Acting
John Fortune
Born June 30, 1939 · Bristol, England, UK · Died December 31, 2013
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
7.6
Match Point
John the Chauffeur
6.1
The Tailor of Panama
Maltby
6.9
Saving Grace
Melvyn
6.9
Calendar Girls
Frank
8.6
Yes Minister
1980 · Series
5.6
Maybe Baby
Acupuncturist
5.0
Bloodbath at the House of Death
John Harrison
7.5
The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret
Magistrate
7.9
Have I Got News for You
Self
8.0
New Tricks
Mel Simons
6.7
The Bill
1984 · Series
6.7
Hi-de-Hi!
Max Tewkesbury
5.5
Take a Girl Like You
Sir Gerald
7.2
Murder Most Horrid
Squire Thorpe
3.8
Rentadick
Additional Dialogue
7.6
Campion
Dr. Brian Kingston
6.0
The End of Arthur's Marriage
Server
8.1
Love Soup
2005 · Series
7.1
The South Bank Show
1978 · Series
6.6
The Secret Policeman's Other Ball
Self - Various Roles
Filmography
- 2010The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd MargaretMagistrateSeries
- 2008Bremner, Bird and Fortune: Silly MoneyVariousSeries
- 2007Comedy ShowcaseMagistrateSeries
- 2006Coup!WriterMovie
- 2005Match PointJohn the ChauffeurMovie
- 2005Love SoupSeries
- 2004New TricksMel SimonsSeries
- 2003Calendar GirlsFrankMovie
- 2003Spine ChillersFrankSeries
- 2003Between Iraq and a Hard PlaceMovie
- 2002Peter Cook: At a Slight Angle to the UniverseSelfMovie
- 2001The Tailor of PanamaMaltbyMovie
- 2000Maybe BabyAcupuncturistMovie
- 2000Saving GraceMelvynMovie
- 1999Bremner, Bird and FortuneSeries
- 1999The Strange Case of Delfina Potocka2nd OfficialMovie
- 1996Giving TongueChief ExecutiveMovie
- 1995A Very Open PrisonPrime MinisterMovie
- 1995The Queen's NoseSir VivianSeries
- 1995England, My EnglandEdward Hyde, Earl of ClarendonMovie
- 1993Rory Bremner...Who Else?Series
- 1993Don't Leave Me This WayGeorge SaundersMovie
- 1993Joking ApartClementSeries
- 1991Murder Most HorridSquire ThorpeSeries
- 1990Life After LifeDetective Inspector CurtinMovie
- 1990Have I Got News for YouSelfSeries
- 1989The Robbie Coltrane SpecialSelfMovie
- 1989Rory BremnerSeries
- 1989CampionDr. Brian KingstonSeries
- 1988CampaignWarren GreenbankSeries
- 1987Hardwicke HousePsychologistSeries
- 1986Breaking UpMr. JacksonSeries
- 1986First Among EqualsClive ReynoldsSeries
- 1986The Demon LoverEric FarnhamMovie
- 1984The BillSeries
- 1984Round And RoundWriterSeries
- 1984Bloodbath at the House of DeathJohn HarrisonMovie
- 1982The Secret Policeman's Other BallSelf - Various RolesMovie
- 1981Roger Doesn't Live Here AnymoreWriterSeries
- 1981Timon of AthensPoetMovie
- 1980Yes MinisterSeries
- 1980Hi-de-Hi!Max TewkesburySeries
- 1978The Light PrincessPrinceMovie
- 1978In the Looking GlassSeries
- 1978The South Bank ShowSeries
- 1976Well AnywaySeries
- 1976JumboDick ThompsonMovie
- 1976The Secret Policeman's BallSelfSeries
- 1974PlayhouseDick ThomsonSeries
- 1973The Cobblers of UmbridgePhil Cobbler, WriterMovie
- 1972RentadickAdditional DialogueMovie
- 1970Take a Girl Like YouSir GeraldMovie
- 1967A Series of Bird'sSeries
- 1965The End of Arthur's MarriageServerMovie
- 1965The Drinking PartyPhaedrusMovie
- 1964Not So Much a Programme, More a Way of LifeSeries
- 1963Dig This RhubarbSeries
- 1956Armchair TheatreGeorge PotterSeries
- —Rory Bremner: From Blair to HereGeorge Parr, WriterMovie