Acting • AGE 86
John Michael Bird was an English actor, director, writer and satirist.


Famous, Rich and Homeless
2009

Bottom Mindless Violence
Father (archive footage)
2004

Celebrity Mastermind
2003

Winter Solstice
Barry
2003

Absolute Power
Martin McCabe
2003

Between Iraq and a Hard Place
2003

Bremner, Bird and Fortune
1999

The Strange Case of Delfina Potocka
1st Official
1999

In the Red
Controller, Radio 4
1998

Jonathan Creek
D.I. Nathan Gallo
1997

Midsomer Murders
St John Beachwood
1997

Some Interesting Facts About Peter Cook
Self
1995

Anna Lee
Adrian Wesley
1994

To Play the King
Bryan Brynford-Jones
1993

Sooty & Co.
Self
1993

After the Dance
John Reid
1992

Murder Most Horrid
Duncan Jupp
1991

Performance
John Reid
1991

Bejewelled
Eustace
1991

Have I Got News for You
Self - Team Captain
1990

Cluedo
Professor Plum
1990

Circles Of Deceit
George
1990

One Foot in the Grave
Lewis Atterbury
1990

Shadow of the Noose
Mr Justice Hawkins
1989

Joint Account
1989

A Bit of Fry & Laurie
1989

The Secret Policeman’s Biggest Ball
Self
1989

Scarfe's Follies
1988

The Children of Dynmouth
Commander Abigail
1987

A Little Princess
Mr Carmichael
1987

Filthy Rich & Catflap
Dingo Wucker
1987

Inspector Morse
George Linacre
1987

The Growing Pains of Adrian Mole
Courtney Elliot
1987

A Very Peculiar Practice
Vice-Chancellor Ernest Hemmingway
1986

Farrington of the F.O.
VJ Lawrence
1986

Yes, Prime Minister
1986

The Dangerous Brothers
1986

Mrs Capper's Birthday
Maurice
1985

The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13¾
1985

Home to Roost
FG Fielding
1985

Blue Money
Harry Diamond
1985

Lytton's Diary
Jacko
1985

Screen Two
Commander Abigail
1985

Oxbridge Blues
Clive
1984

Travelling Man
Jack Ormand
1984

Danger: Marmalade at Work
Mr. Atkins
1984

Dramarama
Dudley Roberts
1983

The Falklands Factor
Lord North
1983

Educating Marmalade
Mr Atkins
1982

King Lear
Duke of Albany
1982

The Secret Policeman's Other Ball
Self - Various Roles
1982

Timon of Athens
Painter
1981

Fothergill
HG Wells
1981

The Taming of the Shrew
Pedant
1980

A Walk in the Forest
Desmond Hughes
1980

High Tide
Cyril
1980

Friday Night, Saturday Morning
1979

Blue Remembered Hills
Raymond
1979

Dick Turpin
Gooch
1979

The BBC Television Shakespeare
Pedant
1978

Armchair Thriller
Cyril
1978

Jabberwocky
1st Herald
1977

The Galton & Simpson Playhouse
The Man
1977

The Seven-Per-Cent Solution
Berger
1976

The Secret Policeman's Ball
Self
1976

Shades of Greene
Maling
1975

Playhouse
H.G. Wells
1974

Yellow Dog
Dialogue
1973

The Alf Garnett Saga
Willis
1972

Take a Girl Like You
Dick Thompson
1970

Play for Today
Raymond
1970

The Breaking of Bumbo
Jock
1970

A Promise of Bed
Taxi Driver
1969

The Best House in London
Home Secretary
1969

A Dandy in Aspic
1968

30 Is a Dangerous Age, Cynthia!
Herbert Greenslade
1968

Red, White, and Zero
Man on Train
1968

Omnibus
Self
1967

Alice in Wonderland
Frog Footman
1966