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Timothy West

Acting

Born October 20, 1934 · Bradford, West Yorkshire, England, UK

Died November 12, 2024

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.

Awards & recognition

  • Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts · 1992
  • Commander of the Order of the British Empire · 1984

Filmography45 titles

We the Kings

2018as Victor

Great Canal Journeys

2014as Self

Consuming Passions

1988as Dr. Rees

Agatha Christie's Poirot

1989as Reverend Cottrell

Inside No. 9

2014as Andrew

Bleak House

2005as Sir Leicester Dedlock

Gentleman Jack

2019as Jeremy Lister

Inspector Lewis

2006as Donald Terry

Toast of London

2012

Ever After: A Cinderella Story

1998as King Francis

Midsomer Murders

1997as Marcus Devere

The Day of the Jackal

1973as Commissioner Berthier

Not Going Out

2006as Geoffrey Adams

New Tricks

2004as Professor Mears

Shakespeare & Hathaway: Private Investigators

2018as Johnny Falstaff

Exile

2011as Metzler

Going Postal

2010as Ridcully

The Inspector Lynley Mysteries

2001as Andy Maiden

Waking the Dead

2001as Joe Doyle

Last Tango in Halifax

2012as Ted

Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas

2003as Dymas (voice)

Cry Freedom

1987as Capt. De Wet

Nicholas and Alexandra

1971as Dr. Botkin

Murder Most Horrid

1991as Old Doctor Adams

Tales of the Unexpected

1979as Albert Taylor

The Thirty Nine Steps

1978as Porton

Twisted Nerve

1968as Superintendant Dakin

Edward the Seventh

as Edward, Prince of Wales

Hard Times

as Josiah Bounderby

Iris

2001as Older Maurice

The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc

1999as Cauchon

The Deadly Affair

1967as Matrvis (in Edward II)

Tender Is the Night

as Mr. Morris

Hitler: The Last Ten Days

1973as Prof. Gebhardt

Campion

1989as William Faraday

Agatha

1979as Kenward

Titanic

2012as Lord Pirrie

Beryl Markham: A Shadow on the Sun

1988as Charles Clutterbuck

Rough Cut

1980as Nigel Lawton

The Place of the Dead

1997as Chairman of the Inquiry

102 Dalmatians

2000as Judge

A Room with a View

2007as Mr Eager

Coronation Street

1960as Eric Babbage

The Fourth Angel

2001as Jones

Bramwell

1995as Colonel Kindersley