10 Interesting Facts About Richard Briers

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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3. #004

   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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4. #005

   Richard Briers performed his national service in the RAF.

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5. #008

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

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6. #009

   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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7. #011

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

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8. #013

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

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9. #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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10. #015

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

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