Timothy West

Timothy West

Known for
Acting
Born
October 20, 1934
Died
November 12, 2024 (aged 90)
Birthplace
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

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Filmography

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The Book of Water

The Book of Water

Movie · as Geiser

2026
20 Years of Not Going Out poster

20 Years of Not Going Out

Movie · as Geoffrey (archive footage)

2024
The Big Snow of '47 poster

The Big Snow of '47

Movie · as Self

2022
Night of the Broken poster

Night of the Broken

Movie · as Adolf Hitler

2022
Bring Back My Bonnie poster

Bring Back My Bonnie

Movie · as Roger

2019
Gentleman Jack poster

Gentleman Jack

TV · as Jeremy Lister · 16 eps

2019
Dad's Army: The Lost Episodes poster

Dad's Army: The Lost Episodes

TV · as Pte. Charles Godfrey · 3 eps

2018
We the Kings poster

We the Kings

Movie · as Victor

2018
Shakespeare & Hathaway - Private Investigators poster

Shakespeare & Hathaway - Private Investigators

TV · as Johnny Falstaff · 1 ep

2017
Delirium poster

Delirium

Movie · as College Bursar

2015
The Vote poster

The Vote

Movie · as Fred Norris

2014
Sardines poster

Sardines

Movie · as Andrew

2014
Great Canal Journeys poster

Great Canal Journeys

TV · as Self · 34 eps

2014
Inside No. 9 poster

Inside No. 9

TV · as Andrew · 1 ep

2013
Toast of London poster

Toast of London

TV · 1 ep

2012
Run For Your Wife poster

Run For Your Wife

Movie · as Man in Pub

2012
Titanic poster

Titanic

TV · as Lord Pirrie · 4 eps

2012
Last Tango in Halifax poster

Last Tango in Halifax

TV · as Ted · 4 eps

2011
Going Postal 2in1 poster

Going Postal 2in1

Movie · as Ridcully

2011
Exile poster

Exile

TV · as Metzler · 2 eps

2010
Idle-Hands

Idle-Hands

Movie · as Spam

2010
Going Postal poster

Going Postal

TV · as Ridcully · 2 eps

2009
Endgame poster

Endgame

Movie · as P.W. Botha

2008
A Room with a View

A Room with a View

TV · as Reverend Eager · 2 eps

2007
A Room with a View poster

A Room with a View

Movie · as Mr Eager

2007
The Alan Titchmarsh Show

The Alan Titchmarsh Show

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2007
Lewis poster

Lewis

TV · as Donald Terry · 1 ep

2006
Not Going Out poster

Not Going Out

TV · as Geoffrey Adams · 3 eps

2005
Colditz poster

Colditz

Movie · as Bunny Warren

2005
Bleak House poster

Bleak House

TV · as Sir Leicester Dedlock · 12 eps

2005
Colditz poster

Colditz

TV · as Bunny Warren · 2 eps

2004
New Tricks poster

New Tricks

TV · as Professor Mears · 1 ep

2004
London

London

TV · as Henry Mayhew · 3 eps

2004
The Alan Clark Diaries poster

The Alan Clark Diaries

TV · as Sir Robert Armstrong · 1 ep

2003
Beyond Borders poster

Beyond Borders

Movie · as Lawrence Bauford

2003
Martin Luther poster

Martin Luther

Movie · as Martin Luther

2003
Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas poster

Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas

Movie · as Dymas (voice)

2003
Looking for Victoria

Looking for Victoria

TV · as Thomas Creevey · 1 ep

2002
Villa Des Roses poster

Villa Des Roses

Movie · as Hugh Burrell

2002
The Inspector Lynley Mysteries poster

The Inspector Lynley Mysteries

TV · as Andy Maiden · 1 ep

2002
Dickens poster

Dickens

TV · as John Dickens · 1 ep

2001
The Fourth Angel poster

The Fourth Angel

Movie · as Jones

2001
Station Jim poster

Station Jim

Movie · as Sir Christopher Ellis

2001
Iris poster

Iris

Movie · as Older Maurice

2001
Bedtime poster

Bedtime

TV · as Andrew Oldfield · 15 eps

2001
Waking the Dead poster

Waking the Dead

TV · as Joe Doyle · 2 eps

2001
Murder in Mind poster

Murder in Mind

TV · as Dr. William Collins · 1 ep

2000
102 Dalmatians poster

102 Dalmatians

Movie · as Judge

1999
The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc poster

The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc

Movie · as Cauchon

1998
Animated Epics: Beowulf poster

Animated Epics: Beowulf

Movie · as Hrothgar ( voice )

1998
King Lear poster

King Lear

Movie · as Gloucester

1998
EverAfter poster

EverAfter

Movie · as King Francis

1997
The Place of the Dead poster

The Place of the Dead

Movie · as Chairman of the Inquiry

1997
Midsomer Murders poster

Midsomer Murders

TV · as Marcus Devere · 1 ep

1996
Cuts poster

Cuts

Movie · as Lord Mellow

1996
Over Here poster

Over Here

TV · as Narrator · 2 eps

1995
Eleven Men Against Eleven poster

Eleven Men Against Eleven

Movie · as Sir Bob Luckton

1995
Bramwell poster

Bramwell

TV · as Colonel Kindersley · 1 ep

1994
Smokescreen poster

Smokescreen

TV · as Frank Sheringham · 6 eps

1993
The Tempest poster

The Tempest

Movie · as Prospero

1993
Goodnight Sweetheart poster

Goodnight Sweetheart

TV · as Tufty McDuff · 2 eps

1992
Framed poster

Framed

TV · as DCI Jimmy McKinnes · 4 eps

1992
Shakespeare: The Animated Tales poster

Shakespeare: The Animated Tales

TV · as Prospero (voice) · 1 ep

1991
Performance poster

Performance

TV · as Gloucester · 1 ep

1991
Murder Most Horrid poster

Murder Most Horrid

TV · as Old Doctor Adams · 1 ep

1990
Survival of the Fittest poster

Survival of the Fittest

Movie · as Geoffrey Cowper

1990
The Tragedy of Flight 103: The Inside Story poster

The Tragedy of Flight 103: The Inside Story

Movie · as Col. Wilfred Wood

1990
Dirty Beasts poster

Dirty Beasts

Movie · as Narrator

1990
Revolting Rhymes poster

Revolting Rhymes

Movie · as Narrator

1990
Beecham

Beecham

Movie · as Sir Thomas Beecham

1989
Blore M.P. poster

Blore M.P.

Movie · as Derek Blore MP

1989
Agatha Christie's Poirot poster

Agatha Christie's Poirot

TV · as Reverend Cottrell · 1 ep

1989
Campion poster

Campion

TV · as William Faraday · 2 eps

1989
Screen One poster

Screen One

TV · as Derek Blore, Geoffrey Cowper · 1 ep

1988
Lenin: The Train poster

Lenin: The Train

Movie · as Parvus

1988
Consuming Passions poster

Consuming Passions

Movie · as Dr. Rees

1988
Beryl Markham: A Shadow on the Sun poster

Beryl Markham: A Shadow on the Sun

Movie · as Charles Clutterbuck

1988
Strife poster

Strife

Movie · as David Roberts

1988
Lenin... The Train poster

Lenin... The Train

TV · as Alexander 'Helphand' Parvus · 2 eps

1988
After Henry poster

After Henry

TV · as Nigel · 1 ep

1987
What the Butler Saw poster

What the Butler Saw

Movie · as Dr Rance

1987
Breakthrough at Reykjavik

Breakthrough at Reykjavik

Movie · as Mikhail Gorbachev

1987
Cry Freedom poster

Cry Freedom

Movie · as Capt. De Wet

1987
When We Are Married poster

When We Are Married

Movie · as Councillor Albert Parker

1987
Harry's Kingdom poster

Harry's Kingdom

Movie · as Harry King

1986
The Good Doctor Bodkin-Adams poster

The Good Doctor Bodkin-Adams

Movie · as Dr John Bodkin Adams

1986
The Monocled Mutineer poster

The Monocled Mutineer

TV · 4 eps

1986
A Very Peculiar Practice poster

A Very Peculiar Practice

TV · as Professor Furie · 1 ep

1986
Sunday Premiere

Sunday Premiere

TV · as Harry King · 1 ep

1985
Florence Nightingale poster

Florence Nightingale

Movie · as William Russell

1985
Miss Marple: A Pocketful of Rye poster

Miss Marple: A Pocketful of Rye

TV · as Rex Fortescue · 2 eps

1985
Theatre Night poster

Theatre Night

TV · as Doctor Rance, David Roberts, Ewbank · 1 ep

1985
Tender Is the Night poster

Tender Is the Night

TV · as Mr. Morris · 1 ep

1984
Another Audience with Dame Edna Everage poster

Another Audience with Dame Edna Everage

Movie · as Self

1984
Miss Marple poster

Miss Marple

TV · as Rex Fortescue · 1 ep

1984
The Last Bastion poster

The Last Bastion

TV · as Winston Churchill · 3 eps

1983
Brass poster

Brass

TV · as Bradley Hardacre, Winston Churchill · 32 eps

1982
Oliver Twist poster

Oliver Twist

Movie · as Mr. Bumble

1982
Murder Is Easy poster

Murder Is Easy

Movie · as Lord Gordon Easterfield

1981
Masada poster

Masada

TV · as Emperor Vespasian · 1 ep

1980
Rough Cut poster

Rough Cut

Movie · as Nigel Lawton

1979
Churchill and the Generals poster

Churchill and the Generals

Movie · as Winston Churchill

1979
Agatha poster

Agatha

Movie · as Kenward

1979
Henry VIII poster

Henry VIII

Movie · as Cardinal Wolsey

1979
Tales of the Unexpected poster

Tales of the Unexpected

TV · as Albert Taylor · 1 ep

1979
Crime and Punishment poster

Crime and Punishment

TV · as Pyotr Petrovich Luzhin · 2 eps

1979
Friday Night, Saturday Morning poster

Friday Night, Saturday Morning

TV · 1 ep

1978
News from Nowhere

News from Nowhere

Movie · as William Morris

1978
The Thirty Nine Steps poster

The Thirty Nine Steps

Movie · as Porton

1978
An Audience with... poster

An Audience with...

TV · as Self · 3 eps

1977
Joseph Andrews poster

Joseph Andrews

Movie · as Mr. Tow-Wouse

1977
The Devil's Advocate poster

The Devil's Advocate

Movie · as Father Anselmo

1977
Hard Times poster

Hard Times

TV · as Josiah Bounderby · 4 eps

1977
Cottage to Let

Cottage to Let

TV · as David Weston · 1 ep

1975
The After Dinner Game poster

The After Dinner Game

Movie · as Mark Childers

1975
Hedda poster

Hedda

Movie · as Brack

1975
Edward the Seventh poster

Edward the Seventh

TV · as Albert Edward 'Bertie', Edward, Prince of Wales, King Edward VII · 1 ep

1974
Soft Beds, Hard Battles poster

Soft Beds, Hard Battles

Movie

1973
Hitler: The Last Ten Days poster

Hitler: The Last Ten Days

Movie · as Prof. Gebhardt

1973
The Day of the Jackal poster

The Day of the Jackal

Movie · as Commissioner Berthier

1972
Horatio Bottomley poster

Horatio Bottomley

Movie · as Horatio Bottomley

1972
The Edwardians poster

The Edwardians

TV · as Horatio Bottomley · 1 ep

1972
Villains poster

Villains

TV · as Benny · 1 ep

1971
Nicholas and Alexandra poster

Nicholas and Alexandra

Movie · as Dr. Botkin

1970
Edward II poster

Edward II

Movie · as Young Mortimer

1970
The Looking Glass War poster

The Looking Glass War

Movie · as Taylor

1970
The Tragedy of King Richard II poster

The Tragedy of King Richard II

Movie · as Henry Bolingbroke

1970
Play for Today poster

Play for Today

TV · as Mark Childers · 1 ep

1969
Big Breadwinner Hog poster

Big Breadwinner Hog

TV · as Lennox · 8 eps

1968
Twisted Nerve poster

Twisted Nerve

Movie · as Superintendant Dakin

1967
The Deadly Affair poster

The Deadly Affair

Movie · as Matrvis (in Edward II)

1967
Witch Hunt

Witch Hunt

TV · as Dr. Howard Agister · 5 eps

1967
Trapped

Trapped

TV · as Ossie · 1 ep

1966
Mystery and Imagination poster

Mystery and Imagination

TV · as Dr Middleton · 1 ep

1965
Thirty-Minute Theatre poster

Thirty-Minute Theatre

TV · as Jack Campion · 1 ep

1964
Theatre 625 poster

Theatre 625

TV · as Jan · 1 ep

1960
Coronation Street poster

Coronation Street

TV · as Eric Babbage · 7 eps

1960
Persuasion poster

Persuasion

TV · as Charles Hayter · 2 eps

1959
No Hiding Place poster

No Hiding Place

TV · 1 ep

1957
Theatre Night poster

Theatre Night

TV · as Talky · 1 ep

1956
Armchair Theatre poster

Armchair Theatre

TV · as Ralph · 1 ep