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