Norman Bird

    Norman Bird

    30. oktoober 1920 (105 aastat), Coalville, Leicestershire, England, UK

    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).

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    Coronation Street plakat 5.4

    Coronation Street

    1960
    The Avengers plakat 7.8

    The Avengers

    1961
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    The Saint

    1962
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    The Saint

    1962
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    Screen Two

    1985
    Crown Court plakat 5.7

    Crown Court

    1972
    ITV Saturday Night Theatre plakat 7.0

    ITV Saturday Night Theatre

    1969
    ITV Saturday Night Theatre plakat 7.0

    ITV Saturday Night Theatre

    1969
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    Z-Cars

    1962
    Theatre 625 plakat 7.2

    Theatre 625

    1964
    Thirty-Minute Theatre plakat 4.3

    Thirty-Minute Theatre

    1965
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    Gideon's Way

    1965

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