John Bird was an English actor and satirist. His television work included many appearances with John Fortune.
From 1996 to 1999, Bird starred as barrister John Fuller-Carp in the BBC radio and television sitcom, Chambers. He has also starred in the BBC Radio 4 and BBC 2 series, Absolute Power with Stephen Fry.
He had also guest starred in two television series by writer Davis Renwick, namely in three episodes of Jonathan Creek, as well as in one episode of One foot in the Grave. He also featured in Renwick’s 2016 BBC Radio 4 show, Desolation Jests.
In the series of sketches with John Fortune, known as The Long Johns, one of the two men interviewed the other in the guise of a senior figure such as a politician, businessman or government consultant, invariably called George Parr.
Bird died on December 24, 2022, at the age of 86.