Editing Timothy West (section)

===Screen===
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;<ref>''A Moment Towards the End of the Play'', p 140.</ref> his real-life sons, [[Samuel West|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 (1971 TV series)|Upstairs, Downstairs]]''. Other screen appearances included ''[[Nicholas and Alexandra]]'' (1971), ''[[The Day of the Jackal (film)|The Day of the Jackal]]'' (1973), ''[[The Thirty Nine Steps (1978 film)|The Thirty Nine Steps]]'' (1978), ''[[Masada (miniseries)|Masada]]'' (1981), ''[[Cry Freedom]]'' (1987) and Luc Besson's ''[[The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc]]'' (1999). In Richard Eyre's ''[[Iris (2001 film)|Iris]]'' (2001) he played Maurice and his son Samuel West played Maurice as a young man.<ref name="lamda"/>

West starred as patriarch Bradley Hardacre in [[ITV (TV network)|Granada TV's]] satirical [[Northern England|Northern]] super-soap ''[[Brass (TV series)|Brass]]'' over three seasons (1982–1990). He appeared in the series ''[[Miss Marple (TV 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 (TV series)|Bedtime]]''.<ref name="lamda"/>

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.<ref name="lamda"/>

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 (TV series)|Exile]]'', written by [[BAFTA]]-winning [[Danny Brocklehurst]].<ref name="lamda"/>

In February 2013, West joined the cast of ITV soap ''[[Coronation Street]]'', playing [[Eric Babbage]].<ref>[http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2013-02-16/coronation-street-timothy-west-makes-his-debut---video-preview Coronation Street: Timothy West makes his debut], RadioTimes.com, 16 February 2013; accessed 20 June 2015.</ref> He joined the cast of ''[[EastEnders]]'' in 2013, playing [[Stan Carter]] from January 2014.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2013-12-12/eastenders-timothy-west-and-annette-badland-to-join-as-danny-dyers-screen-family-expands|title=EastEnders: Timothy West and Annette Badland to join as Danny Dyer's screen family expands|last=Brown|first=David|date=12 December 2013|work=[[Radio Times]]|access-date=20 June 2015}}</ref> He filmed his final scenes for ''EastEnders'' in February 2015.<ref name="lamda"/>

In 2019, West played [[Private Godfrey]] in ''[[Dad's Army#Dad's Army: The Lost Episodes (2019)|Dad's Army: The Lost Episodes]]'', a recreation of three missing episodes of the [[BBC]] comedy ''[[Dad's Army]]''.<ref name="lamda"/>

His final acting role was in the penultimate episode of the BBC daytime series ''[[Doctors (2000 TV series)|Doctors]]'', which was screened the day after his death.<ref name="BBCO" />