Timothy West
Known for acting · Born 20 October 1934 · Died 12 November 2024 · aged 90 · Bradford, West Yorkshire, England, UK
138 credits
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
Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas
2003
Gentleman Jack
2019
Brass
1983
Great Canal Journeys
2014
Bleak House
2005
The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc
1999
EverAfter
1998
Coronation Street
1960
Beyond Borders
2003
Bedtime
2001
Rough Cut
1980
Hedda
1975
Acting (138)
2024The Big Snow of '47SelfFilm
2022Night of the BrokenAdolf HitlerFilm
2022Bring Back My BonnieRogerFilm
2019Gentleman JackJeremy Lister · 16 episodesSeries
2018Shakespeare & Hathaway - Private InvestigatorsJohnny FalstaffSeries
2018We the KingsVictorFilm
2017DeliriumCollege BursarFilm
2015The VoteFred NorrisFilm
2014Inside No. 9AndrewSeries
2014Great Canal JourneysSelf · 34 episodesSeries
2014SardinesAndrewFilm
2013Toast of LondonSeries
2012TitanicLord Pirrie · 4 episodesSeries
2012Last Tango in HalifaxTed · 4 episodesSeries
2012Run For Your WifeMan in PubFilm
2011ExileMetzler · 2 episodesSeries
2011Going Postal 2in1RidcullyFilm
2010Going PostalRidcully · 2 episodesSeries
2010Idle-HandsSpamFilm
2009EndgameP.W. BothaFilm
2008A Room with a ViewReverend Eager · 2 episodesSeries
2007LewisDonald TerrySeries
2007A Room with a ViewMr EagerFilm
2007The Alan Titchmarsh ShowSelfSeries
2006Not Going OutGeoffrey Adams · 3 episodesSeries
2005Bleak HouseSir Leicester Dedlock · 12 episodesSeries
2005ColditzBunny Warren · 2 episodesSeries
2005ColditzBunny WarrenFilm
2004New TricksProfessor MearsSeries
2004The Alan Clark DiariesSir Robert ArmstrongSeries
2004LondonHenry Mayhew · 3 episodesSeries
2003Sinbad: Legend of the Seven SeasDymas (voice)Film
2003Beyond BordersLawrence BaufordFilm
2003Martin LutherMartin LutherFilm
2003Looking for VictoriaThomas Creevey · 2 episodesSeries
2002The Inspector Lynley MysteriesAndy MaidenSeries
2002Villa Des RosesHugh BurrellFilm
2002DickensJohn DickensSeries
2001IrisOlder MauriceFilm
2001The Fourth AngelJonesFilm
2001Waking the DeadJoe Doyle · 2 episodesSeries
2001Murder in MindDr. William CollinsSeries
2001BedtimeAndrew Oldfield · 15 episodesSeries
2001Station JimSir Christopher EllisFilm
2000102 DalmatiansJudgeFilm
1999The Messenger: The Story of Joan of ArcCauchonFilm
1998EverAfterKing FrancisFilm
1998Animated Epics: BeowulfHrothgar ( voice )Film
1998King LearGloucesterFilm
1997Midsomer MurdersMarcus DevereSeries
1997The Place of the DeadChairman of the InquiryFilm
1996Over HereNarrator · 2 episodesSeries
1996CutsLord MellowFilm
1995BramwellColonel KindersleySeries
1995Eleven Men Against ElevenSir Bob LucktonFilm
1994SmokescreenFrank Sheringham · 6 episodesSeries
1993Goodnight SweetheartTufty McDuff · 2 episodesSeries
1993The TempestProsperoFilm
1992Shakespeare: The Animated TalesProspero (voice)Series
1992FramedDCI Jimmy McKinnes · 4 episodesSeries
1991Murder Most HorridOld Doctor AdamsSeries
1991PerformanceGloucesterSeries
1990The Tragedy of Flight 103: The Inside StoryCol. Wilfred WoodFilm
1990Dirty BeastsNarratorFilm
1990Revolting RhymesNarratorFilm
1990Survival of the FittestGeoffrey CowperFilm
1990BeechamSir Thomas BeechamFilm
1989Agatha Christie's PoirotReverend CottrellSeries
1989CampionWilliam Faraday · 2 episodesSeries
1989Screen OneDerek Blore, Geoffrey CowperSeries
1989Blore M.P.Derek Blore MPFilm
1988Lenin: The TrainParvusFilm
1988After HenryNigelSeries
1988Consuming PassionsDr. ReesFilm
1988Beryl Markham: A Shadow on the SunCharles ClutterbuckFilm
1988Lenin... The TrainAlexander 'Helphand' Parvus · 2 episodesSeries
1988StrifeDavid RobertsFilm
1987Cry FreedomCapt. De WetFilm
1987What the Butler SawDr RanceFilm
1987Breakthrough at ReykjavikMikhail GorbachevFilm
1987When We Are MarriedCouncillor Albert ParkerFilm
1987Harry's KingdomHarry KingFilm
1986A Very Peculiar PracticeProfessor FurieSeries
1986The Good Doctor Bodkin-AdamsDr John Bodkin AdamsFilm
1986The Monocled Mutineer · 4 episodesSeries
1986Sunday PremiereHarry KingSeries
1985Miss Marple: A Pocketful of RyeRex Fortescue · 2 episodesSeries
1985Florence NightingaleWilliam RussellFilm
1985Tender Is the NightMr. MorrisSeries
1985Theatre NightDoctor Rance, David Roberts, EwbankSeries
1984Miss MarpleRex FortescueSeries
1984Another Audience with Dame Edna EverageSelfFilm
1983BrassBradley Hardacre · 32 episodes, Winston ChurchillSeries
1982Oliver TwistMr. BumbleFilm
1982Murder Is EasyLord Gordon EasterfieldFilm
1981MasadaEmperor VespasianSeries
1980Rough CutNigel LawtonFilm
1979AgathaKenwardFilm
1979Tales of the UnexpectedAlbert TaylorSeries
1979Henry VIIICardinal WolseyFilm
1979Crime and PunishmentPyotr Petrovich Luzhin · 2 episodesSeries
1979Friday Night, Saturday MorningSeries
1979Churchill and the GeneralsWinston ChurchillFilm
1978The Thirty Nine StepsPortonFilm
1978An Audience with...Self · 3 episodesSeries
1978News from NowhereWilliam MorrisFilm
1977Joseph AndrewsMr. Tow-WouseFilm
1977Hard TimesJosiah Bounderby · 4 episodesSeries
1977The Devil's AdvocateFather AnselmoFilm
1977Cottage to LetDavid WestonSeries
1975HeddaBrackFilm
1975Edward the SeventhAlbert Edward 'Bertie', Edward, Prince of Wales · 5 episodes, King Edward VII · 3 episodesSeries
1975The After Dinner GameMark ChildersFilm
1974Soft Beds, Hard BattlesFilm
1973The Day of the JackalCommissioner BerthierFilm
1973Hitler: The Last Ten DaysProf. GebhardtFilm
1972The EdwardiansHoratio BottomleySeries
1972VillainsBennySeries
1972Horatio BottomleyHoratio BottomleyFilm
1971Nicholas and AlexandraDr. BotkinFilm
1970The Looking Glass WarTaylorFilm
1970Play for TodayMark ChildersSeries
1970Edward IIYoung MortimerFilm
1970The Tragedy of King Richard IIHenry BolingbrokeFilm
1969Big Breadwinner HogLennox · 8 episodesSeries
1968Twisted NerveSuperintendant DakinFilm
1967The Deadly AffairMatrvis (in Edward II)Film
1967Witch HuntDr. Howard Agister · 5 episodesSeries
1967TrappedOssieSeries
1966Mystery and ImaginationDr MiddletonSeries
1965Thirty-Minute TheatreJack CampionSeries
1964Theatre 625JanSeries
1960Coronation StreetEric Babbage · 7 episodesSeries
1960PersuasionCharles Hayter · 2 episodesSeries
1959No Hiding PlaceSeries
1957Theatre NightTalkySeries
1956Armchair TheatreRalphSeries
—The Book of WaterGeiserFilm