
Actor
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).
Născut
30 octombrie 1920
Zodie
Scorpion
Decedat
22 aprilie 2005
Locul nașterii
Coalville, Leicestershire, England, UK
Universul filmelor sale
Regie · 3 filme
Basil Dearden
Victim, The League of Gentlemen, The Mind Benders
Regie · 3 filme
Bryan Forbes
The Wrong Box, Whistle Down the Wind, The Slipper and the Rose
Regie · 2 filme
Richard Attenborough
Tărâmul umbrelor, Young Winston

The Lord of the Rings
Bilbo (voice)
1978

The Final Conflict
Dr. Philmore
1981

Tărâmul umbrelor
Taxi Driver Witness
1993

The Hill
Commandant
1965

The Medusa Touch
Major Henry Morlar
1978

Victim
Harold Doe
1961

First Men in the Moon
Stuart
1964

An Inspector Calls
Jones-Collins - Foreman
1954

Night of the Eagle
Doctor
1962

The League of Gentlemen
Weaver
1960

In Search of the Castaways
Senior Yacht Guard
1962

Hands of the Ripper
Police Inspector
1971

The Wrong Box
Clergyman
1966

Cash on Demand
Arthur Sanderson
1961

Whistle Down the Wind
Eddie
1961

The Slipper and the Rose
Dress Shop Proprieter
1976

Young Winston
Party Chairman
1972

Maniac
Salon
1963

Tăcerea mânioasă
Roberts
1960

The Mind Benders
Aubrey
1963

A Dandy in Aspic
Copperfield
1968

Please Sir!
Reynolds
1971

Doomwatch
Brewer
1972

The Black Torment
Harris
1964