John Fortune

John 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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Known For

Have I Got News for You

Have I Got News for You

1990 • as Self

The Bill

The Bill

1984

New Tricks

New Tricks

2004 • as Mel Simons

Bremner, Bird and Fortune

Bremner, Bird and Fortune

1999

Bremner, Bird and Fortune

Bremner, Bird and Fortune

1999 • Writer

Bremner, Bird and Fortune

Bremner, Bird and Fortune

1999 • Creator

Filmography

2010

The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret
The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret
as Magistrate
TV - Released: 10/1/2010

2008

TV
Bremner, Bird and Fortune: Silly Money
as Various
TV - Released: 11/2/2008

2007

Comedy Showcase
Comedy Showcase
as Magistrate
TV - Released: 10/5/2007

2005

Match Point
Match Point
as John the Chauffeur
Movie - Released: 10/26/2005
Love Soup
Love Soup
TV - Released: 9/27/2005

2004

New Tricks
New Tricks
as Mel Simons
TV - Released: 1/1/2004

2003

Movie
Between Iraq and a Hard Place
Movie - Released: 1/5/2003
Calendar Girls
Calendar Girls
as Frank
Movie - Released: 9/2/2003
Spine Chillers
Spine Chillers
as Frank
TV - Released: 6/23/2003

2002

Peter Cook: At a Slight Angle to the Universe
Peter Cook: At a Slight Angle to the Universe
as Self
Movie - Released: 1/12/2002

2001

The Tailor of Panama
The Tailor of Panama
as Maltby
Movie - Released: 3/30/2001

2000

Saving Grace
Saving Grace
as Melvyn
Movie - Released: 1/24/2000
Maybe Baby
Maybe Baby
as Acupuncturist
Movie - Released: 6/2/2000

1999

The Strange Case of Delfina Potocka
The Strange Case of Delfina Potocka
as 2nd Official
Movie - Released: 1/1/1999
Bremner, Bird and Fortune
Bremner, Bird and Fortune
TV - Released: 10/17/1999

1996

Movie
Giving Tongue
Movie - Released: 9/1/1996
Movie
Giving Tongue
as Chief Executive
Movie - Released: 9/1/1996

1995

England, My England
England, My England
as Edward Hyde, Earl of Clarendon
Movie - Released: 1/1/1995
A Very Open Prison
A Very Open Prison
as Prime Minister
Movie - Released: 12/9/1995
Queen's Nose
Queen's Nose
as Sir Vivian
TV - Released: 11/15/1995

1993

Don't Leave Me This Way
Don't Leave Me This Way
as George Saunders
Movie - Released: 5/30/1993
TV
Rory Bremner...Who Else?
TV - Released: 10/9/1993

1991

Murder Most Horrid
Murder Most Horrid
as Squire Thorpe
TV - Released: 11/14/1991

1990

Life After Life
Life After Life
as Detective Inspector Curtin
Movie - Released: 12/30/1990
Have I Got News for You
Have I Got News for You
as Self
TV - Released: 9/28/1990

1989

TV
Rory Bremner
TV - Released: 5/31/1989
Campion
Campion
as Dr. Brian Kingston
TV - Released: 1/22/1989

1986

The Demon Lover
The Demon Lover
as Eric Farnham
Movie - Released: 6/21/1986

1984

Bloodbath at the House of Death
Bloodbath at the House of Death
as John Harrison
Movie - Released: 3/29/1984
The Bill
The Bill
TV - Released: 10/16/1984

1982

The Secret Policeman's Other Ball
The Secret Policeman's Other Ball
as Self - Various Roles
Movie - Released: 3/1/1982

1981

Timon of Athens
Timon of Athens
as Poet
Movie - Released: 4/16/1981
Hi-de-Hi!
Hi-de-Hi!
as Max Tewkesbury
TV - Released: 2/19/1981

1980

Yes Minister
Yes Minister
TV - Released: 2/25/1980

1978

The Light Princess
The Light Princess
as Prince
Movie - Released: 12/24/1978
The BBC Television Shakespeare
The BBC Television Shakespeare
as Poet
TV - Released: 12/3/1978

1976

Jumbo
Jumbo
as Dick Thompson
Movie - Released: 5/14/1976
The Secret Policeman's Ball
The Secret Policeman's Ball
as Self
TV - Released: 4/1/1976
TV
Well Anyway
TV - Released: 9/24/1976

1973

The Cobblers of Umbridge
The Cobblers of Umbridge
as Phil Cobbler
Movie - Released: 1/1/1973

1970

Take a Girl Like You
Take a Girl Like You
as Sir Gerald
Movie - Released: 12/16/1970

1967

TV
A Series Of Bird's
TV - Released: 10/3/1967

1965

The End of Arthur's Marriage
The End of Arthur's Marriage
as Server
Movie - Released: 11/17/1965
Movie
The Drinking Party
as Phaedrus
Movie - Released: 11/14/1965

1964

TV
Not So Much a Programme, More a Way of Life
TV - Released: 11/13/1964

Unknown

Movie
Rory Bremner: From Blair to Here
as George Parr
Movie