Richard Briers — Actor (20)
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Fathom (1967) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
Fathom
director: Leslie H. Martinson actor: Raquel Welch / Anthony Franciosa …
other title: Fathom - Bella, intrepida e spia / A Espiã Que Veio do Céu …
While touring abroad in Europe, beautiful American skydiver Fathom Harvill gets wrapped up in international intrigue when Scottish spy Douglas Campbell recruits her to help him on a secret mission. Before long, Fathom realizes that no one around her, including the mysterious Peter Merriweather, can easily be trusted, leading to various adventures that involve bull fighting, beaches and, of course, romance.
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In the Bleak Midwinter (1995) [Movie] IMDb TMDB WikiData
In the Bleak Midwinter
director: Kenneth Branagh actor: Michael Maloney / Richard Briers …
other title: Nel bel mezzo di un gelido inverno / Sonhos de uma noite de inverno …
Out of work actor Joe volunteers to help try and save his sister's local church for the community by putting on a Christmas production of Hamlet, somewhat against the advice of his agent Margaretta. As the cast he assembles are still available even at Christmas and are prepared to do it on a 'profit sharing' basis (that is, they may not get paid anything) he cannot expect - and does not get - the cream of the cream. But although they all bring their own problems and foibles along, something bigger starts to emerge in the perhaps aptly named village of Hope.
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Rentadick (1972) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
Rentadick
director: Jim Clark actor: James Booth / Richard Briers …
Armitage runs a chemical company that is on the verge of producing a gas that causes temporary disability. Clearly the military want it but it is also sought by a group of Japanese. Both Armitage and Madam Greenfly hire different people in the same detective agency to guard the gas and steal it respectively... confusion, double crosses and hilarity ensue...
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The Norman Conquests (1977) [TV] TMDB WikiData IMDb
The Norman Conquests
director: Herbert Wise actor: Richard Briers / Fiona Walker …
The trilogy presents a comically fraught weekend from three different perspectives, as family and in laws gather at the decaying country home of their bedridden mother; the drink flows, and hidden enmities, intimate secrets and uncomfortable truths emerge through the veneer of jollity and civility.
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A Matter of WHO (1961) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
A Matter of WHO
director: Don Chaffey actor: Terry-Thomas / Sonja Ziemann …
other title: Il mistero del signor Cooper / Verpfiffen …
Health officials from the World Health Organization link a smallpox outbreak in Europe to oil drilling in the Middle East.
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Great (1975) [Movie] WikiData TMDB IMDb
Great
director: Bob Godfrey actor: Richard Briers / Harry Fowler …
An animated film about the British engineer Isambard Kingdom Brunel, who spearheaded numerous engineering marvels of the early 19th century - including the Thames Tunnel, the Great Western Railway, and the Great Eastern steamship (for 40 years the world's largest steamship). Various styles of animation are used to depict events in his colorful life.
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The Four Musketeers (1974) [Movie] IMDb TMDB WikiData
The Four Musketeers
director: Richard Lester actor: Michael York / Oliver Reed …
other title: Milady - I quattro moschettieri / De fire musketerers hævn …
The Four Musketeers defend the queen and her dressmaker from Cardinal Richelieu and Milady de Winter.
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The Three Musketeers (1973) [Movie] IMDb TMDB WikiData
The Three Musketeers
director: Richard Lester actor: Michael York / Rodney Bewes …
other title: I tre moschettieri / De tre musketerer …
In 17th century France, young D'Artagnan wants to join the King's Musketeers, but instead befriends three legendary musketeers—Athos, Porthos, and Aramis—and together, they become embroiled in the political intrigue surrounding King Louis XIII and his adversaries, particularly the powerful Cardinal Richelieu.
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The Aerodrome (1983) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
The Aerodrome
director: Giles Foster actor: Peter Firth / Dominic Jephcott …
In the future England is ruled by a fascist government, and one day the leaders begin the construction of a heavily guarded, mysterious airport. BBC adaptation of Rex Warner's 1941 novel of the same name. A stereotypical village in a somewhat alternative England is taken over wholesale by 'The Air Force.' Living in the village is young Roy, who has just learned he is not who he thought he was. Attempting to forge a new sense of identity, he joins the dashing Air Force, seduced by its dynamism and direct and brutal ways.
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Spice: The Movie (1997) [Movie] TMDB Douban IMDb Skybridge
Spice World
director: Bob Spiers actor: Victoria Beckham / Craig Kelly …
other title: Five Girls / Its Been a Hard 15 Minutes …
World famous pop group the Spice Girls zip around London in their luxurious double decker tour bus having various adventures and performing for their fans.
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Much Ado About Nothing (1993) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
Much Ado About Nothing
director: Kenneth Branagh actor: Emma Thompson / Kenneth Branagh …
other title: Molto rumore per nulla / Muito Barulho por Nada …
In this Shakespearean farce, Hero and her groom-to-be, Claudio, team up with Claudio's commanding officer, Don Pedro, the week before their wedding to hatch a matchmaking scheme. Their targets are sharp-witted duo Benedick and Beatrice -- a tough task indeed, considering their corresponding distaste for love and each other. Meanwhile, meddling Don John plots to ruin the wedding.
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Mary Shelley's Frankenstein (1994) [Movie] IMDb TMDB NeoDB WikiData Douban Skybridge
Mary Shelley's Frankenstein
director: Kenneth Branagh actor: Robert De Niro / Kenneth Branagh …
other title: Frankenstein di Mary Shelley / Frankenstein de Mary Shelley …
Victor Frankenstein is a promising young doctor who, devastated by the death of his mother during childbirth, becomes obsessed with bringing the dead back to life. His experiments lead to the creation of a monster, which Frankenstein has put together with the remains of corpses. It's not long before Frankenstein regrets his actions.
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Our Hidden Lives (2005) [Movie] Douban
actor: Richard Briers / Michael Fassbender …
Based on the best-selling book by award-winning writer Simon Garfield, four stories from Britain's 'lost decade' (1945 - 1955) are presented from the diaries of four very distinct people. In his book, Garfield selected some of the most expressive diarists, and focused on the post-war years giving a vivid portrait of how Britain coped in the post-war years and how little, or how much, attitudes have changed over the past 60 years.
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Watership Down (1978) [Movie] IMDb TMDB NeoDB Douban WikiData Skybridge
Watership Down
director: Martin Rosen actor: John Hurt / Richard Briers …
other title: La collina dei conigli / Kaninbjerget …
When the warren belonging to a community of rabbits is threatened, a brave group led by Fiver, Bigwig, Blackberry and Hazel leave their homeland in a search of a safe new haven.
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Peter Pan (2003) [Movie] Douban TMDB IMDb WikiData
Peter Pan
director: P.J. Hogan actor: Jeremy Sumpter / Jason Isaacs …
other title: Peter Pan: La gran aventura
In stifling Edwardian London, Wendy Darling mesmerizes her brothers every night with bedtime tales of swordplay, swashbuckling and the fearsome Captain Hook. But the children become the heroes of an even greater story, when Peter Pan flies into their nursery one night and leads them over moonlit rooftops through a galaxy of stars and to the lush jungles of Neverland.