John Fortune

John Fortune

ActorWriterCrew Jun 30 (died age 74) Bristol, England, UK 1956–2010 (54 year career)

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Biography

John Fortune was an English satirist, comedian, writer, and actor, best known for his work with John Bird and Rory Bremner on the TV series Bremner, Bird and Fortune. He was educated at Bristol Cathedral School and King's College, Cambridge, where he was to meet and form a lasting friendship with John Bird.

Known For

Match Point

Match Point

John the Chauffeur

Saving Grace

Saving Grace

Melvyn

Calendar Girls

Frank

The Tailor of Panama

The Tailor of Panama

Maltby

Maybe Baby

Maybe Baby

Acupuncturist

Bloodbath at the House of Death

Bloodbath at the House of Death

John Harrison

Take a Girl Like You

Take a Girl Like You

Sir Gerald

Yes Minister

Yes Minister

Filmography

Acting (50)

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Movies (25)

Match Point

Match Point

as John the Chauffeur

Between Iraq and a Hard Place

Between Iraq and a Hard Place

Calendar Girls

as Frank

Peter Cook: At a Slight Angle to the Universe

Peter Cook: At a Slight Angle to the Universe

as Self

The Tailor of Panama

The Tailor of Panama

as Maltby

Maybe Baby

Maybe Baby

as Acupuncturist

Saving Grace

Saving Grace

as Melvyn

The Strange Case of Delfina Potocka

The Strange Case of Delfina Potocka

as 2nd Official

Giving Tongue

as Chief Executive

A Very Open Prison

A Very Open Prison

as Prime Minister

England, My England

England, My England

as Edward Hyde, Earl of Clarendon

Don't Leave Me This Way

Don't Leave Me This Way

as George Saunders

Life After Life

Life After Life

as Detective Inspector Curtin

The Robbie Coltrane Special

as Self

The Demon Lover

The Demon Lover

as Eric Farnham

Bloodbath at the House of Death

Bloodbath at the House of Death

as John Harrison

The Secret Policeman's Other Ball

The Secret Policeman's Other Ball

as Self - Various Roles

Timon of Athens

Timon of Athens

as Poet

The Light Princess

The Light Princess

as Prince

Jumbo

Jumbo

as Dick Thompson

The Cobblers of Umbridge

The Cobblers of Umbridge

as Phil Cobbler

Take a Girl Like You

Take a Girl Like You

as Sir Gerald

The Drinking Party

as Phaedrus

The End of Arthur's Marriage

The End of Arthur's Marriage

as Server

Rory Bremner: From Blair to Here

as George Parr

Television (25)

The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret

The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret

as Magistrate

Bremner, Bird and Fortune: Silly Money

as Various

Comedy Showcase

Comedy Showcase

as Magistrate

Love Soup

Love Soup

New Tricks

New Tricks

as Mel Simons

Spine Chillers

Spine Chillers

as Frank

Bremner, Bird and Fortune

Bremner, Bird and Fortune

Queen's Nose

Queen's Nose

as Sir Vivian

Joking Apart

Joking Apart

as Clement

Rory Bremner...Who Else?

Murder Most Horrid

Murder Most Horrid

as Squire Thorpe

Have I Got News for You

Have I Got News for You

as Self

Campion

Campion

as Dr. Brian Kingston

Rory Bremner

Hardwicke House

Hardwicke House

as Psychologist

First Among Equals

First Among Equals

as Clive Reynolds

The Bill

The Bill

Yes Minister

Yes Minister

Hi-de-Hi!

Hi-de-Hi!

as Max Tewkesbury

The Secret Policeman's Ball

The Secret Policeman's Ball

as Self

Well Anyway

Playhouse

Playhouse

as Dick Thomson

A Series of Bird's

Not So Much a Programme, More a Way of Life

Armchair Theatre

Armchair Theatre

as George Potter

Crew (6)

·

Movies (4)

Coup!

Coup!

Writer

The Cobblers of Umbridge

The Cobblers of Umbridge

Writer

Rentadick

Rentadick

Additional Dialogue

Rory Bremner: From Blair to Here

Writer

Television (2)

Bremner, Bird and Fortune

Bremner, Bird and Fortune

Writer

A Series of Bird's

Writer