Richard Briers

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Richard David Briers, CBE was an English actor. His fifty-year career encompassed television, stage, film and radio. Briers first came to prominence as George Starling in Marriage Lines (1961–66), but it was a decade later, when he narrated Roobarb and Noah and Nelly in... SkylArk (1974–76) and when he played Tom Good in the BBC sitcom The Good Life (1975–78), that he became a household name. Later, he starred as Martin in Ever Decreasing Circles (1984–89), and he had a leading role as Hector in Monarch of the Glen (2000–05). From the late 1980s, with Kenneth Branagh as director, he performed Shakespearean roles in Henry V (1989), Much Ado About Nothing (1993), Hamlet (1996), and As You Like It (2006).

  • Category
    Actor/Actress
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  • Hair Color
    White
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  • Hair Length
    Short
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  • Eye Color
    Blue
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  • Height
    5' 10"
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  • Ethnicity
    White / European Descent
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  • Body Type
    Heavyset / Stocky
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  • Facial Hair
    None
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  • Nationality
    United Kingdom
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