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Timothy West Biography (1934-)

Full name, Timothy Lancaster West; born October 20, 1934, in Bradford, Yorkshire, England; son of Harry Lockwood (an actor) and Olive (maiden name, Carleton-Crowe) West; married Jacqueline Boyer, 1956 (divorced); married Prunella Scales (an actress), 1963; children: (first marriage) Juliet; (second marriage) Samuel (an actor), Joseph (an actor).

Nationality

British

Gender

Male

Occupation

Actor, director

Birth Details

October 20, 1934

Bradford, Yorkshire, United Kingdom

Famous Works

• CREDITS
• Stage Appearances
• (Stage debut) The farmer, Summertime, Wimbledon Theatre, London, 1956
• Talky, Caught Napping, Piccadilly Theatre, London, 1959
• The informer, The Life of Galileo, Mermaid Theatre, London, 1960
• Ginger, Afore Night Come, Arts Theatre, London, 1962
• Hubert, Gentle Jack, Queen's Theatre, London, 1963
• Arthur, Trigon, Arts Theatre, 1964
• Ginger, Afore Night Come, Royal Shakespeare Company, Aldwych Theatre, London, 1964
• Doctor, Victor, Royal Shakespeare Company, Aldwych Theatre, 1964
• Schoolmaster, Marat/Sade (also known as The Persecution and Assassination of Jean-Paul Marat As Performed by the Inmates of the Asylum of Charenton under the Direction of the Marquis de Sade), Royal Shakespeare Company, Aldwych Theatre, 1964
• Pilia-Borza, The Jew of Malta, Royal Shakespeare Company, AldwychTheatre, 1964
• Page, The Merry Wives of Windsor, Royal Shakespeare Company, Aldwych Theatre, 1964
• Sir Gilbert Boscoe, The Governor's Lady (Expeditions Two), Royal Shakespeare Company, Aldwych Theatre, 1964
• Sir Nathaniel, Love's Labour's Lost, Royal Shakespeare Company, Stratford-upon-Avon, England, 1965
• Tubal, The Merchant of Venice, Royal Shakespeare Company, 1965
• Pilia-Borza and Aegeon, The Comedy of Errors, Royal Shakespeare Company, 1965
• Lord Lucius, Timon of Athens, Royal Shakespeare Company, 1965
• Korobkin, The Government Inspector, Aldwych Theatre, 1966
• Mulka, The Investigation, Aldwych Theatre, 1966
• Alderman Smuggler, The Constant Couple, Prospect Theatre Company,New Theatre, London, 1967
• Emerson, A Room with a View, Prospect Theatre Company, Edinburgh Festival, Edinburgh, Scotland, 1967
• Otto, The Italian Girl, Wyndham's Theatre, London, 1968
• Gilles de Vannes, Abelard and Heloise, Wyndham's Theatre, 1970
• Robert Hand, Exiles, Mermaid Theatre, 1970
• Gilbert, The Critic As Artist, Open Space Theatre, London, 1970
• Sir William Gower, Trelawny of the Wells, Theatre Royal, Bristol,England, 1972
• Lear and Holofernes, Love's Labour's Lost, Aldwych Theatre, 1972
• Falstaff, Henry IV, Parts I and II, Theatre Royal, 1972
• Undershaft, Major Barbara, Forum Theatre, Billingham, England, 1973
• George Penny, The Houseboy, Open Space Theatre, 1973
• Shpigelsky, A Month in the Country, Chichester Festival Theatre, Chichester, England, 1974
• Title role, Macbeth, Gardner Centre, Brighton, England, 1974
• George, Jumpers, Gardner Centre, 1974
• Judge Brack, Hedda Gabler, Royal Shakespeare Company, Aldwych Theatre, 1975
• Shpigelsky, A Month in the Country, Prospect Theatre Company, Albery Theatre, London, 1975
• Emerson, A Room with a View, Prospect Theatre Company, Albery Theatre, 1975
• Iago, Othello, Nottingham, England, 1976
• Claudius, Hamlet, Old Vic Theatre Company, London, 1977
• Storyteller, War Music, Old Vic Theatre Company, 1977
• Enobarbus, Antony and Cleopatra, Old Vic Theatre Company, 1977
• Ivan and Gottlieb, Laughter!, Royal Court Theatre, London, 1978
• Max, The Homecoming, Garrick Theatre, London, 1978
• Great English Eccentrics, Old Vic Theatre Company, 1978
• The Undisputed Monarch of the English Stage, Old Vic Theatre Company, 1979
• Creeve, The Trial of Queen Caroline, Old Vic Theatre Company, 1979
• Sir Thomas Beecham, Beecham, Salisbury Theatre, London, 1979, thenApollo Theatre, London, 1980
• Narrator, Lancelot and Guinevere, Old Vic Theatre Company, 1980
• Shylock, Merchant of Venice, Old Vic Theatre Company, 1980
• Trelawny of the Wells, 1980
• Stalin, Master Class, Leicester, England, 1983, then Old Vic Theatre Company, 1984
• Charlie Mucklebrass, Big in Brazil, 1984
• The War at Home, Old Vic Theatre Company, Hampstead, 1984, then New York City production, 1986
• When We Are Married, Whitehall, 1986
• Kamyshev, "The Alien Corn," Brizzhalov, "The Sneeze," Smirnov, "The Bear," a traveler, "The Inspector General," Svetlovidov, "Swan Song," and Chubukov, "The Proposal," in The Sneeze, Aldwych Theatre, 1988
• The Master Builder, Bristol Old Vic Theatre, 1989
• The Clandestine Marriage, Bristol Old Vic Theatre, 1990
• Uncle Vanya, Bristol Old Vic Theatre, 1990
• James Tyrone, Long Day's Journey into Night, Lyttelton Theatre, London, 1991
• Andrew, It's Ralph, Comedy Theatre, 1991
• King Lear, Dublin, Ireland, 1992
• Willie Loman, Death of a Salesman, Theatr Clwyd, Wales, 1993
• Christopher Cameron, Himself, Southampton, England, 1993
• Sir Anthony Absolute, The Rivals, Chichester, 1994
• Macbeth, Theatr Clwyd, 1994
• Mail Order Bride, 1994
• Getting On, West Yorkshire Playhouse, 1995
• Twelve Angry Men, Comedy Theatre, 1996
• Falstaff, Henry IV, Parts 1 and 2, Old Vic Theatre Company, 1997
• Gloucester, King Lear, Royal National Theatre, 1997
• Title role, King Lear, Old Vic Theatre Company, 2003
• Major Tours
• Colonel Gray-Balding, Simple Spymen, 1961
• Peterbono, Thieves' Carnival, Prospect Theatre Company, 1966
• Samuel Johnson, Madam, Said Doctor Johnson, Prospect Theatre Company, 1966
• Prospero, The Tempest, Prospect Theatre Company, 1966
• Crabbe, The Gamecock, Prospect Theatre Company, 1966
• Bolingbroke, Richard II, Prospect Theatre Company, British, Scottish, and European cities, 1969
• Mortimer, Edward II, Prospect Theatre Company, British, Scottish,and European cities, 1969
• Don Pedro, Much Ado about Nothing, Prospect Theatre Company, 1970
• Samuel Johnson, Boswell's Life of Johnson, Prospect Theatre Company, 1970
• Title role, King Lear, Prospect Theatre Company, Scottish and Italian cities, 1971
• Holofernes, Love's Labour's Lost, Prospect Theatre Company, Australian and British cities, 1972
• Shpigelsky, A Month in the Country, British cities, 1975
• Emerson, A Room with a View, British cities, 1975
• Harry, Staircase, Prospect Theatre Company, 1976
• Claudius, Hamlet, British, Scottish, German, and Middle Eastern cities, 1977-1978
• Storyteller, War Music, British, Scottish, German, and Middle Eastern cities, 1977-1978
• Enobarbus, Antony and Cleopatra, British, Scottish, German, and Middle Eastern cities, 1977-1978
• Great English Eccentrics, Hong Kong and Australian cities, 1979
• Uncle Vanya, Australian cities, 1982
• Sir Thomas Beecham, Beecham, New Zealand cities, 1983, then Dublin, Ireland, 1986
• Stage Work
• Artistic director, We Bombed in New Haven, Forum Theatre, Billingham, England, 1973
• Artistic director, The National Health, Forum Theatre, 1973
• Artistic director, The Oz Trial, Forum Theatre, 1973
• Director, The Homecoming, Gardner Centre, Brighton, England, 1975
• Director, The Undisputed Monarch of the English Stage, Old Vic Theatre Company, London, 1979
• Film Appearances
• Matrevis, The Deadly Affair, Columbia, 1967
• Superintendent Dakin, Twisted Nerve, 1968
• Taylor, The Looking Glass War, Columbia, 1970
• Dr. Botkin, Nicholas and Alexandra, Columbia, 1971
• Berthier, The Day of the Jackal (also known as Chakal), Universal, 1973
• Professor Gebhardt, Hitler: The Last Ten Days (also known as Gli ultimi 10 giorni di Hitler), 1973
• Vaclav, Operation Daybreak, 1975
• Judge Brack, Hedda, Brut Productions, 1975
• Mr. Tow-Wouse, Joseph Andrews, 1977
• Father Anselmo, The Devil's Advocate (also known as Des TeufelsAdvokat), 1978
• William Morris, News from Nowhere, 1978
• Porton, The Thirty-Nine Steps, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1978
• Kenwood (some sources cite Kenward), Agatha, 1979
• Nigel Lawton, Rough Cut, 1980
• The Antagonists, 1980
• Captain de Wet, Cry Freedom, Universal, 1987
• Dr. Rees, Consuming Passions, Goldwyn-Euston/Samuel Goldwyn, 1988
• Edward the King, 1997
• King Francis, Ever After, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1998
• Pierre Cauchon, The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc (also known as Joan of Arc and Jeanne d'Arc), Sony Pictures Entertainment, 1999
• Judge, 102 Dalmatians, Buena Vista, 2000
• Jones, The Fourth Angel (also known as Vengeance secrete),Artisan Entertainment, 2001
• Older Maurice, Iris, Paramount/Miramax, 2001
• Hugh Burrell, Villa des roses, Dream Rock/Moonstone Entertainment,2002
• Voice of Dymas, Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas (animated), DreamWorks, 2003
• Lawrence Bauford, Beyond Borders, Paramount, 2003
• Television Appearances
• Series
• Lennox, Big Breadwinner Hogg, ITV (England), 1969
• Bradley Hardacre, Brass, Granada (England), 1983-1984
• Brigadier-General Andrew Thomson, The Monocled Mutineer, BBC (England), 1987
• Voice of King Otto, The Big Knights, BBC2, 1999
• Andrew Oldfield, Bedtime, BBC1, 2001
• Presenter, Water World, ITV, 2003
• Movies
• Young Mortimer, Edward II, BBC (England), 1972
• Winston Churchill, Churchill and the Generals, BBC, 1979
• Lord Easterfield, Agatha Christie's "Murder Is Easy" (also known as Murder Is Easy), CBS, 1982
• Mr. Bumble, Oliver Twist, CBS, 1982
• Russell, Florence Nightingale, NBC, 1985
• Rex Fortescue, "Agatha Christie's Miss Marple, Series II" (also known as"Miss Marple: A Pocketful of Rye," "A Pocketful of Rye," and "A Murder Is Announced"), Mystery!, PBS, 1986
• Mikhail Gorbachev, The Summit: A Nuclear Age Drama (also known asBreakthrough at Reykjavik), PBS, 1987
• Albert Parker, When We Are Married, BBC, 1987
• William Faraday, "Police at the Funeral" (also known as "Campion"), Mystery!, PBS, 1989
• Harry King, Harry's Kingdom, Arts and Entertainment, 1989
• Derek Blore, Blore M.P., BBC, 1989
• Colonel Wilfred "Jumbo" Wood, "The Tragedy of Flight 103: The Inside Story" (also known as "Why Lockerbie?"), HBO Showcase, HBO, 1990
• Martin Pinzon, Bye Bye Columbus, BBC, 1991
• Voice of Prospero, The Tempest (animated), HBO, 1993
• Sir Bob Luckton, Eleven Men against Eleven, Channel 4 (England), 1995
• Narrator, Over Here, BBC, 1996
• Sir Christopher Ellis, Station Jim, BBC, 2001
• Title role, Martin Luther (also known as Empires: Martin Luther), PBS, 2002
• Miniseries
• Horatio Bottomley, The Edwardians, BBC (England), 1972
• Edward VII, Edward the King (also known as Edward the Seventh and The Royal Victorians), ATV (England), 1975
• Josiah Bounderby, Hard Times, PBS, 1977
• Porfiry, Crime and Punishment, PBS, 1979
• Emperor Vespasian, Masada (also known as The Antagonists),ABC, 1981
• Winston Churchill, The Last Bastion, 10 Network (Australia), 1984
• Mr. Morris, Tender Is the Night, Showtime, 1985
• Captain Charles Baldwin Clutterback, Beryl Markham: A Shadow on the Sun (also known as The Beryl Markham Story and A Shadow on the Sun: The Life of Beryl Markham), CBS, 1988
• Deputy Chief Inspector Jimmy McInnes, Framed, Arts and Entertainment, 1993
• Frank Sheringham, Smokescreen, BBC, 1994
• Winston Churchill, Hiroshima, Showtime, 1995
• Mr. Baker, "Rebecca," Masterpiece Theatre, PBS, 1997
• Funny Women, BBC, 1998
• Voice, A History of Britain, History Channel, 2000
• Colonel Kindersley, Bramwell VI, PBS, 2001
• John Dickens, Dickens, PBS, 2002
• Looking for Victoria, BBC, 2003
• Sir Robert Armstrong, The Alan Clark Diaries, BBC, 2004
• Specials
• Feet Foremost (also known as Mystery and Imagination: Feet Foremost), ITV (England), 1968
• Bolingbroke, The Tragedy of King Richard II, BBC (England), 1970
• "The After Dinner Game," Play for Today, 1975
• Cardinal Wolsey, Henry VIII (also known as BBC Television Shakespeare: Henry VIII and The Complete Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare: Henry VIII), PBS, 1979
• Himself, An Audience with Alf Garnett, ITV, 1997
• Gloucester, King Lear, 1997, then PBS, 1998
• Voice of Hrothgar, Animated Epics: Beowulf (also known as Beowulf), HBO, 1998
• Episodic
• Jack Campion, "Two and Two Are Twenty-Two," Thirty-Minute Theatre,1967
• Sam Grimes, "Vendetta for a Dead Man," Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased), ITV (England), 1970
• Albert Taylor, "Royal Jelly," Tales of the Unexpected, ITV1, 1980
• Professor Furie, "Wives of Great Men," A Very Peculiar Practice, BBC (England), 1986
• Amateur theatre director, After Henry, c. 1987
• Dr. Adams, "A Severe Case of Death," Murder Most Horrid, BBC1, 1994
• Tufty McDuff, "We Don't Want to Lose You," Goodnight Sweetheart, BBC, 1998
• Tufty McDuff, "But We Think You Have to Go," Goodnight Sweetheart,1998
• Marcus Devere, "Judgement Day," Midsomer Murders, Arts and Entertainment, 2000
• Dr. William Collins, "Mercy," Murder in Mind, BBC, 2001
• Himself, Richard and Judy, Channel 4 (England), 2003
• Appeared as Alexander in an episode of Heartbreak High.
• Other
• The Boswell and Johnson Show, 1970
• Convent chaplain, Undercovers Hero (also known as Hard Battlesand Soft Beds and Soft Beds, Hard Battles), 1973
• John Bodkin-Adams, The Good Doctor Bodkin-Adams (also known as Death by Prescription), 1986
• Government inspector, What the Butler Saw, 1987
• The Contractor, 1988
• Strife, 1988
• Beecham, 1989
• Parvus, Lenin: The Train (also known as Quel treno per Pietrogrado, Un train pour Petrograd, and Der Zug), 1990
• Survival of the Fittest, 1990
• Reith to the Nation, 1993
• Chairman of the inquiry, The Place of the Dead, 1996
• Lord Mellow, Cuts, 1996
• Colonel Kindersley, Bramwell: Our Brave Boys, 1998
• Television Work
• Compiler and producer of recital programs in England.
• RECORDINGS
• Audio Books
• Narrator, The Touch of Innocents, by Michael Dobbs, Chivers AudioBooks, 1997
• Narrator, A History of Britain, by Simon Schama, Audio Renaissance, 2001
• Videos
• Meetings, Bloody Meetings, Video Arts, 1976