John Fortune
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
Have I Got News for You
1990
The Bill
1984
The South Bank Show
1978
New Tricks
2004
Playhouse
1974
Yes Minister
1980
Murder Most Horrid
1991
Match Point
2005
Bremner, Bird and Fortune
1999
Campion
1989
The Secret Policeman's Ball
1976
The Tailor of Panama
2001
Filmography
Have I Got News for You
as Self · 1990
The Bill
· 1984
The South Bank Show
· 1978
New Tricks
as Mel Simons · 2004
Playhouse
as Dick Thomson · 1974
Yes Minister
· 1980
Murder Most Horrid
as Squire Thorpe · 1991
Match Point
as John the Chauffeur · 2005
Bremner, Bird and Fortune
· 1999
Campion
as Dr. Brian Kingston · 1989
The Secret Policeman's Ball
as Self · 1976
The Tailor of Panama
as Maltby · 2001
The Queen's Nose
as Sir Vivian · 1995
The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret
as Magistrate · 2010
Hi-de-Hi!
as Max Tewkesbury · 1980
Calendar Girls
as Frank · 2003
Love Soup
· 2005
Not So Much a Programme, More a Way of Life
· 1964
Joking Apart
as Clement · 1993
Spine Chillers
as Frank · 2003
Comedy Showcase
as Magistrate · 2007
First Among Equals
as Clive Reynolds · 1986
Rory Bremner...Who Else?
· 1993
Hardwicke House
as Psychologist · 1987
Armchair Theatre
as George Potter · 1956
Rory Bremner
· 1989
Breaking Up
as Mr. Jackson · 1986
Saving Grace
as Melvyn · 2000
A Series of Bird's
· 1967
Bremner, Bird and Fortune: Silly Money
as Various · 2008
Take a Girl Like You
as Sir Gerald · 1970
Bloodbath at the House of Death
as John Harrison · 1984
Maybe Baby
as Acupuncturist · 2000
Campaign
as Warren Greenbank · 1988
Don't Leave Me This Way
as George Saunders · 1993
A Very Open Prison
as Prime Minister · 1995
The Secret Policeman's Other Ball
as Self - Various Roles · 1982
Dig This Rhubarb
· 1963
The Robbie Coltrane Special
as Self · 1989
Peter Cook: At a Slight Angle to the Universe
as Self · 2002
England, My England
as Edward Hyde, Earl of Clarendon · 1995
Timon of Athens
as Poet · 1981
Between Iraq and a Hard Place
· 2003
Well Anyway
· 1976
The Strange Case of Delfina Potocka
as 2nd Official · 1999
The Cobblers of Umbridge
as Phil Cobbler · 1973
The End of Arthur's Marriage
as Server · 1965
The Drinking Party
as Phaedrus · 1965
The Light Princess
as Prince · 1978
Jumbo
as Dick Thompson · 1976
In the Looking Glass
· 1978
The Demon Lover
as Eric Farnham · 1986
Life After Life
as Detective Inspector Curtin · 1990
Giving Tongue
as Chief Executive · 1996
Rory Bremner: From Blair to Here
as George Parr