Editing John Bird (actor) (section)

===1990–2017===
From 1990 to 1992, he starred in 18 episodes of the television detective series ''[[El C.I.D.]]'' which was set in Spain. The series was serious rather than comedy-based and co-starred [[Alfred Molina]] in the first two series and [[Amanda Redman]] in the third. In 1993, Bird featured in the role of [[Cluedo characters#Professor Plum|Professor Plum]] in the fourth series of ''[[Cluedo (British game show)|Cluedo]]'' and appeared as a newspaper editor in the political drama ''[[To Play the King]]''. Also in 1993, he was the guest star in the ''[[Sooty & Co.]]'' episode "Voice Problems".{{Citation needed|date=November 2023}} From 1996 to 1999, Bird starred as barrister John Fuller-Carp in the BBC radio and television sitcom ''[[Chambers (sitcom)|Chambers]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |title=Chambers - Radio 4 Sitcom |url=https://www.comedy.co.uk/radio/chambers/ |website=British Comedy Guide}}</ref> He starred as well in the [[BBC Radio 4]] and [[BBC Two]] series ''[[Absolute Power (comedy)|Absolute Power]]'' with [[Stephen Fry]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/3453603.stm |title=UK &#124; Politics &#124; BBC denies axing political satire |work=BBC News |date=3 February 2004 |access-date=20 February 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.writewords.org.uk/news/381.asp |title=BBC censor comedy scripts in post-Hutton panic and paranoia |publisher=Writewords.org.uk |access-date=20 February 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120204071940/http://www.writewords.org.uk/news/381.asp |archive-date=4 February 2012 }}</ref> Bird guest-starred in two television series by writer [[David Renwick]], namely in three episodes of the BBC mystery crime drama series ''[[Jonathan Creek]]'' as well as in one episode of the BBC sitcom ''[[One Foot in the Grave]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |title=Jonathan Creek Series 5, Episode 2 - The Sinner And The Sandman |url=https://www.comedy.co.uk/tv/jonathan_creek/episodes/5/2/ |website=British Comedy Guide}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |title=One Foot In The Grave Series 5, Episode 5 - The Exterminating Angel |url=https://www.comedy.co.uk/tv/one_foot_in_the_grave/episodes/5/6/ |website=British Comedy Guide}}</ref>

Bird worked with [[John Fortune]] and [[Rory Bremner]] in the Channel 4 sketch comedy show'' [[Bremner, Bird and Fortune]]'', which was nominated for [[British Academy Television Awards|BAFTA TV Awards]]. In the series of sketches with Fortune, ''The Long Johns'', one of the two men interviewed the other, with the latter in the guise of a senior figure such as a politician, businessman or government consultant. Invariably the character was named George Parr.<ref name="BBCobit">{{Cite news |date=28 December 2022 |title=John Bird: Actor and comedian dies aged 86 |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-64108691|access-date=28 December 2022}}</ref> In 2012, Bird appeared in the BBC produced TV film ''[[Bert and Dickie]]''.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/profiles/3sKhfTydskvwz0gPb5BF5Yv/lord-clarence-aberdare |title=Bert and Dickie: Lord Clarence Aberdare |publisher=bbc.co.uk |access-date=29 December 2022}}</ref> Bird worked with David Renwick again in 2016 on the BBC Radio 4 comedy show ''Desolation Jests''.<ref name="bfi" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=BBC Radio 4 Extra - Desolation Jests - Available now |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b085zq0d/episodes/player |website=BBC}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Desolation Jests (Radio Series) |url=https://www.radiotimes.com/radio-programme/e/fgyr6j/desolation-jests-episode-guide/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210505224212/https://www.radiotimes.com/radio-programme/e/fgyr6j/desolation-jests-episode-guide/ |archive-date=5 May 2021 |access-date=19 February 2021 |website=Radio Times}}</ref> Bird's final television appearance was in an episode of ''[[Midsomer Murders]]'' in 2017.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2022-12-28 |title=John Bird: Actor and comedian dies aged 86 |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-64108691 |access-date=2023-01-02}}</ref>