Richard Briers

Richard Briers CBE
Briers in 2009
Born	Richard David Briers (1934-01-14)14 January 1934 Raynes Park, Surrey, England
Died	17 February 2013(2013-02-17) (aged 79) Bedford Park, London, England
Resting place	Mortlake Crematorium, London, England
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1958–2013
Spouse	Ann Davies ​ ​ (m. 1956)​
Children	2, including Lucy

Richard David Briers CBE (14 January 1934 – 17 February 2013) was an English actor whose five-decade career encompassed film, radio, stage and television.

Briers first came to prominence as George Starling in Marriage Lines (1961–66), but it was a few years later, when he narrated Roobarb (1974–76) and Noah and Nelly in... SkylArk (1976–77) and played Tom Good in the BBC sitcom The Good Life (1975–78), that he became a household name. He starred as Martin in Ever Decreasing Circles (1984–89), and had a leading role as Hector in Monarch of the Glen (2000–05). From the late 1980s, with Kenneth Branagh as director, he performed Shakespearean roles in Henry V (1989), Much Ado About Nothing (1993), Hamlet (1996) and As You Like It (2006).