Ernest Briggs — Ethel & Ernest Character Profile

About Ernest Briggs

A milk-man who courts and marries Ethel in 1928. During WWII, he joins the fire service and is shocked by the carnage. He is Raymond's father, consoles him after Ethel's death, and eventually passes away, becoming immortalized through his son's memoir.

Ernest Briggs — Character Profile

Character Facts

Played by

Jim Broadbent

Appears in

Ethel & Ernest (2016)

Role

Protagonist

Relationships (3)

• Ernest Briggs — Family Step Son — Ernest's Step Mother (June Brown)

  Step son relationship

• Ernest Briggs — Family Father — Raymond Briggs (Raymond Briggs)

  Father of Raymond

• Ernest Briggs — Family Spouse — Ethel Briggs (Brenda Blethyn)

  Married couple and central characters of the story

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More characters from Ethel & Ernest

• Ethel Briggs (Brenda Blethyn)
• Raymond Briggs (Luke Treadaway)
• Middle Aged Doctor (Roger Allam)
• Young Raymond (voice) (Harry Collett)
• Lady of the House (Virginia McKenna)
• Midwife / Aunty Flo (voice) (Gillian Hanna)
• Detective Sergeant Burnley (Peter Wight)
• Wedding Photographer / Radio Announcer / BBC Newsreader / Newspaper Seller / Tailor / Arthur (voice) (Duncan Wisbey)
• Best Man / Fireman / Train Guard / Doctor (voice) (Alex Jordan)
• Teenage Raymond (voice) (Macready Massey)
• Jean (Raymond's wife) (voice) (Karyn Claydon)
• Mrs Bennett / Aunty Betty (Pam Ferris)