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Richard Briers: a life in pictures

Richard Briers Obituary: Richard Briers As Hamlet at The Duthy Hall in London, 1956
Richard Briers as Hamlet at Duthy Hall in London in 1956 Photograph: Daily Mail /Rex Features
Richard Briers Obituary: Richard Briers on his wedding day to Ann Briers in February 1957
Briers married Ann Davies in February 1957 Photograph: Daily Mail /Rex Features
Richard Briers Obituary: Richard Briers at Queen Charlotte's Hospital in London
The couple with their baby daughter Katy Ann at Queen Charlotte's hospital in London in August 1963 Photograph: Edward Zimmerman/Associated Newspapers
Richard Briers Obituary: Felicity Kendal as Barbara, and Richard Briers as Tom
Felicity Kendal as Barbara and Briers as Tom in the 1970s sitcom The Good Life Photograph: PA
Richard Briers Obituary: James Booth and Richard Briers in the film Rentadick, 1972
Briers in the 1972 film Rentadick Photograph: ITV/Rex Features
Richard Briers Obituary: TV program The Norman Conquests, 1977
In TV's The Norman Conquests in 1977
Photograph: FremantleMedia Ltd/Rex Features
Richard Briers Obituary: Richard Briers at home with his dog, July 1978
At home with his dog in July 1978 Photograph: John Dempsie/Associated Newspapers
Richard Briers Obituary: Richard Briers, Penelope Wilton and Peter Egan
Briers with Penelope Wilton and Peter Egan on the BBC programme Ever Decreasing Circles in 1984 Photograph: Allstar/BBC/Sportsphoto Ltd
Richard Briers Obituary: Richard Briers as Malvolio in Twelfth Night, June 1988
Playing Malvolio in Twelfth Night in June 1988 Photograph: FremantleMedia Ltd/Rex Features
Richard Briers Obituary: Briers with his family after receiving his OBE in 1989
Briers with his family after receiving an OBE in 1989 Photograph: Rex Features
Richard Briers Obituary: Much Ado About Nothing, with Richard Briers
Much Ado About Nothing, with Robert Sean Leonard and Denzel Washington, 1993 Photograph: British Film Institute
Richard Briers Obituary: Richard Briers with Robert De Niro in the film Mary Shelley's Frankenstein
Playing The Grandfather in the 1994 film Frankenstein, with Robert De Niro Photograph: Moviestore Collection/Rex Features
Richard Briers Obituary: Kenneth Branagh and Richard Briers in the 1996 film Hamlet
Kenneth Branagh and Richard Briers in the 1996 film Hamlet Photograph: Cinetext/Columbia/Allstar
Richard Briers Obituary: Richard Briers and Ben Silverstone in The Tempest
Richard Briers and Ben Silverstone in The Tempest at Theatre Royal, Plymouth in October 2002 Photograph: Tristram Kenton for the Guardian
Richard Briers Obituary: Grange Calveley, creator of the TV cartoon Roobarb and Custard Too
Grange Calveley, creator of the TV cartoon Roobarb and Custard Too, recording voiceovers with Richard Briers and Jason Tamanagi in October 2004 Photograph: Sean Smith for the Guardian
Richard Briers Obituary: Richard Briers meets The Queen at Buckingham Palace, 18 May 2006
Meeting the Queen at Buckingham Palace on 18 May 2006 Photograph: Anwar Hussein Collection/Getty Images
Richard Briers Obituary: Richard Briers on a plot of land in the village of Sipson
Richard Briers in May 2009 on a plot of land in Sipson, west London, that had been earmarked for the construction of a third runway at Heathrow. Greenpeace sent flowers and vegetables grown at the site to every member of cabinet as a protest against the planned airport expansion Photograph: INS News Agency Ltd/Rex Features
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