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Richard BRIERS OBE (1934-2013)

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THIS IS YOUR LIFE - Richard Briers, actor, was surprised by Michael Aspel during an interview for UK Living at Thames Television's Teddington Studios.

Encouraged by his cousin, the actor Terry-Thomas, Richard studied at RADA, where he graduated with a silver medal and employment at the Liverpool Playhouse. While his theatre career flourished he made his small screen debut in 1961 in the television play The Murder Club, followed by roles in the Jimmy Edwards comedy vehicle The Seven Faces of Jim.

For almost three decades, from the 1960s, Richard was the quintessential husband of television's situation comedy with three defining roles: newlywed George Starling in the popular Marriage Lines, the self-sufficient Tom Good in The Good Life, and the obsessive-compulsive Martin Bryce in Ever Decreasing Circles. From the late 1980s, with Kenneth Branagh as director, he performed Shakespearean roles in the film adaptations of Henry V and Much Ado About Nothing.

Richard Briers was a subject of This Is Your Life on two occasions – previously surprised by Eamonn Andrews in May 1972.

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