Timothy West
Timothy West | |
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Born | Timothy Lancaster West[1] 20 October 1934 Bradford, West Riding of Yorkshire, England |
Died | 12 November 2024 London, England | (aged 90)
Education | The John Lyon School Bristol Grammar School |
Alma mater | Regent Street Polytechnic (now University of Westminster) |
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 1956–2024 |
Spouses | |
Children | 3, including Samuel |
Parent(s) | Lockwood West Olive Carleton-Crowe |
Timothy Lancaster West CBE FRSA (20 October 1934 – 12 November 2024) was an English actor with a long and varied career across theatre, film, and television. He began acting in repertory theatres in the 1950s before making his London stage debut in 1959 moving on to three seasons with the Royal Shakespeare Company during the 1960s. During his life, West played King Lear (four times) and Macbeth (twice) along with other notable roles in The Master Builder and Uncle Vanya.
On screen, his breakout role was playing King Edward VII in the television series Edward the Seventh in 1975. West appeared in major films such as Nicholas and Alexandra (1971), The Day of the Jackal (1973), and The Thirty Nine Steps (1978). His television highlights included Brass (1982–1990), Bedtime (2001–2003), and Churchill and the Generals for which he won a Royal Television Society award in 1980.
As a director, West led productions at the Forum Theatre in Melbourne, Australia and the Old Vic in London. He was also known for his collaborations with his second wife, actress Prunella Scales, in both acting and personal projects.
Early life and education
[edit]West was born on 20 October 1934 in Bradford, West Riding of Yorkshire, the only son of Olive (née Carleton-Crowe; 1902–1985) and actor Lockwood West (1905–1989).[1] He had a sister Patricia who was five years younger than him. He was educated at the John Lyon School, Harrow on the Hill, at Bristol Grammar School,[2] where he was a classmate of Julian Glover, and at Regent Street Polytechnic (now the University of Westminster).[3]
Career
[edit]West worked as an office furniture salesman and as a recording technician before becoming an assistant stage manager at the Wimbledon Theatre in 1956.[4]
Stage
[edit]West played repertory seasons in Newquay, Hull, Northampton, Worthing and Salisbury before making his London debut at the Piccadilly Theatre in 1959 in the farce Caught Napping. He was a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company for three seasons: the 1962 Arts Theatre Experimental season (Nil Carborundum and Afore Night Come), the 1964 'Dirty Plays' season (Victor, the premiere production of Marat/Sade and the revival of Afore Night Come) and the 1965 season at Stratford and later at the Aldwych Theatre appearing in The Comedy of Errors, Timon of Athens, The Jew of Malta, Love's Labour's Lost and Peter Hall's production of The Government Inspector, in a company which included Paul Scofield, Eric Porter, Janet Suzman, Paul Rogers, Ian Richardson, Glenda Jackson and Peter McEnery.[5]
West played Macbeth twice, Uncle Vanya twice, Solness in The Master Builder twice and King Lear four times: in 1971 (aged 36) for the Prospect Theatre Company at the Edinburgh Festival; on a worldwide tour in 1991 in Dublin for Second Age; in 2003 for the English Touring Theatre, on tour in the UK and at the Old Vic; and in 2016 at the Bristol Old Vic.[6]
Screen
[edit]Having spent years as a familiar face who never quite became a household name, West's big break came with the major television series Edward the Seventh (1975), in which he played the title role from age 23 until the King's death;[7] his real-life sons, Samuel and Joseph, played the sons of the King as children. His father, Lockwood West, also portrayed King Edward VII in 1972 in an episode of the LWT television drama series Upstairs, Downstairs. Other screen appearances included Nicholas and Alexandra (1971), The Day of the Jackal (1973), The Thirty Nine Steps (1978), Masada (1981), Cry Freedom (1987) and Luc Besson's The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc (1999). In Richard Eyre's Iris (2001) he played Maurice and his son Samuel West played Maurice as a young man.[6]
West starred as patriarch Bradley Hardacre in Granada TV's satirical Northern super-soap Brass over three seasons (1982–1990). He appeared in the series Miss Marple in 1985 (in "A Pocket Full of Rye" as the notorious Rex Fortescue) and made an appearance as Professor Furie in A Very Peculiar Practice in 1986. In 1997, he played Gloucester in the BBC television production of King Lear, with Ian Holm as Lear. From 2001 to 2003, he played the grumpy and frequently volatile Andrew in the BBC drama series Bedtime.[6]
In 1989, West played Nigel in the Thames Television sitcom After Henry alongside his real-life wife, Prunella Scales, who played Sarah France. They appeared together in the episode 'Upstagers', shown on 21 March 1989.[6]
At Christmas 2007, he joined Not Going Out as Geoffrey Adams. He reprised the role in two episodes of series three; Geoffrey Whitehead played the role in later seasons. In 2011, he appeared alongside John Simm and Jim Broadbent in the BBC series Exile, written by BAFTA-winning Danny Brocklehurst.[6]
In February 2013, West joined the cast of ITV soap Coronation Street, playing Eric Babbage.[8] He joined the cast of EastEnders in 2013, playing Stan Carter from January 2014.[9] He filmed his final scenes for EastEnders in February 2015.[6]
In 2019, West played Private Godfrey in Dad's Army: The Lost Episodes, a recreation of three missing episodes of the BBC comedy Dad's Army.[6]
His final acting role was in the penultimate episode of the BBC daytime series Doctors, which was screened the day after his death.[10]
Directing
[edit]West was artistic director of the Forum Theatre, Billingham, in 1973,[11] where he directed We Bombed in New Haven by Joseph Heller, The Oz Obscenity Trial by David Livingstone and The National Health by Peter Nichols. He was co-artistic director of the Prospect Theatre Company at the Old Vic from 1980 to 1981,[12] where he directed Trelawny of the 'Wells' and The Merchant of Venice. He was director-in-residence at the University of Western Australia in 1982.[13]
In 2004, West toured Australia with the Carl Rosa Opera Company as director of a production of H.M.S. Pinafore, also singing the role of Sir Joseph Porter.[6]
Personal life and death
[edit]West was married to actress Jacqueline Boyer from 1956 to 1961 with whom he had a daughter. In 1963 he married actress Prunella Scales, with whom he had two sons, actor Samuel West and Joseph.[14]
The Guardian crossword setter Biggles referred to West's 50th wedding anniversary in its prize crossword puzzle (number 26,089) on 26 October 2013.[15]
West and Scales were patrons of the Lace Market Theatre in Nottingham, The Kings Theatre in Gloucester and of the Conway Hall Sunday Concerts[16] programme in London, the longest-running series of chamber music concerts in Europe. West was an Ambassador of SOS Children's Villages,[17] an international orphan charity providing homes and mothers for orphaned and abandoned children. He supported the charity's annual World Orphan Week.[18]
West was patron of the National Piers Society,[19] a charity dedicated to preserving and promoting seaside piers. He and Prunella Scales were patrons of Avon Navigation Trust (ANT), the charity that runs the River Avon from Stratford-upon-Avon to Tewkesbury. They both supported ANT by attending the Stratford River Festival every year.[20] West supported Cancer Research UK.[21]
West was a Patron of Kids for Kids[22], helping children living in remote villages of Darfur, Sudan through sustainable projects. He and his wife supported Kids for Kids for many years and he continued to be a Reader at the annual Candlelit Christmas Concert at St Peter’s Eaton Square where he always chose something he knew the children would love.
West was a supporter of the Talyllyn Railway in mid Wales, the first preserved railway in the world. He visited on a number of occasions, the last being the summer of 2015 to attend the railway's 150th anniversary.[23] He was a patron of the Inland Waterways Association.[24]
West was president of the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (being succeeded by Benedict Cumberbatch in January 2018) and was president of the Society for Theatre Research. He was also patron of London-based drama school Associated Studios.[25]
West died in London on 12 November 2024, aged 90.[10][26][27]
Honours
[edit]In 1984, West was appointed CBE for his services to drama.[28] He was accepted as a fellow to the Royal Society of Arts in 1992.[29]
During his life, West was awarded eight honorary doctorates: University of Bradford (1993), University of the West of England (1994), University of East Anglia (1996), University of Westminster (1999), University of London (2004), University of Hull (2004), Royal Conservatoire of Scotland (2004), and University of Kent (2018)[29] He also received an honorary degree from the University of Bristol in 2017.[30]
Selected theatre appearances
[edit]- King Lear, as Lear, Dir Tom Morris, Bristol Old Vic, 2016[31]
- The Vote by James Graham, Donmar Warehouse and More4, 2015[32]
- The Handyman by Ronald Harwood, as Romka, Dir Joe Harmston, UK tour, 2012[33]
- Uncle Vanya, as Sererbryakov, Dir Jeremy Herrin, Chichester Festival Theatre, 2012[34]
- The Winslow Boy, as Arthur Winslow, Dir Stephen Unwin, Rose Theatre, Kingston and UK tour, 2009[35]
- Romany Wood, as narrator, Theatre Severn, Shropshire, 2009[36]
- The Lover/The Collection, Dir Jamie Lloyd, Comedy Theatre, London, 2008[37]
- Opening of St Pancras International, as William Henry Barlow, Tuesday 6 November 2007[38]
- Coriolanus as Menenius, Dir Gregory Doran, RSC, Stratford-upon-Avon, Newcastle, Spain and USA, 2007[39]
- A Number by Caryl Churchill as Salter, with Samuel West as B1/B2/Michael Black, Dir[40] Jonathan Munby, Crucible Theatre Studio, 2006. Revived in 2010 at the Chocolate Factory and 2011 at the Fugard Theatre, Cape Town.
- The Old Country by Alan Bennett, Dir Stephen Unwin, Trafalgar Studios, 2006[41]
- King Lear, as Lear, Dir Stephen Unwin, UK tour with English Touring Theatre, 2002[42]
- The Master Builder, as Solness, Dir Stephen Unwin, UK tour, 1999[43]
- King Lear, as Gloucester, Dir Richard Eyre, Greece, Turkey and the National Theatre, 1997[44]
- Henry IV Part One and Part Two, as Falstaff, with Samuel West as Hal, Dir Stephen Unwin, UK tour and the Old Vic Theatre, 1996[45]
- Twelve Angry Men, Dir Harold Pinter, Bristol Old Vic and Comedy Theatre, 1996[46]
- Macbeth, as Macbeth, Dir Helena Kaut-Howson, Theatr Clwyd, 1994[47]
- Death of a Salesman, as Willy Loman, Dir Janet Suzman, Theatr Clwyd, 1993[48]
- King Lear as Lear, Dir Alan Stanford, Tivoli Theatre, Dublin, 1992[49]
- Long Day's Journey into Night, with Prunella Scales, Dir Howard Davies, Bristol Old Vic, UK Tour and the National Theatre, 1991[50]
- It's Ralph as Andrew, by Hugh Whitemore, Dir Clifford Williams, Comedy Theatre London 1991[51]
- Uncle Vanya, as Vanya, Dir Paul Unwin, Bristol Old Vic, 1990
- The Master Builder, as Solness, Dir Paul Unwin, Bristol Old Vic, 1989[52]
- When We Are Married, with Prunella Scales, Dir Ronald Eyre, Whitehall Theatre, 1985[53]
- Masterclass by David Pownall, as Stalin, Dir Justin Greene, Leicester Haymarket and the Old Vic Theatre, 1984[54]
- Uncle Vanya, as Vanya, Dir Prunella Scales, Playhouse, Perth, Western Australia, 1982[55]
- The Merchant of Venice as Shylock, International tour in association with the British Council and at the Old Vic Theatre, 1980[56]
- Beecham, by Caryl Brahms and Ned Sherrin, as Thomas Beecham, Apollo Theatre, London, 1980[57]
- The Homecoming, as Max, Garrick Theatre, Dir Kevin Billington, 1978.[58]
- Hamlet, as Claudius, with Derek Jacobi as Hamlet, Dir Toby Robertson, Edinburgh Festival, International tour and the Old Vic Theatre, 1977[59]
- Othello, as Iago, Dir Richard Eyre, Nottingham Playhouse, 1976[60]
- Hedda Gabler, as Judge Brack, Dir Trevor Nunn, with Glenda Jackson, RSC, international tour and Aldwych Theatre, 1975[61]
- Macbeth, as Macbeth, Gardner Arts Centre, Brighton, Dir John David, 1974[62]
- Love's Labour's Lost, as Holofernes, Aldwych Theatre, London, McBain/Archer, Prospect Theatre Company, June 1972[63]
- King Lear as Lear, Prospect Theatre Company, Dir Toby Robertson, Edinburgh Festival and UK tour, 1971. The production visited Australia in 1972[64]
- Exiles, Dir Harold Pinter. Mermaid Theatre, 1970[65]
- Richard II and Edward II, as Bolingbroke and Young Mortimer, with Ian McKellen as the kings, Prospect Theatre Company, Edinburgh Festival, International tour and Piccadilly Theatre, Dir Richard Cottrell/Toby Robertson, 1969[66][67]
- The Tempest, as Prospero, Prospect Productions, Dir Toby Robertson, 1966[68]
- "Madam", said Dr Johnson, Prospect Productions, Dir Toby Robertson, 1966[69]
- Marat/Sade, RSC, Dir Peter Brook, 1964[70]
- Afore Night Come, RSC, Arts Theatre, 1962. Revived at the Aldwych Theatre, 1964[71]
- Gentle Jack, Theatre Royal, Brighton and the Queen's Theatre, London, 1963[72]
- Caught Napping, Piccadilly Theatre, 1959[73]
Filmography
[edit]Film
[edit]Television
[edit]Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1960 | Persuasion[99] | Charles Hayter | |
1961 | Deadline Midnight[100] | Ambulance Man | 1 episode |
1969 | Big Breadwinner Hog[101] | Lennox | dir Mike Newell/Michael Apted |
1970 | Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased)[102] | Sam Grimes | Series 1 Episode 24 "Vendetta for a Dead Man" |
1972 | The Edwardians[103] | Horatio Bottomley | Episode "Horatio Bottomley" |
1975 | Edward the Seventh[104] | King Edward VII | |
1977 | Hard Times[105] | Josiah Bounderby | |
1979 | Crime and Punishment[106] | Porfiry Petrovich | |
Henry VIII[107] | Cardinal Wolsey | Part of the BBC Television Shakespeare | |
Churchill and the Generals[108] | Winston Churchill | ||
1980 | Tales of the Unexpected: Royal Jelly[109] | Albert Taylor | |
1981 | Masada[110] | Emperor Vespasian | |
1982 | Murder Is Easy[111] | Gordon, Lord Easterfield | |
1983–1990 | Brass[112] | Bradley Hardacre | Three series |
1984 | The Last Bastion[113] | Winston Churchill | |
1985 | Miss Marple[114] | Rex Fortescue | Episode: "A Pocket Full of Rye" |
1986 | A Very Peculiar Practice[115] | Professor Furie | |
The Good Doctor Bodkin Adams[116] | John Bodkin Adams | A drama based on the 1957 trial of the doctor | |
The Monocled Mutineer[117] | Brigadier General Thompson | ||
1987 | When We Are Married[118] | Councillor Albert Parker | |
What the Butler Saw[119] | Dr Rance | ||
1988 | The Contractor[120] | Frank Ewbank | By David Storey |
1989 | Campion: Police at the Funeral[121] | Uncle William Faraday | |
Blore, M.P.[122] | Derek Blore | A drama loosely based on the Profumo affair | |
1990 | Beecham[123] | Sir Thomas Beecham | Adapted from the play about the conductor |
The Tragedy of Flight 103: The Inside Story[124] | Colonel Wilfred Wood | ||
1992 | Shakespeare: The Animated Tales: The Tempest[125] | Prospero | Voice |
Framed[126] | DCI Jimmy McKinnes | ||
1994 | Smokescreen[127] | Frank Sheringham | |
1998 | King Lear[128] | Gloucester | |
Goodnight Sweetheart[129] | MI5 agent Tufty MacDuff | ||
The Day the Guns Fell Silent[130] | presenter | BBC TV documentary about the end of the Great War | |
2000 | Midsomer Murders[131] | Marcus Devere | Episode: "Judgement Day" |
2000–2008 | Water World[132] | presenter | Eight series |
2001 | Murder in Mind[133] | Dr William Collins | Episode: "Mercy" |
2001–2003 | Bedtime[134] | Andrew Oldfield | Three series |
2002 | Martin Luther[135] | Martin Luther | PBS Empires series |
2004 | Waking the Dead[136] | Joe Doyle | Episodes #4.3 and #4.4 ("False Flag") |
2005 | New Tricks | Professor Ian Mears | Episode #2.8 |
Bleak House[137] | Sir Leicester Dedlock | ||
2007–2009 | Not Going Out[138] | Geoffrey | Series 2 and 3 |
2010 | Terry Pratchett's Going Postal[139] | Mustrum Ridcully | 2 episodes |
Agatha Christie's Poirot[140] | Reverend Cottrell | Episode: "Hallowe'en Party" | |
Lewis | Professor Donald Terry | Series 4, Episode 3: "Your Sudden Death Question" | |
2011 | Exile[141] | Don Metzler | 2 episodes |
2012 | Titanic[142] | Lord Pirrie | |
2013 | Coronation Street[143] | Eric Babbage | 7 episodes |
2013, 2020 | Last Tango in Halifax[144] | Ted Buttershaw | |
2014 | Inside No. 9[145] | Andrew | Episode 1, "Sardines" |
2014–2015 | EastEnders[146] | Stan Carter | |
2014–2019 | Great Canal Journeys[147] | Presenter | Channel 4 television series with wife, Prunella Scales |
2016 | Comedy Playhouse[148] | Milton | Episode: "Broken Biscuits" |
2018 | Shakespeare & Hathaway: Private Investigators[149] | Johnnie Falstaff | Episode 2 |
2019–2022 | Gentleman Jack[150] | Jeremy Lister | Main cast |
2019 | Dad's Army: The Lost Episodes[151] | Private Godfrey | Three episodes |
2023 | Sister Boniface Mysteries[152] | Charles Usher | Episode: "The Star of the Orient" |
2024 | Doctors[153] | Artie Simkins | Episode: "Go Out Dancing", final acting role, broadcast posthumously |
Selected radio
[edit]Timothy West was a member of the BBC Radio Drama Repertory Company in 1962[154] and took part in over 500 radio broadcasts.[6] In 1959, he wrote and produced a short audio play, This Gun That I Have in My Right Hand Is Loaded, satirising typical mistakes of radio drama, including over-explanatory dialogue and misuse of sound cues.[155][156]
- Cabin Pressure by John Finnemore, as Gordon Shappey, BBC Radio 4, 2011[157]
- Seasons by Gareth Parker, as Harold. Independent drama by the Wireless Theatre Company, 2010[158]
- Old Harry's Game by Andy Hamilton, as God, BBC Radio 4, 2009.[157]
- The Man on the Heath: Johnson and Boswell Investigate by David Noakes, as Doctor Johnson, Saturday Play on BBC Radio 4, 2005[159]
- Lorna Doone by R.D. Blackmore, as narrator, 2004[160]
- Rumpole of the Bailey, as Rumpole, in sixteen 45-minute plays, 2003–2012. In this series his wife in real life played his fictional wife.[161]
- Hecuba by Euripides, as Polymestor, 2001 [162]
- Groupie by Arnold Wesker, 2001[163]
- Dorothy, a Manager's Wife by Peter Tinniswood, 2000[164]
- Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller, as Willy Loman, 1993[165]
- The Gibson by Bruce Bedford, 1992[166]
- The Expedition of Humphry Clinker by Tobias Smollett, Classic Serial on BBC Radio 4, 1992[167]
- Crisp and Even Brightly by Alick Rowe, as 'Generally well-intentioned King Wenceslas', Saturday Night Theatre, BBC Radio 4, 1987[168]
- I, Claudius and Claudius the God by Robert Graves, as Claudius, produced by Glyn Dearman, 1985[169]
- With a Whimper to the Grave by Wally K. Daly, as 642, 1984[170]
- Actors, or Playing for Real by Lope de Vega, as Emperor Diocletian, BBC Radio 3, 1983[171]
- Dear Countess by Elizabeth Morgan 1983[172]
- Lady Windermere's Fan by Oscar Wilde, Saturday Night Theatre, BBC Radio 4, 1982[173]
- Operation Lightning Pegasus by Alick Rowe, as Agammemnon, Saturday Night Theatre, BBC Radio 4, 1981[174]
- Sherlock Holmes v. Dracula by Loren D. Estleman, as Doctor Watson, dramatised and directed by Glyn Dearman, Saturday Night Theatre, BBC Radio 4, 1981[175]
- The Monument by David Cregan, as Dr. James Short, BBC Radio 3, 1978[176]
- Where Are They Now? by Tom Stoppard, as an Old Boy, 1971[177]
- If You're Glad, I'll be Frank by Tom Stoppard, as Frank, 1966[178]
- Macbeth, as the Porter, BBC Third Programme, 1966. Repeated on BBC Radio 4 in 1967 and BBC 7 in 2007[179]
Audiobooks
[edit]Timothy West recorded many unabridged audiobooks, including the complete Barchester Chronicles and the complete Palliser novels by Anthony Trollope, and seven of George MacDonald Fraser's The Flashman Papers books. He received four AudioFile Earphones Awards for his narration.[180]
Books
[edit]- I'm Here I Think, Where Are You? Letters from a Touring Actor, 1994, ISBN 978-1-85459-222-4.
- A Moment Towards the End of the Play (autobiography), 2001, ISBN 978-1-85459-619-2.
- So You Want to Be an Actor (with Prunella Scales), 2005, ISBN 978-1-85459-879-0.
- Great Canal Journeys: A Lifetime of Memories on Britain's Most Beautiful Waterways, 2017, ISBN 978-1-78606-511-7.
- Pru and Me: The Amazing Marriage of Prunella Scales and Timothy West, 2023, ISBN 978-0241629550.
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- Timothy West at IMDb
- Timothy West at AllMovie
- Timothy West at the BFI's Screenonline
- Timothy West discography at Discogs
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