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Post by ripper on Feb 18, 2013 18:38:41 GMT
I was sad to hear that Richard Briers had passed away. He was best known for his comedies The Good Life and Ever Decreasing Circles, and in his later career for Shakespearean roles. He also made a couple of appearances in fantasies: Kenneth Branagh's Frankenstein and a 1980s Dr. Who serial.
There have been some very warm tributes paid to him today, and he seems to have been a very decent and modest man, as well as an accomplished and well-loved actor. RIP Richard.
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Post by dem bones on Feb 18, 2013 21:12:36 GMT
It's not the role he'll be best remembered for, but Richard Briers gave Midsomer Murders one of it's best ever mad vicars, the Rev. Stephen Wentworth in Death's Shadow. He also performed his own stunt fall from the church roof which takes some doing for a man of his years. R.I.P. RB
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Post by andydecker on Feb 19, 2013 10:35:43 GMT
It's not the role he'll be best remembered for, but Richard Briers gave Midsomer Murders one of it's best ever mad vicars, the Rev. Stephen Wentworth in Death's Shadow. He also performed his own stunt fall from the church roof which takes some doing for a man of his years. RIP RB I remember this one. It was very good, and his performance was great. RIP RB |
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Post by ripper on Feb 22, 2013 18:03:20 GMT
Animator Bob Godfrey has sadly died at the age of 91. Richard Briers provided the voices for Godfrey's popular Roobarb cartoon series. Other series that I am sure many board members will remember with fondness include Henry's Cat and Noah & Nelly. Godfrey was producer of the BAFTA and Academy award-winning short film Great, a biography of Isambard Kingdom Brunel.
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