Richard Briers

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1. #001

   In a January 2013 newspaper interview, Richard Briers revealed that he had been diagnosed with emphysema in 2007 and had smoked roughly half a million cigarettes before quitting. According to his daughter Lucy, he quit immediately in 2001 after a routine chest X-ray showed that he would soon be confined to a wheelchair if he did not stop.

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2. #002

   Richard Briers grew up in a flat above a cinema.

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   Richard Briers studied electrical engineering but gave it up to become a filing clerk, a job he continued in the RAF when he was called up for national service. While stationed at RAF Northwood in Hertfordshire, he joined the drama society of the London Borough Polytechnic Institute (now South Bank University).

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   Richard Briers appeared in nine films directed by his close friend Kenneth Branagh: Henry V (1989), Peter's Friends (1992), Swan Song (1992), Much Ado About Nothing (1993), Mary Shelley's Frankenstein (1994), A Midwinter's Tale (1995), Hamlet (1996), Love's Labour's Lost (2000) and As You Like It (2006).

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5. #005

   Richard Briers performed his national service in the RAF.

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6. #006

   Richard Briers was appointed CBE (Commander of the Order of the British Empire) in the 2003 Queen's Birthday Honours for his services to drama.

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7. #007

   After graduating from RADA (with a silver medal), Richard Briers won a scholarship from the Liverpool Repertory Company (1956-57) and was never out of work from that moment on.

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8. #008

   Richard Briers was at RADA together with Alan Bates and Peter O'Toole.

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   Along with Jimmy Yuill, Richard Briers is one of only two actors besides Kenneth Branagh to appear in all five Shakespeare films Branagh directed: Henry V (1989), Much Ado About Nothing (1993), Hamlet (1996), Love's Labour's Lost (2000) and As You Like It (2006).

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10. #010

    Richard Briers's father was a bookmaker, described by Briers himself as an "incompetent layabout". His mother, Morna Richardson, was a pianist.

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11. #011

    Richard Briers was a patron of the Net Curtains Theatre Company.

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12. #012

    Richard Briers was appointed OBE (Officer of the Order of the British Empire) in the 1989 Queen's New Year Honours for his services to drama.

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13. #013

    Richard Briers was the older brother of the actress Jane Briers.

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14. #014

    Richard Briers was known for his stage performances in Alan Ayckbourn's plays and for his Shakespeare roles in Kenneth Branagh's Renaissance company.

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15. #015

    Richard Briers attended RADA (Royal Academy of Dramatic Art) between 1954 and 1956 and later became a council member.

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16. #016

    Richard Briers was the father of Lucy Briers, born in 1967, and Katy/Katie Briers, born in 1964.

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