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Norman Bird


Norman Bird

Birthday:

10/30/1920

Place of birth:

Coalville, Leicestershire, England, UK:

Biography:

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).


Credits

The Funny Blokes of British Comedy (2005)
as Mr. Arrad (archive footage) (uncredited)
Crossing the Floor (1996)
as Grandfather
Shadowlands (1993)
as Taxi Driver Witness
Born Kicking (1992)
as Mr Radley
Miss Pym's Day Out (1992)
as Man on Bus
Buddy (1986)
as Mr Normington
This Office Life (1984)
as Seeds
Black Carrion (1984)
as Henry Bircher
A Voyage Round My Father (1984)
as Ham
The Ghost Downstairs (1982)
as Mr. Morris
If You Go Down in the Woods Today (1981)
as Doctor
The Final Conflict (1981)
as Dr. Philmore
A Cup O' Tea An' A Slice O' Cake - Worzel Gummidge Christmas Special (1980)
as Mr Braithwaite
The Lord of the Rings (1978)
as Bilbo (voice)
The Medusa Touch (1978)
as Major Henry Morlar
The Slipper and the Rose (1976)
as Dress Shop Proprieter
Wedding Bells (1976)
as
Double Trouble (1976)
as
The Big Kick (1976)
as
Baby Sitters (1976)
as
On the Tiles (1976)
as
Monkey Tricks (1976)
as
Pot Luck (1976)
as Farmer
King Arthur, the Young Warlord (1975)
as Ambrose
Elementary, My Dear Watson (1973)
as Inspector Street
Ooh...You Are Awful (1972)
as Warder Burke
Young Winston (1972)
as Party Chairman
Doomwatch (1972)
as Brewer
Hands of the Ripper (1971)
as Police Inspector
Please Sir! (1971)
as Reynolds
The Raging Moon (1971)
as Dr Matthews
The Rise and Rise of Michael Rimmer (1970)
as Alderman Poot
Up Among the Cuckoos (1970)
as Walter
The Virgin and the Gypsy (1970)
as Uncle Fred
Run a Crooked Mile (1969)
as Sgt. Hooper
Takeover (1969)
as Father
Oh! What a Lovely War (1969)
as Training Sgt (uncredited)
The Limbo Line (1969)
as
All at Sea (1969)
as Mr. Danvers
A Dandy in Aspic (1968)
as Copperfield
The Wrong Box (1966)
as Clergyman
Sky West and Crooked (1966)
as Mr. Cheeseman - undertaker
The Hill (1965)
as Commandant
The Black Torment (1964)
as Harris
The Trial of Dr. Fancy (1964)
as Charles Lincoln
The Beauty Jungle (1964)
as Mr. Edward Freeman
First Men in the Moon (1964)
as Stuart
The Bargee (1964)
as Waterways Supervisor Albert Williams
Hot Enough for June (1964)
as Employment Exchange Clerk
80,000 Suspects (1963)
as Harold Davis
Maniac (1963)
as Salon
The Punch and Judy Man (1963)
as Reginald Fletcher
Bitter Harvest (1963)
as Mr. Pitt
The Mind Benders (1963)
as Aubrey
The Cracksman (1963)
as Policeman
In Search of the Castaways (1962)
as Senior Yacht Guard
Term of Trial (1962)
as Mr. Taylor
Night of the Eagle (1962)
as Doctor
Cash on Demand (1961)
as Arthur Sanderson
Victim (1961)
as Harold Doe
Whistle Down the Wind (1961)
as Eddie
The Secret Partner (1961)
as Ralph Beldon
Very Important Person (1961)
as Senior British Officer Travers
Man in the Moon (1960)
as Herbert
The League of Gentlemen (1960)
as Weaver
The Angry Silence (1960)
as Roberts
An Inspector Calls (1954)
as Jones-Collins - Foreman