Cast
Norman Bird
Acting
Cast
Norman Bird
Known for
Acting
Born
1920-10-30
From
Coalville, Leicestershire, England, UK
Died
2005-04-22
Also known as ΠΠΎΡΠΌΠ°Π½ ΠΡΡΠ΄, John George Norman Bird
Biography
John George Norman Bird (30 October 1924 β 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 (1979β81) 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).
The Lord of the Rings
as Bilbo (voice)
The Final Conflict
as Dr. Philmore
Victim
as Harold Doe
Shadowlands
as Taxi Driver Witness
The Medusa Touch
as Major Henry Morlar
The Hill
as Commandant
Black Carrion
as Henry Bircher
Oh! What a Lovely War
as Training Sgt (uncredited)
The Raging Moon
as Dr Matthews
The Slipper and the Rose
as Dress Shop Proprieter
Young Winston
as Party Chairman
The Funny Blokes of British Comedy
as Mr. Arrad (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Bargee
as Waterways Supervisor Albert Williams
In Search of the Castaways
as Senior Yacht Guard
First Men in the Moon
as Stuart
The Rise and Rise of Michael Rimmer
as Alderman Poot
A Voyage Round My Father
as Ham
Doomwatch
as Brewer
Hot Enough for June
as Employment Exchange Clerk
The League of Gentlemen
as Weaver
Whistle Down the Wind
as Eddie
The Wrong Box
as Clergyman
80,000 Suspects
as Harold Davis
King Arthur, the Young Warlord
as Ambrose
Cash on Demand
as Arthur Sanderson
Night of the Eagle
as Doctor
The Angry Silence
as Roberts
Sky West and Crooked
as Mr. Cheeseman - undertaker
An Inspector Calls
as Jones-Collins - Foreman
Very Important Person
as Senior British Officer Travers
Man in the Moon
as Herbert
Crossing the Floor
as Grandfather
A Dandy in Aspic
as Copperfield
Term of Trial
as Mr. Taylor
Wedding Bells
Run a Crooked Mile
as Sgt. Hooper
The Mind Benders
as Aubrey
Maniac
as Salon
The Cracksman
as Policeman
Please Sir!
as Reynolds
This Office Life
as Seeds
The Limbo Line
Baby Sitters
If You Go Down in the Woods Today
as Doctor
The Beauty Jungle
as Mr. Edward Freeman
Bitter Harvest
as Mr. Pitt
The Black Torment
as Harris
Ooh...You Are Awful
as Warder Burke
Buddy
as Mr Normington
Hands of the Ripper
as Police Inspector
The Virgin and the Gypsy
as Uncle Fred
Miss Pym's Day Out
as Man on Bus
Up Among the Cuckoos
as Walter
The Punch and Judy Man
as Reginald Fletcher
The Secret Partner
as Ralph Beldon
Born Kicking
as Mr Radley
On the Tiles
A Cup O' Tea An' A Slice O' Cake - Worzel Gummidge Christmas Special
as Mr Braithwaite
All at Sea
as Mr. Danvers
Monkey Tricks
Pot Luck
as Farmer
Double Trouble
Elementary, My Dear Watson
as Inspector Street
Takeover
as Father
The Big Kick
The Ghost Downstairs
as Mr. Morris