Norman Bird
- Interpretación
- 30 de octubre de 1920 · Coalville, Leicestershire, England, UK
- 22 de abril de 2005
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 · Mr. Arrad (archive footage) (uncredited)
- Crossing the Floor · Grandfather
- Tierras de penumbra · Taxi Driver Witness
- Born Kicking · Mr Radley
- Miss Pym's Day Out · Man on Bus
- After Henry · Mr Henderson
- Buddy · Mr Normington
- Lytton's Diary · Charles Adams
- Screen Two · Grandfather
- This Office Life · Seeds
- Black Carrion · Henry Bircher
- Misterio · Henry Bircher
- A Voyage Round My Father · Ham
- The Fourth Arm · Col. Cole
- The Ghost Downstairs · Mr. Morris
- Break Point · Major Houghton-Jones
- Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years · Sir Maurice Hanley
- If You Go Down in the Woods Today · Doctor
- El final de Damien · Dr. Philmore
- A Cup O' Tea An' A Slice O' Cake - Worzel Gummidge Christmas Special · Mr Braithwaite
- To Serve Them All My Days · Alderman Blunt
- La casa del terror · Basil
- Sí, ministro
- Friday Night, Saturday Morning
- Worzel Gummidge · Mr. Braithwaite
- Thomas & Sarah · Gilbert
- El Señor de los Anillos · Bilbo (Voz)
- The Glums · Office Manager
- El regreso del santo · Morgan
- Life Begins at Forty · Dr Gardiner
- Alarma, catástrofe · Major Henry Morlar
- Todas las criaturas grandes y pequeñas · Farmer Benson
- Miss Jones And Son
- Raffles
- Yanks Go Home · Leonard Chambers
- La zapatilla y la rosa: La historia de Cenicienta · Dress Shop Proprieter
- Wedding Bells
- Double Trouble
- The Big Kick
- Baby Sitters
- On the Tiles
- Monkey Tricks
- Pot Luck · Farmer
- Hotel Fawlty · Mr. Arrad
- Two's Company · Mr. Bunn
- Angels
- King Arthur, the Young Warlord · Ambrose
- Happy Ever After · Mr Fletcher
- Seven Faces of Woman · Ken
- Up The Workers · Sid Stubbins
- Elementary, My Dear Watson · Inspector Street
- Arthur of the Britons · Ambrose
- Tatuajes indiscretos · Warder Burke
- Crown Court
- The Adventurer · Brooks
- My Wife Next Door
- El joven Winston · Party Chairman
- The Organization · Ken Grist
- Shirley's World
- Holocausto radiactivo · Brewer
- Suspicion · Harry Beardsley
- Las manos del Destripador · Police Inspector
- The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes · Inspector Trent
- Jason King
- The Guardians · Tom Henryson
- Please Sir! · Reynolds
- Budgie · Inspector Charles Upton
- Bless This House · Vet
- Amor es mi vida · Dr Matthews
- The Rise and Rise of Michael Rimmer · Alderman Poot
- Up Among the Cuckoos · Walter
- La virgen y el gitano · Uncle Fred
- Softly Softly: Task Force · Samuel Tomkins
- Run a Crooked Mile · Sgt. Hooper
- Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased) · Elliot
- Departamento S · Drayton
- Takeover · Father
- W. Somerset Maugham · Arthur Low
- ¡Oh, qué guerra tan bonita! · Training Sgt (uncredited)
- The Limbo Line