Richard Briers

Birthday: 14 January 1934, Merton, Surrey, England, UK

Birth Name: Richard David Briers

Height: 178 cm

Richard Briers was born on January 14, 1934 in Merton, Surrey, England as Richard David Briers. He was an actor, known for Much Ado About Nothing (1993), Watership Down (1978) and Peter Pan (2003). He was married to Ann Davies. He died on February 17, 2013 in London, England.

I am irrevocably and unashamedly old-fashioned. I subscribe to The Oldie magazine - written expressl...Show more »

I am irrevocably and unashamedly old-fashioned. I subscribe to The Oldie magazine - written expressly for the grumpy elderly - and I relish a good whinge. Show less «

I don't watch very much on TV, partly because I'm old. I want very little action. I'm one of those a...Show more »

I don't watch very much on TV, partly because I'm old. I want very little action. I'm one of those awfully boring people who likes David Attenborough and the news. Show less «

I was trained as an actor and was taught voice projection and diction, but the fashion nowadays is t...Show more »

I was trained as an actor and was taught voice projection and diction, but the fashion nowadays is to speak badly and make terrible noises from the back of your throat. Show less «

They simply don't write funny stuff any more. A lot of it now is depressing. Or violent. Or both.

I make no apologies that my home - in which my wife, Ann, and I have lived for 42 years and raised o...Show more »

I make no apologies that my home - in which my wife, Ann, and I have lived for 42 years and raised our two children - is a shrine to a slower-paced era, when household goods were made to last and no one with a scintilla of common sense threw anything away if it still worked. Show less «

People still see me in Good Life (The Good Life (1975)) repeats. I was 25 years younger then. Now I'...Show more »

People still see me in Good Life (The Good Life (1975)) repeats. I was 25 years younger then. Now I'm an old git with white hair. Show less «

If my agent has a job for me and I happen to be out, he phones me later when I'm back at home. If he...Show more »

If my agent has a job for me and I happen to be out, he phones me later when I'm back at home. If he doesn't want me, the phone remains silent. We have, for the past 50-odd years, always found this to be a perfectly satisfactory arrangement. Show less «

Do I need or desire an iPod? Of course not! I'm afraid I won't live long enough to find time to list...Show more »

Do I need or desire an iPod? Of course not! I'm afraid I won't live long enough to find time to listen to the 10,000 tunes you're supposed to be able to store on them. Show less «

I'm pleased to tell you I belong to a rather elite club with a dwindling membership: I'm one of the ...Show more »

I'm pleased to tell you I belong to a rather elite club with a dwindling membership: I'm one of the few people in Britain who doesn't have a mobile phone. I don't possess one because I'm anti-progress and very reactionary. I'm also 75, bad-tempered and I don't want to talk to anyone that much. Show less «

Of course, I know that young people idle away hours chatting to their chums on these newfangled soci...Show more »

Of course, I know that young people idle away hours chatting to their chums on these newfangled social networking sites. But at my age, alas, so many of my dearest friends are dead. Those who soldier on are mostly actors. Having spent a lifetime in a very rowdy profession, like me they value tranquility and have no wish to share the minutiae of their everyday lives with hundreds of new 'friends' via the internet. So we confine our socialising to the occasional leisurely lunch and that does us all very nicely. Show less «

I'm not a great fan of Tom Good as a character. He was selfish, he was always on the touch with Marg...Show more »

I'm not a great fan of Tom Good as a character. He was selfish, he was always on the touch with Margo and Jerry, always eating their food, drinking their drink. It was just him - "My BIG idea". Most of the parts I've played aren't that likable, which is very odd, because I've made a living by being likable. Show less «

[on the death of Jon Pertwee] He rang me about six months ago, trying to get a new radio comedy off ...Show more »

[on the death of Jon Pertwee] He rang me about six months ago, trying to get a new radio comedy off the ground. It was to have been set in a magistrates court. Our daughters were good friends, which is why I knew him. I was very sad to hear today's news. We have lost a great personality; he was a one-off. Show less «

Ronnie [Ronnie Barker] took his comedy very seriously, and he also proved in Porridge (1974) that he...Show more »

Ronnie [Ronnie Barker] took his comedy very seriously, and he also proved in Porridge (1974) that he was a brilliant actor. To me, it was the best thing he ever did. The wonderful thing about actors is that they just go on. Ronnie's work will go on, especially "Porridge", which I don't think will be topped for many, many years to come. Show less «

I'm rather low-brow in my film tastes: I love Superman (1978) and Jack Nicholson. Jack's very theatr...Show more »

I'm rather low-brow in my film tastes: I love Superman (1978) and Jack Nicholson. Jack's very theatrical and doesn't give a damn how much he overplays, he's an extraordinary performer. In a way one learns from him, but he's so brave, he just does it. He doesn't mumble, he gives a performance. Show less «

On being awarded the CBE (Commander of the Order of the British Empire) I'm absolutely delighted..It...Show more »

On being awarded the CBE (Commander of the Order of the British Empire) I'm absolutely delighted..It's more than 12 years ago that I picked up the OBE (Officer of the Order of the British Empire) so to get this is marvellous. Show less «

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