
Actor
Born October 30, 1920 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).

Crossing the Floor
Grandfather

Shadowlands
Taxi Driver Witness

Born Kicking
Mr Radley

Miss Pym's Day Out
Man on Bus

After Henry
Mr Henderson

Buddy
Mr Normington

Lytton's Diary
Charles Adams

Screen Two
Grandfather

This Office Life
Seeds

Black Carrion
Henry Bircher

Hammer House of Mystery and Suspense
Henry Bircher

A Voyage Round My Father
Ham

The Fourth Arm
Col. Cole

The Ghost Downstairs
Mr. Morris

Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years
Sir Maurice Hanley

If You Go Down in the Woods Today
Doctor

The Final Conflict
Dr. Philmore

A Cup O' Tea An' A Slice O' Cake - Worzel Gummidge Christmas Special
Mr Braithwaite

To Serve Them All My Days
Alderman Blunt

Hammer House of Horror
Basil

Yes Minister

Friday Night, Saturday Morning

Worzel Gummidge
Mr. Braithwaite

Thomas & Sarah

The Lord of the Rings
Bilbo (voice)

The Glums
Office Manager

Return of the Saint
Morgan

The Medusa Touch
Major Henry Morlar

All Creatures Great and Small
Farmer Benson

Raffles

The Slipper and the Rose
Dress Shop Proprieter

Fawlty Towers
Mr. Arrad

Two's Company
Mr. Bunn

Angels

King Arthur, the Young Warlord
Ambrose

Happy Ever After
Mr Fletcher

Up The Workers
Sid Stubbins

Elementary, My Dear Watson
Inspector Street

Arthur of the Britons
Ambrose

Ooh...You Are Awful
Warder Burke

Crown Court

The Adventurer
Brooks

My Wife Next Door

Young Winston
Party Chairman

The Organization
Ken Grist

Shirley's World

Doomwatch
Brewer

Hands of the Ripper
Police Inspector

The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
Inspector Trent

Jason King

The Guardians
Tom Henryson

Please Sir!
Reynolds

Budgie
Inspector Charles Upton

The Raging Moon
Dr Matthews

The Rise and Rise of Michael Rimmer
Alderman Poot

The Virgin and the Gypsy
Uncle Fred

Softly Softly: Task Force
Samuel Tomkins

Run a Crooked Mile
Sgt. Hooper

Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased)
Elliot

Department S
Drayton

Oh! What a Lovely War
Training Sgt (uncredited)

The Limbo Line

ITV Saturday Night Theatre
Father

All at Sea
Mr. Danvers

A Dandy in Aspic
Copperfield

Half Hour Story
Harry

The Wrong Box
Clergyman

Till Death Us Do Part
Landlord

Sky West and Crooked
Mr. Cheeseman - undertaker

Thirty-Minute Theatre
Arthur Pendlebury

The Hill
Commandant

Gideon's Way
Supt. Fred Lee

Public Eye
Arthur Biddle

The Black Torment
Harris

The Beauty Jungle
Mr. Edward Freeman

First Men in the Moon
Stuart

Theatre 625
William Oaks

The Bargee
Waterways Supervisor Albert Williams

Hot Enough for June
Employment Exchange Clerk

80,000 Suspects
Harold Davis

Maniac
Salon

The Punch and Judy Man
Reginald Fletcher

Bitter Harvest
Mr. Pitt

The Mind Benders
Aubrey

The Cracksman
Policeman

In Search of the Castaways
Senior Yacht Guard

The Saint
Mr. Spode

Term of Trial
Mr. Taylor

Night of the Eagle
Doctor

Z-Cars

Cash on Demand
Arthur Sanderson

Victim
Harold Doe

Whistle Down the Wind
Eddie

The Secret Partner
Ralph Beldon

Very Important Person
Senior British Officer Travers

The Avengers

Coronation Street
Frank Jackson

Man in the Moon
Herbert

The League of Gentlemen
Weaver

The Angry Silence
Roberts

No Hiding Place

Armchair Theatre
Walter

An Inspector Calls
Jones-Collins - Foreman