Personal Info
Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
June 30, 1939
Place of Birth:
Bristol, England, UK
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John Fortune
Biography
John Fortune was an English satirist, comedian, writer, and actor, best known for his work with John Bird and Rory Bremner on the TV series Bremner, Bird and Fortune. He was educated at Bristol Cathedral School and King's College, Cambridge, where he was to meet and form a lasting friendship with John Bird.
Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | Match Point | John the Chauffeur |
| 2003 | Between Iraq and a Hard Place | |
| 2003 | Calendar Girls | Frank |
| 2002 | Peter Cook: At a Slight Angle to the Universe | Self |
| 2001 | The Tailor of Panama | Maltby |
| 2000 | Saving Grace | Melvyn |
| 2000 | Maybe Baby | Acupuncturist |
| 1999 | The Strange Case of Delfina Potocka | 2nd Official |
| 1996 | Giving Tongue | Chief Executive |
| 1995 | England, My England | Edward Hyde, Earl of Clarendon |
| 1995 | A Very Open Prison | Prime Minister |
| 1993 | Don't Leave Me This Way | George Saunders |
| 1990 | Life After Life | Detective Inspector Curtin |
| 1986 | The Demon Lover | Eric Farnham |
| 1984 | Bloodbath at the House of Death | John Harrison |
| 1982 | The Secret Policeman's Other Ball | Self - Various Roles |
| 1981 | Timon of Athens | Poet |
| 1978 | The Light Princess | Prince |
| 1976 | Jumbo | Dick Thompson |
| 1973 | The Cobblers of Umbridge | Phil Cobbler |
| 1970 | Take a Girl Like You | Sir Gerald |
| 1965 | The End of Arthur's Marriage | Server |
| 1965 | The Drinking Party | Phaedrus |
| Rory Bremner: From Blair to Here | George Parr |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret | Magistrate |
| 2008 | Bremner, Bird and Fortune: Silly Money | Various |
| 2007 | Comedy Showcase | Magistrate |
| 2005 | Love Soup | |
| 2004 | New Tricks | Mel Simons |
| 2003 | Spine Chillers | Frank |
| 1999 | Bremner, Bird and Fortune | |
| 1995 | Queen's Nose | Sir Vivian |
| 1993 | Rory Bremner...Who Else? | |
| 1991 | Murder Most Horrid | Squire Thorpe |
| 1990 | Have I Got News for You | Self |
| 1989 | Rory Bremner | |
| 1989 | Campion | Dr. Brian Kingston |
| 1984 | The Bill | |
| 1981 | Hi-de-Hi! | Max Tewkesbury |
| 1980 | Yes Minister | |
| 1978 | The BBC Television Shakespeare | Poet |
| 1976 | The Secret Policeman's Ball | Self |
| 1976 | Well Anyway | |
| 1967 | A Series Of Bird's | |
| 1964 | Not So Much a Programme, More a Way of Life |