Norman Bird
Acting
1920-10-30 · Coalville, Leicestershire, England, UK
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).
Filmography
The Funny Blokes of British Comedy
2005 · Movie
Crossing the Floor
1996 · Movie
Shadowlands
1993 · Movie
Born Kicking
1992 · Movie
Miss Pym's Day Out
1992 · Movie
After Henry
1988 · Series
Buddy
1986 · Movie
Lytton's Diary
1985 · Series
Screen Two
1985 · Series
This Office Life
1984 · Movie
Black Carrion
1984 · Movie
Hammer House of Mystery and Suspense
1984 · Series
A Voyage Round My Father
1984 · Movie
The Fourth Arm
1983 · Series
The Ghost Downstairs
1982 · Movie
Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years
1981 · Series
If You Go Down in the Woods Today
1981 · Movie
The Final Conflict
1981 · Movie
A Cup O' Tea An' A Slice O' Cake - Worzel Gummidge Christmas Special
1980 · Movie
To Serve Them All My Days
1980 · Series
Hammer House of Horror
1980 · Series
Yes Minister
1980 · Series
Friday Night, Saturday Morning
1979 · Series
Worzel Gummidge
1979 · Series
Thomas & Sarah
1979 · Series
The Lord of the Rings
1978 · Movie
The Glums
1978 · Series
Return of the Saint
1978 · Series
Life Begins at Forty
1978 · Series
The Medusa Touch
1978 · Movie
All Creatures Great and Small
1978 · Series
Miss Jones And Son
1977 · Series
Raffles
1977 · Series
Yanks Go Home
1976 · Series
The Slipper and the Rose
1976 · Movie
Baby Sitters
1976 · Movie
On the Tiles
1976 · Movie
Wedding Bells
1976 · Movie
Double Trouble
1976 · Movie
The Big Kick
1976 · Movie
Pot Luck
1976 · Movie
Monkey Tricks
1976 · Movie
Fawlty Towers
1975 · Series
Two's Company
1975 · Series
Angels
1975 · Series
King Arthur, the Young Warlord
1975 · Movie
Happy Ever After
1974 · Series
Seven Faces of Woman
1974 · Series
Up The Workers
1973 · Series
Elementary, My Dear Watson
1973 · Movie
Arthur of the Britons
1972 · Series
Ooh...You Are Awful
1972 · Movie
Crown Court
1972 · Series
The Adventurer
1972 · Series
My Wife Next Door
1972 · Series
Young Winston
1972 · Movie
The Organization
1972 · Series
Shirley's World
1972 · Series
Doomwatch
1972 · Movie
Suspicion
1971 · Series
Hands of the Ripper
1971 · Movie
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
1971 · Series
Jason King
1971 · Series
The Guardians
1971 · Series
Please Sir!
1971 · Movie
Budgie
1971 · Series
The Raging Moon
1971 · Movie
The Rise and Rise of Michael Rimmer
1970 · Movie
Up Among the Cuckoos
1970 · Movie
The Virgin and the Gypsy
1970 · Movie
Softly Softly: Task Force
1969 · Series
Run a Crooked Mile
1969 · Movie
Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased)
1969 · Series
Department S
1969 · Series
Takeover
1969 · Movie
W. Somerset Maugham
1969 · Series
Oh! What a Lovely War
1969 · Movie
The Limbo Line
1969 · Movie
ITV Saturday Night Theatre
1969 · Series
All at Sea
1969 · Movie
A Dandy in Aspic
1968 · Movie
Sanctuary
1967 · Series
Half Hour Story
1967 · Series
The Wrong Box
1966 · Movie
Till Death Us Do Part
1966 · Series
Sky West and Crooked
1966 · Movie
End in Tears
1966 · Movie
Thirty-Minute Theatre
1965 · Series
Blackmail
1965 · Series
It's Not Me - It's Them!
1965 · Series
The Hill
1965 · Movie
Gideon's Way
1965 · Series
Public Eye
1965 · Series
The Black Torment
1964 · Movie
Thursday Theatre
1964 · Series
The Trial of Dr. Fancy
1964 · Movie
The Beauty Jungle
1964 · Movie
First Men in the Moon
1964 · Movie
Theatre 625
1964 · Series
The Bargee
1964 · Movie
The Protectors
1964 · Series
Hot Enough for June
1964 · Movie
80,000 Suspects
1963 · Movie
Maniac
1963 · Movie
The Punch and Judy Man
1963 · Movie
Bitter Harvest
1963 · Movie
The Mind Benders
1963 · Movie
The Cracksman
1963 · Movie
In Search of the Castaways
1962 · Movie
The Saint
1962 · Series
Term of Trial
1962 · Movie
Night of the Eagle
1962 · Movie
Steptoe and Son
1962 · Series
Z-Cars
1962 · Series
Cash on Demand
1961 · Movie
Victim
1961 · Movie
Whistle Down the Wind
1961 · Movie
The Secret Partner
1961 · Movie
Very Important Person
1961 · Movie
Drama 61-67
1961 · Series
The Avengers
1961 · Series
Coronation Street
1960 · Series
Man in the Moon
1960 · Movie
The League of Gentlemen
1960 · Movie
The Angry Silence
1960 · Movie
No Hiding Place
1959 · Series
Armchair Theatre
1956 · Series
An Inspector Calls
1954 · Movie