Person
Timothy West
Acting · 1934–2024 · Bradford, West Yorkshire, England, UK
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
Midsomer Murders
Marcus Devere
Coronation Street
Eric Babbage
Agatha Christie's Poirot
Reverend Cottrell
Play for Today
Mark Childers
Tales of the Unexpected
Albert Taylor
Theatre 625
Jan
Lewis
Donald Terry
New Tricks
Professor Mears
Waking the Dead
Joe Doyle
Inside No. 9
Andrew
Filmography
- 2024The Big Snow of '47Self
- 2022Bring Back My BonnieRoger
- 2022Night of the BrokenAdolf Hitler
- 2019Gentleman JackJeremy Lister
- 2018We the KingsVictor
- 2018Shakespeare & Hathaway - Private InvestigatorsJohnny Falstaff
- 2017DeliriumCollege Bursar
- 2015The VoteFred Norris
- 2014Great Canal JourneysSelf
- 2014SardinesAndrew
- 2014Inside No. 9Andrew
- 2013Toast of London
- 2012Last Tango in HalifaxTed
- 2012Run For Your WifeMan in Pub
- 2012TitanicLord Pirrie
- 2011ExileMetzler
- 2010Going PostalRidcully
- 2010Idle-HandsSpam
- 2009EndgameP.W. Botha
- 2008A Room with a ViewReverend Eager
- 2007A Room with a ViewMr Eager
- 2007The Alan Titchmarsh ShowSelf
- 2007LewisDonald Terry
- 2006Not Going OutGeoffrey Adams
- 2005Bleak HouseSir Leicester Dedlock
- 2005ColditzBunny Warren
- 2005ColditzBunny Warren
- 2004LondonHenry Mayhew
- 2004The Alan Clark DiariesSir Robert Armstrong
- 2004New TricksProfessor Mears
- 2003Looking for VictoriaThomas Creevey
- 2003Beyond BordersLawrence Bauford
- 2003Martin LutherMartin Luther
- 2003Sinbad: Legend of the Seven SeasDymas (voice)
- 2002DickensJohn Dickens
- 2002The Inspector Lynley MysteriesAndy Maiden
- 2002Villa Des RosesHugh Burrell
- 2001Station JimSir Christopher Ellis
- 2001IrisOlder Maurice
- 2001BedtimeAndrew Oldfield
- 2001The Fourth AngelJones
- 2001Waking the DeadJoe Doyle
- 2001Murder in MindDr. William Collins
- 2000102 DalmatiansJudge
- 1999The Messenger: The Story of Joan of ArcCauchon
- 1998EverAfterKing Francis
- 1998King LearGloucester
- 1998Animated Epics: BeowulfHrothgar ( voice )
- 1997Midsomer MurdersMarcus Devere
- 1997The Place of the DeadChairman of the Inquiry
- 1996CutsLord Mellow
- 1996Over HereNarrator
- 1995Eleven Men Against ElevenSir Bob Luckton
- 1995BramwellColonel Kindersley
- 1994SmokescreenFrank Sheringham
- 1993Goodnight Sweetheart
- 1993The TempestProspero
- 1992FramedDCI Jimmy McKinnes
- 1992Shakespeare: The Animated TalesProspero (voice)
- 1991Murder Most HorridOld Doctor Adams
- 1991PerformanceGloucester
- 1990The Tragedy of Flight 103: The Inside StoryCol. Wilfred Wood
- 1990Survival of the FittestGeoffrey Cowper
- 1990Dirty BeastsNarrator
- 1990Revolting RhymesNarrator
- 1990BeechamSir Thomas Beecham
- 1989Blore M.P.Derek Blore MP
- 1989Screen OneDerek Blore
- 1989CampionWilliam Faraday
- 1989Agatha Christie's PoirotReverend Cottrell
- 1988Lenin: The TrainParvus
- 1988Lenin... The TrainAlexander 'Helphand' Parvus
- 1988Beryl Markham: A Shadow on the SunCharles Clutterbuck
- 1988Consuming PassionsDr. Rees
- 1988After HenryNigel
- 1987When We Are MarriedCouncillor Albert Parker
- 1987Breakthrough at ReykjavikMikhail Gorbachev
- 1987Cry FreedomCapt. De Wet
- 1987Harry's KingdomHarry King
- 1987What the Butler SawDr Rance
- 1986The Good Doctor Bodkin-AdamsDr John Bodkin Adams
- 1986The Monocled Mutineer
- 1986Sunday PremiereHarry King
- 1986A Very Peculiar PracticeProfessor Furie
- 1985Tender Is the NightMr. Morris
- 1985Theatre NightDoctor Rance
- 1985Florence NightingaleWilliam Russell
- 1985Miss Marple: A Pocketful of RyeRex Fortescue
- 1984Another Audience with Dame Edna EverageSelf
- 1983BrassBradley Hardacre
- 1982Oliver TwistMr. Bumble
- 1982Murder Is EasyLord Gordon Easterfield
- 1981MasadaEmperor Vespasian
- 1980Rough CutNigel Lawton
- 1979Friday Night, Saturday Morning
- 1979Churchill and the GeneralsWinston Churchill
- 1979Crime and PunishmentPyotr Petrovich Luzhin
- 1979Tales of the UnexpectedAlbert Taylor
- 1979Henry VIIICardinal Wolsey
- 1979AgathaKenward
- 1978The Thirty Nine StepsPorton
- 1978An Audience with...Self
- 1978News from NowhereWilliam Morris
- 1977The Devil's AdvocateFather Anselmo
- 1977Hard TimesJosiah Bounderby
- 1977Cottage to LetDavid Weston
- 1977Joseph AndrewsMr. Tow-Wouse
- 1975HeddaBrack
- 1975Edward the SeventhAlbert Edward 'Bertie'
- 1975The After Dinner GameMark Childers
- 1974Soft Beds, Hard Battles
- 1973The Day of the JackalCommissioner Berthier
- 1973Hitler: The Last Ten DaysProf. Gebhardt
- 1972Horatio BottomleyHoratio Bottomley
- 1972The EdwardiansHoratio Bottomley
- 1972VillainsBenny
- 1971Nicholas and AlexandraDr. Botkin
- 1970Play for TodayMark Childers
- 1970Edward IIYoung Mortimer
- 1970The Tragedy of King Richard IIHenry Bolingbroke
- 1970The Looking Glass WarTaylor
- 1969Big Breadwinner HogLennox
- 1968Twisted NerveSuperintendant Dakin
- 1967TrappedOssie
- 1967Witch HuntDr. Howard Agister
- 1967The Deadly AffairMatrvis (in Edward II)
- 1966Mystery and ImaginationDr Middleton
- 1965Thirty-Minute TheatreJack Campion
- 1964Theatre 625Jan
- 1960PersuasionCharles Hayter
- 1960Coronation StreetEric Babbage
- 1959No Hiding Place
- 1957Theatre NightTalky
- 1956Armchair TheatreRalph
- —The Book of WaterGeiser
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