John Bird (actor)

John Bird (22 November 1936 – 24 December 2022) was an English satirist, actor and comedian. He is best known for his work with John Fortune. Bird was born in Bulwell, Nottinghamshire, England.  

Bird is known for his works in A Dandy in Aspic (1968), 30 Is a Dangerous Age, Cynthia (1968), This, That and the Other (1969), Take A Girl Like You (1970), Jabberwocky (1977), The Seven-Per-Cent Solution (1976), and Yellow Pages (1988).

Bird died from complications of a stroke at Pendean House Care Home in Midhurst, West Sussex, on 24 December 2022, aged 86.
Selected acting credits
Film

Red and Blue (1967)
A Dandy in Aspic (1968)
30 Is a Dangerous Age, Cynthia (1968)
This, That and the Other (1969)
Take A Girl Like You (1970)
The Breaking of Bumbo (1970)
The Alf Garnett Saga (1972)
The Seven-Per-Cent Solution (1976)
Jabberwocky (1977)
Yellow Pages (1985)
A Fish Called Wanda (1988)
The Strange Case of Delfina Potocka: The Mystery of Chopin (1999)

Television

That Was the Week That Was (1962–1963)
Not So Much a Programme, More a Way of Life (1964–1965)
My Father Knew Lloyd George (1965)
If It Moves File It (1970)
The Melting Pot (1975)
Blue Remembered Hills (1979)
The Dangerous Brothers (1980)
Marmalade Atkins (1981–4)
King Lear (1982)
Travelling Man (1984)
A Very Peculiar Practice (1986–8)
Yes, Prime Minister (1988)
Joint Account (1989–90)
El C.I.D. (1990–2)
Cluedo (1993)
To Play the King (1993)
Sooty & Co. (1993)
One Foot in the Grave (1995)
Chambers (1996–9)
Bremner, Bird and Fortune (1999–2007)
Jonathan Creek (2000, 2014)
Absolute Power (2003–5)
Bert and Dickie (2012)
Midsomer Murders (2017)

Theatre
One Way Pendulum (1988)

Radio
Chambers (1996–9)
Absolute Power (2000–6)
Desolation Jests (2016)

References

Other websites


Category:1936 births
Category:2022 deaths
Category:English movie actors
Category:English television actors
Category:English voice actors
Category:English comedians
Category:Actors from Nottinghamshire