Richard Briers

Richard Briers is, to me, a quiet treasure of British popular culture. Born in Surrey in 1934 and working right up to his death in 2013, he spanned film, radio, stage and television across five decades with the kind of reliability that rarely gets celebrated enough. He broke through in Marriage Lines, but his narration on Roobarb and Noah and Nelly lodged him in childhood memories too. The CBE he received reads as a nation thanking him for that long service. I never got to see him live, and reading about his impeccable comic timing makes me wish I had. National treasures like him deserve to be remembered and talked about for a very long time.

Richard David Briers (14 January 1934 – 17 February 2013) was an English actor whose five-decade career encompassed film, radio, stage and television. Briers first came to prominence as George Starling in Marriage Lines (1961–66), but it was a few years later, when he narrated Roobarb (1974–76) and Noah and Nelly in...

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Name (English)

Richard Briers

Name (Japanese)

リチャード・ブライアーズ

Reading

りちゃーど・ぶらいあーず

Born

January 14, 1934 – February 17, 2013

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Capricorn / Dog

Origin

Surrey, United Kingdom

Blood type

Private

Height

Private

Agency

Private

Occupation

actor / television actor / film actor / voice actor / stage actor

Elementary school

Private

Junior high

Private

High school

Private

University

London South Bank University

Awards & achievements

• Commander of the Order of the British Empire

Spouse

Private

Children

Private

Parents

Private

Siblings

Private

Motto

Private

• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%AA%E3%83%81%E3%83%A3%E3%83%BC%E3%83%89%E3%83%BB%E3%83%96%E3%83%A9%E3%82%A4%E3%82%A2%E3%83%BC%E3%82%BA

Tags

• actor
• television actor
• film actor

Last updated

2026-06-02

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