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Norman Bird(1924-2005)

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Norman Bird, Mandy Miller, and Leslie Sands in The Saint (1962)
Thomas & Sarah: Putting On The Ritz
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Putting on the Ritz (1979)
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Norman Bird was born on 30 October 1924 in Coalville, Leicestershire, England, UK. He was an actor, known for The Lord of the Rings (1978), Cash on Demand (1961) and Maniac (1963). He was previously married to Nona Blair. He died on 22 April 2005 in Wolverhampton, West Midlands, England, UK.
BornOctober 30, 1924
DiedApril 22, 2005(80)
BornOctober 30, 1924
DiedApril 22, 2005(80)
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Norman Bird and Arthur Young in An Inspector Calls (1954)
Norman Bird in The Hill (1965)
Norman Bird in The Hill (1965)
Stewart Granger and Norman Bird
Shirley MacLaine, Norman Bird, Cyril Cusack, and John Gregson in Shirley's World (1971)
Sean Connery, Harry Andrews, Norman Bird, and Ian Hendry in The Hill (1965)

Known for

Christopher Guard and William Squire in The Lord of the Rings (1978)
The Lord of the Rings
6.2
  • Bilbo(voice)
  • 1978
Cash on Demand (1961)
Cash on Demand
7.4
  • Arthur Sanderson
  • 1961
Maniac (1963)
Maniac
5.9
  • Salon
  • 1963
Department S (1969)
Department S
7.2
TV Series
  • Drayton

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Actor

  • Look and Read (1967)
    Look and Read
  • Screen Two (1985)
    Screen Two
  • Anthony Hopkins and Debra Winger in Shadowlands (1993)
    Shadowlands
  • Kinsey
  • Boon (1986)
    Boon
  • Screen One (1985)
    Screen One
  • Bookmark (1983)
    Bookmark
  • Second Thoughts (1991)
    Second Thoughts
  • Stay Lucky (1989)
    Stay Lucky
  • Jonathan Newth, Joan Sanderson, Prunella Scales, and Janine Wood in After Henry (1988)
    After Henry
  • Woof! (1989)
    Woof!
  • Richard Briers, Peter Egan, and Penelope Wilton in Ever Decreasing Circles (1984)
    Ever Decreasing Circles
  • Buddy (1986)
    Buddy
  • Lytton's Diary (1985)
    Lytton's Diary
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Cash on Demand
Trailer 2:22
Cash on Demand
First Men in the Moon
Trailer 3:22
First Men in the Moon
Thomas & Sarah: Putting On The Ritz
Trailer 1:22
Thomas & Sarah: Putting On The Ritz
Thomas & Sarah: The Vanishing Lady
Trailer 1:10
Thomas & Sarah: The Vanishing Lady

Personal details

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    • October 30, 1924
    • Coalville, Leicestershire, England, UK
    • April 22, 2005
    • Wolverhampton, West Midlands, England, UK(cancer)
    • Nona BlairNovember 28, 1953 - April 22, 2005 (his death, 2 children)
  • Other works
    1953: "The Way of the World" by William Congreve. Theatre Royal, Brighton. Cast list included; Eric Porter, John Gielgud, Paul Scofield, Richard Wordsworth, Brewster Mason, Peter Sallis, Pauline Jameson, Eileen Herlie, Pamela Brown, Margaret Rutherford and Norman Bird. Directed by John Gielgud.
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    One of the UK's finest and most prolific character actors, credited with over two hundred television and sixty film roles which began in 1954 with Guy Hamilton's "An Inspector Calls".

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