John Fortune
Acting • Born 1939-06-30 – Died 2013-12-31
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.
Filmography
49 credits
Saving Grace
Movie • 2000
Melvyn
The Strange Case of Delfina Potocka
Movie • 1999
2nd Official
Between Iraq and a Hard Place
Movie • 2003
Bloodbath at the House of Death
Movie • 1984
John Harrison
The Secret Policeman's Other Ball
Movie • 1982
Self - Various Roles
The Cobblers of Umbridge
Movie • 1973
Phil Cobbler
Match Point
Movie • 2005
John the Chauffeur
Don't Leave Me This Way
Movie • 1993
George Saunders
Timon of Athens
Movie • 1981
Poet
Calendar Girls
Movie • 2003
Frank
Rory Bremner: From Blair to Here
Movie
George Parr
England, My England
Movie • 1995
Edward Hyde, Earl of Clarendon
The End of Arthur's Marriage
Movie • 1965
Server
Life After Life
Movie • 1990
Detective Inspector Curtin
Maybe Baby
Movie • 2000
Acupuncturist
The Tailor of Panama
Movie • 2001
Maltby
Giving Tongue
Movie • 1996
Chief Executive
The Light Princess
Movie • 1978
Prince
A Very Open Prison
Movie • 1995
Prime Minister
Take a Girl Like You
Movie • 1970
Sir Gerald
The Drinking Party
Movie • 1965
Phaedrus
Jumbo
Movie • 1976
Dick Thompson
The Demon Lover
Movie • 1986
Eric Farnham
Peter Cook: At a Slight Angle to the Universe
Movie • 2002
Self
The Robbie Coltrane Special
Movie • 1989
Self
Murder Most Horrid
TV • 1991
Squire Thorpe
The Bill
TV • 1984
Bremner, Bird and Fortune: Silly Money
TV • 2008
Various
The Secret Policeman's Ball
TV • 1976
Self
Yes Minister
TV • 1980
Bremner, Bird and Fortune
TV • 1999
New Tricks
TV • 2004
Mel Simons
Not So Much a Programme, More a Way of Life
TV • 1964
Rory Bremner
TV • 1989
Rory Bremner...Who Else?
TV • 1993
Well Anyway
TV • 1976
Hi-de-Hi!
TV • 1980
Max Tewkesbury
A Series of Bird's
TV • 1967
The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret
TV • 2010
Magistrate
Spine Chillers
TV • 2003
Frank
Campion
TV • 1989
Dr. Brian Kingston
Comedy Showcase
TV • 2007
Magistrate
Love Soup
TV • 2005
Have I Got News for You
TV • 1990
Self
Queen's Nose
TV • 1995
Sir Vivian
Playhouse
TV • 1974
Dick Thomson
Hardwicke House
TV • 1987
Psychologist
First Among Equals
TV • 1986
Clive Reynolds
Joking Apart
TV • 1993
Clement