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 Brooks production of The Winters Tale at the Phoenix Theatre in 1951. He was also a member of the BBCs 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 Attenboroughs Shadowlands (1993).

Toate filmele disponibile de la Norman Bird

Filme indisponibile de la Norman Bird

The Lord of the Rings

Bilbo (voice)

Film 1978

The Hill

Commandant

Film 1965

Doomwatch

Brewer

Film 1972

First Men in the Moon

Stuart

Film 1964

In Search of the Castaways

Senior Yacht Guard

Film 1962

Maniac

Salon

Film 1963

Cash on Demand

Sanderson

Film 1961

Night of the Eagle

Doctor

Film 1962

The League of Gentlemen

Weaver

Film 1960

The Mind Benders

Aubrey

Film 1963

Shadowlands

Taxi Driver Witness

Film 1993

The Angry Silence

Roberts

Film 1960

Ooh... You Are Awful

Warder Burke

Film 1972

Man in the Moon

Herbert

Film 1960

Term of Trial

Mr. Taylor

Film 1962

The Secret Partner

Ralph Beldon

Film 1961

The Black Torment

Harris

Film 1964

If You Go Down in the Woods Today

Doctor

Film 1981

The Bargee

Waterways Supervisor Albert Williams

Film 1964

Sky West and Crooked

Mr. Cheeseman - undertaker

Film 1965

A Dandy in Aspic

Copperfield

Film 1968

The Beauty Jungle

Mr. Edward Freeman

Film 1964

80,000 Suspects

Harold Davis

Film 1963

The Cracksman

Policeman

Film 1963

Run a Crooked Mile

Sgt. Hooper

Film 1969

This Office Life

Seeds

Film 1984

The Virgin and the Gypsy

Uncle Fred

Film 1970

Up Among the Cuckoos

Walter

Film 1970

Victim

Harold Doe

Film 1961

All at Sea

Film 1969

The Wrong Box

Clergyman

Film 1966

Baby Sitters

Film 1976

On the Tiles

Film 1976

The Big Kick

Film 1976

Double Trouble

Film 1976

Wedding Bells

Film 1976

Monkey Tricks

Film 1976

Pot Luck

Farmer

Film 1976

Oh! What a Lovely War

Training Sgt (uncredited)

Film 1969

Elementary, My Dear Watson

Inspector Street

Film 1973

The Slipper and the Rose

Dress Shop Proprieter

Film 1976

A Voyage Round My Father

Ham

Film 1984

The Ghost Downstairs

Mr. Morris

Film 1982

Bitter Harvest

Mr. Pitt

Film 1963

Hands of the Ripper

Police Inspector

Film 1971

Hot Enough for June

Employment Exchange Clerk

Film 1964

An Inspector Calls

Jones-Collins - Foreman

Film 1954

Very Important Person

Travers

Film 1961

A Cup O' Tea An' A Slice O' Cake - Worzel Gummidge Christmas Special

Mr Braithwaite

Film 1980

Born Kicking

Mr Radley

Film 1992

The Raging Moon

Dr Matthews

Film 1971

The Punch and Judy Man

Reginald Fletcher

Film 1963

The Rise and Rise of Michael Rimmer

Alderman Poot

Film 1970

The Medusa Touch

Major Henry Morlar

Film 1978

The Limbo Line

Film 1969

The Final Conflict

Dr. Philmore

Film 1981

King Arthur, the Young Warlord

Ambrose

Film 1975

Please Sir!

Reynolds

Film 1971

Buddy

Mr Normington

Film 1986

Black Carrion

Henry Bircher

Film 1984

Miss Pym's Day Out

Man on Bus

Film 1992