Norman Bird

Actor Oct 30 (died age 84) Coalville, Leicestershire, England, UK 1954–2005 (51 year career)

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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…

Known For

Film

The Lord of the Rings

Bilbo (voice)

Film

The Hill

Commandant

Film

Shadowlands

Taxi Driver Witness

Film

Victim

Harold Doe

Film

The Final Conflict

Dr. Philmore

Film

The Medusa Touch

Major Henry Morlar

Film

An Inspector Calls

Jones-Collins - Foreman

Film

The League of Gentlemen

Weaver

Filmography

Acting (117)

Movies (67)

The Funny Blokes of British Comedy

2005

as Mr. Arrad (archive footage) (uncredited)

Crossing the Floor

as Grandfather

Shadowlands

as Taxi Driver Witness

6.9

Born Kicking

1992

as Mr Radley

Miss Pym's Day Out

1992

as Man on Bus

Buddy

1986

as Mr Normington

A Voyage Round My Father

as Ham

Black Carrion

as Henry Bircher

This Office Life

as Seeds

The Ghost Downstairs

1982

as Mr. Morris

The Final Conflict

1981

as Dr. Philmore

5.8

If You Go Down in the Woods Today

1981

as Doctor

4.5

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

1980

as Mr Braithwaite

10.0

The Lord of the Rings

1978

as Bilbo (voice)

6.6

The Medusa Touch

1978

as Major Henry Morlar

6.8

The Slipper and the Rose

1976

as Dress Shop Proprieter

Wedding Bells

Baby Sitters

Double Trouble

The Big Kick

On the Tiles

Pot Luck

as Farmer

Monkey Tricks

1976

King Arthur, the Young Warlord

1975

as Ambrose

7.0

Elementary, My Dear Watson

1973

as Inspector Street

Young Winston

as Party Chairman

Doomwatch

as Brewer

Ooh...You Are Awful

as Warder Burke

The Raging Moon

as Dr Matthews

Hands of the Ripper

as Police Inspector

Please Sir!

as Reynolds

Up Among the Cuckoos

as Walter

The Rise and Rise of Michael Rimmer

1970

as Alderman Poot

5.9

The Virgin and the Gypsy

1970

as Uncle Fred

2.1

All at Sea

1969

as Mr. Danvers

Oh! What a Lovely War

1969

as Training Sgt (uncredited)

Run a Crooked Mile

as Sgt. Hooper

Takeover

as Father

The Limbo Line

A Dandy in Aspic

as Copperfield

Sky West and Crooked

as Mr. Cheeseman - undertaker

The Wrong Box

as Clergyman

The Hill

as Commandant

The Trial of Dr. Fancy

1964

as Charles Lincoln

The Black Torment

1964

as Harris

5.9

First Men in the Moon

1964

as Stuart

6.3

The Bargee

1964

as Waterways Supervisor Albert Williams

6.9

Hot Enough for June

1964

as Employment Exchange Clerk

5.7

The Beauty Jungle

1964

as Mr. Edward Freeman

Maniac

as Salon

Bitter Harvest

as Mr. Pitt

The Mind Benders

as Aubrey

The Cracksman

as Policeman

80,000 Suspects

as Harold Davis

The Punch and Judy Man

as Reginald Fletcher

Term of Trial

as Mr. Taylor

In Search of the Castaways

1962

as Senior Yacht Guard

Night of the Eagle

as Doctor

Victim

as Harold Doe

Whistle Down the Wind

as Eddie

Cash on Demand

as Arthur Sanderson

Very Important Person

1961

as Senior British Officer Travers

The Secret Partner

as Ralph Beldon

The Angry Silence

as Roberts

The League of Gentlemen

as Weaver

Man in the Moon

as Herbert

An Inspector Calls

as Jones-Collins - Foreman

7.2

Television (50)

After Henry

as Mr Henderson

Screen Two

as Grandfather

Lytton's Diary

as Charles Adams

Hammer House of Mystery and Suspense

as Henry Bircher

The Fourth Arm

as Col. Cole

Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years

1981

as Sir Maurice Hanley

5.0

Hammer House of Horror

as Basil

Yes Minister

To Serve Them All My Days

as Alderman Blunt

Worzel Gummidge

as Mr. Braithwaite

Thomas & Sarah

Friday Night, Saturday Morning

1979

6.0

All Creatures Great and Small

as Farmer Benson

Return of the Saint

as Morgan

Life Begins at Forty

The Glums

as Office Manager

Raffles

Miss Jones And Son

Yanks Go Home

Fawlty Towers

as Mr. Arrad

Angels

Two's Company

as Mr. Bunn

Up The Workers

as Sid Stubbins

Crown Court

The Adventurer

as Brooks

Arthur of the Britons

as Ambrose

Shirley's World

The Organization

as Ken Grist

My Wife Next Door

Jason King

The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes

1971

as Inspector Trent

7.4

Budgie

1971

as Inspector Charles Upton

The Guardians

Department S

as Drayton

Softly Softly: Task Force

1969

as Samuel Tomkins

6.0

Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased)

as Elliot

Sanctuary

Till Death Us Do Part

as Landlord

Public Eye

as Arthur Biddle

Thirty-Minute Theatre

as Arthur Pendlebury

Gideon's Way

as Supt. Fred Lee

It's Not Me - It's Them!

1965

as Mr. Partridge

Theatre 625

as William Oaks

Z-Cars

The Saint

as Mr. Spode

The Avengers

Drama 61-67

as Father

Coronation Street

as Frank Jackson

No Hiding Place

Armchair Theatre

as Walter