John Fortune

actor • writer • miscellaneous

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 Jo...

Born: June 30, 1939 in Bristol, England, UK

Died: December 31, 2013 (age 74)

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Known For

6.8

The Tailor of Panama

Movies & TV Credits

51 total credits across film and television

Title	Rating	Job	Role(s)	Year
The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret TV Show	7.6	Actor	Magistrate(1 Episode)	2009
Bremner, Bird and Fortune: Silly Money TV Show	8.2	Actor	Various(4 Episodes)	2008
Comedy Showcase TV Show	—	Actor	Magistrate(1 Episode)	2007
Coup! Movie	6.8	Writing	Writer	2006
Match Point Movie	7.7	Actor	John the Chauffeur	2005
Love Soup TV Show	7.9	Actor	—(1 Episode)	2005
Calendar Girls Movie	6.8	Actor	Frank	2003
New Tricks TV Show	7.8	Actor	Mel Simons(1 Episode)	2003
Spine Chillers TV Show	6.5	Actor	Frank(1 Episode)	2003
Between Iraq and a Hard Place Movie	8.6	Actor	—	2003
Peter Cook: At a Slight Angle to the Universe Movie	—	Actor	Self	2002
The Tailor of Panama Movie	5.9	Actor	Maltby	2001
Saving Grace Movie	7.1	Actor	Melvyn	2000
Maybe Baby Movie	5.4	Actor	Acupuncturist	2000
The Strange Case of Delfina Potocka Movie	5.5	Actor	2nd Official	1999
Rory Bremner: From Blair to Here TV Special	—	Actor	George Parr	1998
Rory Bremner: From Blair to Here TV Special	—	Writing	Writer	1998
Bremner, Bird and Fortune TV Show	7.4	Actor	—(89 Episodes)	1997
Bremner, Bird and Fortune TV Show	7.4	Writing	Writer(1 Episode)	1997
Giving Tongue Movie	—	Actor	Chief Executive	1996
England, My England Movie	6.8	Actor	Edward Hyde, Earl of Clarendon	1995
The Queen's Nose TV Show	6.9	Actor	Sir Vivian(1 Episode)	1995
A Very Open Prison Movie	—	Actor	Prime Minister	1995
Rory Bremner, Who Else? TV Show	6.5	Actor	—(62 Episodes)	1993
Don't Leave Me This Way Movie	6.2	Actor	George Saunders	1993
Murder Most Horrid TV Show	7.0	Actor	Squire Thorpe(1 Episode)	1991
Have I Got News for You TV Show	7.7	Actor	Self(2 Episodes)	1990
Life After Life Movie	—	Actor	Detective Inspector Curtin	1990
Campion TV Show	7.4	Actor	Dr. Brian Kingston(2 Episodes)	1989
Rory Bremner TV Show	—	Actor	—(24 Episodes)	1989
The Demon Lover Movie	7.3	Actor	Eric Farnham	1986
Bloodbath at the House of Death Movie	5.2	Actor	John Harrison	1984
The Bill TV Show	6.8	Actor	—(1 Episode)	1984
The Secret Policeman's Other Ball Movie	6.4	Actor	Self - Various Roles	1982
Timon of Athens Movie	7.0	Actor	Poet	1981
Yes Minister TV Show	8.5	Actor	—(1 Episode)	1980
Hi-de-Hi! TV Show	6.5	Actor	Max Tewkesbury(1 Episode)	1980
The Light Princess Movie	5.9	Actor	Prince	1978
Jumbo Movie	—	Actor	Dick Thompson	1976
The Secret Policeman's Ball TV Show	—	Actor	Self(15 Episodes)	1976
Well Anyway TV Show	—	Actor	—(7 Episodes)	1976
BBC2 Playhouse TV Show	6.6	Actor	Dick Thomson(1 Episode)	1973
The Cobblers of Umbridge Movie	—	Actor	Phil Cobbler	1973
The Cobblers of Umbridge Movie	—	Writing	Writer	1973
Rentadick Movie	3.7	Crew	Additional Dialogue	1972
Take a Girl Like You Movie	5.3	Actor	Sir Gerald	1970
A Series of Bird's TV Show	—	Actor	—(8 Episodes)	1967
A Series of Bird's TV Show	—	Writing	Writer(8 Episodes)	1967
The End of Arthur's Marriage Movie	6.2	Actor	Server	1965
The Drinking Party Movie	—	Actor	Phaedrus	1965
Not So Much a Programme, More a Way of Life TV Show	7.1	Actor	—(62 Episodes)	1964

John Fortune

Known For

Calendar Girls

Match Point

Saving Grace

The Tailor of Panama

Movies & TV Credits