Norman Bird
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).
The Lord of the Rings
(Bilbo (voice))
The Hill
(Commandant)
Doomwatch
(Brewer)
Whistle Down the Wind
(Eddie)
First Men in the Moon
(Stuart)
In Search of the Castaways
(Senior Yacht Guard)
Cash on Demand
(Arthur Sanderson)
Maniac
(Salon)
Night of the Eagle
(Doctor)
The League of Gentlemen
(Weaver)
The Mind Benders
(Aubrey)
Shadowlands
(Taxi Driver Witness)
The Angry Silence
(Roberts)
Man in the Moon
(Herbert)
Ooh...You Are Awful
(Warder Burke)
Term of Trial
(Mr. Taylor)
The Secret Partner
(Ralph Beldon)
The Black Torment
(Harris)
If You Go Down in the Woods Today
(Doctor)
The Bargee
(Waterways Supervisor Albert Williams)
Sky West and Crooked
(Mr. Cheeseman - undertaker)
A Dandy in Aspic
(Copperfield)
The Beauty Jungle
(Mr. Edward Freeman)
80,000 Suspects
(Harold Davis)
The Cracksman
(Policeman)
Run a Crooked Mile
(Sgt. Hooper)
This Office Life
(Seeds)
The Virgin and the Gypsy
(Uncle Fred)
Up Among the Cuckoos
(Walter)
Victim
(Harold Doe)
All at Sea
(Mr. Danvers)
The Wrong Box
(Clergyman)
Baby Sitters
Double Trouble
Wedding Bells
On the Tiles
The Big Kick
Monkey Tricks
Pot Luck
(Farmer)
Oh! What a Lovely War
(Training Sgt (uncredited))
Elementary, My Dear Watson
(Inspector Street)
The Slipper and the Rose
(Dress Shop Proprieter)
A Voyage Round My Father
(Ham)
The Ghost Downstairs
(Mr. Morris)
Bitter Harvest
(Mr. Pitt)
Hands of the Ripper
(Police Inspector)
Crossing the Floor
(Grandfather)
Hot Enough for June
(Employment Exchange Clerk)
An Inspector Calls
(Jones-Collins - Foreman)
Very Important Person
(Travers)
A Cup O' Tea An' A Slice O' Cake - Worzel Gummidge Christmas Special
(Mr Braithwaite)
Born Kicking
(Mr Radley)
The Raging Moon
(Dr Matthews)
The Punch and Judy Man
(Reginald Fletcher)
The Rise and Rise of Michael Rimmer
(Alderman Poot)
The Medusa Touch
(Major Henry Morlar)
The Limbo Line
The Final Conflict
(Dr. Philmore)
King Arthur, the Young Warlord
(Ambrose)
Please Sir!
(Reynolds)
Buddy
(Mr Normington)
Black Carrion
(Henry Bircher)
Miss Pym's Day Out
(Man on Bus)
Young Winston
(Party Chairman)
Takeover
(Father)
The Trial of Dr. Fancy
(Charles Lincoln)
Budgie
(Inspector Charles Upton)
Department S
(Drayton)
Thomas & Sarah
Z-Cars
Gideon's Way
(Supt. Fred Lee)
Fawlty Towers
(Mr. Arrad)
The Avengers
Jason King
Crown Court
The Saint
(Mr. Spode)
Yes Minister
Raffles
Shirley's World
Angels
No Hiding Place
The Guardians
Sanctuary
Yanks Go Home
My Wife Next Door
Hammer House of Mystery and Suspense
(Henry Bircher)
Life Begins at Forty
Miss Jones And Son
Hammer House of Horror
(Basil)
The Adventurer
(Brooks)
The Saint
(Weems)
Return of the Saint
(Morgan)
Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased)
(Elliot)
All Creatures Great and Small
(Farmer Benson)
Two's Company
(Mr. Bunn)
Worzel Gummidge
(Mr. Braithwaite)
Arthur of the Britons
(Ambrose)
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
(Inspector Trent)
Public Eye
(Arthur Biddle)
Up The Workers
(Sid Stubbins)
The Glums
(Office Manager)
Softly Softly: Task Force
(Samuel Tomkins)
Armchair Theatre
(Walter)
Coronation Street
(Frank Jackson)
Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years
(Sir Maurice Hanley)
Screen Two
(Grandfather)
Thirty-Minute Theatre
(Arthur Pendlebury)
It's Not Me - It's Them!
(Mr. Partridge)
The Fourth Arm
(Col. Cole)
Till Death Us Do Part
(Landlord)
To Serve Them All My Days
(Alderman Blunt)
Theatre 625
(William Oaks)
After Henry
(Mr Henderson)