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).
117 acting credits
Acting · 117
The Avengers
1961
Coronation Street
1960
The Saint
1962
Crown Court
1972
Z-Cars
1962
Screen Two
1985
Theatre 625
1964
No Hiding Place
1959
All Creatures Great and Small
1978
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
1971
Public Eye
1965
Angels
1975
Return of the Saint
1978
Drama 61-67
1961
Department S
1969
Fawlty Towers
1975
Gideon's Way
1965
Thirty-Minute Theatre
1965
Hammer House of Mystery and Suspense
1984
ITV Saturday Night Theatre
1969
Softly Softly: Task Force
1969
Jason King
1971
Hammer House of Horror
1980
The Adventurer
1972
Till Death Us Do Part
1966
Budgie
1971
Yes Minister
1980
Worzel Gummidge
1979
Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased)
1969
Arthur of the Britons
1972
Raffles
1977
The Lord of the Rings
1978
Lytton's Diary
1985
Shirley's World
1972
Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years
1981
After Henry
1988
Two's Company
1975
The Guardians
1971
The Fourth Arm
1983
Friday Night, Saturday Morning
1979
The Final Conflict
1981
Armchair Theatre
1956
The Medusa Touch
1978
Shadowlands
1993
To Serve Them All My Days
1980
Yanks Go Home
1976
Sanctuary
1967
The Slipper and the Rose
1976
Thomas & Sarah
1979
The Hill
1965
First Men in the Moon
1964
The Raging Moon
1971
In Search of the Castaways
1962
Victim
1961
The Organization
1972
Up The Workers
1973
An Inspector Calls
1954
Cash on Demand
1961
Oh! What a Lovely War
1969
The Wrong Box
1966
Hot Enough for June
1964
Life Begins at Forty
1978
Doomwatch
1972
Crossing the Floor
1996
The Glums
1978
The Rise and Rise of Michael Rimmer
1970
Whistle Down the Wind
1961
My Wife Next Door
1972
A Voyage Round My Father
1984
The League of Gentlemen
1960
Term of Trial
1962
Man in the Moon
1960
The Funny Blokes of British Comedy
2005
The Mind Benders
1963
Young Winston
1972
A Dandy in Aspic
1968
Hands of the Ripper
1971
80,000 Suspects
1963
Maniac
1963
King Arthur, the Young Warlord
1975
The Angry Silence
1960
It's Not Me - It's Them!
1965
Bitter Harvest
1963
A Cup O' Tea An' A Slice O' Cake - Worzel Gummidge Christmas Special
1980
Run a Crooked Mile
1969
Ooh...You Are Awful
1972
Night of the Eagle
1962
The Bargee
1964
The Secret Partner
1961
The Black Torment
1964
The Punch and Judy Man
1963
Miss Jones And Son
1977
The Cracksman
1963
Sky West and Crooked
1966
Very Important Person
1961
Please Sir!
1971
If You Go Down in the Woods Today
1981
Born Kicking
1992
The Beauty Jungle
1964
Wedding Bells
1976
Monkey Tricks
1976
Black Carrion
1984
Miss Pym's Day Out
1992
The Virgin and the Gypsy
1970
This Office Life
1984
The Limbo Line
1969
Baby Sitters
1976
Up Among the Cuckoos
1970
Buddy
1986
On the Tiles
1976
Pot Luck
1976
The Big Kick
1976
Elementary, My Dear Watson
1973
Double Trouble
1976
All at Sea
1969
The Ghost Downstairs
1982
Takeover
1969