John Fortune
- Acting
- June 30, 1939 · Bristol, England, UK
- December 31, 2013
Biography
John Fortune was an English satirist, comedian, writer, and actor, best known for his work with John Bird and Rory Bremner on the TV series Bremner, Bird and Fortune. He was educated at Bristol Cathedral School and King's College, Cambridge, where he was to meet and form a lasting friendship with John Bird.
Known for
Filmography
- The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret · Magistrate
- Bremner, Bird and Fortune: Silly Money · Various
- Comedy Showcase · Magistrate
- Coup! · Writer
- Match Point · John the Chauffeur
- Love Soup
- New Tricks · Mel Simons
- Calendar Girls · Frank
- Spine Chillers · Frank
- Between Iraq and a Hard Place
- Peter Cook: At a Slight Angle to the Universe · Self
- The Tailor of Panama · Maltby
- Maybe Baby · Acupuncturist
- Saving Grace · Melvyn
- Bremner, Bird and Fortune · Writer, Creator
- The Strange Case of Delfina Potocka · 2nd Official
- Giving Tongue · Chief Executive
- A Very Open Prison · Prime Minister
- The Queen's Nose · Sir Vivian
- England, My England · Edward Hyde, Earl of Clarendon
- Rory Bremner...Who Else?
- Don't Leave Me This Way · George Saunders
- Joking Apart · Clement
- Murder Most Horrid · Squire Thorpe
- Life After Life · Detective Inspector Curtin
- Have I Got News for You · Self
- The Robbie Coltrane Special · Self
- Rory Bremner
- Campion · Dr. Brian Kingston
- Campaign · Warren Greenbank
- Hardwicke House · Psychologist
- Breaking Up · Mr. Jackson
- First Among Equals · Clive Reynolds
- The Demon Lover · Eric Farnham
- The Bill
- Round And Round · Writer
- Bloodbath at the House of Death · John Harrison
- The Secret Policeman's Other Ball · Self
- Roger Doesn't Live Here Anymore · Writer
- Timon of Athens · Poet
- Yes Minister
- Hi-de-Hi! · Max Tewkesbury
- The Light Princess · Prince
- In the Looking Glass
- The South Bank Show
- Well Anyway
- Jumbo · Dick Thompson
- The Secret Policeman's Ball · Self
- Playhouse · Dick Thomson
- The Cobblers of Umbridge · Phil Cobbler, Writer
- Rentadick · Additional Dialogue
- Take a Girl Like You · Sir Gerald
- A Series of Bird's · Writer, Creator
- The End of Arthur's Marriage · Server
- The Drinking Party · Phaedrus
- Not So Much a Programme, More a Way of Life
- Dig This Rhubarb
- Armchair Theatre · George Potter
- Rory Bremner: From Blair to Here · George Parr, Writer