Timothy West
Born
October 20, 1934
Died
November 12, 2024 (90 years old)
Known For
Acting
Place of Birth
Bradford, West Yorkshire, England, UK
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

The Big Snow of '47
Self
2024

Bring Back My Bonnie
Roger
2022

Night of the Broken
Adolf Hitler
2022

We the Kings
Victor
2018

Delirium
College Bursar
2017

The Vote
Fred Norris
2015

Run For Your Wife
Man in Pub
2012
Idle-Hands
Spam
2010

Endgame
P.W. Botha
2009

A Room with a View
Mr Eager
2007

Colditz
Bunny Warren
2005

Beyond Borders
Lawrence Bauford
2003

Martin Luther
Martin Luther
2003

Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas
Dymas (voice)
2003

Villa Des Roses
Hugh Burrell
2002
Station Jim
Sir Christopher Ellis
2001

Iris
Older Maurice
2001

The Fourth Angel
Jones
2001

102 Dalmatians
Judge
2000

The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc
Cauchon
1999

EverAfter
King Francis
1998

King Lear
Gloucester
1998

Animated Epics: Beowulf
Hrothgar ( voice )
1998

The Place of the Dead
Chairman of the Inquiry
1997
Eleven Men Against Eleven
Sir Bob Luckton
1995

The Tragedy of Flight 103: The Inside Story
Col. Wilfred Wood
1990

Survival of the Fittest
Geoffrey Cowper
1990

Lenin: The Train
Parvus
1990

Dirty Beasts
Narrator
1990

Revolting Rhymes
Narrator
1990
Beecham
Sir Thomas Beecham
1990

Blore M.P.
Derek Blore MP
1989

Consuming Passions
1988

When We Are Married
Councillor Albert Parker
1987
Breakthrough at Reykjavik
Mikhail Gorbachev
1987

Cry Freedom
Capt. De Wet
1987

What the Butler Saw
Dr Rance
1987

The Good Doctor Bodkin-Adams
Dr John Bodkin Adams
1986

Florence Nightingale
Russell
1985

Oliver Twist
Mr. Bumble
1982

Murder Is Easy
Lord Gordon Easterfield
1982

Rough Cut
Nigel Lawton
1980

Churchill and the Generals
Winston Churchill
1979

Henry VIII
Cardinal Wolsey
1979

Agatha
Kenward
1979

The Thirty Nine Steps
Porton
1978
News from Nowhere
William Morris
1978

The Devil's Advocate
Father Anselmo
1977

Joseph Andrews
Mr. Tow-Wouse
1977

Hedda
Brack
1975

The After Dinner Game
Mark Childers
1975

The Day of the Jackal
Commissioner Berthier
1973

Hitler: The Last Ten Days
Prof. Gebhardt
1973

Horatio Bottomley
Horatio Bottomley
1972

Nicholas and Alexandra
Dr. Botkin
1971
The Book of Water
Geiser

Gentleman Jack
Jeremy Lister · (16 episodes)
2019

Shakespeare & Hathaway - Private Investigators
Johnny Falstaff · (1 episode)
2018

Great Canal Journeys
Self · (34 episodes)
2014

Inside No. 9
Andrew · (1 episode)
2014

Toast of London
(1 episode)
2013

Last Tango in Halifax
Ted · (4 episodes)
2012

Titanic
Lord Pirrie · (4 episodes)
2012

Exile
(3 episodes)
2011

Going Postal
Ridcully · (2 episodes)
2010
The Alan Titchmarsh Show
Self · (1 episode)
2007

Lewis
Donald Terry · (1 episode)
2007

Not Going Out
Geoffrey Adams · (3 episodes)
2006

Bleak House
Sir Leicester Dedlock · (12 episodes)
2005

Colditz
Bunny Warren · (2 episodes)
2005
London
Henry Mayhew · (3 episodes)
2004

The Alan Clark Diaries
(1 episode)
2004

New Tricks
Professor Mears · (1 episode)
2004

Dickens
(3 episodes)
2002

The Inspector Lynley Mysteries
Andy Maiden · (1 episode)
2002

Bedtime
Andrew Oldfield · (15 episodes)
2001

Waking the Dead
Joe Doyle · (2 episodes)
2001

Murder in Mind
Dr. William Collins · (1 episode)
2001

Midsomer Murders
Marcus Devere · (1 episode)
1997
Over Here
Narrator · (2 episodes)
1996

Bramwell
Colonel Kindersley · (1 episode)
1995
Smokescreen
Frank Sheringham · (6 episodes)
1994

Goodnight Sweetheart
(2 episodes)
1993

Framed
DCI Jimmy McKinnes · (4 episodes)
1992

Shakespeare: The Animated Tales
Prospero (voice) · (1 episode)
1992

Murder Most Horrid
Old Doctor Adams · (1 episode)
1991

Performance
Gloucester · (1 episode)
1991

Campion
William Faraday · (2 episodes)
1989

Agatha Christie's Poirot
Reverend Cottrell · (1 episode)
1989

Lenin... The Train
Parvus · (2 episodes)
1988

Beryl Markham: A Shadow on the Sun
Charles Clutterbuck
1988

After Henry
(1 episode)
1988

The Monocled Mutineer
(4 episodes)
1986

A Very Peculiar Practice
(1 episode)
1986

Tender Is the Night
Mr. Morris · (6 episodes)
1985
Theatre Night
Doctor Rance · (1 episode)
1985
Theatre Night
David Roberts · (1 episode)
1985
Theatre Night
Ewbank · (1 episode)
1985

Miss Marple: A Pocketful of Rye
Rex Fortescue · (2 episodes)
1985

Brass
(32 episodes)
1983

Masada
Emperor Vespasian · (4 episodes)
1981

Crime and Punishment
Porfiry Petrovich · (3 episodes)
1979

Tales of the Unexpected
Albert Taylor · (1 episode)
1979

The BBC Television Shakespeare
Cardinal Wolsey · (1 episode)
1978

An Audience with...
Self · (3 episodes)
1978

Hard Times
Josiah Bounderby · (4 episodes)
1977

Edward the Seventh
Edward VII · (13 episodes)
1975

The Edwardians
Horatio Bottomley · (1 episode)
1972

Play for Today
Mark Childers · (1 episode)
1970

Edward II
Young Mortimer
1970

The Tragedy of King Richard II
Henry Bolingbroke
1970

The Looking Glass War
Taylor
1970

Twisted Nerve
Superintendant Dakin
1968
Witch Hunt
Dr. Howard Agister · (5 episodes)
1967

The Deadly Affair
Matrvis (in Edward II)
1967

Mystery and Imagination
(1 episode)
1966

Thirty-Minute Theatre
Jack Campion · (1 episode)
1965

Persuasion
Charles Hayter · (4 episodes)
1960

Coronation Street
Eric Babbage · (7 episodes)
1960

No Hiding Place
(1 episode)
1959

Armchair Theatre
Ralph · (1 episode)
1956