John Bird

Biography

John Michael Bird was an English actor, director, writer and satirist.

Known For

Have I Got News for You

Self

Midsomer Murders

St John Beachwood

One Foot in the Grave

Lewis Atterbury

Play for Today

Raymond

Play for Today

Desmond Hughes

Play for Today

Captain Wigmore

Play for Today

Lord North

Inspector Morse

George Linacre

Filmography

Year	Movie	Role
2003	Winter Solstice	Barry
2003	Between Iraq and a Hard Place
1999	The Strange Case of Delfina Potocka	1st Official
1996	Giving Tongue	Lord Jessop
1995	Some Interesting Facts About Peter Cook	Self
1992	After the Dance	John Reid
1991	Bejewelled	Eustace
1990	Circles Of Deceit	George
1989	The Secret Policeman’s Biggest Ball	Self
1988	Scarfe's Follies
1987	The Children Of Dynmouth	Commander Abigail
1985	Mrs. Capper's Birthday	Maurice
1985	Blue Money	Harry Diamond
1983	The Falklands Factor	Lord North
1982	The Secret Policeman's Other Ball	Self - Various Roles
1982	King Lear	Duke of Albany
1981	Timon of Athens	Painter
1981	Fothergill	HG Wells
1980	A Walk in the Forest	Desmond Hughes
1980	High Tide	Cyril
1980	The Taming of the Shrew	Pedant
1979	Blue Remembered Hills	Raymond
1979	Red, White, and Zero	Man on Train
1979	The Last Window Cleaner	Captain Wigmore
1977	Jabberwocky	1st Herald
1976	The Seven-Per-Cent Solution	Berger
1972	The Alf Garnett Saga	Willis
1970	Take a Girl Like You	Dick Thompson
1970	The Breaking of Bumbo	Jock
1969	The Best House in London	Home Secretary
1969	A Promise of Bed	Taxi Driver
1968	30 Is a Dangerous Age, Cynthia!	Herbert Greenslade
1968	A Dandy in Aspic
1966	Alice in Wonderland	Frog Footman
	Rory Bremner: From Blair to Here	Interviewer

Year	TV Show	Role
2009	Famous, Rich and Homeless
2008	Bremner, Bird and Fortune: Silly Money	Various
2006	The Real Dad's Army	Narrator
2003	Absolute Power	Martin McCabe
2003	Celebrity Mastermind
2000	Chambers
1999	Bremner, Bird and Fortune
1998	In the Red	Controller, Radio 4
1997	Jonathan Creek	D.I. Nathan Gallo
1997	Jonathan Creek	Horace Greeley
1997	Midsomer Murders	St John Beachwood
1994	Anna Lee	Adrian Wesley
1993	Rory Bremner...Who Else?
1993	Sooty & Co.	Self
1991	Murder Most Horrid	Duncan Jupp
1991	Performance	John Reid
1990	El C.I.D.	Douglas Bromley
1990	One Foot in the Grave	Lewis Atterbury
1990	Have I Got News for You	Self
1990	Cluedo	Professor Plum
1989	Joint Account
1989	Rory Bremner
1989	A Bit of Fry & Laurie
1989	Shadow of the Noose	Mr. Justice Hawkins
1987	Inspector Morse	George Linacre
1987	Filthy Rich & Catflap	Dingo Wucker
1987	A Little Princess	Mr. Carmichael
1986	A Very Peculiar Practice
1986	Yes, Prime Minister
1986	A Very Peculiar Practice	Ernest Hemingway
1986	The Dangerous Brothers
1985	The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13¾
1985	Lytton's Diary	Jacko
1985	Home to Roost	FG Fielding
1984	Oxbridge Blues	Clive
1982	Educating Marmalade	Mr Atkins
1979	Dick Turpin	Gooch
1978	The BBC Television Shakespeare	Pedant
1978	Armchair Thriller	Cyril
1978	Armchair Thriller	Cyril (uncredited)
1978	The BBC Television Shakespeare	Painter
1977	The Galton & Simpson Playhouse
1976	The Secret Policeman's Ball	Self
1976	Well Anyway
1975	After That, This
1974	Playhouse	H.G. Wells
1970	Play for Today	Raymond
1970	Play for Today	Desmond Hughes
1970	Play for Today	Captain Wigmore
1970	Play for Today	Lord North
1969	World in Ferment	Gerald Pikestaff
1968	With Bird Will Travel
1967	A Series Of Bird's
1967	Piccadilly Palace
1967	Omnibus	Self
1964	Not So Much a Programme, More a Way of Life