Norman Bird
- Recitazione
- 30 ottobre 1920 · Coalville, Leicestershire, England, UK
- 22 aprile 2005
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 · Mr. Arrad (archive footage) (uncredited)
- Crossing the Floor · Grandfather
- Viaggio in Inghilterra · 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
- L'ora del mistero · 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
- Omen III - Conflitto finale · 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
- Racconti del brivido · Basil
- Yes Minister
- Friday Night, Saturday Morning
- Worzel Gummidge · Mr. Braithwaite
- Thomas & Sarah · Gilbert
- Il Signore degli Anelli · Bilbo (Voce)
- The Glums · Office Manager
- Il ritorno del Santo · Morgan
- Life Begins at Forty · Dr Gardiner
- Il tocco della medusa · Major Henry Morlar
- All Creatures Great and Small · Farmer Benson
- Miss Jones And Son
- Raffles
- Yanks Go Home · Leonard Chambers
- La scarpetta e la rosa · Dress Shop Proprieter
- Baby Sitters
- On the Tiles
- The Big Kick
- Double Trouble
- Wedding Bells
- Monkey Tricks
- Pot Luck · Farmer
- Fawlty Towers · 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
- Ooh...You Are Awful · Warder Burke
- Crown Court
- The Adventurer · Brooks
- My Wife Next Door
- Gli anni dell'avventura · Party Chairman
- The Organization · Ken Grist
- Shirley's World
- Doomwatch - I mostri del 2001 · Brewer
- Suspicion · Harry Beardsley
- Gli artigli dello squartatore · Police Inspector
- The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes · Inspector Trent
- Jason King
- The Guardians · Tom Henryson
- Please Sir! · Reynolds
- Budgie · Inspector Charles Upton
- Mr. Abbott e famiglia · Vet
- Luna arrabbiata · Dr Matthews
- The Rise and Rise of Michael Rimmer · Alderman Poot
- Up Among the Cuckoos · Walter
- The Virgin and the Gypsy · Uncle Fred
- Softly Softly: Task Force · Samuel Tomkins
- Run a Crooked Mile · Sgt. Hooper
- Il mio amico fantasma · Elliot
- Department S · Drayton
- Takeover · Father
- W. Somerset Maugham · Arthur Low
- Oh, che bella guerra! · Training Sgt (uncredited)
- The Limbo Line