Norman Bird
1920-10-30 ( 104 years old ) in Coalville, Leicestershire, England, UK

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).

Movies

Crossing the Floor 1996-10-05
Shadowlands 1993-12-25
Born Kicking 1992-09-20
Miss Pym's Day Out 1992-02-19
Buddy 1986-01-01
This Office Life 1984-12-30
Black Carrion 1984-11-12
A Voyage Round My Father 1984-04-19
The Ghost Downstairs 1982-12-26
If You Go Down in the Woods Today 1981-04-29
The Final Conflict 1981-03-20
A Cup O' Tea An' A Slice O' Cake - Worzel Gummidge Christmas Special 1980-12-27
The Lord of the Rings 1978-11-15
The Medusa Touch 1978-04-13
The Slipper and the Rose 1976-03-25
Baby Sitters 1976-01-01
Double Trouble 1976-01-01
Wedding Bells 1976-01-01
On the Tiles 1976-01-01
The Big Kick 1976-01-01
Monkey Tricks 1976-01-01
Pot Luck 1976-01-01
King Arthur, the Young Warlord 1975-01-01
Elementary, My Dear Watson 1973-01-18
Ooh... You Are Awful 1972-12-01
Young Winston 1972-07-20
Doomwatch 1972-03-01
Hands of the Ripper 1971-10-17
Please Sir! 1971-05-01
The Raging Moon 1971-01-21
The Rise and Rise of Michael Rimmer 1970-11-12
Up Among the Cuckoos 1970-06-07
The Virgin and the Gypsy 1970-06-01
Run a Crooked Mile 1969-11-18
Oh! What a Lovely War 1969-03-10
The Limbo Line 1969-03-03
All at Sea 1969-01-01
A Dandy in Aspic 1968-04-02
The Wrong Box 1966-06-19
Sky West and Crooked 1965-08-31
The Hill 1965-06-17
The Black Torment 1964-10-19
The Beauty Jungle 1964-08-25
First Men in the Moon 1964-07-01
The Bargee 1964-01-01
Hot Enough for June 1964-01-01
80,000 Suspects 1963-08-15
Maniac 1963-05-20
The Punch and Judy Man 1963-04-08
Bitter Harvest 1963-03-08
The Mind Benders 1963-02-01
The Cracksman 1963-01-01
In Search of the Castaways 1962-12-01
Term of Trial 1962-08-16
Night of the Eagle 1962-04-25
Cash on Demand 1961-12-20
Victim 1961-08-01
Whistle Down the Wind 1961-07-25
The Secret Partner 1961-05-01
Very Important Person 1961-04-24
Man in the Moon 1960-10-31
The League of Gentlemen 1960-04-15
The Angry Silence 1960-03-10
An Inspector Calls 1954-03-16

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