ACTOR

Richard Briers

1934 - 2013

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Richard David Briers (14 January 1934 – 17 February 2013) was an English actor whose five-decade career encompassed film, radio, stage and television. Briers first came to prominence as George Starling in Marriage Lines (1961–66), but it was a few years later, when he narrated Roobarb (1974–76) and Noah and Nelly in... SkylArk (1976–77) and played Tom Good in the BBC sitcom The Good Life (1975–78), that he became a household name. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Richard Briers has received more than 2,311,465 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia. Richard Briers is the 6,139th most popular actor (up from 6,215th in 2019), the 4,558th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 4,576th in 2019) and the 700th most popular British Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 2.3M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 44.88

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.66

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.94

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Richard Briers by language

Over the past year Richard Briers has had the most page views in the with 299,735 views, followed by German (8,892), and Simple English (7,067). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Simple English (128.26%), Finnish (45.21%), and Southern Azerbaijani (43.97%)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Richard Briers ranks 6,139 out of 13,578. Before him are Susan Hampshire, Mae Questel, Jeremy Kemp, Sheree North, Logan Lerman, and Eddie Polo. After him are Ashley Benson, Catherine Fulop, Nazanin Boniadi, Frances Dee, Hoyt Axton, and Jill Hennessy.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1934, Richard Briers ranks 453. Before him are Diana Der Hovanessian, Ulrich Plenzdorf, Fernando José de França Dias Van-Dúnem, Tammy Grimes, Tamara Manina, and King Curtis. After him are Carmine Caridi, Peter McParland, Károly Wieland, Ion Panțuru, Timothy West, and Jimmy Garrison. Among people deceased in 2013, Richard Briers ranks 400. Before him are Costică Ștefănescu, George Gruntz, Regina Resnik, Leyla Erbil, Annette Funicello, and James Herbert. After him are Valérie Benguigui, Nicolae Martinescu, Chokri Belaid, Jeanne Cooper, Valdis Muižnieks, and Josef Němec.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Richard Briers ranks 4,558 out of 8,785. Before him are Harry Blackstaffe (1868), John Harding, 1st Baron Harding of Petherton (1896), Jeremy Kemp (1935), Najla El Mangoush (1973), Daniel Levy (1962), and James Wyatt (1746). After him are Walter de la Mare (1873), Chris Hughton (1958), Dave Finlay (1958), Jack Davenport (1973), Sophia Jex-Blake (1840), and Matthew Webb (1848).

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Among ACTORS In United Kingdom

Among actors born in United Kingdom, Richard Briers ranks 700. Before him are Scott Speedman (1975), Kathryn Beaumont (1938), Cathleen Nesbitt (1888), Binnie Barnes (1903), Susan Hampshire (1937), and Jeremy Kemp (1935). After him are Jack Davenport (1973), Mischa Barton (1986), David Robb (1947), Timothy West (1934), Alex Jennings (1957), and Brendan Coyle (1963).

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Television and Movie Roles

Peter Pan
Smee
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.
Dec 18o 20037.179 / 10
Mary Shelley's Frankenstein
Grandfather
Based on Mary Shelley's novel, "Frankenstein" tells the story of Victor Frankenstein, 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.
Nov 4o 19946.405 / 10
Watership Down
Fiver (voice)
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.
Oct 14o 19787.176 / 10