Timothy West

Acting

Timothy West

Born 20 October 1934 · Bradford, West Yorkshire, England, UK · Died 12 November 2024 at 90

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

Highlights

EverAfter1998 · Film · King Francis
Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas2003 · Film · Dymas (voice)
Agatha Christie's Poirot1989 · Series · Reverend Cottrell
The Day of the Jackal1973 · Film · Commissioner Berthier
The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc1999 · Film · Cauchon
Inside No. 92014 · Series · Andrew

Filmography

Movies

61 films

Bring Back My Bonnie2022 · Film · Roger
Night of the Broken2022 · Film · Adolf Hitler
We the Kings2018 · Film · Victor
Delirium2017 · Film · College Bursar
The Vote2015 · Film · Fred Norris
Sardines2014 · Film · Andrew
Run For Your Wife2012 · Film · Man in Pub
Going Postal 2in12011 · Film · Ridcully
Endgame2009 · Film · P.W. Botha
A Room with a View2007 · Film · Mr Eager
Colditz2005 · Film · Bunny Warren
Beyond Borders2003 · Film · Lawrence Bauford
Martin Luther2003 · Film · Martin Luther
Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas2003 · Film · Dymas (voice)
Villa Des Roses2002 · Film · Hugh Burrell
Station Jim2001 · Film · Sir Christopher Ellis
Iris2001 · Film · Older Maurice
The Fourth Angel2001 · Film · Jones
102 Dalmatians2000 · Film · Judge
The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc1999 · Film · Cauchon
EverAfter1998 · Film · King Francis
King Lear1998 · Film · Gloucester
Animated Epics: Beowulf1998 · Film · Hrothgar ( voice )
The Place of the Dead1997 · Film · Chairman of the Inquiry
Cuts1996 · Film · Lord Mellow
Eleven Men Against Eleven1995 · Film · Sir Bob Luckton
The Tempest1993 · Film · Prospero
The Tragedy of Flight 103: The Inside Story1990 · Film · Col. Wilfred Wood
Survival of the Fittest1990 · Film · Geoffrey Cowper
Blore M.P.1989 · Film · Derek Blore MP
Lenin: The Train1988 · Film · Parvus
Strife1988 · Film · David Roberts
Beryl Markham: A Shadow on the Sun1988 · Film · Charles Clutterbuck
Consuming Passions1988 · Film · Dr. Rees
When We Are Married1987 · Film · Councillor Albert Parker
Cry Freedom1987 · Film · Capt. De Wet
Harry's Kingdom1987 · Film · Harry King
What the Butler Saw1987 · Film · Dr Rance
The Good Doctor Bodkin-Adams1986 · Film · Dr John Bodkin Adams
Florence Nightingale1985 · Film · William Russell
Oliver Twist1982 · Film · Mr. Bumble
Murder Is Easy1982 · Film · Lord Gordon Easterfield
Rough Cut1980 · Film · Nigel Lawton
Churchill and the Generals1979 · Film · Winston Churchill
Henry VIII1979 · Film · Cardinal Wolsey
Agatha1979 · Film · Kenward
The Thirty Nine Steps1978 · Film · Porton
The Devil's Advocate1977 · Film · Father Anselmo
Joseph Andrews1977 · Film · Mr. Tow-Wouse
Hedda1975 · Film · Brack
The After Dinner Game1975 · Film · Mark Childers
Soft Beds, Hard Battles1974 · Film
The Day of the Jackal1973 · Film · Commissioner Berthier
Hitler: The Last Ten Days1973 · Film · Prof. Gebhardt
Horatio Bottomley1972 · Film · Horatio Bottomley
Nicholas and Alexandra1971 · Film · Dr. Botkin
Edward II1970 · Film · Young Mortimer
The Tragedy of King Richard II1970 · Film · Henry Bolingbroke
The Looking Glass War1970 · Film · Taylor
Twisted Nerve1968 · Film · Superintendant Dakin
The Deadly Affair1967 · Film · Matrvis (in Edward II)

Filmography

Series

58 shows

Dad's Army: The Lost Episodes2019 · Series · Pte. Charles Godfrey
Gentleman Jack2019 · Series · Jeremy Lister
Shakespeare & Hathaway - Private Investigators2018 · Series · Johnny Falstaff
Inside No. 92014 · Series · Andrew
Toast of London2013 · Series
Last Tango in Halifax2012 · Series · Ted
Titanic2012 · Series · Lord Pirrie
Exile2011 · Series · Metzler
Going Postal2010 · Series · Ridcully
Lewis2007 · Series · Donald Terry
Not Going Out2006 · Series · Geoffrey Adams
Bleak House2005 · Series · Sir Leicester Dedlock
Colditz2005 · Series · Bunny Warren
The Alan Clark Diaries2004 · Series · Sir Robert Armstrong
New Tricks2004 · Series · Professor Mears
Dickens2002 · Series · John Dickens
The Inspector Lynley Mysteries2002 · Series · Andy Maiden
Bedtime2001 · Series · Andrew Oldfield
Waking the Dead2001 · Series · Joe Doyle
Murder in Mind2001 · Series · Dr. William Collins
Midsomer Murders1997 · Series · Marcus Devere
Bramwell1995 · Series · Colonel Kindersley
Smokescreen1994 · Series · Frank Sheringham
Goodnight Sweetheart1993 · Series · Tufty McDuff
Framed1992 · Series · DCI Jimmy McKinnes
Shakespeare: The Animated Tales1992 · Series · Prospero (voice)
Murder Most Horrid1991 · Series · Old Doctor Adams
Performance1991 · Series · Gloucester
Screen One1989 · Series · Derek Blore
Campion1989 · Series · William Faraday
Agatha Christie's Poirot1989 · Series · Reverend Cottrell
Lenin... The Train1988 · Series · Alexander 'Helphand' Parvus
After Henry1988 · Series · Nigel
The Monocled Mutineer1986 · Series
A Very Peculiar Practice1986 · Series · Professor Furie
Tender Is the Night1985 · Series · Mr. Morris
Theatre Night1985 · Series · Doctor Rance
Miss Marple: A Pocketful of Rye1985 · Series · Rex Fortescue
Miss Marple1984 · Series · Rex Fortescue
The Last Bastion1984 · Series · Winston Churchill
Brass1983 · Series · Bradley Hardacre
Masada1981 · Series · Emperor Vespasian
Crime and Punishment1979 · Series · Pyotr Petrovich Luzhin
Tales of the Unexpected1979 · Series · Albert Taylor
Hard Times1977 · Series · Josiah Bounderby
Edward the Seventh1975 · Series · Albert Edward 'Bertie'
The Edwardians1972 · Series · Horatio Bottomley
Villains1972 · Series · Benny
Play for Today1970 · Series · Mark Childers
Big Breadwinner Hog1969 · Series · Lennox
Mystery and Imagination1966 · Series · Dr Middleton
Thirty-Minute Theatre1965 · Series · Jack Campion
Theatre 6251964 · Series · Jan
Persuasion1960 · Series · Charles Hayter
Coronation Street1960 · Series · Eric Babbage
No Hiding Place1959 · Series
Theatre Night1957 · Series · Talky
Armchair Theatre1956 · Series · Ralph