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John Fortune

Comedian / Actor / Writer / Screenwriter | * 06/30/1939 († 74, 12/31/2013) | Bristol (United Kingdom (UK))
John Fortune (born John C. Wood; 30 June 1939 – 31 December 2013) was an English actor, writer and satirist, best known for his work with John Bird and Rory Bremner on the TV series Bremner, Bird and 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.

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Most frequent genres for this person: Comedies | Drama | Crime

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Chris, a former tennis player, looks for work as an instructor. He meets Tom Hewett, a wealthy young man whose sister Chloe fall in love with Chris. But Chris has his eye on Tom's fiancee Nola. ...

Match Point

FSK: 6+ years

2005 | 3.7/5 | 2h 4min
Drama, Thriller, Crime, Romance / Love
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A British spy is banished to Panama after having an affair with an ambassador's mistress. Once there he makes connection with a local tailor with a nefarious past and connections to all of the top pol ...

The Tailor of Panama

FSK: 12+ years

2001 | 3.1/5 | 1h 49min
Drama, Thriller
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Bremner, Bird and Fortune is an award-winning satirical British television programme produced by Vera Productions for Channel Four, uniting the longstanding satirical team of John Bird and John Fortun ...

Bremner, Bird and Fortune

Certification unknown

1999 | 3.0/5 | 1h per episode
Comedy
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Rory Bremner...Who Else?

Certification unknown

1993 | 40min per episode
Comedy
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Movies with John Fortune as Actor(17)

as John the Chauffeur2005 Match Point
2003 Between Iraq and a Hard Place
as Frank2003 Calendar Girls
as Maltby2001 The Tailor of Panama
as Acupuncturist2000 Maybe Baby
as Melvyn2000 Saving Grace
1996 Giving Tongue
as Chief Executive1996 Giving Tongue
as Edward Hyde, Earl of Clarendon1995 England, My England
as Prime Minister1995 A Very Open Prison
as George Saunders1993 Don't Leave Me This Way
as Detective Inspector Curtin1990 Life After Life
as John Harrison1984 Bloodbath at the House of Death
as Poet1981 Timon of Athens
as Prince1978 The Light Princess
as Sir Gerald1970 Take a Girl Like You
as Server1965 The End of Arthur's Marriage

TV Shows/Series with John Fortune as Actor(11)

2010 The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret
as Various2008 Bremner, Bird and Fortune: Silly Money
2005 Love Soup
2004 New Tricks
1999 Bremner, Bird and Fortune
1993 Rory Bremner...Who Else?
as Squire Thorpe1991 Murder Most Horrid
1984 The Bill
as Max Tewkesbury1981 Hi-de-Hi!
1980 Yes Minister
1964 Not So Much a Programme, More a Way of Life

Movies with John Fortune as Crew(2)

Writing/Writer2006 Coup!
Crew/Additional Dialogue1972 Rentadick

TV Shows/Series with John Fortune as Crew(2)

Writing/Writer1999 Bremner, Bird and Fortune
Creator/Creator1999 Bremner, Bird and Fortune

Citizenship: United Kingdom (UK)
Born: Friday, 06/30 1939 (June) in Bristol (United Kingdom (UK))
Died: Tuesday, 12/31 2013 (December) (aged: 74)
Zodiac sign: Cancer (Chinese zodiac sign: Rabbit)
Languages: French (FR)
Educated at: Bristol Cathedral Choir School, King's College
John Fortune frequently works together with these people:
John Bird (11x, Actor)
Martin Crewes (4x, Actor)
Ray Cameron (4x, Crew)
Corinne Skinner-Carter (4x, Actress)
Frances Barber (4x, Actress)
David Croft (4x, Crew)
Steve Fortune (4x, Actor)
Geoff Atkinson (4x, Crew)
Rory Bremner (4x, Actor)
Craig Ferguson (3x, Actor)
John Boorman (3x, Crew)
Ben Elton (3x, Actor)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:44717, Added: 05/14/2018, Last updated: 03/23/2024