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John Bird is an English satirist, actor and comedian, best known for his work with John Fortune.
Birth Name
John Michael Bird
Born
Sunday, 22 November 1936
Died
Saturday, 24 December 2022
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Bert & Dickie | Lord Aberdare | 2012 |
| Pointless Celebrities | Self | 2010 |
| TV's 50 Greatest Stars | Self | 2006 |
| Winter Solstice | Barry | 2003 |
| Trust Me, I'm a Prime Minister | 2003 | |
| Absolute Power | Martin McCabe | 2003 |
| Between Iraq and a Hard Place | Self | 2003 |
| Chambers | John Fuller-Carp | 2000 |
| Bremner, Bird and Fortune | Various Characters | 1999 |
| The Strange Case of Delfina Potocka: The Mystery of Chopin | 1st Official | 1999 |
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Bert & Dickie | Lord Aberdare | 2012 |
| Pointless Celebrities | Self | 2010 |
| TV's 50 Greatest Stars | Self | 2006 |
| Winter Solstice | Barry | 2003 |
| Trust Me, I'm a Prime Minister | 2003 | |
| Absolute Power | Martin McCabe | 2003 |
| Between Iraq and a Hard Place | Self | 2003 |
| Chambers | John Fuller-Carp | 2000 |
| Bremner, Bird and Fortune | Various Characters | 1999 |
| The Strange Case of Delfina Potocka: The Mystery of Chopin | 1st Official | 1999 |
| In the Red | Controller Radio 4 / Controller, Radio 4 | 1998 |
| Jonathan Creek | Horace Greeley / D.I. Nathan Gallo | 1997 |
| Midsomer Murders | St John Beachwood | 1997 |
| Giving Tongue | Lord Jessop | 1996 |
| Our Hands in Your Safe | 1995 | |
| Anna Lee | Adrian Wesley | 1994 |
| To Play the King | Bryan Brynford-Jones | 1993 |
| Sooty & Co. | Self | 1993 |
| Murder Most Horrid | Duncan Jupp | 1991 |
| Performance | John Reid | 1991 |
| Bejewelled | Eustace | 1991 |
| Have I Got News for You | Self | 1990 |
| Cluedo | Professor Plum | 1990 |
| El C.I.D. | Douglas Bromley | 1990 |
| One Foot in the Grave | Lewis Atterbury | 1990 |
| Shadow of the Noose | Mr. Justice Hawkins | 1989 |
| Joint Account | Ned Race | 1989 |
| The Secret Policeman's Biggest Ball | Himself / Self | 1989 |
| A Fish Called Wanda | Clerk of the Magistrate's Court | 1988 |
| A Bit of Fry and Laurie | Self | 1987 |
| A Little Princess | Mr. Carmichael | 1987 |
| Filthy Rich & Catflap | Dingo Wucker | 1987 |
| Inspector Morse | George Linacre | 1987 |
| The Growing Pains of Adrian Mole | Courtney Elliot | 1987 |
| A Very Peculiar Practice | Vice Chancellor Ernest Hemmingway | 1986 |
| Farrington of the F.O. | VJ Lawrence | 1986 |
| Yes, Prime Minister | Simon Monk | 1986 |
| In Sickness and in Health | the Consultant | 1985 |
| Going Undercover | Professor Borg | 1985 |
| Home to Roost | FG Fielding / F G Fielding | 1985 |
| C.A.T.S. Eyes | Lord Richie | 1985 |
| Blue Money | Harry Diamond | 1985 |
| There Comes a Time | Vicar | 1985 |
| Screen Two | George / Commander Abigail | 1985 |
| Oxbridge Blues | Clive | 1984 |
| Travelling Man | Jack Ormand | 1984 |
| Dramarama | Dudley Roberts | 1983 |
| Babble | Self | 1983 |
| Jane | Casper Cutler | 1982 |
| A.J. Wentworth, B.A. | Major Faggott | 1982 |
| The Secret Policeman's Other Ball | Various Roles / Self / Himself - Various Roles | 1982 |
| Timon of Athens | Painter | 1981 |
| The Taming of the Shrew | Pedant | 1980 |
| Dick Turpin | Gooch | 1979 |
| Armchair Thriller | Cyril | 1978 |
| Jabberwocky | 1st Herald | 1977 |
| The Galton & Simpson Playhouse | The Man | 1977 |
| Pleasure at Her Majesty's | Various | 1976 |
| The Seven-Per-Cent Solution | Berger | 1976 |
| Arena | Himself | 1975 |
| Dawson's Weekly | Reverend Michael Ffoulkes | 1975 |
| The Lives of Benjamin Franklin | William Whateley | 1974 |
| BBC2 Playhouse | H.G. Wells | 1974 |
| Mastermind | Self - Contestant / Himself - Contestant | 1972 |
| The Alf Garnett Saga | Willis | 1972 |
| Beyond a Joke | Various Roles | 1972 |
| Up Sunday | Self | 1972 |
| Take a Girl Like You | Dick Thompson | 1970 |
| Play for Today | Raymond / Lord North / Desmond Hughes / Captain Wigmore | 1970 |
| The Breaking of Bumbo | Jock | 1970 |
| If It Moves, File It | Quick | 1970 |
| A Promise of Bed | Taxi Driver | 1970 |
| ITV Saturday Night Theatre | Edgar | 1969 |
| The Best House in London | Home Secretary | 1969 |
| A Dandy in Aspic | Henderson | 1968 |
| 30 Is a Dangerous Age, Cynthia | Herbert Greenslade / Greenslade | 1968 |
| Alice in Wonderland | Frog Footman | 1966 |
| Jackanory | Storyteller | 1965 |
| Not So Much a Programme, More a Way of Life | Various Characters | 1964 |
| Comedy Playhouse | Mr. Rembrandt / Barnaby Spoot | 1961 |
| The Ed Sullivan Show | Self - Actor | 1948 |
