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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 films such as The Angry Silence (1960), The League of Gentlemen (1960), Whistle Down the Wind (1961), Victim (1961) and Term of Trial (1962) with Laurence Olivier and The Hill with Sean Connery (1965). He had over 200 television appearances, notably as Mr Braithwaite in Worzel Gummidge (1979–81) and Mr Arrad in the Fawlty Towers episode "Waldorf Salad" (1979). His long list of credits include Steptoe and Son, Till Death Us Do Part, Rising Damp, Ever Decreasing Circles, Yes Minister, To Serve Them All My Days, All Creatures Great and Small, Z-Cars, Public Eye, The Saint, Department S, Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased) and Boon. In 1990 he appeared in Stay Lucky, with Dennis Waterman, which marked his 200th television appearance. One of his last film appearances was as a taxi driver in Richard Attenborough's Shadowlands (1993).
The Funny Blokes of British Comedy
as Mr. Arrad (archive footage) (uncredited)

Crossing the Floor
as Grandfather

Shadowlands
as Taxi Driver Witness

Born Kicking
as Mr Radley

Miss Pym's Day Out
as Man on Bus

After Henry
as Mr Henderson

Buddy
as Mr Normington

Lytton's Diary
as Charles Adams

Screen Two
as Grandfather

This Office Life
as Seeds

Black Carrion
as Henry Bircher

Hammer House of Mystery and Suspense
as Henry Bircher

A Voyage Round My Father
as Ham

The Fourth Arm
as Col. Cole

The Ghost Downstairs
as Mr. Morris

Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years
as Sir Maurice Hanley

If You Go Down in the Woods Today
as Doctor

The Final Conflict
as Dr. Philmore

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

To Serve Them All My Days
as Alderman Blunt

Hammer House of Horror
as Basil

Yes Minister

Friday Night, Saturday Morning

Worzel Gummidge
as Mr. Braithwaite

Thomas & Sarah

The Lord of the Rings
as Bilbo (voice)

The Glums
as Office Manager

Return of the Saint
as Morgan
Life Begins at Forty
as Dr Gardiner

The Medusa Touch
as Major Henry Morlar

All Creatures Great and Small
as Farmer Benson
Miss Jones And Son

Raffles
Yanks Go Home

The Slipper and the Rose
as Dress Shop Proprieter
Baby Sitters
On the Tiles
The Big Kick
Double Trouble
Wedding Bells
Monkey Tricks
Pot Luck
as Farmer

Fawlty Towers
as Mr. Arrad

Two's Company
as Mr. Bunn

Angels

King Arthur, the Young Warlord
as Ambrose
Seven Faces of Woman
as Ken

Up The Workers
as Sid Stubbins

Elementary, My Dear Watson
as Inspector Street

Arthur of the Britons
as Ambrose

Ooh...You Are Awful
as Warder Burke

Crown Court

The Adventurer
as Brooks

My Wife Next Door

Young Winston
as Party Chairman

The Organization
as Ken Grist

Shirley's World

Doomwatch
as Brewer
Suspicion
as Harry Beardsley

Hands of the Ripper
as Police Inspector