Norman Bird
Acting
- Nascimento:
- 1920-10-30
- Falecimento:
- 2005-04-22
- Local de nascimento:
- Coalville, Leicestershire, England, UK
Biografia
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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Filmografia
The Funny Blokes of British Comedy
Crossing the Floor
Terra das Sombras
Born Kicking
Miss Pym's Day Out
After Henry
Buddy
Lytton's Diary
Screen Two
This Office Life
Black Carrion
Brinquedo de Criança
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
A Profecia III: O Conflito Final
A Cup O' Tea An' A Slice O' Cake - Worzel Gummidge Christmas Special
To Serve Them All My Days
A Casa do Terror
Yes Minister
Friday Night, Saturday Morning
Worzel Gummidge
Thomas & Sarah
O Senhor dos Anéis
The Glums
Return of the Saint
Life Begins at Forty
O Toque da Medusa
Criaturas Grandes e Pequenas
Miss Jones And Son
Raffles
Yanks Go Home
O Sapatinho e a Rosa: A História de Cinderela
Baby Sitters
On the Tiles
The Big Kick
Double Trouble
Wedding Bells
Monkey Tricks
Pot Luck
Fawlty Towers
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
Ooh...You Are Awful
Crown Court
The Adventurer
My Wife Next Door
As Garras do Leão
The Organization
Shirley's World
Doomwatch
Suspicion
Nas Mãos do Estripador
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
Jason King
The Guardians
Please Sir!
Budgie
Bless This House
The Raging Moon
The Rise and Rise of Michael Rimmer
Up Among the Cuckoos
A Virgem e o Cigano
Softly Softly: Task Force
Run a Crooked Mile
Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased)
Department S
Takeover
W. Somerset Maugham
Oh! Que Bela Guerra!
The Limbo Line
ITV Saturday Night Theatre
All at Sea
O Espião de Dois Mundos
Sanctuary
Half Hour Story
A Loteria da Vida
Till Death Us Do Part
Uma Sombra em Minha Alma
End in Tears
Thirty-Minute Theatre
Blackmail
It's Not Me - It's Them!
A Colina dos Homens Perdidos
Gideon's Way
Public Eye
The Black Torment
Thursday Theatre
The Trial of Dr. Fancy
The Beauty Jungle
Os Primeiros Homens na Lua
Theatre 625
The Bargee
The Protectors
Agente Secreto Contra Moscou
80,000 Suspects
Maníaco
The Punch and Judy Man
Bitter Harvest
Estranha Obsessão
The Cracksman
As Grandes Aventuras do Capitão Grant
The Saint
Mentira Infamante
A Filha de Satã
Steptoe and Son
Z-Cars
Estranho Assalto
Meu Passado Me Condena
Whistle Down the Wind
The Secret Partner
O Gênio Que Sabia Demais
Drama 61-67
Os Vingadores
Coronation Street
Man in the Moon
Os Sete Cavalheiros do Diabo
Momentos de Angústia
No Hiding Place
Armchair Theatre
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