Guest actors appearing in
PARADISE TOWERS who have previously appeared in the show:
- Bonnie Langford (Melanie Bush)
- Clive Merrison (Deputy Chief Caretaker)
Who: Before And After #852
Name: Richard Briers [1934 - 2013]
Year(s) – Doctor Who: 1987
Stories: Paradise Towers part 1 – Paradise Towers part 4
Character(s): The Chief Caretaker / Kroagnon
Year(s) – Torchwood: 2008
Stories: A Day In The Death
Character(s): Henry Parker
Note(s):
- Was married to Who actress Ann Davies
- Was the father of Big Finish Who actress Lucy Briers.
Before Who:
Films: She Stoops to Conquer (1956), Girls at Sea (1958), Bottoms Up (1960), Let's Get Married (1960),
Murder She Said* (1961), A Matter of WHO (1961), The Girl on the Boat (1962), Doctor in Distress (1963), The V.I.P.s (1963), The Bargee (1964), A Home of Your Own (1965), Present Laughter (1965), Relatively Speaking (1967), Fathom (1967), Rookery Nook (1970), A Cuckoo in the Nest (1970), Turkey Time (1970), A Cup of Kindness (1970), Plunder (1970), Dirty Work (1970), All the Way Up (1970),
Rentadick* (1972), The Three Musketeers [voice only] (1973), The Four Musketeers: Milady's Revenge [voice only] (1974), Watership Down [as the voice of Fiver] (1978), Comedy Tonight (1980), It's Your Move (1982), Arms and the Man (1983), The Aerodrome (1983), A Month in the Country (1985)
Television: Theatre Night: Gilt and Gingerbread (1959) / Crime Sheet: Lockhart Visits a Laundry (1959) / Fredric March Presents Tales from Dickens [2 episodes as Mr. Winkle (1959-1960)] / Probation Officer (1960) / Somerset Maugham Hour: The Kite (1960) / ITV Television Playhouse: A Diabolic Liberty (1961) / Harpers West One (1961) / Armchair Theatre: Murder Club (1961) / The Marriage Lines [44 episodes as George Starling (1961-1966)] / The Seven Faces of Jim [3 episodes, different characters (1961)] / Dixon of Dock Green: A Path Through the Jungle (1962) / BBC Sunday-Night Play: Both Ends Meet (1962) / Brothers in Law [13 episodes as Roger Thursby (1962)] / ITV Play of the Week: True Love and Limbeck (1963) / Thursday Theatre: Simon and Laura (1964) / Summer Comedy Hour: Charley's Aunt (1965) / Theatre 625: Simon and Laura (1966) / BBC Play of the Month: Hay Fever (1968) / The Very Merry Widow: Mink to Me Only (1968) / NBC Experiment in Television: Pinter People (1969) / Jackanory: Stories of Mary Plain [5 episodes as the Storyteller (1969)] / From a Bird's Eye View: The Hate-In (1970) / Birds on the Wing [6 episodes as Charles Jackson (1971)] / Ooh La La!: A Pig in a Poke (1973) / Between the Wars: Yes, Aunt (1973) / ITV Sunday Night Theatre: Hearty Crafty (1974) / One-Upmanship [18 episodes as Stephen Potter (1974-1978)] / Late Night Drama: You Don't Remember! (1974) /
Roobarb* [30 episodes as the Narrator (1974)] /
The Good Life* [30 episodes as Tom Good (1975-1978)] / Noah and Nelly in... SkylArk [8 episodes as the Narrator (1976)] / The Galton & Simpson Playhouse: Swap You One of These for One of Those (1977) / The Other One [13 episodes as Ralph Tanner (1977-1979)] / The Norman Conquests [3 episodes as Reg (1977)] / The Sunday Drama: Just Between Ourselves (1978) / Jackanory: St. George for Lucky England [as the storyteller] (1979) / ITV Playhouse: Village Wooing (1979) / Play for Today: P.Q. 17 (1981) / The Goodies: Snow White 2 (1981) / Goodbye, Mr. Kent [7 episodes as Travis Kent (1982)] / Ever Decreasing Circles [27 episodes as Martin Bryce (1984-1989)] / Alias the Jester: The Viking Airship (1985) / All in Good Faith [18 episodes as the Reverend Philip Lambe (1985-1988)]
After Who:
Films: Twelfth Night, or What You Will [as Malvolio] (1988), A Chorus of Disapproval (1989), Henry V (1989), Peter's Friends (1992), Much Ado About Nothing (1993),
Mary Shelley's Frankenstein* [as the Grandfather] (1994), Oliver 2: Let's Twist Again (1995), A Midwinter's Tale (1995), Heavy Weather (1995), Hamlet [as Polonius] (1996), The Prince of Hearts (1997), Spice World [as the Bishop] (1997), The Nearly Complete and Utter History of Everything (1999), Love's Labour's Lost (2000), Unconditional Love (2002), Peter Pan [as Smee] (2003), Dad (2005), Our Hidden Lives (2005), As You Like It (2006), National Theatre Live: London Assurance (2010), The Only One Who Knows You're Afraid (2011), Run for Your Wife (2012),
Cockneys vs Zombies* (2012)
Television: Tales of the Unexpected: The Verger (1988) / Minder: An Officer and a Car Salesman (1988) /
Mr. Bean: Mr. Bean* (1990) / Coconuts [3 episodes as the Narrator (1990)] / Jackanory: The Church Mice and the Ring [as the storyteller] (1993) / Lovejoy: Never Judge a Book by Its Cover (1993) / If You See God, Tell Him [4 episodes as Godfrey Spry (1993)] / Little Red Tractor Stories [4 episodes as the Narrator (1993)] / Screen Two: Skallagrigg (1994) / Down to Earth [7 episodes as Tony Fairfax (1995)] / Inspector Morse: Death Is Now My Neighbour (1997) / A Respectable Trade [2 episodes as Sir Charles Fairley (1998)] / Midsomer Murders: Death's Shadow (1999) /
Watership Down* [15 episodes as the voice of Captain Broom (1999-2001)] / Monarch of the Glen [27 episodes as Hector MacDonald (2000-2005)] / Bob the Builder [9 episodes as the voice of Robert (2005-2007)] / Roobarb & Custard Too [9 episodes as the Narrator (2005)] / New Tricks: Old Dogs (2006) / Doctors: Running Time (2006) / Extras: Chris Martin (2006) / Gina's Laughing Gear: Stairlift to Heaven (2007) / Holby City: Elliot's Wonderful Life (2007) / Kingdom (2008) / Marple: Why Didn't They Ask Evans? (2009) / Top Gear: Range Rover Vs An Autonomous Military Machine - Designing A Vehicle For The Elderly - Rover James [as the voice of the Sat-Nav](2013)