Richard David Briers CBE (14 January 1934 – 17 February 2013) was an English actor. His fifty-year career encompassed television, stage, film and radio.
I was 20, I was an amateur from 14 but my first professional role was at 22.
Even with talent, it's who you meet at the right time that tips the scales.
I prefer theatre but TV keeps you well known.
An hour's hard digging is a good way of getting one's mind back in the right perspective.
I knew absolutely nothing about acting, and had to be taught everything. Some people are born naturals and know how to walk, talk and hold themselves. I didn't and had to learn everything.
I make it a point of honour to have a couple of gnomes in my garden as silent testimony to the right of gnome-lovers everywhere to do their own thing without fear of snide remarks.
A garden is a thing of beauty and a job forever.
I love the part of Hector as it takes me back to playing eccentric parts. He is a funny character, which is fine by me as I've been playing for laughs for decades now! It's lovely to get a laugh; it's the best thing in the world!
I have been in the series for over 3 years - 3 series. There will be a fourth series next year which of course I won't be in because I'm now dead. So in total I appeared in 25 episodes.
William of Ockham
Erika Lust
Roger Craig Smith
Tara Subkoff
Ernest Dowson
Sebastian Bach
Ernest Everett Just
Sergei Polunin
Victoria Williams
Jules Asner
Harlan Ellison
Robert Koch