Timothy West

Timothy West

Known for Acting · 130 credits

Born
1934-10-20
Died
2024-11-12
Place of birth
Bradford, West Yorkshire, England, UK
Also known as
Tim West · Timothy Lancaster West · Timothy West CBE

Biography

Timothy Lancaster West, CBE was an English film, stage, presenter and television actor, with more than fifty years of varied work in the business.

Known For

TV Shows (63)

Midsomer Murders
TV

Midsomer Murders

1997

as Marcus Devere

Coronation Street
TV

Coronation Street

1960

as Eric Babbage

Agatha Christie's Poirot
TV

Agatha Christie's Poirot

1989

as Reverend Cottrell

Play for Today
TV

Play for Today

1970

as Mark Childers

Waking the Dead
TV

Waking the Dead

2001

as Joe Doyle

Tales of the Unexpected
TV

Tales of the Unexpected

1979

as Albert Taylor

Inside No. 9
TV

Inside No. 9

2014

as Andrew

New Tricks
TV

New Tricks

2004

as Professor Mears

Lewis
TV

Lewis

2007

as Donald Terry

Theatre 625
TV

Theatre 625

1964

as Jan

No Hiding Place
TV

No Hiding Place

1959

Not Going Out
TV

Not Going Out

2006

as Geoffrey Adams

The Inspector Lynley Mysteries
TV

The Inspector Lynley Mysteries

2002

as Andy Maiden

The Alan Titchmarsh Show
TV

The Alan Titchmarsh Show

2007

as Self

An Audience with...
TV

An Audience with...

1978

as Self

Thirty-Minute Theatre
TV

Thirty-Minute Theatre

1965

as Jack Campion

Performance
TV

Performance

1991

as Gloucester

Shakespeare & Hathaway - Private Investigators
TV

Shakespeare & Hathaway - Private Investigators

2018

as Johnny Falstaff

Murder in Mind
TV

Murder in Mind

2001

as Dr. William Collins

Gentleman Jack
TV

Gentleman Jack

2019

as Jeremy Lister

Murder Most Horrid
TV

Murder Most Horrid

1991

as Old Doctor Adams

Campion
TV

Campion

1989

as William Faraday

Mystery and Imagination
TV

Mystery and Imagination

1966

as Dr Middleton

Bramwell
TV

Bramwell

1995

as Colonel Kindersley

Screen One
TV

Screen One

1989

as Derek Blore / Geoffrey Cowper

Toast of London
TV

Toast of London

2013

Shakespeare: The Animated Tales
TV

Shakespeare: The Animated Tales

1992

as Prospero (voice)

Goodnight Sweetheart
TV

Goodnight Sweetheart

1993

Bleak House
TV

Bleak House

2005

as Sir Leicester Dedlock

Titanic
TV

Titanic

2012

as Lord Pirrie

A Very Peculiar Practice
TV

A Very Peculiar Practice

1986

as Professor Furie

Great Canal Journeys
TV

Great Canal Journeys

2014

as Self

Last Tango in Halifax
TV

Last Tango in Halifax

2012

as Ted

Miss Marple: A Pocketful of Rye
TV

Miss Marple: A Pocketful of Rye

1985

as Rex Fortescue

Colditz
TV

Colditz

2005

as Bunny Warren

The Edwardians
TV

The Edwardians

1972

as Horatio Bottomley

Going Postal
TV

Going Postal

2010

as Ridcully

Brass
TV

Brass

1983

as Bradley Hardacre / Winston Churchill

After Henry
TV

After Henry

1988

as Nigel

Theatre Night
TV

Theatre Night

1957

as Talky

Masada
TV

Masada

1981

as Emperor Vespasian

Theatre Night
TV

Theatre Night

1985

as Doctor Rance / David Roberts / Ewbank

Bedtime
TV

Bedtime

2001

as Andrew Oldfield

Armchair Theatre
TV

Armchair Theatre

1956

as Ralph

Tender Is the Night
TV

Tender Is the Night

1985

as Mr. Morris

Friday Night, Saturday Morning
TV

Friday Night, Saturday Morning

1979

The Alan Clark Diaries
TV

The Alan Clark Diaries

2004

as Sir Robert Armstrong

Hard Times
TV

Hard Times

1977

as Josiah Bounderby

London
TV

London

2004

as Henry Mayhew

Edward the Seventh
TV

Edward the Seventh

1975

as Albert Edward 'Bertie' / Edward, Prince of Wales / King Edward VII

The Monocled Mutineer
TV

The Monocled Mutineer

1986

Exile
TV

Exile

2011

as Metzler

Framed
TV

Framed

1992

as DCI Jimmy McKinnes

Dickens
TV

Dickens

2002

as John Dickens

Villains
TV

Villains

1972

as Benny

Persuasion
TV

Persuasion

1960

as Charles Hayter

Lenin... The Train
TV

Lenin... The Train

1988

as Alexander 'Helphand' Parvus

Smokescreen
TV

Smokescreen

1994

as Frank Sheringham

A Room with a View
TV

A Room with a View

2008

as Reverend Eager

Crime and Punishment
TV

Crime and Punishment

1979

as Pyotr Petrovich Luzhin

Movies (67)

Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas
Movie

Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas

2003

as Dymas (voice)

The Day of the Jackal
Movie

The Day of the Jackal

1973

as Commissioner Berthier

EverAfter
Movie

EverAfter

1998

as King Francis

The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc
Movie

The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc

1999

as Cauchon

102 Dalmatians
Movie

102 Dalmatians

2000

as Judge

Nicholas and Alexandra
Movie

Nicholas and Alexandra

1971

as Dr. Botkin

Iris
Movie

Iris

2001

as Older Maurice

Beyond Borders
Movie

Beyond Borders

2003

as Lawrence Bauford

Cry Freedom
Movie

Cry Freedom

1987

as Capt. De Wet

Murder Is Easy
Movie

Murder Is Easy

1982

as Lord Gordon Easterfield

The Place of the Dead
Movie

The Place of the Dead

1997

as Chairman of the Inquiry

Endgame
Movie

Endgame

2009

as P.W. Botha

Rough Cut
Movie

Rough Cut

1980

as Nigel Lawton

Station Jim
Movie

Station Jim

2001

as Sir Christopher Ellis

The Vote
Movie

The Vote

2015

as Fred Norris

Twisted Nerve
Movie

Twisted Nerve

1968

as Superintendant Dakin

Hitler: The Last Ten Days
Movie

Hitler: The Last Ten Days

1973

as Prof. Gebhardt

The Deadly Affair
Movie

The Deadly Affair

1967

as Matrvis (in Edward II)

Colditz
Movie

Colditz

2005

as Bunny Warren

The Thirty Nine Steps
Movie

The Thirty Nine Steps

1978

as Porton

Beryl Markham: A Shadow on the Sun
Movie

Beryl Markham: A Shadow on the Sun

1988

as Charles Clutterbuck

Florence Nightingale
Movie

Florence Nightingale

1985

as Russell

The Fourth Angel
Movie

The Fourth Angel

2001

as Jones

Oliver Twist
Movie

Oliver Twist

1982

as Mr. Bumble

Edward II
Movie

Edward II

1970

as Young Mortimer

Run For Your Wife
Movie

Run For Your Wife

2012

as Man in Pub

A Room with a View
Movie

A Room with a View

2007

as Mr Eager

The Looking Glass War
Movie

The Looking Glass War

1970

as Taylor

Agatha
Movie

Agatha

1979

as Kenward

Dirty Beasts
Movie

Dirty Beasts

1990

as Narrator

The Devil's Advocate
Movie

The Devil's Advocate

1977

as Father Anselmo

The Tragedy of King Richard II
Movie

The Tragedy of King Richard II

1970

as Henry Bolingbroke

Consuming Passions
Movie

Consuming Passions

1988

as Dr. Rees

Lenin: The Train
Movie

Lenin: The Train

1988

as Parvus

Animated Epics: Beowulf
Movie

Animated Epics: Beowulf

1998

as Hrothgar ( voice )

Soft Beds, Hard Battles
Movie

Soft Beds, Hard Battles

1974

The Tragedy of Flight 103: The Inside Story
Movie

The Tragedy of Flight 103: The Inside Story

1990

as Col. Wilfred Wood

Hedda
Movie

Hedda

1975

as Brack

When We Are Married
Movie

When We Are Married

1987

as Councillor Albert Parker

Joseph Andrews
Movie

Joseph Andrews

1977

as Mr. Tow-Wouse

Henry VIII
Movie

Henry VIII

1979

as Cardinal Wolsey

Churchill and the Generals
Movie

Churchill and the Generals

1979

as Winston Churchill

Harry's Kingdom
Movie

Harry's Kingdom

1987

as Harry King

King Lear
Movie

King Lear

1998

as Gloucester

The Big Snow of '47
Movie

The Big Snow of '47

2024

as Self

Blore M.P.
Movie

Blore M.P.

1989

as Derek Blore MP

Eleven Men Against Eleven
Movie

Eleven Men Against Eleven

1995

as Sir Bob Luckton

Revolting Rhymes
Movie

Revolting Rhymes

1990

as Narrator

Martin Luther
Movie

Martin Luther

2003

as Martin Luther

The Tempest
Movie

The Tempest

1993

as Prospero

Beecham
Movie

Beecham

1990

as Sir Thomas Beecham

Delirium
Movie

Delirium

2017

as College Bursar

Survival of the Fittest
Movie

Survival of the Fittest

1990

as Geoffrey Cowper

The After Dinner Game
Movie

The After Dinner Game

1975

as Mark Childers

Villa Des Roses
Movie

Villa Des Roses

2002

as Hugh Burrell

Idle-Hands
Movie

Idle-Hands

2010

as Spam

Sardines
Movie

Sardines

2014

as Andrew

We the Kings
Movie

We the Kings

2018

as Victor

The Good Doctor Bodkin-Adams
Movie

The Good Doctor Bodkin-Adams

1986

as Dr John Bodkin Adams

The Book of Water
Movie

The Book of Water

as Geiser

Night of the Broken
Movie

Night of the Broken

2022

as Adolf Hitler

Breakthrough at Reykjavik
Movie

Breakthrough at Reykjavik

1987

as Mikhail Gorbachev

Bring Back My Bonnie
Movie

Bring Back My Bonnie

2022

as Roger

What the Butler Saw
Movie

What the Butler Saw

1987

as Dr Rance

News from Nowhere
Movie

News from Nowhere

1978

as William Morris

Another Audience with Dame Edna Everage
Movie

Another Audience with Dame Edna Everage

1984

as Self

Horatio Bottomley
Movie

Horatio Bottomley

1972

as Horatio Bottomley

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Timothy Lancaster West, CBE was an English film, stage, presenter and television actor, with more than fifty years of varied work in the business. With 130 credits spanning from 1956 to 2024, Timothy West has appeared in 67 films and 63 TV shows.

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