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John Fortune

John Fortune was an English satirist, comedian, writer, and actor, best known for his work with John Bird and Rory Bremner on the TV series Bremner, Bird and Fortune. He was educated at Bristol Cathedral School and King's College, Cambridge, where he was to meet and form a lasting friendship with John Bird.

Known for: Acting
Born: 30 Jun 1939
Died: 31 Dec 2013
Place of birth: Bristol, England, UK

Known for

Match Point2005
The Tailor of Panama2001

6.5

Saving Grace2000

Calendar Girls2003

Yes Minister1980

Actor
Writer

The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret2010
Bremner, Bird and Fortune: Silly Money2008
Comedy Showcase2007
Match Point2005
Love Soup2005
Love Soup
Season 1
S1E5Take Five
New Tricks2004
New Tricks
Season 5
S5E2The Final Curtain
Calendar Girls2003
Spine Chillers2003
Spine Chillers
Season 1
S1E2Intuition
Between Iraq and a Hard Place2003
Peter Cook: At a Slight Angle to the Universe2002
The Tailor of Panama2001
Maybe Baby2000
Saving Grace2000
Bremner, Bird and Fortune1999
The Strange Case of Delfina Potocka1999
Giving Tongue1996
A Very Open Prison1995
The Queen's Nose1995
The Queen's Nose
Season 4
S4E6Episode 6
England, My England1995
Rory Bremner...Who Else?1993
Don't Leave Me This Way1993
Joking Apart1993
Joking Apart
Season 2
S2E2Episode 8
Murder Most Horrid1991
Murder Most Horrid
Season 2
S2E3A Severe Case of Death
Life After Life1990
Have I Got News for You1990
Have I Got News for You
Season 9
S9E3John Fortune, John Bird
Season 11
S11E8Richard Wilson, John Bird, John Fortune
The Robbie Coltrane Special1989
Rory Bremner1989
Campion1989
Campion
Season 1
S1E5The Case of the Late Pig (1)
S1E6The Case of the Late Pig (2)
Campaign1988
Hardwicke House1987
Hardwicke House
Season 1
S1E3Interview Day
Breaking Up1986
First Among Equals1986
First Among Equals
Season 1
S1E6Episode 6
S1E7Episode 7
S1E8Episode 8
S1E9Episode 9
The Demon Lover1986
The Bill1984
The Bill
Season 5
S5E15Repercussions
Bloodbath at the House of Death1984
The Secret Policeman's Other Ball1982
Timon of Athens1981
Yes Minister1980
Yes Minister
Season 3
S3E6The Whisky Priest
Hi-de-Hi!1980
Hi-de-Hi!
Season 4
S4E1Co-Respondent's Course
The Light Princess1978
In the Looking Glass1978
The South Bank Show1978
The South Bank Show
Season 31
S31E30The Last Laugh: John Bird and John Fortune
Well Anyway1976
Jumbo1976
The Secret Policeman's Ball1976
Playhouse1974
Playhouse
Season 3
S3E9Jumbo
The Cobblers of Umbridge1973
Take a Girl Like You1970
A Series of Bird's1967
A Series of Bird's
Season 1
S1E1The Day of Revolution
S1E3Here Come the Trendies
S1E4The Eric Giddings Story
S1E5The Eric Giddings Story Part 2: The Plot Thins
S1E6Back to the Front
S1E7Urban Renewal
S1E8Lucid Intervals
The End of Arthur's Marriage1965
The Drinking Party1965
Not So Much a Programme, More a Way of Life1964
Dig This Rhubarb1963
Armchair Theatre1956
Armchair Theatre
Season 6
S6E4His Polyvinyl Girl
Rory Bremner: From Blair to Here