beauty Jungle
La gran sorpresa
Theatre 625
The Bargee
The Protectors
Demasiado cálido para junio
80,000 Suspects
Venganza diabólica (Maniac)
The Punch and Judy Man
Bitter Harvest
El extraño caso del doctor Longman
The Cracksman
Los hijos del capitán Grant
El santo
Term of Trial
Arde, bruja, arde
Steptoe and Son
Z-Cars
Cash on Demand
Víctima
Cuando el viento silba
La tercera llave
Hoy es día de fuga
Drama 61-67
Los vengadores
Coronation Street
Man in the Moon
Objetivo: Banco de Inglaterra
Amargo silencio
No Hiding Place
Armchair Theatre
An Inspector Calls