- Acting films
- 41
- Acting avg
- 6.61
- Peak run
- 1960’61
- 7+ run
- 6 films
Acting films, by TMDB rating
The career
Dot size shows audience votes. Films below the source vote floor sit on the baseline.
As an actor, films with 25+ votes
Norman by the numbers
Average
6.61
26 rated films
Vote weighted
6.64
bigger films count more
Median
6.6
half are better
Consistency
±0.57
rating spread
Career
40y
1954 to 1993
Total votes
4.18K
across every film
Best
7.5
The Hill
Worst
5.8
The Final Conflict
Newest first
Filmography
| 1993 |  Shadowlands | Taxi Driver Witness | 6.9 | 319 |
| 1981 |  The Final Conflict | Dr. Philmore | 5.8 | 677 |
| 1978 |  The Lord of the Rings | Bilbo (voice) | 6.6 | 1,095 |
| 1978 |  The Medusa Touch | Major Henry Morlar | 6.8 | 206 |
| 1976 |  The Slipper and the Rose | Dress Shop Proprieter | 6.9 | 57 |
| 1972 |  Ooh...You Are Awful | Warder Burke | · | 19 |
| 1972 |  Young Winston | Party Chairman | 6.2 | 54 |
| 1972 |  Doomwatch | Brewer | 6.1 | 26 |
| 1971 |  Hands of the Ripper | Police Inspector | 6.2 | 83 |
| 1971 |  Please Sir! | Reynolds | 5.7 | 27 |
| 1971 |  The Raging Moon | Dr Matthews | · | 20 |
| 1970 |  The Rise and Rise of Michael Rimmer | Alderman Poot | · | 19 |
| 1970 | The Virgin and the Gypsy | Uncle Fred | · | 8 |
| 1969 |  Oh! What a Lovely War | Training Sgt (uncredited) | 6.6 | 54 |
| 1968 |  A Dandy in Aspic | Copperfield | 6.9 | 28 |
| 1966 |  The Wrong Box | Clergyman | 6.4 | 70 |
| 1966 |  Sky West and Crooked | Mr. Cheeseman - undertaker | · | 12 |
| 1965 |  The Hill | Commandant | 7.5 | 266 |
| 1964 |  The Black Torment | Harris | 5.9 | 25 |
| 1964 |  First Men in the Moon | Stuart | 6.3 | 150 |
Better together?
Norman Bird's regulars
The number on the right is the lift: their average together minus the average of their two careers. Acting pairs here count billed roles (an actor in a director's top six, co-stars both in the top five); each duo page counts every film they made together in those roles.
Films together: Basil Dearden and Norman Bird movies
Takes