
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