Guest-star file · Series 2
Richard Briers
as Reverend Stephen Wentworth in Death's Shadow
The Good Life · Ever Decreasing Circles
The Midsomer part
Who did Richard Briers play?
The Reverend Stephen Wentworth is the parish clergyman in a case shaped by the long memory of a village. Briers gives the apparently conventional churchman a quiet gravity that suits the episode's buried history.
This overview explains the character's place in the story without identifying the killer or final outcome.
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A brief performer profile.
Richard Briers became one of Britain's best-loved television actors through The Good Life and Ever Decreasing Circles. Alongside comedy he maintained an extensive stage career and became a notable interpreter of Shakespeare, including several films directed by Kenneth Branagh.
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