ACTOR
Timothy West
Known for Agatha Christie's Poirot · Midsomer Murders · Coronation Street
Timothy Lancaster West, CBE was an English film, stage, presenter and television actor, with more than fifty years of varied work in the business.
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- Born
- Oct 20, 1934
- Died
- Nov 12, 2024
- Birthplace
- Bradford, West Yorkshire, England, UK
- Known For
- Acting
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.
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Known For
Filmography
Movies
The Deadly AffairMatrvis (in Edward II)
1967
Twisted NerveSuperintendant Dakin
1968
Edward IIYoung Mortimer
1970
The Looking Glass WarTaylor
1970
The Tragedy of King Richard IIHenry Bolingbroke
1970
Nicholas and AlexandraDr. Botkin
1971
Horatio BottomleyHoratio Bottomley
1972
Hitler: The Last Ten DaysProf. Gebhardt
1973
The Day of the JackalCommissioner Berthier
1973
Soft Beds, Hard Battles
1974
HeddaBrack
1975
The After Dinner GameMark Childers
1975
Joseph AndrewsMr. Tow-Wouse
1977
The Devil's AdvocateFather Anselmo
1977NF
News from NowhereWilliam Morris
1978
The Thirty Nine StepsPorton
1978
AgathaKenward
1979
Churchill and the GeneralsWinston Churchill
1979
Henry VIIICardinal Wolsey
1979
Rough CutNigel Lawton
1980
Murder Is EasyLord Gordon Easterfield
1982
Oliver TwistMr. Bumble
1982
Another Audience with Dame Edna EverageSelf
1984
Florence NightingaleWilliam Russell
1985
The Good Doctor Bodkin-AdamsDr John Bodkin Adams
1986BA
Breakthrough at ReykjavikMikhail Gorbachev
1987
Cry FreedomCapt. De Wet
1987
Harry's KingdomHarry King
1987
What the Butler SawDr Rance
1987
When We Are MarriedCouncillor Albert Parker
1987
Beryl Markham: A Shadow on the SunCharles Clutterbuck
1988
Consuming PassionsDr. Rees
1988
Lenin: The TrainParvus
1988
StrifeDavid Roberts
1988
Blore M.P.Derek Blore MP
1989B
BeechamSir Thomas Beecham
1990
Dirty BeastsNarrator
1990
Revolting RhymesNarrator
1990
Survival of the FittestGeoffrey Cowper
1990
The Tragedy of Flight 103: The Inside StoryCol. Wilfred Wood
1990
The TempestProspero
1993
Eleven Men Against ElevenSir Bob Luckton
1995
CutsLord Mellow
1996
The Place of the DeadChairman of the Inquiry
1997
Animated Epics: BeowulfHrothgar ( voice )
1998
EverAfterKing Francis
1998
King LearGloucester
1998
The Messenger: The Story of Joan of ArcCauchon
1999
102 DalmatiansJudge
2000
IrisOlder Maurice
2001
Station JimSir Christopher Ellis
2001
The Fourth AngelJones
2001
Villa Des RosesHugh Burrell
2002
Beyond BordersLawrence Bauford
2003
Martin LutherMartin Luther
2003
Sinbad: Legend of the Seven SeasDymas (voice)
2003
ColditzBunny Warren
2005
A Room with a ViewMr Eager
2007
EndgameP.W. Botha
2009I
Idle-HandsSpam
2010
Going Postal 2in1Ridcully
2011
Run For Your WifeMan in Pub
2012
SardinesAndrew
2014
The VoteFred Norris
2015
DeliriumCollege Bursar
2017
We the KingsVictor
2018
Bring Back My BonnieRoger
2022
Night of the BrokenAdolf Hitler
2022
The Big Snow of '47Self
2024TB
The Book of WaterGeiser
Television
Armchair TheatreRalph · 1 eps
1956
Theatre NightTalky · 1 eps
1957
No Hiding Place1 eps
1959
Coronation StreetEric Babbage · 7 eps
1960
PersuasionCharles Hayter · 2 eps
1960
Theatre 625Jan · 1 eps
1964
Thirty-Minute TheatreJack Campion · 1 eps
1965
Mystery and ImaginationDr Middleton · 1 eps
1966T
TrappedOssie · 1 eps
1967WH
Witch HuntDr. Howard Agister · 5 eps
1967
Big Breadwinner HogLennox · 8 eps
1969
Play for TodayMark Childers · 1 eps
1970
The EdwardiansHoratio Bottomley · 1 eps
1972
VillainsBenny · 1 eps
1972
Edward the SeventhAlbert Edward 'Bertie' · 1 eps
1975Edward the SeventhEdward, Prince of Wales · 5 eps
1975Edward the SeventhKing Edward VII · 3 eps
1975CT
Cottage to LetDavid Weston · 1 eps
1977
Hard TimesJosiah Bounderby · 4 eps
1977
An Audience with...Self · 3 eps
1978
Crime and PunishmentPyotr Petrovich Luzhin · 2 eps
1979
Friday Night, Saturday Morning1 eps
1979
Tales of the UnexpectedAlbert Taylor · 1 eps
1979
MasadaEmperor Vespasian · 1 eps
1981
BrassBradley Hardacre · 32 eps
1983BrassWinston Churchill · 1 eps
1983
Miss MarpleRex Fortescue · 1 eps
1984
Miss Marple: A Pocketful of RyeRex Fortescue · 2 eps
1985
Tender Is the NightMr. Morris · 1 eps
1985
Theatre NightDoctor Rance · 1 eps
1985Theatre NightDavid Roberts · 1 eps
1985Theatre NightEwbank · 1 eps
1985
A Very Peculiar PracticeProfessor Furie · 1 eps
1986SP
Sunday PremiereHarry King · 1 eps
1986
The Monocled Mutineer4 eps
1986
After HenryNigel · 1 eps
1988
Lenin... The TrainAlexander 'Helphand' Parvus · 2 eps
1988
Agatha Christie's PoirotReverend Cottrell · 1 eps
1989
CampionWilliam Faraday · 2 eps
1989
Screen OneDerek Blore · 1 eps
1989Screen OneGeoffrey Cowper · 1 eps
1989
Murder Most HorridOld Doctor Adams · 1 eps
1991
PerformanceGloucester · 1 eps
1991
FramedDCI Jimmy McKinnes · 4 eps
1992
Shakespeare: The Animated TalesProspero (voice) · 1 eps
1992
Goodnight SweetheartTufty McDuff · 2 eps
1993
SmokescreenFrank Sheringham · 6 eps
1994
BramwellColonel Kindersley · 1 eps
1995OH
Over HereNarrator · 2 eps
1996
Midsomer MurdersMarcus Devere · 1 eps
1997
BedtimeAndrew Oldfield · 15 eps
2001
Murder in MindDr. William Collins · 1 eps
2001
Waking the DeadJoe Doyle · 2 eps
2001
DickensJohn Dickens · 1 eps
2002
The Inspector Lynley MysteriesAndy Maiden · 1 eps
2002LF
Looking for VictoriaThomas Creevey · 2 eps
2003L
LondonHenry Mayhew · 3 eps
2004
New TricksProfessor Mears · 1 eps
2004
The Alan Clark DiariesSir Robert Armstrong · 1 eps
2004
Bleak HouseSir Leicester Dedlock · 12 eps
2005
ColditzBunny Warren · 2 eps
2005
Not Going OutGeoffrey Adams · 3 eps
2006
LewisDonald Terry · 1 eps
2007TA
The Alan Titchmarsh ShowSelf · 1 eps
2007AR
A Room with a ViewReverend Eager · 2 eps
2008
Going PostalRidcully · 2 eps
2010
ExileMetzler · 2 eps
2011
Last Tango in HalifaxTed · 4 eps
2012
TitanicLord Pirrie · 4 eps
2012
Toast of London1 eps
2013
Great Canal JourneysSelf · 34 eps
2014
Inside No. 9Andrew · 1 eps
2014
Shakespeare & Hathaway - Private InvestigatorsJohnny Falstaff · 1 eps
2018
Dad's Army: The Lost EpisodesPte. Charles Godfrey · 3 eps
2019
Gentleman JackJeremy Lister · 16 eps
2019Photos
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