Norman Bird
Birthday
1920/10/30
Day of death
2005/04/22 (84 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Coalville, Leicestershire, England, UK
Also know as
Норман Бёрд, John George Norman Bird
Biography
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 fi...Read more
Acting
(1978) The Lord of the Rings
as Bilbo (voice)
(1965) The Hill
as Commandant
(1972) Doomwatch
as Brewer
(1961) Whistle Down the Wind
as Eddie
(1964) First Men in the Moon
as Stuart
(1962) In Search of the Castaways
as Senior Yacht Guard
(1961) Cash on Demand
as Arthur Sanderson
(1963) Maniac
as Salon
(1962) Night of the Eagle
as Doctor
(1960) The League of Gentlemen
as Weaver
(1963) The Mind Benders
as Aubrey
(1993) Shadowlands
as Taxi Driver Witness
(1960) The Angry Silence
as Roberts
(1960) Man in the Moon
as Herbert
(1972) Ooh... You Are Awful
as Warder Burke
(1962) Term of Trial
as Mr. Taylor
(1961) The Secret Partner
as Ralph Beldon
(1964) The Black Torment
as Harris
(1981) If You Go Down in the Woods Today
as Doctor
(1964) The Bargee
as Waterways Supervisor Albert Williams
(1965) Sky West and Crooked
as Mr. Cheeseman - undertaker
(1968) A Dandy in Aspic
as Copperfield
(1964) The Beauty Jungle
as Mr. Edward Freeman
(1963) 80,000 Suspects
as Harold Davis
(1963) The Cracksman
as Policeman
(1969) Run a Crooked Mile
as Sgt. Hooper
(1984) This Office Life
as Seeds
(1970) The Virgin and the Gypsy
as Uncle Fred
(1970) Up Among the Cuckoos
as Walter
(1961) Victim
as Harold Doe
(1969) All at Sea
as ---
(1966) The Wrong Box
as Clergyman
(1976) Baby Sitters
as ---
(1976) Double Trouble
as ---
(1976) Wedding Bells
as ---
(1976) On the Tiles
as ---
(1976) The Big Kick
as ---
(1976) Monkey Tricks
as ---
(1976) Pot Luck
as Farmer
(1969) Oh! What a Lovely War
as Training Sgt (uncredited)
(1973) Elementary, My Dear Watson
as Inspector Street
(1976) The Slipper and the Rose
as Dress Shop Proprieter
(1984) A Voyage Round My Father
as Ham
(1982) The Ghost Downstairs
as Mr. Morris
(1963) Bitter Harvest
as Mr. Pitt
(1971) Hands of the Ripper
as Police Inspector
(1996) Crossing the Floor
as Grandfather
(1964) Hot Enough for June
as Employment Exchange Clerk
(1954) An Inspector Calls
as Jones-Collins - Foreman
(1961) Very Important Person
as Travers
(1980) A Cup O' Tea An' A Slice O' Cake - Worzel Gummidge Christmas Special
as Mr Braithwaite
(1992) Born Kicking
as Mr Radley
(1971) The Raging Moon
as Dr Matthews
(1963) The Punch and Judy Man
as Reginald Fletcher
(1970) The Rise and Rise of Michael Rimmer
as Alderman Poot
(1978) The Medusa Touch
as Major Henry Morlar
(1969) The Limbo Line
as ---
(1981) The Final Conflict
as Dr. Philmore
(1975) King Arthur, the Young Warlord
as Ambrose
(1971) Please Sir!
as Reynolds
(1986) Buddy
as Mr Normington
(1984) Black Carrion
as Henry Bircher
(1992) Miss Pym's Day Out
as Man on Bus
(1972) Young Winston
as Party Chairman
(1971) Budgie
as Inspector Charles Upton
(1969) Department S
as Drayton
(1979) Thomas & Sarah
as ---
(1962) Z-Cars
as ---
(1965) Gideon's Way
as Supt. Fred Lee
(1975) Fawlty Towers
as Mr. Arrad
(1961) The Avengers
as ---
(1971) Jason King
as ---
(1972) Crown Court
as ---
(1962) The Saint
as Mr. Spode
(1980) Yes Minister
as ---
(1977) Raffles
as ---
(1972) Shirley's World
as ---
(1975) Angels
as ---
(1959) No Hiding Place
as ---
(1971) The Guardians
as ---
(1967) Sanctuary
as ---
(1976) Yanks Go Home
as ---
(1972) My Wife Next Door
as ---
(1984) Hammer House of Mystery and Suspense
as Henry Bircher
(1978) Life Begins at Forty
as ---
(1980) To Serve Them All My Days
as Alderman Blunt
(1977) Miss Jones And Son
as ---
(1980) Hammer House of Horror
as Basil
(1972) The Adventurer
as Brooks
(1962) The Saint
as Weems
(1978) Return of the Saint
as Morgan
(1966) Till Death Us Do Part
as ---
(1969) Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased)
as Elliot
(1978) All Creatures Great and Small
as Farmer Benson
(1975) Two's Company
as Mr. Bunn
(1979) Worzel Gummidge
as Mr. Braithwaite
(1972) Arthur of the Britons
as Ambrose
(1971) The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
as Inspector Trent
(1965) Public Eye
as Arthur Biddle
(1973) Up The Workers
as Sid Stubbins
(1978) The Glums
as Office Manager
(1956) Armchair Theatre
as Walter
(1969) Softly Softly: Task Force
as Samuel Tomkins
(1960) Coronation Street
as Frank Jackson
(1981) Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years
as Sir Maurice Hanley
(1985) Screen Two
as Grandfather
(1965) Thirty-Minute Theatre
as Arthur Pendlebury