Bill Oddie

Bill Oddie is my favourite sort of British eccentric. To be a beloved comedian in The Goodies and a serious, lifelong ornithologist is a wonderfully improbable double life, and he committed to both completely. From chasing birds as a boy to becoming the friendly face of wildlife television and a passionate conservationist, he turned two seemingly unrelated loves into one rich career, capped by an OBE. He composed, he wrote, he made people laugh, and he never stopped caring about the natural world. I find something deeply enviable in a life lived so fully on one's own terms.

Name (English)

Bill Oddie

Name (Japanese)

ビル・オディ

Reading

びる・おでぃ

Born

July 7, 1941 (age 85)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Cancer / Snake

Origin

Rochdale, United Kingdom

Occupation

comedian / actor / ornithologist / autobiographer / composer

High school

The Earls High School

University

Pembroke College

Awards & achievements

• Officer of the Order of the British Empire

• Official sitehttp://www.billoddie.com
• Xhttps://x.com/BillOddie
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill%20Oddie
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2407976

Tags

• comedian
• actor
• ornithologist

Last updated

2026-06-18

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.