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John Fortune

Cast & creator

John Fortune

1939-06-30 (died at 74) Bristol, England, UKIMDb

Best known for The South Bank Show, Have I Got News for You, The Bill

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.

Movies

29

film credits

Series

36

television credits

Career

55

1956–2010 · acting roles

Credit score

7.1

average across scored titles

Signature credits

Known for

Ordered by popularity

The South Bank Show

The South Bank Show

Acting · 1978

Have I Got News for You

Have I Got News for You

Self · 1990

The Bill

The Bill

Acting · 1984

New Tricks

New Tricks

Mel Simons · 2004

Playhouse

Playhouse

Dick Thomson · 1974

Across film & television

Filmography (65)

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The South Bank Show

The South Bank Show

Have I Got News for You

Have I Got News for You

Self

The Bill

The Bill

New Tricks

New Tricks

Mel Simons

Playhouse

Playhouse

Dick Thomson

Murder Most Horrid

Murder Most Horrid

Squire Thorpe

Campion

Campion

Dr. Brian Kingston

Yes Minister

Yes Minister

Match Point

Match Point

John the Chauffeur

Bremner, Bird and Fortune

Bremner, Bird and Fortune

Bremner, Bird and Fortune

Bremner, Bird and Fortune

Writer

Bremner, Bird and Fortune

Bremner, Bird and Fortune

Creator

The Tailor of Panama

The Tailor of Panama

Maltby

The Queen's Nose

The Queen's Nose

Sir Vivian

Love Soup

Love Soup

Not So Much a Programme, More a Way of Life

The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret

The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret

Magistrate

Hi-de-Hi!

Hi-de-Hi!

Max Tewkesbury

The Secret Policeman's Ball

The Secret Policeman's Ball

Self

Spine Chillers

Spine Chillers

Frank

Comedy Showcase

Comedy Showcase

Magistrate

Calendar Girls

Frank

Rory Bremner...Who Else?

Armchair Theatre

Armchair Theatre

George Potter

First Among Equals

First Among Equals

Clive Reynolds

Breaking Up

Mr. Jackson

Joking Apart

Joking Apart

Clement

Rory Bremner

Hardwicke House

Hardwicke House

Psychologist

Saving Grace

Saving Grace

Melvyn

A Series of Bird's

A Series of Bird's

Writer

A Series of Bird's

Creator

Campaign

Warren Greenbank

Bremner, Bird and Fortune: Silly Money

Various

Maybe Baby

Maybe Baby

Acupuncturist

Bloodbath at the House of Death

Bloodbath at the House of Death

John Harrison

Don't Leave Me This Way

Don't Leave Me This Way

George Saunders

Roger Doesn't Live Here Anymore

Writer

A Very Open Prison

A Very Open Prison

Prime Minister

Well Anyway

The Robbie Coltrane Special

The Robbie Coltrane Special

Self

Coup!

Coup!

Writer

The Strange Case of Delfina Potocka

The Strange Case of Delfina Potocka

2nd Official

Take a Girl Like You

Take a Girl Like You

Sir Gerald

Dig This Rhubarb

The Secret Policeman's Other Ball

The Secret Policeman's Other Ball

Self - Various Roles

Jumbo

Jumbo

Dick Thompson

Peter Cook: At a Slight Angle to the Universe

Peter Cook: At a Slight Angle to the Universe

Self

The End of Arthur's Marriage

The End of Arthur's Marriage

Server

The Light Princess

The Light Princess

Prince

Timon of Athens

Timon of Athens

Poet

The Cobblers of Umbridge

The Cobblers of Umbridge

Phil Cobbler

The Cobblers of Umbridge

The Cobblers of Umbridge

Writer

Life After Life

Life After Life

Detective Inspector Curtin

Rory Bremner: From Blair to Here

George Parr

Rory Bremner: From Blair to Here

Writer

The Demon Lover

The Demon Lover

Eric Farnham

Round And Round

Writer

The Drinking Party

Phaedrus

Rentadick

Rentadick

Additional Dialogue

England, My England

England, My England

Edward Hyde, Earl of Clarendon

Giving Tongue

Chief Executive

In the Looking Glass

Between Iraq and a Hard Place

Between Iraq and a Hard Place