Richard Briers, Honorary Vice President
Richard Briers was formerly president of Parkinson's UK and
continues to support our work as honorary vice president.
Richard
spent 2 years as a filing clerk and a further 2 years as a filing
clerk in the RAF, before he got a place at RADA.
For the last 50 years he has been one of England’s most
versatile actors playing everything from Shakespeare to
pantomime. He has appeared in the West End in over 20 plays
spanning Ibsen, Shaw, Coward, Ayckbourn, Simon Gray and Ray
Cooney.
On stage, he has worked for Kenneth Branagh playing Malvolio,
Bottom, King Lear and Uncle Vanya.
In 1998, he had a huge success in Simon McBurney’s production of
The Chairs with Geraldine McEwan, which went on to repeat
its success on Broadway.
Recent theatre productions include the West End revival of Alan
Ayckbourn’s Bedroom Farce and the UK tour of The
Tempest playing Prospero.
Richard has starred in several hugely popular television series
including Ever Decreasing Circles and the beloved The
Good Life, which has been seen in many countries all over the
world. He appeared in 3 series of Monarch of the Glen for
Ecosse Films and BBC1, and starred in the acclaimed one-off drama
about elder abuse: Dad for the BBC.
On film, Richard has worked extensively with Kenneth Branagh,
appearing in Henry V, Much Ado About Nothing,
In the Bleak Midwinter, Swansong,
Hamlet , Love’s Labour's Lost and As You Like
It and has played Smee in the movie Peter Pan.
Richard is married to the actress Ann Davies and they live in
Chiswick. They have 2 daughters, Katy and Lucy. He received a CBE
in 2003 for services to the theatre.
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