John Fortune

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

46

Gender

Male

Birthday

1939-06-30

Deathday

2013-12-31 (74 years old)

Place of Birth

Bristol, England, UK

John Fortune

Biography

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

Match Point

7.4%

Match Point

Oct 26, 2005

The Tailor of Panama

6.0%

The Tailor of Panama

Mar 30, 2001

Saving Grace

6.5%

Saving Grace

Jan 24, 2000

Calendar Girls

6.5%

Calendar Girls

Sep 2, 2003

Yes Minister

8.3%

Yes Minister

Feb 25, 1980

Maybe Baby

5.4%

Maybe Baby

Jun 2, 2000

The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret

6.8%

The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret

Oct 1, 2010

Bloodbath at the House of Death

5.4%

Bloodbath at the House of Death

Mar 29, 1984

Have I Got News for You

7.1%

Have I Got News for You

Sep 28, 1990

New Tricks

7.4%

New Tricks

Jan 1, 2004

The Bill

6.7%

The Bill

Oct 16, 1984

Hi-de-Hi!

7.0%

Hi-de-Hi!

Feb 19, 1981

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Acting

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Rory Bremner: From Blair to Here as George Parr

2010

The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret as Magistrate

2008

Bremner, Bird and Fortune: Silly Money as Various

2007

Comedy Showcase as Magistrate

2005		Match Point as John the Chauffeur
2005		Love Soup

2004

New Tricks as Mel Simons

2003		Calendar Girls as Frank
2003		Spine Chillers as Frank
2003		Between Iraq and a Hard Place

2002

Peter Cook: At a Slight Angle to the Universe as Self

2001

The Tailor of Panama as Maltby

2000		Maybe Baby as Acupuncturist
2000		Saving Grace as Melvyn

1999		Bremner, Bird and Fortune
1999		The Strange Case of Delfina Potocka as 2nd Official

1996		Giving Tongue
1996		Giving Tongue as Chief Executive

1995		A Very Open Prison as Prime Minister
1995		Queen's Nose as Sir Vivian
1995		England, My England as Edward Hyde, Earl of Clarendon

1993		Rory Bremner...Who Else?
1993		Don't Leave Me This Way as George Saunders

1991

Murder Most Horrid as Squire Thorpe

1990		Life After Life as Detective Inspector Curtin
1990		Have I Got News for You as Self

1989		Rory Bremner
1989		Campion as Dr. Brian Kingston

1986

The Demon Lover as Eric Farnham

1984		The Bill
1984		Bloodbath at the House of Death as John Harrison

1982

The Secret Policeman's Other Ball as Self - Various Roles

1981		Timon of Athens as Poet
1981		Hi-de-Hi! as Max Tewkesbury

1980

1978		The Light Princess as Prince
1978		The BBC Television Shakespeare

1976		Well Anyway
1976		Jumbo as Dick Thompson
1976		The Secret Policeman's Ball as Self

1973

The Cobblers of Umbridge as Phil Cobbler

1970

Take a Girl Like You as Sir Gerald

1967

A Series Of Bird's

1965		The End of Arthur's Marriage as Server
1965		The Drinking Party as Phaedrus

1964

Not So Much a Programme, More a Way of Life

Creator

1999

Bremner, Bird and Fortune as Creator

Crew

1972

Rentadick as Additional Dialogue

Writing

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Rory Bremner: From Blair to Here as Writer

2006

Coup! as Writer

1999

Bremner, Bird and Fortune as Writer

1973

The Cobblers of Umbridge as Writer

1967

A Series Of Bird's as Writer

John Fortune