
Norman Bird
Known for ActingBorn 1920-10-30Died 2005-04-22Coalville, 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).Read more
Movies & web series
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A Cup O' Tea An' A Slice O' Cake - Worzel Gummidge Christmas Special
1980 · Movie
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All at Sea
1969 · Movie
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Born Kicking
1992 · Movie
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The Ghost Downstairs
1982 · Movie
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The Organization
1972 · Series
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Yes Minister
1980 · Series
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Fawlty Towers
1975 · Series
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Raffles
1977 · Series
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Miss Pym's Day Out
1992 · Movie
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Public Eye
1965 · Series
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Arthur of the Britons
1972 · Series
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The Punch and Judy Man
1963 · Movie
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To Serve Them All My Days
1980 · Series
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All Creatures Great and Small
1978 · Series
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Jason King
1971 · Series
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The Avengers
1961 · Series
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Run a Crooked Mile
1969 · Movie
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Lytton's Diary
1985 · Series
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Black Carrion
1984 · Movie
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Friday Night, Saturday Morning
1979 · Series
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A Voyage Round My Father
1984 · Movie
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The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
1971 · Series
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Till Death Us Do Part
1966 · Series
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Cash on Demand
1961 · Movie
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Half Hour Story
1967 · Series
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The Hill
1965 · Movie
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Two's Company
1975 · Series
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Victim
1961 · Movie
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Screen Two
1985 · Series
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The Saint
1962 · Series
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Z-Cars
1962 · Series
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Hammer House of Horror
1980 · Series
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Budgie
1971 · Series
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Theatre 625
1964 · Series
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80,000 Suspects
1963 · Movie
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The Angry Silence
1960 · Movie
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Shadowlands
1993 · Movie
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Whistle Down the Wind
1961 · Movie
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Return of the Saint
1978 · Series
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King Arthur, the Young Warlord
1975 · Movie
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An Inspector Calls
1954 · Movie
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Elementary, My Dear Watson
1973 · Movie
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Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased)
1969 · Series
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Crossing the Floor
1996 · Movie
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ITV Saturday Night Theatre
1969 · Series
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The Slipper and the Rose
1976 · Movie
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Gideon's Way
1965 · Series
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The League of Gentlemen
1960 · Movie