- Films
- 14
- Avg rating
- 6.43
- Peak run
- 1992’96
- 7+ run
- 2 films
Every film, by IMDb rating
The career
Dot size shows IMDb votes. Films with fewer than 1,000 votes sit on the baseline.
As an actor, films with 1,000+ votes
Richard by the numbers
Average
6.43
11 rated films
Vote weighted
6.47
bigger films count more
Median
6.8
half are better
Consistency
±1.15
rating spread
Career
42y
1962 to 2003
Total votes
357K
across every film
Best
7.7
Hamlet
Worst
3.8
Spice World
Newest first
Filmography
| 2003 |  Peter Pan | Smee | 6.8 | 85,864 |
| 2000 | Love's Labour's Lost | Sir Nathaniel | 5.9 | 5,130 |
| 1997 |  Spice World | Bishop | 3.8 | 38,671 |
| 1996 |  Hamlet | Polonius | 7.7 | 42,266 |
| 1995 | A Midwinter's Tale | Henry Wakefield (Claudius, the Ghost, and the Player King) | 7.2 | 2,912 |
| 1994 |  Mary Shelley's Frankenstein | Grandfather | 6.3 | 64,458 |
| 1993 |  Much Ado About Nothing | Leonato | 7.3 | 56,351 |
| 1992 |  Peter's Friends | Lord Morton | 7.0 | 13,249 |
| 1989 | A Chorus of Disapproval | Ted Washbrook | 5.5 | 1,023 |
| 1978 |  Watership Down | Fiver | 7.5 | 43,942 |
| 1972 | Rentadick | Miles Gannet | · | 355 |
| 1967 | Fathom | Timothy | 5.7 | 2,011 |
| 1964 | The Bargee | Tomkins | · | 629 |
| 1962 | The Girl on the Boat | Eustace Hignett | · | 257 |
Better together?
Richard Briers's regulars
The number on the right is the lift: their average together minus the average of their two careers.
Takes
On Richard Briers
Information courtesy of IMDb (https://www.imdb.com). Used with permission. Ratings and votes as of the latest nightly refresh.