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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
October 30, 1920
Died
April 22, 2005
Place of Birth
Coalville, Leicestershire, England, UK
Also Known As
- Норман Бёрд
- John George Norman Bird
Norman Bird
0.5 Popularity
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).
Known For
6.7
Grandfather
Crossing the Floor
1996
6.9
Taxi Driver Witness
Shadowlands
1993
0.0
Mr Radley
Born Kicking
1992
0.0
Man on Bus
Miss Pym's Day Out
1992
5.7
Mr Henderson
After Henry
1988
0.0
Mr Normington
Buddy
1986
6.8
Grandfather
Screen Two
1985
0.0
Seeds
This Office Life
1984
6.0
Henry Bircher
Black Carrion
1984
6.4
Henry Bircher
Hammer House of Mystery and Suspense
1984
Credits
Crossing the Floor
as Grandfather
1996
6.7
Shadowlands
as Taxi Driver Witness
1993
6.9
Born Kicking
as Mr Radley
1992
0.0
Miss Pym's Day Out
as Man on Bus
1992
0.0
After Henry
as Mr Henderson
1988
5.7
Buddy
as Mr Normington
1986
0.0
Screen Two
as Grandfather
1985
6.8
This Office Life
as Seeds
1984
0.0
Black Carrion
as Henry Bircher
1984
6.0
Hammer House of Mystery and Suspense
as Henry Bircher
1984
6.4
A Voyage Round My Father
as Ham
1984
7.6
The Fourth Arm
as Col. Cole
1983
5.0
The Ghost Downstairs
as Mr. Morris
1982
0.0
Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years
as Sir Maurice Hanley
1981
5.0
If You Go Down in the Woods Today
as Doctor
1981
4.5
The Final Conflict
as Dr. Philmore
1981
5.8
A Cup O' Tea An' A Slice O' Cake - Worzel Gummidge Christmas Special
as Mr Braithwaite
1980
10.0
To Serve Them All My Days
as Alderman Blunt
1980
7.7
Hammer House of Horror
as Basil
1980
7.1
Yes Minister
1980
8.3
Worzel Gummidge
as Mr. Braithwaite
1979
6.2
Thomas & Sarah
1979
5.5
The Lord of the Rings
as Bilbo (voice)
1978
6.6
The Glums
as Office Manager
1978
0.0
Return of the Saint
as Morgan
1978
7.0
🎬
Life Begins at Forty
1978
5.0
The Medusa Touch
as Major Henry Morlar
1978
6.8
All Creatures Great and Small
as Farmer Benson
1978
7.8
🎬
Miss Jones And Son
1977
5.0
Raffles
1977
8.0
🎬
Yanks Go Home
1976
5.0
The Slipper and the Rose
as Dress Shop Proprieter
1976
6.8
🎬
Baby Sitters
1976
0.0
🎬
Double Trouble
1976
0.0
🎬
Wedding Bells
1976
0.0
🎬
On the Tiles
1976
0.0
🎬
The Big Kick
1976
0.0
🎬
Monkey Tricks
1976
0.0
🎬
Pot Luck
as Farmer
1976
0.0
Fawlty Towers
as Mr. Arrad
1975
8.3
Two's Company
as Mr. Bunn
1975
7.0
Angels
1975
3.7
King Arthur, the Young Warlord
as Ambrose
1975
7.0
Up The Workers
as Sid Stubbins
1973
0.0
Elementary, My Dear Watson
as Inspector Street
1973
0.0
Arthur of the Britons
as Ambrose
1972
7.3
Ooh...You Are Awful
as Warder Burke
1972
4.5
Crown Court
1972
5.4
The Adventurer
as Brooks
1972
5.5
My Wife Next Door
1972
6.0
Young Winston
as Party Chairman
1972
6.2
Shirley's World
1972
5.0
Doomwatch
as Brewer
1972
6.0
Hands of the Ripper
as Police Inspector
1971
6.1
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
as Inspector Trent
1971
7.4
Jason King
1971
7.6
The Guardians
1971
5.5
Please Sir!
as Reynolds
1971
5.4
Budgie
as Inspector Charles Upton
1971
7.0
The Raging Moon
as Dr Matthews
1971
6.6
The Rise and Rise of Michael Rimmer
as Alderman Poot
1970
5.9
🎬
Up Among the Cuckoos
as Walter
1970
0.0
The Virgin and the Gypsy
as Uncle Fred
1970
2.1
Softly Softly: Task Force
as Samuel Tomkins
1969
6.0
Run a Crooked Mile
as Sgt. Hooper
1969
8.0
Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased)
as Elliot
1969
7.0
Department S
as Drayton
1969
5.0
🎬
Takeover
as Father
1969
0.0
Oh! What a Lovely War
as Training Sgt (uncredited)
1969
6.7
The Limbo Line
1969
4.0
All at Sea
as Mr. Danvers
1969
0.0
A Dandy in Aspic
as Copperfield
1968
6.8
🎬
Sanctuary
1967
5.0
The Wrong Box
as Clergyman
1966
6.5
Till Death Us Do Part
as Landlord
1966
7.4
Sky West and Crooked
as Mr. Cheeseman - undertaker
1966
5.4
Thirty-Minute Theatre
as Arthur Pendlebury
1965
3.4
🎬
It's Not Me - It's Them!
as Mr. Partridge
1965
0.0
The Hill
as Commandant
1965
7.5
Gideon's Way
as Supt. Fred Lee
1965
6.8
Public Eye
as Arthur Biddle
1965
7.8
The Black Torment
as Harris
1964
5.9
🎬
The Trial of Dr. Fancy
as Charles Lincoln
1964
0.0
The Beauty Jungle
as Mr. Edward Freeman
1964
4.7
First Men in the Moon
as Stuart
1964
6.4
Theatre 625
as William Oaks
1964
7.2
The Bargee
as Waterways Supervisor Albert Williams
1964
6.9
Hot Enough for June
as Employment Exchange Clerk
1964
5.7
80,000 Suspects
as Harold Davis
1963
6.9
Maniac
as Salon
1963
6.1
The Punch and Judy Man
as Reginald Fletcher
1963
7.8
Bitter Harvest
as Mr. Pitt
1963
5.8
The Mind Benders
as Aubrey
1963
6.2
The Cracksman
as Policeman
1963
6.3
In Search of the Castaways
as Senior Yacht Guard
1962
6.5
The Saint
as Mr. Spode
1962
7.4
The Saint
as Weems
1962
7.4
Term of Trial
as Mr. Taylor
1962
6.0
Night of the Eagle
as Doctor
1962
6.7
Z-Cars
1962
7.0
Cash on Demand
as Arthur Sanderson
1961
7.6
Victim
as Harold Doe
1961
7.5
Whistle Down the Wind
as Eddie
1961
7.2
The Secret Partner
as Ralph Beldon
1961
5.6
Very Important Person
as Senior British Officer Travers
1961
5.2
🎬
Drama 61-67
as Father
1961
0.0
The Avengers
1961
7.7
Coronation Street
as Frank Jackson
1960
5.3
Man in the Moon
as Herbert
1960
6.4
The League of Gentlemen
as Weaver
1960
7.0
The Angry Silence
as Roberts
1960
7.2
No Hiding Place
1959
3.7
Armchair Theatre
as Walter
1956
5.8
An Inspector Calls
as Jones-Collins - Foreman
1954
7.1