John Bird: movies and TV shows
John Bird has 112 credits in the archive: 42 films and 70 TV series, from 1964 to 2009. Highest rated: Yes, Prime Minister (8.4/10).
Career timeline
1964 – 2009 · busiest year: 1970 (7 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Famous, Rich and Homeless | TV | — | 72 | |
| 2008 | Bremner, Bird and Fortune: Silly Money | Various | TV | — | 71 |
| 2006 | The Real Dad's Army | Narrator | TV | — | 69 |
| 2004 | Bottom Mindless Violence | Father (archive footage) | Film | 10.0 | 67 |
| 2003 | Celebrity Mastermind | TV | 6.0 | 66 | |
| 2003 | Absolute Power | Martin McCabe | TV | 7.6 | 66 |
| 2003 | Winter Solstice | Barry | Film | 7.2 | 66 |
| 2003 | Between Iraq and a Hard Place | Film | 10.0 | 66 | |
| 2000 | Chambers | TV | 7.5 | 63 | |
| 2000 | I Don't Believe It!: The One Foot in the Grave Story | Self | Film | 7.0 | 63 |
| 1999 | Bremner, Bird and Fortune | TV | 7.5 | 62 | |
| 1999 | Bremner, Bird and Fortune | TV | 7.5 | 62 | |
| 1999 | Bremner, Bird and Fortune | TV | 7.5 | 62 | |
| 1999 | The Strange Case of Delfina Potocka | 1st Official | Film | 10.0 | 62 |
| 1998 | In the Red | Controller, Radio 4 | TV | 6.1 | 61 |
| 1997 | Midsomer Murders | St John Beachwood | TV | 7.5 | 60 |
| 1997 | Jonathan Creek | D.I. Nathan Gallo | TV | 7.6 | 60 |
| 1997 | Jonathan Creek | Horace Greeley | TV | 7.6 | 60 |
| 1996 | Giving Tongue | Lord Jessop | Film | 3.3 | 59 |
| 1995 | Some Interesting Facts About Peter Cook | Self | Film | 8.0 | 58 |
| 1994 | Anna Lee | Adrian Wesley | TV | 6.9 | 57 |
| 1993 | Sooty & Co. | Self | TV | 7.2 | 56 |
| 1993 | Rory Bremner...Who Else? | TV | 8.0 | 56 | |
| 1993 | To Play the King | Bryan Brynford-Jones | TV | 7.8 | 56 |
| 1992 | After the Dance | John Reid | Film | — | 55 |
| 1991 | Performance | John Reid | TV | 6.3 | 54 |
| 1991 | Murder Most Horrid | Duncan Jupp | TV | 6.9 | 54 |
| 1991 | Bejewelled | Eustace | Film | 4.9 | 54 |
| 1990 | Have I Got News for You | Self - Team Captain | TV | 7.2 | 53 |
| 1990 | Have I Got News for You | Self | TV | 7.2 | 53 |
| 1990 | One Foot in the Grave | Lewis Atterbury | TV | 7.7 | 53 |
| 1990 | Cluedo | Professor Plum | TV | 6.8 | 53 |
| 1990 | El C.I.D. | Douglas Bromley | TV | 10.0 | 53 |
| 1990 | Circles Of Deceit | George | Film | — | 53 |
| 1989 | A Bit of Fry & Laurie | TV | 7.9 | 52 | |
| 1989 | Shadow of the Noose | Mr Justice Hawkins | TV | 9.0 | 52 |
| 1989 | Rory Bremner | TV | — | 52 | |
| 1989 | Joint Account | TV | 6.0 | 52 | |
| 1989 | The Secret Policeman’s Biggest Ball | Self | Film | 7.7 | 52 |
| 1988 | The First Kangaroos | Jupes | Film | 7.0 | 51 |
| 1988 | Scarfe's Follies | Film | — | 51 | |
| 1987 | Inspector Morse | George Linacre | TV | 7.9 | 50 |
| 1987 | Filthy Rich & Catflap | Dingo Wucker | TV | 6.7 | 50 |
| 1987 | A Little Princess | Mr Carmichael | TV | 7.7 | 50 |
| 1987 | The Growing Pains of Adrian Mole | Courtney Elliot | TV | 6.7 | 50 |
| 1987 | The Children of Dynmouth | Commander Abigail | Film | 5.5 | 50 |
| 1986 | Yes, Prime Minister | TV | 8.4 | 49 | |
| 1986 | The Dangerous Brothers | TV | 7.0 | 49 | |
| 1986 | A Very Peculiar Practice | Vice-Chancellor Ernest Hemmingway | TV | 8.2 | 49 |
| 1986 | Farrington of the F.O. | VJ Lawrence | TV | 7.5 | 49 |
| 1985 | Screen Two | Commander Abigail | TV | 7.1 | 48 |
| 1985 | Lytton's Diary | Jacko | TV | 7.3 | 48 |
| 1985 | Home to Roost | FG Fielding | TV | 6.5 | 48 |
| 1985 | The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13¾ | TV | 6.8 | 48 | |
| 1985 | Blue Money | Harry Diamond | Film | 5.1 | 48 |
| 1985 | Mrs Capper's Birthday | Maurice | Film | 4.0 | 48 |
| 1984 | Travelling Man | Jack Ormand | TV | 6.5 | 47 |
| 1984 | Oxbridge Blues | Clive | TV | 7.0 | 47 |
| 1984 | Danger: Marmalade at Work | Mr. Atkins | TV | 5.7 | 47 |
| 1983 | Dramarama | Dudley Roberts | TV | 7.3 | 46 |
| 1983 | The Falklands Factor | Lord North | Film | 7.0 | 46 |
| 1982 | Educating Marmalade | Mr Atkins | TV | 7.5 | 45 |
| 1982 | King Lear | Duke of Albany | Film | 6.5 | 45 |
| 1982 | The Secret Policeman's Other Ball | Self - Various Roles | Film | 6.3 | 45 |
| 1982 | The Tractor Factor | Film | — | 45 | |
| 1982 | The Tractor Factor | Film | — | 45 | |
| 1981 | Timon of Athens | Painter | Film | 8.5 | 44 |
| 1981 | Fothergill | HG Wells | Film | — | 44 |
| 1980 | The Taming of the Shrew | Pedant | Film | 8.0 | 43 |
| 1980 | High Tide | Cyril | Film | 8.0 | 43 |
| 1980 | A Walk in the Forest | Desmond Hughes | Film | — | 43 |
| 1979 | Dick Turpin | Gooch | TV | 7.4 | 42 |
| 1979 | Friday Night, Saturday Morning | TV | 7.5 | 42 | |
| 1979 | The Last Window Cleaner | Captain Wigmore | Film | — | 42 |
| 1979 | Blue Remembered Hills | Raymond | Film | 7.3 | 42 |
| 1978 | The BBC Television Shakespeare | Pedant | TV | 6.0 | 41 |
| 1978 | Armchair Thriller | Cyril | TV | 4.2 | 41 |
| 1978 | Armchair Thriller | Cyril (uncredited) | TV | 4.2 | 41 |
| 1977 | The Galton & Simpson Playhouse | The Man | TV | — | 40 |
| 1977 | Jabberwocky | 1st Herald | Film | 6.0 | 40 |
| 1976 | The Secret Policeman's Ball | Self | TV | 5.0 | 39 |
| 1976 | The Seven-Per-Cent Solution | Berger | Film | 6.2 | 39 |
| 1976 | Well Anyway | TV | — | 39 | |
| 1975 | Shades of Greene | Maling | TV | 8.5 | 38 |
| 1975 | After That, This | TV | — | 38 | |
| 1974 | Playhouse | H.G. Wells | TV | 7.0 | 37 |
| 1973 | Yellow Dog | Film | 4.9 | 36 | |
| 1972 | Full House | Actor in Sketches | TV | — | 35 |
| 1972 | The Alf Garnett Saga | Willis | Film | 5.0 | 35 |
| 1970 | Play for Today | Raymond | TV | 6.6 | 33 |
| 1970 | Play for Today | Desmond Hughes | TV | 6.6 | 33 |
| 1970 | Play for Today | Captain Wigmore | TV | 6.6 | 33 |
| 1970 | Play for Today | Lord North | TV | 6.6 | 33 |
| 1970 | Take a Girl Like You | Dick Thompson | Film | 5.8 | 33 |
| 1970 | If It Moves, File It | Quick | TV | — | 33 |
| 1970 | The Breaking of Bumbo | Jock | Film | 4.7 | 33 |
| 1969 | The Best House in London | Home Secretary | Film | 4.0 | 32 |
| 1969 | World in Ferment | Gerald Pikestaff | TV | 10.0 | 32 |
| 1969 | A Promise of Bed | Taxi Driver | Film | 2.8 | 32 |
| 1968 | A Dandy in Aspic | Film | 6.9 | 31 | |
| 1968 | Red, White, and Zero | Man on Train | Film | 5.0 | 31 |
| 1968 | With Bird Will Travel | TV | — | 31 | |
| 1968 | 30 Is a Dangerous Age, Cynthia! | Herbert Greenslade | Film | 5.4 | 31 |
| 1967 | Omnibus | Self | TV | 7.2 | 30 |
| 1967 | Piccadilly Palace | TV | — | 30 | |
| 1967 | A Series of Bird's | TV | 9.0 | 30 | |
| 1967 | A Series of Bird's | TV | 9.0 | 30 | |
| 1967 | A Series of Bird's | TV | 9.0 | 30 | |
| 1966 | Alice in Wonderland | Frog Footman | Film | 6.0 | 29 |
| 1964 | Not So Much a Programme, More a Way of Life | TV | 9.0 | 27 | |
| Rory Bremner: From Blair to Here | Interviewer | Film | 7.0 | — | |
| Rory Bremner: From Blair to Here | Film | 7.0 | — |