Norman Bird
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 Brooks production of The Winters Tale at the Phoenix Theatre in 1951 He was also a member of the BBCs 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 197981 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 ZCars 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 Attenboroughs Shadowlands 1993
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