Editing Timothy West

{{Short description|English actor (1934–2024)}}
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{{Infobox person
| name               = Timothy West
| honorific_suffix   = {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|CBE|FRSA}}
| image              = Timothy West in 2010.JPG
| caption            = West in 2010
| birth_name         = Timothy Lancaster West
| birth_date         = {{Birth date|df=yes|1934|10|20}}
| birth_place        = [[Bradford]], [[West Riding of Yorkshire|West Riding of Yorkshire]], England
| death_date         = {{Death date and age|df=yes|2024|11|12|1934|10|20}}
| death_place        = [[Wandsworth]], [[London]], England
| occupation         = Actor
| years_active       = 1956–2024
| education          = The [[John Lyon School]] <br>[[Bristol Grammar School]]
| alma_mater         = [[University of Westminster|Regent Street Polytechnic]] (now University of Westminster)
| spouse             = {{plainlist|
* {{marriage|Jacqueline Boyer|1956|1961|end=divorced}}
* {{marriage|[[Prunella Scales]]|1963}}
}}
| parents            = [[Lockwood West]] <br>Olive Carleton-Crowe
| children           = 3, including [[Samuel West]]
}}

'''Timothy Lancaster West''' (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]]''. In [[1978 Laurence Olivier Awards|1978]], West was nominated for the [[Laurence Olivier Award for Actor of the Year in a Revival]] for his performance in [[The Homecoming|''The Homecoming'']].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Olivier Winners 1978 |url=https://officiallondontheatre.com/olivier-awards/winners/olivier-winners-1978/ |access-date=2025-02-13 |website=Olivier Awards |language=en-GB}}</ref>

On screen, his breakout role was playing King Edward VII in the television series ''[[Edward the Seventh]]'' in 1975, earning him his first nomination for the [[British Academy Television Award for Best Actor|BAFTA Award for Best Actor]], with a second following in [[1990 British Academy Television Awards|1980]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Actor |url=https://www.bafta.org/awards/television/actor-television |access-date=2025-02-13 |website=Bafta |language=en}}</ref> West appeared in major films such as ''[[Nicholas and Alexandra]]'' (1971), ''[[The Day of the Jackal (film)|The Day of the Jackal]]'' (1973), and ''[[The Thirty Nine Steps (1978 film)|The Thirty Nine Steps]]'' (1978). His television highlights included ''[[Brass (TV series)|Brass]]'' (1982–1990), ''[[Bedtime (TV series)|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==
Timothy Lancaster 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).<ref name = Times>{{cite news |title=Timothy West obituary: popular actor of stage and screen |url=https://www.thetimes.com/uk/obituaries/article/timothy-west-dcmv05dxc |access-date=13 November 2024 |work=The Times |date=13 November 2024}}</ref> He had a sister Patricia who was five years younger than he. He was educated at the [[John Lyon School]], [[Harrow on the Hill]], at [[Bristol Grammar School]],<ref>''A Moment Towards the End of the Play'', p 14</ref> where he was a classmate of [[Julian Glover]], and at Regent Street Polytechnic (now the [[University of Westminster]]).<ref>''Who's Who in the Theatre'', 16th edition (1977), {{ISBN|978-0-273-00163-8}}.</ref>

==Career==
West worked as an office furniture salesman and as a recording technician before becoming an [[assistant stage manager]] at the [[New Wimbledon Theatre|Wimbledon Theatre]] in 1956.<ref>''A Moment Towards the End of the Play'', p 27</ref>

===Stage===
West played repertory seasons in [[Newquay]], [[Kingston upon Hull|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-upon-Avon|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 (director)|Peter Hall]]'s production of ''[[The Government Inspector]]'', in a company which included [[Paul Scofield]], [[Eric Porter]], [[Janet Suzman]], [[Paul Rogers (actor)|Paul Rogers]], [[Ian Richardson]], [[Glenda Jackson]] and [[Peter McEnery]].<ref>''A Moment Towards the End of the Play'', p 88</ref>

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]].<ref name="lamda"/>

===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" />

===Directing===
West was artistic director of the Forum Theatre, [[Billingham]], in 1973,<ref>''A Moment Towards the End of the Play'', p. 131.</ref> where he directed ''We Bombed in New Haven'' by [[Joseph Heller]], ''The Oz Obscenity Trial'' by David Livingstone and ''[[The National Health (play)|The National Health]]'' by [[Peter Nichols (playwright)|Peter Nichols]]. He was co-artistic director of the [[Prospect Theatre Company]] at the [[Old Vic]] from 1980 to 1981,<ref>''A Moment Towards the End of the Play'', p 194</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite news |last=Douglas |first=Kim |date=16 June 1982 |others=Photographs by Alf Sorbello |title=A day in the life of Timothy West and Prunella Scales |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article55188536 |accessdate=6 October 2024 |newspaper=[[The Australian Women's Weekly]] |location=Australia |page=25 |via=National Library of Australia |volume=49 |issue=52}}</ref>

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.<ref name="lamda"/>

==Personal life and death==
From 1956 to 1961, West was married to actress Jacqueline Boyer, with whom he had a daughter. In 1963 he married actress [[Prunella Scales]], with whom he had two sons, actor [[Samuel West]] and Joseph.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Coveney |first1=Michael |title=Timothy West obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2024/nov/13/timothy-west-obituary |access-date=13 November 2024 |work=The Guardian |date=13 November 2024}}</ref>

''[[The Guardian]]'' crossword setter ''Biggles'' referred to West's 50th wedding anniversary in its prize [[crossword]] puzzle (number 26,089) on 26 October 2013.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/prize/26089|title=Prize crossword No 26,089|first1=Set by|last1=Biggles|date=26 October 2013|newspaper=The Guardian}}</ref>

West and Scales were patrons of the [[Lace Market Theatre]] in [[Nottingham]], The Kings Theatre in [[Gloucester]] and of the [[Conway Hall]] Sunday Concerts<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.conwayhallsundayconcerts.org.uk/ |title=Sunday Concerts – Home |access-date=7 February 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130517223454/http://conwayhallsundayconcerts.org.uk/ |archive-date=17 May 2013  }}</ref> programme in London, the longest-running series of chamber music concerts in Europe. West was an Ambassador of SOS Children's Villages,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.soschildren.org/|title=SOS Children's Villages United Kingdom – No child should grow up alone}}</ref> an international orphan charity providing homes and mothers for orphaned and abandoned children. He supported the charity's annual [[World Orphan Week]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.soschildrensvillages.org.uk/donate-help/wow-main.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091015190126/http://www.soschildrensvillages.org.uk/donate-help/wow-main.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=15 October 2009|title=WOW World Orphan Week|date=15 October 2009}}</ref>

West was patron of the [[National Piers Society]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://piers.org.uk/|title=Home – National Piers Society|date=17 May 2015}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.avonnavigationtrust.org/|title=Avon Navigation Trust – Join the Avon Navigation Trust}}</ref> West supported [[Cancer Research UK]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/eastenders/news/a640794/eastenders-star-timothy-west-backs-prostate-cancer-campaign/|title=EastEnders star Timothy West backs prostate cancer campaign|last=Kilkelly|first=Daniel|date=10 April 2015|work=[[Digital Spy]]|publisher=[[Hearst Magazines]]|access-date=10 February 2017}}</ref>

West was a Patron of [[Kids for Kids]],<ref>{{Cite web |title=Home |url=https://kidsforkids.org.uk/ |access-date=2024-11-18 |website=Kids for Kids |language=en-US}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite news |last1=McNicholls Vale |first1=Julie |title=Talyllyn Railway pay tribute to supporter Timothy West |url=https://www.cambrian-news.co.uk/news/talyllyn-railway-pay-tribute-to-supporter-timothy-west-739035 |access-date=13 November 2024 |publisher=Cambrian News |date=13 November 2024}}</ref> He was a patron of the [[Inland Waterways Association]].<ref name = Times/>

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]].<ref>Associated Studios website: http://www.associatedstudios.co.uk</ref>

After a fall, West's health declined throughout his final months, and he died at a care home in [[Wandsworth]] on 12 November 2024, aged 90.<ref name="BBCO">{{cite news |title=Actor Timothy West dies aged 90 |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cwy9vw893xvo |access-date=13 November 2024 |publisher=BBC News |date=13 November 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Actor Timothy West dies aged 90 |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/11/13/actor-timothy-west-dies-aged-90/ |access-date=13 November 2024 |publisher=The Telegraph |date=13 November 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url = https://www.thetimes.com/culture/theatre-dance/article/samuel-west-my-dads-final-words-to-me-cgwn9jf6x|title = Samuel West: my dad's final words to me|last = Maxwell|first = Dominic|date = 1 December 2024|accessdate = 1 December 2024|newspaper = [[The Sunday Times]]|url-access = subscription}}</ref>

==Honours==
In 1984, West was appointed [[Order of the British Empire|CBE]] for his services to drama.<ref>{{cite web | last=Macnamara | first=Felicity | title=Bradford-born actor Timothy West dies at the of 90 | website=Bradford Telegraph and Argus | date=13 November 2024 | url=https://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/news/24720835.timothy-west-born-bradford-dies-aged-90/ | access-date=13 November 2024}}</ref> He was accepted as a fellow to the [[Royal Society of Arts]] in 1992.<ref name="WhosWho"/>

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)<ref name="WhosWho">{{Who's Who |year=2020 |title = West, Timothy Lancaster |id=U39386 |doi=10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U39386}}</ref>  He also received an honorary degree from the [[University of Bristol]] in 2017.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bristol.ac.uk/news/2017/july/timothy-west.html |title=Famed actor Timothy West receives honorary degree |publisher=[University of Bristol |date=21 July 2017 |access-date=18 November 2024}}</ref>

==Selected theatre appearances==
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* ''[[King Lear]]'', as Lear, Dir [[Tom Morris (director)|Tom Morris]], [[Bristol Old Vic]], 2016<ref>{{Cite news |last=Gardner |first=Lyn |date=29 June 2016 |title=King Lear review – Timothy West's foolish ruler divides a nation |url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2016/jun/29/king-lear-review-timothy-west-bristol-old-vic-brexit-shakespeare |access-date=13 November 2024 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}</ref>
* ''[[The Vote (play)|The Vote]]'' by [[James Graham (playwright)|James Graham]], [[Donmar Warehouse]] and [[More4]], 2015<ref>{{Cite news |last=Billington |first=Michael |date=6 May 2015 |title=The Vote review – James Graham's all-star election-night farce |url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2015/may/06/the-vote-review-james-graham-all-star-election-night-farce |access-date=13 November 2024 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}</ref>
* ''The Handyman'' by [[Ronald Harwood]], as Romka, Dir Joe Harmston, UK tour, 2012<ref>{{Cite web |date=28 June 2012 |title=Timothy West stars in Harwood's Handyman |url=https://www.whatsonstage.com/news/timothy-west-stars-in-harwoods-handyman_3655/ |access-date=13 November 2024 |language=en-US}}</ref>
* ''[[Uncle Vanya]]'', as Sererbryakov, Dir [[Jeremy Herrin]], [[Chichester Festival Theatre]], 2012<ref>{{Cite web |date=30 March 2012 |title=Theatre review: Uncle Vanya at Chichester Minerva Theatre |url=https://www.britishtheatreguide.info/reviews/uncle-vanya-chichester-mine-7410 |access-date=13 November 2024 |website=British Theatre Guide |language=en-GB}}</ref>
* ''[[The Winslow Boy]]'', as Arthur Winslow, Dir [[Stephen Unwin (director)|Stephen Unwin]], [[Rose Theatre, Kingston]] and UK tour, 2009<ref>{{Cite news |last=Billington |first=Michael |date=18 May 2009 |title=The Winslow Boy |url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2009/may/19/theatre-review-the-winslow-boy |access-date=13 November 2024 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}</ref>
* ''[[Romany Wood]]'', as narrator, Theatre Severn, [[Shropshire]], 2009<ref>{{Cite web |last=BBC |title=Romany Wood opens theatre |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/shropshire/content/articles/2009/03/11/romany_wood_musical_feature.shtml |access-date=13 November 2024 |website=www.bbc.co.uk |language=en-gb}}</ref>
* ''[[The Lover (play)|The Lover]]/[[The Collection (play)|The Collection]]'', Dir [[Jamie Lloyd]], [[Comedy Theatre]], London, 2008<ref>{{Cite news |last=Billington |first=Michael |date=30 January 2008 |title=The Lover/The Collection |url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2008/jan/30/theatre6 |access-date=13 November 2024 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}</ref>
* Opening of [[St Pancras railway station|St Pancras International]], as [[William Henry Barlow]], Tuesday 6 November 2007<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Queen opens restored St. Pancras International {{!}} Railnews {{!}} Today's news for Tomorrow's railway |url=https://www.railnews.co.uk/news/2007/11/07-queen-opens-st-pancras.html |access-date=13 November 2024 |website=www.railnews.co.uk}}</ref>
* ''[[Coriolanus (play)|Coriolanus]]'' as Menenius, Dir [[Gregory Doran]], [[Royal Shakespeare Company|RSC]], [[Stratford-upon-Avon]], Newcastle, Spain and USA, 2007<ref name="Coveney">{{Cite news |last=Coveney |first=Michael |date=13 November 2024 |title=Timothy West obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2024/nov/13/timothy-west-obituary |access-date=13 November 2024 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}</ref>
* ''[[A Number]]'' by [[Caryl Churchill]] as Salter, with [[Samuel West]] as B1/B2/Michael Black, Dir<ref>{{Cite news |last=Larman |first=Alexander |date=13 November 2024 |title=Timothy West: his 10 greatest roles |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/tv/0/timothy-west-10-greatest-roles/ |access-date=13 November 2024 |work=The Telegraph |language=en-GB |issn=0307-1235}}</ref> Jonathan Munby, [[Crucible Theatre]] Studio, 2006. Revived in 2010 at the [[Menier Chocolate Factory|Chocolate Factory]] and 2011 at the [[Fugard Theatre]], [[Cape Town]].
* ''The Old Country'' by [[Alan Bennett]], Dir [[Stephen Unwin (director)|Stephen Unwin]], [[Trafalgar Studios]], 2006<ref>{{Cite web |date=8 June 2016 |title=The Old Country Review {{!}} LondonTheatre.co.uk |url=https://www.londontheatre.co.uk/reviews/the-old-country |access-date=13 November 2024 |website=London Theatre |language=en}}</ref>
* ''[[King Lear]]'', as Lear, Dir [[Stephen Unwin (director)|Stephen Unwin]], UK tour with [[English Touring Theatre]], 2002<ref name="irishnews.com">{{Cite web |date=13 November 2024 |title=Stage and screen star Timothy West dies aged 90 surrounded by his family |url=https://www.irishnews.com/news/uk/stage-and-screen-star-timothy-west-dies-aged-90-surrounded-by-his-family-BHX3UGNWYZLH5LV64H2F5BTO2Q/ |access-date=13 November 2024 |website=The Irish News |language=en}}</ref>
* ''[[The Master Builder]]'', as Solness, Dir [[Stephen Unwin (director)|Stephen Unwin]], UK tour, 1999<ref>{{Cite news |last=Billington |first=Michael |date=13 November 2024 |title=Timothy West: a modest maestro who embodied the best of British theatre |url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2024/nov/13/timothy-west-a-modest-acting-master-who-embodied-the-best-of-british |access-date=13 November 2024 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}</ref>
* ''[[King Lear]]'', as Gloucester, Dir [[Richard Eyre]], Greece, Turkey and the [[Royal National Theatre|National Theatre]], 1997<ref name = Times/>
* ''[[Henry IV Part One]]'' and ''[[Henry IV, Part 2|Part Two]]'', as Falstaff, with [[Samuel West]] as Hal, Dir [[Stephen Unwin (director)|Stephen Unwin]], UK tour and [[the Old Vic]] Theatre, 1996<ref>{{Cite web |date=13 November 2024 |title=Stage and screen star Timothy West dies aged 90 surrounded by his family |url=https://www.thescottishfarmer.co.uk/news/24720867.stage-screen-star-timothy-west-dies-aged-90-surrounded-family/ |access-date=13 November 2024 |website=The Scottish Farmer |language=en}}</ref>
* ''[[Twelve Angry Men]]'', Dir [[Harold Pinter]], [[Bristol Old Vic]] and [[Comedy Theatre]], 1996<ref>{{Cite web |date=8 June 2016 |title=London Theatre Guide Archive Theatre Reviews / Twelve Angry Men |url=https://www.londontheatre.co.uk/reviews/twelve-angry-men-1996 |access-date=13 November 2024 |website=London Theatre |language=en}}</ref>
* ''[[Macbeth]]'', as Macbeth, Dir [[Helena Kaut-Howson]], [[Theatr Clwyd]], 1994<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Archive: Macbeth – the curse of he who must not be named |url=https://www.thestage.co.uk/obituaries--archive/archive/the-archive-macbeth--the-curse-of-he-who-must-not-be-named |access-date=13 November 2024 |website=The Stage |language=En}}</ref>
* ''[[Death of a Salesman]]'', as Willy Loman, Dir [[Janet Suzman]], [[Theatr Clwyd]], 1993<ref>{{Cite web |date=10 March 1993 |title=Poignant piece. Death of a Salesman at the Theatre Royal, Glasgow |url=https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/12616545.poignant-piece-death-of-a-salesman-at-the-theatre-royal-glasgow/ |access-date=13 November 2024 |website=The Herald |language=en}}</ref>
* ''[[King Lear]]'' as Lear, Dir [[Alan Stanford]], Tivoli Theatre, [[Dublin]], 1992<ref>{{Cite book |last=Croall |first=Jonathan |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=diaZCgAAQBAJ&dq=%22timothy+west%22+++%22Lear%22+tivoli&pg=PA153 |title=Performing King Lear: Gielgud to Russell Beale |date=22 October 2015 |publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing |isbn=978-1-4742-2388-1 |language=en}}</ref>
* ''[[Long Day's Journey into Night]]'', with [[Prunella Scales]], Dir [[Howard Davies (director)|Howard Davies]], [[Bristol Old Vic]], UK Tour and the [[Royal National Theatre|National Theatre]], 1991<ref>{{Cite book |last=Murphy |first=Brenda |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=y8rCOJDsOW0C&dq=%22timothy+west%22+++%22Long+Day%27s+Journey+into+Night%2C%22&pg=PA59 |title=O'Neill: Long Day's Journey Into Night |date=20 September 2001 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |isbn=978-0-521-66575-9 |language=en}}</ref>
* ''It's Ralph'' as Andrew, by [[Hugh Whitemore]], Dir Clifford Williams, [[Comedy Theatre]] London 1991<ref>{{Cite book |last=Whitemore |first=Hugh |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=z7ryAAAAMAAJ&q=%22timothy+west%22+++%22It's+Ralph%22 |title=It's Ralph |date=1991 |publisher=Amber Lane Press |isbn=978-1-872868-06-6 |language=en}}</ref>
* ''[[Uncle Vanya]]'', as Vanya, Dir [[Paul Unwin (director)|Paul Unwin]], [[Bristol Old Vic]], 1990
* ''[[The Master Builder]]'', as Solness, Dir [[Paul Unwin (director)|Paul Unwin]], [[Bristol Old Vic]], 1989<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kGpRAAAAYAAJ&q=%22timothy+west%22+++%22Solness%22+1989 |title=Drama |date=1989 |publisher=British Theatre Association |language=en}}</ref>
* ''[[When We Are Married]]'', with [[Prunella Scales]], Dir [[Ronald Eyre]], [[Whitehall Theatre]], 1985<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fswaAQAAMAAJ&q=%22timothy+west%22+++%22When+We+Are+Married,%22 |title=Scene, Channel 2 and 17 |date=1985 |publisher=Twin City Area Educational Television Corporation |language=en}}</ref>
* ''Masterclass'' by [[David Pownall]], as [[Stalin]], Dir Justin Greene, [[Haymarket Theatre (Leicester)|Leicester Haymarket]] and [[the Old Vic]] Theatre, 1984<ref>{{Cite book |last=Coleman |first=Terry |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iMwcBAAAQBAJ&dq=%22timothy+west%22+++%22Masterclass%22&pg=PP118 |title=The Old Vic: The Story of a Great Theatre from Kean to Olivier to Spacey |date=30 September 2014 |publisher=Faber & Faber |isbn=978-0-571-31126-2 |language=en}}</ref>
* ''[[Uncle Vanya]]'', as Vanya, Dir [[Prunella Scales]], Playhouse, [[Perth]], Western Australia, 1982<ref>{{Cite web |last=Equity |date=17 December 2020 |title=ACTS OF FAITH |url=https://medium.com/the-equity-magazine/acts-of-faith-7ea771bfa6c5 |access-date=13 November 2024 |website=The Equity Magazine |language=en}}</ref>
* ''[[The Merchant of Venice]]'' as Shylock, International tour in association with the [[British Council]] and at [[the Old Vic]] Theatre, 1980<ref name="irishnews.com"/>
* ''Beecham'', by [[Caryl Brahms]] and [[Ned Sherrin]], as [[Thomas Beecham]], [[Apollo Theatre]], London, 1980<ref>{{Cite web |title=Production of Beecham {{!}} Theatricalia |url=https://theatricalia.com/play/53d/beecham/production/b5x |access-date=13 November 2024 |website=theatricalia.com}}</ref>
* ''[[The Homecoming]]'', as Max, Garrick Theatre, Dir Kevin Billington, 1978.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Sawera |date=13 November 2024 |title=Timothy West: A Legendary British Actor. |url=https://medium.com/@saweraakhtar0100/timothy-west-a-legendary-british-actor-699a1556e240 |access-date=13 November 2024 |website=Medium |language=en}}</ref>
* ''[[Hamlet]]'', as Claudius, with [[Derek Jacobi]] as Hamlet, Dir [[Toby Robertson]], [[Edinburgh Festival]], International tour and [[the Old Vic]] Theatre, 1977<ref name="Coveney"/>
* ''[[Othello]]'', as Iago, Dir [[Richard Eyre]], [[Nottingham Playhouse]], 1976<ref>{{Cite news |title=Iago |url=https://www.economist.com/1843/2015/08/10/iago |access-date=13 November 2024 |newspaper=The Economist |issn=0013-0613}}</ref>
* ''[[Hedda Gabler]]'', as Judge Brack, Dir [[Trevor Nunn]], with [[Glenda Jackson]], [[Royal Shakespeare Company|RSC]], international tour and [[Aldwych Theatre]], 1975<ref name="Coveney"/>
* ''[[Macbeth]]'', as Macbeth, [[Gardner Arts Centre]], Brighton, Dir John David, 1974<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XDFaAAAAMAAJ&q=%22timothy+west%22+++%22macbeth%22+1974 |title=British Theatre Review |date=1974 |publisher=Vance-Offord (Publications) Limited |isbn=978-0-903931-07-6 |language=en}}</ref>
* ''[[Love's Labour's Lost]]'', as Holofernes, Aldwych Theatre, London, McBain/Archer, Prospect Theatre Company, June 1972<ref>{{Cite book |last=Johns |first=Eric |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yZFKRdqlxfkC&q=%22timothy+west%22+++%22Holofernes%22 |title=Theatre Review 1973 |date=1973 |publisher=W.H. Allen |isbn=978-0-491-01231-7 |language=en}}</ref>
* ''[[King Lear]]'' as Lear, Prospect Theatre Company, Dir Toby Robertson, [[Edinburgh Festival]] and UK tour, 1971. The production visited Australia in 1972<ref>{{Cite book |last=Davies |first=Oliver Ford |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KmN_u_zpG-gC&dq=%22timothy+west%22+++%22lear%22+prospect&pg=PA7 |title=Playing Lear |date=2003 |publisher=Nick Hern Books |isbn=978-1-85459-698-7 |language=en}}</ref>
* ''[[Exiles (play)|Exiles]]'', Dir [[Harold Pinter]]. [[Mermaid Theatre]], 1970<ref>{{Cite book |last=Guernsey |first=Otis L. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KFERomLCZIwC&q=%22timothy+west%22+++%22exiles%22++1970 |title=The Best Plays of 1970–1971 |date=1971 |publisher=Dodd, Mead |isbn=978-0-396-06429-9 |language=en}}</ref>
* ''[[Richard II (play)|Richard II]]'' and ''[[Edward II (play)|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<ref>{{Cite book |last=Shaughnessy |first=Robert |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yJN4yAsNSYEC&dq=%22timothy+west%22+++%22Bolingbroke%22&pg=PA145 |title=The Routledge Guide to William Shakespeare |date=13 May 2013 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-136-85503-0 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Tardiff |first=Joseph C. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1pFlAAAAMAAJ&q=%22timothy+west%22+++%22Young+Mortimer%22 |title=Shakespearean Criticism |date=1994 |publisher=Cengage Gale |isbn=978-0-8103-8467-5 |language=en}}</ref>
* ''[[The Tempest]]'', as Prospero, Prospect Productions, Dir Toby Robertson, 1966<ref>{{Cite book |last=Summers |first=Joseph Holmes |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GoVlAAAAMAAJ&q=%22timothy+west%22+++%22Prospero%22+1966 |title=Dreams of Love and Power: On Shakespeare's Plays |date=1984 |publisher=Clarendon Press |isbn=978-0-19-812823-6 |language=en}}</ref>
* ''"Madam", said Dr Johnson'', Prospect Productions, Dir Toby Robertson, 1966<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kBxzIKkMxyUC&q=%22timothy+west%22+++%22Madam%22,+said+Dr+Johnson%22 |title=The Illustrated London News |date=1966 |publisher=Illustrated London News & Sketch Limited |language=en}}</ref>
* ''[[Marat/Sade]]'', [[Royal Shakespeare Company|RSC]], Dir [[Peter Brook]], 1964<ref name="Coveney"/>
* ''[[Afore Night Come]]'', [[Royal Shakespeare Company|RSC]], [[Arts Theatre]], 1962. Revived at the [[Aldwych Theatre]], 1964<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Dorney |first1=Kate |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YZ0QsGdAhe4C&dq=%22timothy+west%22+++%22Afore+Night+Come%2C%22&pg=PA56 |title=Played in Britain: Modern Theatre in 100 Plays |last2=Gray |first2=Frances |date=14 May 2013 |publisher=A&C Black |isbn=978-1-4081-8963-4 |language=en}}</ref>
* ''Gentle Jack'', [[Theatre Royal, Brighton|Theatre Royal]], Brighton and the [[Sondheim Theatre|Queen's Theatre]], London, 1963<ref>{{Cite book |last=West |first=Timothy |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ByquEAAAQBAJ&dq=%22timothy+west%22+++%22Gentle+Jack%22&pg=PT106 |title=Pru and Me: The Amazing Marriage of Prunella Scales and Timothy West |date=28 September 2023 |publisher=Penguin Books Limited |isbn=978-0-241-62956-7 |language=en}}</ref>
* ''[[Caught Napping]]'', [[Piccadilly Theatre]], 1959<ref>{{Cite book |last=Meyer-Dinkgräfe |first=Daniel |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=V6MdAQAAIAAJ&q=%22timothy+west%22+++%22Caught+Napping,%22 |title=Views, Positions, Legacies: Interviews with German and British Theatre Artists, 1985–2007 |date=2007 |publisher=Cambridge Scholars |isbn=978-1-84718-294-4 |language=en}}</ref>
{{Div col end}}

== Filmography ==
===Film===
{|class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! class = "unsortable" | Notes
|-
| 1966
| ''[[The Deadly Affair]]''<ref>{{Cite book |last=Willis |first=John |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Kq7KDU038mUC&dq=timothy+west+the+deadly+affair&pg=PA126 |title=Daniel Blum's Screen World 1968 (Screen World) (Hardcover) |publisher=Biblo & Tannen Publishers |isbn=978-0-8196-0309-8 |language=en}}</ref>
| Matrevis
| Uncredited
|-
| 1968
| ''[[Twisted Nerve]]''<ref>{{Cite book |last=Gifford |first=Denis |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FszeCwAAQBAJ&dq=timothy+west+Twisted+Nerve&pg=PA12757 |title=British Film Catalogue: Two Volume Set – The Fiction Film/The Non-Fiction Film |date=1 April 2016 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-317-74062-9 |language=en}}</ref>
| Superintendent Dakin
|
|-
| 1969
| ''[[The Looking Glass War (film)|The Looking Glass War]]''<ref>{{Cite book |last=Mavis |first=Paul |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ehkcZFT8fMoC&dq=timothy+west+The+Looking+Glass+War&pg=PA181 |title=The Espionage Filmography: United States Releases, 1898 through 1999 |date=8 June 2015 |publisher=McFarland |isbn=978-1-4766-0427-5 |language=en}}</ref>
| Taylor
|
|-
| 1971
| ''[[Nicholas and Alexandra]]''<ref>{{Cite book |last=Sanello |first=Frank |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zcm4AQAAQBAJ&dq=timothy+west+Nicholas+and+Alexandra&pg=PA136 |title=Reel V. Real: How Hollywood Turns Fact into Fiction |date=28 December 2002 |publisher=Taylor Trade Publishing |isbn=978-1-4617-0933-6 |language=en}}</ref>
| Dr. Botkin
|
|-
|rowspan=2|1973
| ''[[Hitler: The Last Ten Days]]''<ref>{{Cite book |last=Mitchell |first=Charles P. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5nYwCgAAQBAJ&dq=timothy+west+Hitler%3A+The+Last+Ten+Days&pg=PA107 |title=The Hitler Filmography: Worldwide Feature Film and Television Miniseries Portrayals, 1940 through 2000 |date=11 July 2015 |publisher=McFarland |isbn=978-1-4766-0984-3 |language=en}}</ref>
| Prof. [[Karl Gebhardt]]
|
|-
| ''[[The Day of the Jackal (film)|The Day of the Jackal]]''<ref>{{Cite book |last=Jr |first=Arthur Nolletti |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SDE-UK1b3fgC&dq=timothy+west+The+Day+of+the+Jackal&pg=PA260 |title=The Films of Fred Zinnemann: Critical Perspectives |date=24 June 1999 |publisher=State University of New York Press |isbn=978-1-4384-1481-2 |language=en}}</ref>
| Commissioner Berthier
|
|-
| 1974
| ''[[Soft Beds, Hard Battles]]''<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Burton |first1=Alan |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QmlZAAAAMAAJ&q=timothy+west+Soft+Beds,+Hard+Battles |title=The Family Way: The Boulting Brothers and Postwar British Film Culture |last2=O'Sullivan |first2=Tim |last3=Wells |first3=Paul |date=2000 |publisher=Flicks Books |isbn=978-0-948911-55-2 |language=en}}</ref>
| Convent Chaplain
|
|-
| 1975
| ''[[Hedda (1975 film)|Hedda]]''<ref>{{Cite book |last=Leonard |first=William T. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=K2hZAAAAMAAJ&q=timothy+west+Hedda |title=Theatre: Stage to Screen to Television |date=1981 |publisher=Scarecrow Press |isbn=978-0-8108-1374-8 |language=en}}</ref>
| Judge Brack
|
|-
|rowspan=2|1977
| ''[[Joseph Andrews (film)|Joseph Andrews]]''<ref>{{Cite book |last=Mayer |first=Robert |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9srUhGATeP8C&dq=timothy+west+Joseph+Andrews&pg=PA214 |title=Eighteenth-Century Fiction on Screen |date=26 September 2002 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |isbn=978-0-521-52910-5 |language=en}}</ref>
| Mr. Tow-Wouse
|
|-
| ''[[The Devil's Advocate (1977 film)|The Devil's Advocate]]''<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=g0FAAQAAIAAJ&q=timothy+west+The+Devil's+Advocate |title=Halliwell's Film Guide |date=1996 |publisher=Scribner's |isbn=978-0-06-271601-9 |language=en}}</ref>
| Father Anselmo
|
|-
|rowspan=2|1978
| ''News From Nowhere''<ref>{{Cite book |last=Wyver |first=John |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=48pkAAAAMAAJ&q=timothy+west+News+From+Nowhere |title=Vision on: Film, Television and the Arts in Britain |date=2007 |publisher=Wallflower |isbn=978-1-905674-39-8 |language=en}}</ref>
| William Morris
|
|-
| ''[[The Thirty Nine Steps (1978 film)|The Thirty Nine Steps]]''<ref>{{Cite book |last=Pine |first=Richard |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WupwDwAAQBAJ&dq=timothy+west+The+Thirty+Nine+Steps&pg=PA409 |title=Minor Mythologies as Popular Literature: A Student's Guide to Texts and Films |date=1 October 2018 |publisher=Cambridge Scholars Publishing |isbn=978-1-5275-1783-7 |language=en}}</ref>
| Porton
|
|-
| 1979
| ''[[Agatha (film)|Agatha]]''<ref>{{Cite book |last=Campbell |first=Mark |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3ParCQAAQBAJ&dq=timothy+west+Agatha&pg=RA2-PA6 |title=Agatha Christie: The Books, the Films and the Television Shows featuring Poirot, Miss Marple and More |date=26 June 2015 |publisher=Pocket Essentials |isbn=978-1-84344-424-4 |language=en}}</ref>
| Kenward
|
|-
| 1980
| ''[[Rough Cut (1980 film)|Rough Cut]]''<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Weiner |first1=David J. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4azirDJX73cC&q=timothy+west+Rough+Cut |title=Video Hound's Golden Movie Retriever, 1991 |last2=Gale |first2=Thomson |date=1991 |publisher=Visible Ink |isbn=978-0-8103-9404-9 |language=en}}</ref>
| Nigel Lawton
|
|-
| 1987
| ''[[Cry Freedom]]''<ref>{{Cite book |last=Aldrich |first=Richard |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oW86RtukFmwC&dq=timothy+west+Cry+Freedom&pg=PA123 |title=Lessons from History of Education: The Selected Works of Richard Aldrich |date=2006 |publisher=Psychology Press |isbn=978-0-415-35891-0 |language=en}}</ref>
| Captain De Wet
|
|-
| 1988
| ''[[Consuming Passions]]''<ref>{{Cite book |last=Ackland-Snow |first=Terry |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rZ1NEAAAQBAJ&dq=timothy+west+Consuming+Passions&pg=PT218 |title=The Art of Film: Working on James Bond, Aliens, Batman and More |date=24 March 2022 |publisher=The History Press |isbn=978-0-7509-9991-5 |language=en}}</ref>
| Dr Rees
|
|-
| 1998
| ''[[Ever After]]''<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Ford |first1=Elizabeth A. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Jmz__lna90kC&dq=timothy+west+%22Ever+After%22&pg=PA214 |title=The Makeover in Movies: Before and After in Hollywood Films, 1941–2002 |last2=Mitchell |first2=Deborah C. |date=31 December 2003 |publisher=McFarland |isbn=978-0-7864-2685-0 |language=en}}</ref>
| King Francis
|
|-
| 1999
| ''[[The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc]]''<ref>{{Cite book |last=Sanello |first=Frank |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zcm4AQAAQBAJ&dq=timothy+west+The+Messenger%3A+The+Story+of+Joan+of+Arc&pg=PA28 |title=Reel V. Real: How Hollywood Turns Fact into Fiction |date=28 December 2002 |publisher=Taylor Trade Publishing |isbn=978-1-4617-0933-6 |language=en}}</ref> 
| [[Cauchon]]
|
|-
| 2000
| ''[[102 Dalmatians]]''<ref>{{Cite book |last=Maltin |first=Leonard |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yzPADT7BTRcC&dq=timothy+west+102+Dalmatians&pg=PT1686 |title=Leonard Maltin's 2013 Movie Guide: The Modern Era |date=4 September 2012 |publisher=Penguin |isbn=978-1-101-60463-2 |language=en}}</ref>
| Judge
|
|-
|rowspan=2|2001
| ''[[The Fourth Angel]]''<ref>{{Cite book |last=Maxford |first=Howard |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lfp1DwAAQBAJ&dq=%22timothy+west%22+++%22The+Fourth+Angel%22&pg=PA853 |title=Hammer Complete: The Films, the Personnel, the Company |date=8 November 2019 |publisher=McFarland |isbn=978-1-4766-2914-8 |language=en}}</ref>
| Jones
|
|-
| ''[[Iris (2001 film)|Iris]]''<ref>{{Cite book |last=Cheshire |first=Ellen |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KFExBgAAQBAJ&dq=%22timothy+west%22+++%22Iris%22&pg=PA50 |title=Bio-pics: A Life in Pictures |date=16 December 2014 |publisher=Columbia University Press |isbn=978-0-231-85068-1 |language=en}}</ref>
| Older Maurice
|
|-
| 2002
| ''[[Villa des Roses]]''<ref>{{Cite book |last=Slide |first=Anthony |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1d9kAAAAMAAJ&q=%22timothy+west%22+++%22Villa+des+Roses%22 |title=The Encyclopedia of British Film |date=2003 |publisher=Methuen |isbn=978-0-413-77301-2 |language=en}}</ref>
| Hugh Burrell
|
|-
|rowspan=2|2003
| ''[[Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas]]''<ref>{{Cite book |last=Beck |first=Jerry |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fTI1yeZd-tkC&dq=%22timothy+west%22+++%22Sinbad%3A+Legend+of+the+Seven+Seas%22&pg=PA250 |title=The Animated Movie Guide |date=28 October 2005 |publisher=Chicago Review Press |isbn=978-1-56976-222-6 |language=en}}</ref>
| King Dymas
| Voice
|-
| ''[[Beyond Borders (film)|Beyond Borders]]''<ref>{{Cite book |last=Duthel |first=C. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XN2fAwAAQBAJ&dq=%22timothy+west%22+++%22Beyond+Borders%22&pg=PA432 |title=Angelina Jolie – The Lightning Star |date=4 March 2012 |publisher=Lulu.com |isbn=978-1-4710-8935-0 |language=en}}</ref>
| Lawrence Bauford
|
|-
| 2009
| ''[[Endgame (2009 film)|Endgame]]''<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=No8xAQAAIAAJ&q=%22timothy+west%22+++%22Endgame%22+botha |title=New Statesman |date=2009 |publisher=New Statesman Limited |language=en}}</ref>
| [[P.W. Botha]]
|
|-
| 2016
| ''Delirium''
| College Bursar
|
|}

===Television===
{|class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! class = "unsortable" | Notes
|-
| 1960
| ''[[Persuasion (1960 TV series)|Persuasion]]''<ref>{{Cite book |last=Slide |first=Anthony |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1d9kAAAAMAAJ&q=%22timothy+west%22+++%22Persuasion%22 |title=The Encyclopedia of British Film |date=2003 |publisher=Methuen |isbn=978-0-413-77301-2 |language=en}}</ref>
| Charles Hayter
|
|-
| 1961
| ''[[Deadline Midnight (TV series)|Deadline Midnight]]''<ref>{{Cite book |last=Halliwell |first=Leslie |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=D_0pAAAAYAAJ&q=%22timothy+west%22+++%22Deadline+Midnight%22 |title=Halliwell's Film Guide |date=1986 |publisher=Scribner |isbn=978-0-684-18634-4 |language=en}}</ref>
| Ambulance Man
| 1 episode
|-
| 1969
| ''[[Big Breadwinner Hog]]''<ref>{{Cite book |last=Bang |first=Derrick |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=abTeDwAAQBAJ&dq=%22timothy+west%22+++%22Big+Breadwinner+Hog%22&pg=PA251 |title=Crime and Spy Jazz on Screen, 1950–1970: A History and Discography |date=16 April 2020 |publisher=McFarland |isbn=978-1-4766-6747-8 |language=en}}</ref>
| Lennox
| dir [[Mike Newell (director)|Mike Newell]]/[[Michael Apted]]
|-
|1970
|''[[Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased)]]''<ref>{{Cite book |last=Britain) |first=National Film and Television Archive (Great |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zWdZAAAAMAAJ&q=%22timothy+west%22+++%22Vendetta+for+a+Dead+Man%22 |title=A for Andromeda to Zoo Time: Television Holdings of the National Film and Television Archive, 1936–1979 |date=1994|publisher=Bloomsbury Academic |isbn=978-0-85170-420-3 |language=en}}</ref>
|Sam Grimes
|Series 1 Episode 24 "Vendetta for a Dead Man"
|-
| 1972
| ''[[The Edwardians (miniseries)|The Edwardians]]''<ref>{{Cite book |last=Rolinson |first=Dave |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2WO5DwAAQBAJ&dq=%22timothy+west%22+++%22Horatio+Bottomley%22&pg=PT262 |title=Alan Clarke |date=19 July 2013 |publisher=Manchester University Press |isbn=978-1-84779-602-8 |language=en}}</ref>
| [[Horatio Bottomley]]
|Episode "Horatio Bottomley"
|-  
| 1975
| ''[[Edward the Seventh (television)|Edward the Seventh]]''<ref>{{Cite book |last=Currie |first=Tony |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PdpKE-_HrVQC&dq=%22timothy+west%22+++%22Edward+the+Seventh%22&pg=PA72 |title=A Concise History of British Television, 1930–2000 |date=2004 |publisher=Kelly Publications |isbn=978-1-903053-17-1 |language=en}}</ref> 
| [[King Edward VII]]
|
|-
| 1977
| ''[[Hard Times (British TV series)|Hard Times]]''<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Selby |first1=Keith |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dOW-DAAAQBAJ&dq=%22timothy+west%22+++%22Hard+Times%22&pg=PA90 |title=Screening The Novel: The Theory And Practice Of Literary Dramatization |last2=Giddings |first2=Robert |last3=Wensley |first3=Chris |date=27 July 2016 |publisher=Springer |isbn=978-1-349-20516-5 |language=en}}</ref>
| Josiah Bounderby
|
|-
|rowspan=3|1979
| ''[[Film adaptations of Crime and Punishment|Crime and Punishment]]''<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lg_mAAAAMAAJ&q=%22timothy+west%22+++%22Crime+and+Punishment%22 |title=Saturday Review |date=1980 |publisher=Saturday Review Magazine Company |language=en}}</ref>
| Porfiry Petrovich
|
|-
| ''[[Henry VIII (play)|Henry VIII]]''<ref>{{Cite book |last=Willis |first=Susan |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NgPGBCF3IKQC&dq=%22timothy+west%22+++%22henry+VIII%22&pg=PA221 |title=The BBC Shakespeare Plays: Making the Televised Canon |date=1991 |publisher=UNC Press Books |isbn=978-0-8078-4317-8 |language=en}}</ref>
| [[Cardinal Wolsey]]
| Part of the [[BBC Television Shakespeare]]
|-
| ''[[Churchill and the Generals]]''<ref>{{Cite book |last=Pitt |first=Barrie |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VCLAAwAAQBAJ&dq=%22timothy+west%22+++%22Churchill+and+the+Generals%22&pg=PT10 |title=Churchill and the Generals |date=30 June 2004 |publisher=Pen and Sword |isbn=978-1-4738-1316-8 |language=en}}</ref>
| [[Winston Churchill]]
|
|-
| 1980
| ''[[Tales of the Unexpected (TV series)|Tales of the Unexpected]]: Royal Jelly''<ref>{{Cite book |last=Lentz (III.) |first=Harris M. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lmhZAAAAMAAJ&q=%22timothy+west%22+++%22Royal+Jelly%22 |title=Science Fiction, Horror & Fantasy Film and Television Credits: Through 1993 |date=1988 |publisher=McFarland |isbn=978-0-89950-364-6 |language=en}}</ref>
| Albert Taylor
|
|-
| 1981
| ''[[Masada (miniseries)|Masada]]''<ref>{{Cite book |last=Elley |first=Derek |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UV9KAgAAQBAJ&dq=%22timothy+west%22+++%22Masada%22&pg=PA121 |title=The Epic Film: Myth and History |date=4 December 2013 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-317-92888-1 |language=en}}</ref>
| [[Emperor Vespasian]]
|
|-
| 1982
| ''[[Murder Is Easy]]''<ref>{{Cite book |last=Bunson |first=Matthew |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=R3syC8weGO8C&dq=%22timothy+west%22+++%22Murder+Is+Easy%22&pg=PA203 |title=The Complete Christie: An Agatha Christie Encyclopedia |date=2000|publisher=Simon and Schuster |isbn=978-0-671-02831-2 |language=en}}</ref>
| Gordon, Lord Easterfield
|
|-
| 1983–1990
| ''[[Brass (TV series)|Brass]]''<ref>{{Cite book |last=Russell |first=Dave |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fGI3Bgy54OcC&dq=%22timothy+west%22+++%22Bradley+Hardacre%22&pg=PA201 |title=Looking North: Northern England and the National Imagination |date=2004|publisher=Manchester University Press |isbn=978-0-7190-5178-4 |language=en}}</ref>
| Bradley Hardacre
| Three series
|-
| 1984
| ''[[The Last Bastion]]''<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Cartmell |first1=Deborah |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Uj21DwAAQBAJ&dq=%22timothy+west%22+++%22The+Last+Bastion%22&pg=PA54 |title=A Companion to the Biopic |last2=Polasek |first2=Ashley D. |date=15 January 2020 |publisher=John Wiley & Sons |isbn=978-1-119-55481-3 |language=en}}</ref>
| [[Winston Churchill]]
|
|-
| 1985
| ''[[Miss Marple (TV series)|Miss Marple]]''<ref>{{Cite book |last=Palmer |first=Scott |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UX9ZAAAAMAAJ&q=%22timothy+west%22+++%22A+Pocket+Full+of+Rye%22 |title=The Films of Agatha Christie |date=1993 |publisher=Batsford |isbn=978-0-7134-7205-9 |language=en}}</ref>
| Rex Fortescue
|Episode: "A Pocket Full of Rye"
|-
|rowspan=3|1986
| ''[[A Very Peculiar Practice]]''<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Cornell |first1=Paul |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=06YHAQAAMAAJ&q=%22timothy+west%22+++%22A+Very+Peculiar+Practice%22 |title=The Guinness Book of Classic British TV |last2=Day |first2=Martin |last3=Topping |first3=Keith |date=1996 |publisher=Guinness |isbn=978-0-85112-628-9 |language=en}}</ref>
| Professor Furie
|
|-
| ''The Good Doctor Bodkin Adams''<ref>{{Cite book |last=Berry-Dee |first=Christopher |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XRv9DwAAQBAJ&dq=%22timothy+west%22+++%22John+Bodkin+Adams%22&pg=PT148 |title=Serial Killers at the Movies |date=12 November 2020 |publisher=Ad Lib Publishers Ltd |isbn=978-1-913543-77-8 |language=en}}</ref>
| John Bodkin Adams
| A drama based on the 1957 trial of [[John Bodkin Adams|the doctor]]
|-
| ''[[The Monocled Mutineer]]''<ref>{{Cite book |last=Hanna |first=Emma |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8PyqBgAAQBAJ&dq=%22timothy+west%22+++%22The+Monocled+Mutineer%22&pg=PA124 |title=Great War on the Small Screen: Representing the First World War in Contemporary Britain |date=20 October 2009 |publisher=Edinburgh University Press |isbn=978-0-7486-3390-6 |language=en}}</ref>
| Brigadier General Thompson
|
|-
|rowspan=2|1987
| ''[[When We Are Married]]''<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NPlkAAAAMAAJ&q=%22timothy+west%22+++%22When+We+Are+Married%22 |title=Plays and Players |date=1988 |publisher=Hansom Books |language=en}}</ref>
| Councillor Albert Parker
|
|-
| ''[[What the Butler Saw (play)|What the Butler Saw]]''<ref>{{Cite book |last=Roberts |first=Jerry |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kW8j6sHvrewC&dq=%22timothy+west%22+++%22What+the+Butler+Saw%22&pg=PA122 |title=Encyclopedia of Television Film Directors |date=5 June 2009 |publisher=Scarecrow Press |isbn=978-0-8108-6378-1 |language=en}}</ref>
| Dr Rance
|
|-
| 1988
| ''The Contractor''<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KhBRAAAAYAAJ&q=%22timothy+west%22+++%22The+Contractor%22+ewbank |title=The Listener |date=1989 |publisher=British Broadcasting Corporation |language=en}}</ref>
| Frank Ewbank
| By [[David Storey]]
|-
|rowspan=2|1989
| ''[[Campion (1989 TV series)|Campion]]: [[Police at the Funeral]]''<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Q0rvAAAAMAAJ&q=%22timothy+west%22+++%22Police+at+the+Funeral%22 |title=TV Guide |date=1992 |publisher=Triangle Publications |language=en}}</ref>
| Uncle William Faraday
|
|-
| ''Blore, M.P.''<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=p3EIAQAAMAAJ&q=%22timothy+west%22+++%22Derek+Blore%22 |title=Plays International |date=1989 |publisher=Chancery Publications |language=en}}</ref>
| Derek Blore
| A drama loosely based on the [[Profumo affair]]
|-
|rowspan=2|1990
| ''Beecham''<ref>{{Cite book |last=Meyer-Dinkgräfe |first=Daniel |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bf4mAAAAQBAJ&dq=%22timothy+west%22+++%22Sir+Thomas+Beecham%22&pg=PA62 |title=Theatre, Opera and Consciousness.: History and Current Debates. |date=2013 |publisher=Rodopi |isbn=978-94-012-0929-8 |language=en}}</ref>
| Sir Thomas Beecham
| Adapted from the play about [[Thomas Beecham|the conductor]]
|-
| ''[[The Tragedy of Flight 103: The Inside Story]]''<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=60gIAQAAMAAJ&q=%22timothy+west%22+++%22The+Tragedy+of+Flight+103%22 |title=The Hollywood Reporter |date=1990 |publisher=Wilkerson Daily Corporation |language=en}}</ref>
| Colonel Wilfred Wood
|
|-
|rowspan=2|1992
| ''[[Shakespeare: The Animated Tales]]: <u>The Tempest</u>''<ref>{{Cite book |last=Hopkins |first=Lisa |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ksq7Y82wGOYC&dq=%22timothy+west%22+++%22The+Tempest%22+prospero&pg=PA49 |title=Screen Adaptations: The Tempest: A close study of the relationship between text and film |date=30 May 2008 |publisher=A&C Black |isbn=978-1-4081-4965-2 |language=en}}</ref>
| Prospero
| Voice
|-
| ''[[Framed (TV series)|Framed]]''<ref>{{Cite book |last=Baskin |first=Ellen |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zjMbAQAAIAAJ&q=%22timothy+west%22+++%22Framed%22+McKinnes |title=Serials on British Television, 1950–1994 |date=1996 |publisher=Scolar Press |isbn=978-1-85928-015-7 |language=en}}</ref>
| DCI Jimmy McKinnes
|
|-
|1994
| ''Smokescreen''<ref>{{Cite book |last=Archives |first=International Federation of Film |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9PfyAAAAMAAJ&q=%22timothy+west%22+++%22Smokescreen%22 |title=This Film Is Dangerous: A Celebration of Nitrate Film |date=2002|publisher=Indiana University Press |isbn=978-2-9600296-0-4 |language=en}}</ref> 
| Frank Sheringham
| 
|-
|1996
|[[Over Here (TV series)|Over Here]]
|Archie Bunting (elderly)
|An elder version of main protagonist Archie Bunting, played by West's son, Samuel
|-
|rowspan=3|1998
| ''[[King Lear]]''<ref>{{Cite book |last=Leggatt |first=Alexander |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=27j16jX_2VMC&dq=%22timothy+west%22+++%22king+lear%22+gloucester&pg=PA162 |title=King Lear: Second Edition |date=2004 |publisher=Manchester University Press |isbn=978-0-7190-6225-4 |language=en}}</ref>
| Gloucester
|
|-
| ''[[Goodnight Sweetheart (TV series)|Goodnight Sweetheart]]''<ref>{{Cite book |last=Symons |first=Mitchell |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CSQ5yRXERZIC&dq=%22timothy+west%22+++%22Goodnight+Sweetheart%22&pg=PA414 |title=This, That and the Other |date=24 September 2007 |publisher=Transworld Publishers Limited |isbn=978-0-552-15647-9 |language=en}}</ref>
| MI5 agent Tufty MacDuff
|
|-
| ''The Day the Guns Fell Silent''<ref>{{Cite web|title=The Day the Guns Fell Silent |url=https://collections-search.bfi.org.uk/web/error?aspxerrorpath=/web/Details/ChoiceFilmWorks/150511207 |access-date=13 November 2024 |website=collections-search.bfi.org.uk}}</ref>
| presenter
| BBC TV documentary about the end of the Great War
|-
|2000
|''[[Midsomer Murders]]''<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qRk9AQAAIAAJ&q=%22timothy+west%22+++%E2%80%9CJudgement+Day%E2%80%9D |title=BBC Music Magazine |date=1994 |publisher=BBC Magazines |language=en}}</ref>
|Marcus Devere
|Episode: "Judgement Day"
|-
| 2000–2008
| ''Water World''<ref>{{Cite book |last=West |first=Timothy |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ByquEAAAQBAJ&dq=%22timothy+west%22+++%E2%80%9CWater+World%E2%80%9D&pg=PT134 |title=Pru and Me: The Amazing Marriage of Prunella Scales and Timothy West |date=28 September 2023 |publisher=Penguin Books Limited |isbn=978-0-241-62956-7 |language=en}}</ref>
| presenter
| Eight series
|-
|2001
|''[[Murder in Mind (TV series)|Murder in Mind]]''<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yO8eAQAAMAAJ&q=%22timothy+west%22+++%E2%80%9CMurder+in+Mind%E2%80%9D |title=New Statesman |date=2001|publisher=New Statesman Limited |language=en}}</ref>
|Dr William Collins
|Episode: "Mercy"
|-
| 2001–2003
| ''[[Bedtime (TV series)|Bedtime]]''<ref>{{Cite book |last=Perry |first=Chris |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IJQACAAAQBAJ&dq=%22timothy+west%22+++%22Bedtime%22&pg=PA57 |title=The Kaleidoscope British Christmas Television Guide 1937–2013 |date=3 February 2016 |publisher=Kaleidoscope Publishing |isbn=978-1-900203-60-9 |language=en}}</ref>
| Andrew Oldfield
| Three series
|-
| 2002
| ''Martin Luther''<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Wilson |first1=Wendy S. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wsPqjVTS1F8C&dq=%22timothy+west%22+++%E2%80%9CMartin+Luther%E2%80%9D&pg=PA130 |title=Critical Thinking Using Primary Sources in World History |last2=Herman |first2=Gerald |date=2004 |publisher=Walch Publishing |isbn=978-0-8251-5009-8 |language=en}}</ref>
| [[Martin Luther]]
| PBS ''Empires'' series
|-
| 2004
| ''[[Waking the Dead (TV series)|Waking the Dead]]''<ref>{{Cite web |date=30 April 2006 |title=BBC Programme Index |url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/e20f8ab5cd844a07ad6dd80cf2df09c1 |access-date=13 November 2024 |website=genome.ch.bbc.co.uk}}</ref>
| Joe Doyle
| Episodes #4.3 and #4.4 ("False Flag")
|-
|rowspan=2|2005
| ''[[New Tricks]]''
| Professor Ian Mears
| Episode #2.8
|-
| ''[[Bleak House (2005 TV serial)|Bleak House]]''<ref>{{Cite book |last=Farina |first=William |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gjyVEAAAQBAJ&dq=%22timothy+west%22+++%22Bleak+House%22&pg=PA110 |title=Screening Charles Dickens: A Survey of Film and Television Adaptations |date=17 October 2022 |publisher=McFarland |isbn=978-1-4766-8567-0 |language=en}}</ref>
| Sir Leicester Dedlock
|
|-
| 2007–2009
| ''[[Not Going Out]]''<ref>{{Cite web |last=Guide |first=British Comedy |title=Not Going Out cast and crew credits |url=https://www.comedy.co.uk/tv/not_going_out/cast_crew/ |access-date=13 November 2024 |website=British Comedy Guide |language=en}}</ref>
| Geoffrey
| Series 2 and 3
|-
|rowspan=3|2010
| ''[[Terry Pratchett's Going Postal]]''<ref>{{Cite web |last=Guide |first=British Comedy |title=Timothy West on Mustrum Ridcully – Terry Pratchett's Going Postal |url=https://www.comedy.co.uk/tv/terry_pratchett_going_postal/videos/1525/timothy_west_on_mustrum_ridcully/ |access-date=13 November 2024 |website=British Comedy Guide |language=en}}</ref>
| Mustrum Ridcully
|2 episodes
|-
| ''[[Agatha Christie's Poirot]]''<ref>{{Cite book |last=Campbell |first=Mark |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3ParCQAAQBAJ&dq=%22timothy+west%22+++%22Hallowe%E2%80%99en+Party%22&pg=RA2-PA3 |title=Agatha Christie: The Books, the Films and the Television Shows featuring Poirot, Miss Marple and More |date=26 June 2015 |publisher=Pocket Essentials |isbn=978-1-84344-424-4 |language=en}}</ref>
| Reverend Cottrell
|Episode: "Hallowe'en Party"
|-
|''[[Lewis (TV series)|Lewis]]''
|Professor Donald Terry
|Series 4, Episode 3: "Your Sudden Death Question"
|-
| 2011
| ''[[Exile (TV series)|Exile]]''<ref>{{Cite news |last=BBC |date=1 May 2011 |title=Exile: I want the story to be more than a thriller |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/webarchive/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.bbc.co.uk%2Fblogs%2Ftv%2F2011%2F05%2Fexile-more-than-a-thriller.shtml }}</ref>
| Don Metzler
|2 episodes
|-
| 2012
| ''[[Titanic (2012 TV series)|Titanic]]''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/arts-and-culture/theatre-and-stage/the-big-interview-timothy-west-1915197|title=The Big Interview: Timothy West|date=28 November 2011 }}</ref>
| Lord Pirrie
|
|-
| 2013
| ''[[Coronation Street]]''<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MnqtDwAAQBAJ&dq=%22timothy+west%22+++%22Eric+Babbage%22&pg=PT494|title=60 Years of Coronation Street|first1=ITV Ventures|last1=Ltd|first2=Abigail|last2=Kemp|date=29 October 2020|publisher=Octopus|isbn=978-0-600-63657-1 |via=Google Books}}</ref>
| [[Eric Babbage]]
|7 episodes
|-
| 2013, 2020
| ''[[Last Tango in Halifax]]''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.irishnews.com/magazine/entertainment/2019/10/23/news/timothy-west-returns-in-first-look-at-new-series-of-last-tango-in-halifax-1746625/|title=Timothy West returns in first look at new series of Last Tango In Halifax|date=23 October 2019|website=The Irish News}}</ref>
| Ted Buttershaw
|
|-
| 2014
| ''[[Inside No. 9]]''<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WUMyEAAAQBAJ&q=%22timothy+west%22|title=The Insider's Guide to Inside No. 9: Behind the Scenes of the Award Winning BBC TV Series|first=Mark|last=Salisbury|date=28 October 2021|publisher=Hodder & Stoughton|isbn=978-1-5293-5124-8 |via=Google Books}}</ref>
| Andrew
| Episode 1, "[[Sardines (Inside No. 9)|Sardines]]"
|-
| 2014–2015
| ''[[EastEnders]]''<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xnTXDgAAQBAJ&dq=%22timothy+west%22+++%22Stan+Carter%22&pg=PA81|title=Theorising the Popular|first1=Michael|last1=Brennan|first2=Jacqui|last2=Miller|date=11 May 2017|publisher=Cambridge Scholars Publishing|isbn=978-1-4438-9371-8 |via=Google Books}}</ref>
| [[Stan Carter]]
|104 episodes 
|-
| 2014–2019
| ''[[Great Canal Journeys]]''<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2024/nov/13/timothy-west-a-modest-acting-master-who-embodied-the-best-of-british|title=Timothy West: a modest maestro who embodied the best of British theatre|first=Michael|last=Billington|date=13 November 2024|newspaper=The Guardian}}</ref>
| Presenter
| [[Channel 4]] television series with wife, [[Prunella Scales]]
|- 
| 2015
| ''[[Toast of London]]''<ref>{{Cite web|url= https://m.imdb.com/title/tt5230382/fullcredits/cast?ref_=m_ttfc_3 | title="Toast of London" Man of Sex (TV Episode 2015) - IMDb | website=[[IMDb]] }}</ref>
| Ormond Sacker
| Episode: "Man of Sex"
|- 
| 2016
| ''[[Comedy Playhouse]]''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/proginfo/2016/09/broken-biscuits|title=Comedy Playhouse: Broken Biscuits|website=www.bbc.co.uk}}</ref>
| Milton
| Episode: "Broken Biscuits"
|-
| 2018
| ''[[Shakespeare & Hathaway: Private Investigators]]''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b09trjqm|title=BBC One – Shakespeare & Hathaway – Private Investigators, Series 1, The Chimes at Midnight|website=BBC}}</ref>
| Johnnie Falstaff
| Episode 2
|-
| 2019–2022
| ''[[Gentleman Jack (TV series)|Gentleman Jack]]''<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tTLyEAAAQBAJ&dq=%22timothy+west%22+++%22jeremy+lister%22&pg=PA65|title=Encyclopedia of Television Shows: Supplement 2—Broadcast, Cable and Streaming, 2017–2022|first=Vincent|last=Terrace|date=15 February 2024|publisher=McFarland|isbn=978-1-4766-8413-0 |via=Google Books}}</ref>
| [[Jeremy Lister]]
| Main cast
|-
| 2019
|''[[Dad's Army#Dad's Army: The Lost Episodes (2019)|Dad's Army: The Lost Episodes]]''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cwy9vw893xvo|title=Timothy West: Acclaimed stage and screen actor dies aged 90|date=13 November 2024|website=BBC News}}</ref>
|[[Private Godfrey]]
|Three episodes
|-
| 2023
|''[[Sister Boniface Mysteries]]''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.whattowatch.com/watching-guides/sister-boniface-mysteries-christmas-special-2023-release-date-cast-plot-and-everything-we-know|title=Sister Boniface Mysteries Christmas special 2023: release date, cast, plot and everything we know|author1=Ian MacEwan|date=14 December 2023|website=whattowatch.com}}</ref>
|Charles Usher
|Episode: "The Star of the Orient"
|-
| 2024
| ''[[Doctors (2000 TV series)|Doctors]]''<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.comedy.co.uk/people/news/8125/rip-timothy-west/ | title=Timothy West dies aged 90 | website=[[British Comedy Guide]] | date=13 November 2024 }}</ref>
| Artie Simkins
| Episode: "Go Out Dancing", final acting role, broadcast posthumously
|}

== Selected radio ==
Timothy West was a member of the BBC Radio Drama Repertory Company in 1962<ref>''A Moment Towards the End of the Play'', p 72</ref> and took part in over 500 radio broadcasts.<ref name="lamda">{{cite web|url=http://www.lamda.org.uk/development/press/bios/west.htm|title=Press Office – LAMDA|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130703051923/http://www.lamda.org.uk/development/press/bios/west.htm|archive-date=3 July 2013}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web |last1=West |first1=Samuel |title=Fathers and sons |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2007/mar/17/featuresreviews.guardianreview13 |website=The Guardian |date=17 March 2007 |access-date=16 December 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=West |first1=Timothy |title=This Gun That I Have in My Right Hand Is Loaded |url=https://clyp.it/fif3lyin |website=Clyp |access-date=16 December 2018}}</ref>

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* ''[[Cabin Pressure (radio series)|Cabin Pressure]]'' by [[John Finnemore (writer)|John Finnemore]], as Gordon Shappey, [[BBC Radio 4]], 2011<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=https://www.comedy.co.uk/people/news/8125/rip-timothy-west/|title=Timothy West dies aged 90|first=British Comedy|last=Guide|date=13 November 2024|website=British Comedy Guide}}</ref>
* ''Seasons'' by Gareth Parker, as Harold. Independent drama by the [[Wireless Theatre Company]], 2010<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.wirelesstheatrecompany.co.uk/podcast/seasons|title=Seasons – Wireless Theatre|website=www.wirelesstheatrecompany.co.uk}}</ref>
* Old Harry's Game by Andy Hamilton, as God, BBC Radio 4, 2009.<ref name="auto"/>
* ''The Man on the Heath: Johnson and Boswell Investigate'' by David Noakes, as [[Samuel Johnson|Doctor Johnson]], [[Saturday Play]] on [[BBC Radio 4]], 2005<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2024/11/13/timothy-west-prunella-scales-churchill-shakespeare-canals/|title=Timothy West, veteran stage and television actor married for more than 60 years to Prunella Scales|first=Telegraph|last=Obituaries|newspaper=The Telegraph |date=13 November 2024|via=www.telegraph.co.uk}}</ref>
* ''[[Lorna Doone]]'' by [[R.D. Blackmore]], as narrator, 2004<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2004/11_november/17/radio4_mon20.shtml|title=BBC – Press Office – Radio 4 Christmas highlights Monday 20 December|website=www.bbc.co.uk}}</ref>
* ''[[Rumpole of the Bailey]]'', as Rumpole, in [[Rumpole and the Primrose Path|sixteen 45-minute plays]], 2003–2012. In this series his [[Prunella Scales|wife in real life]] played his fictional wife.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=I50XDAAAQBAJ&dq=%22timothy+west%22+++%22rumpole+and+the+Primrose+Path%22&pg=PT236|title=Bewigged and Bewildered?: A Guide to Becoming a Barrister in England and Wales|first1=Adam Kramer|last1=KC|first2=Ian|last2=Higgins|date=30 June 2016|publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing|isbn=978-1-5099-0539-3 |via=Google Books}}</ref>
* ''[[Ned Chaillet#Hecuba|Hecuba]]'' by [[Euripides]], as Polymestor, 2001 <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/edf49d6821c14b9c888d755be2889ba0|title=BBC Programme Index|date=16 December 2001|website=genome.ch.bbc.co.uk}}</ref>
* ''[[Ned Chaillet#Groupie|Groupie]]'' by [[Arnold Wesker]], 2001<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.englishtheatre.at/archiv/english/archive/season-201516/groupie.html|title=GROUPIE|website=Viennas English Theatre}}</ref>
* ''Dorothy, a Manager's Wife'' by [[Peter Tinniswood]], 2000<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/theobserver/2000/oct/22/features.review107|title=Life, death, footie – and Phil Collins|first=Kim|last=Bunce|newspaper=The Observer |date=22 October 2000|via=The Guardian}}</ref>
* ''[[Death of a Salesman]]'' by [[Arthur Miller]], as [[Willy Loman]], 1993<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/12616545.poignant-piece-death-of-a-salesman-at-the-theatre-royal-glasgow/|title=Poignant piece. Death of a Salesman at the Theatre Royal, Glasgow|date=10 March 1993|website=The Herald}}</ref>
* ''The Gibson'' by Bruce Bedford, 1992<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/442684/the-gibson-by-bruce-bedford/9781529134353|title=The Gibson|first=Bruce|last=Bedford|date=10 December 2020|via=www.penguin.co.uk}}</ref>
* ''[[The Expedition of Humphry Clinker]]'' by [[Tobias Smollett]], [[Classic Serial]] on [[BBC Radio 4]], 1992<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/reviews/the-week-in-radio-for-real-originality-try-flann-o-brien-917072.html|title=The Week In Radio: For real originality, try Flann O'Brien &#124; The Independent &#124; The Independent|website=[[Independent.co.uk]] |date=2 September 2008 }}</ref> 
* ''Crisp and Even Brightly'' by [[Alick Rowe]], as 'Generally well-intentioned King Wenceslas', [[Saturday Night Theatre]], [[BBC Radio 4]], 1987<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.comedy.co.uk/radio/crisp-and-even-brightly/|title=Crisp And Even Brightly – Radio 4 Comedy Drama|first=British Comedy|last=Guide|website=British Comedy Guide}}</ref>
* ''[[I, Claudius]]'' and ''[[Claudius the God]]'' by [[Robert Graves]], as Claudius, produced by [[Glyn Dearman]], 1985<ref>https://robertgraves.org/rg-performances</ref>
* ''With a Whimper to the Grave'' by [[Wally K. Daly]], as 642, 1984<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b007k44c|title=BBC Radio 4 Extra – Wally K Daly, With a Whimper to the Grave, Episode 3|website=BBC}}</ref> 
* ''Actors, or Playing for Real'' by [[Lope de Vega]], as Emperor [[Diocletian]], [[BBC Radio 3]], 1983<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=go81HW3OrlUC&q=%22timothy+west%22+++%22Diocletian%22|title=Theatre History Studies|date=13 November 1987|publisher=University of North Dakota Press|via=Google Books}}</ref> 
* ''Dear Countess'' by Elizabeth Morgan 1983<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hdlBAQAAIAAJ&q=%22timothy+west%22+++%22Dear+Countess%22|title=Plays and Players|date=13 November 1983|publisher=Hansom Books|via=Google Books}}</ref>
* ''[[Lady Windermere's Fan]]'' by [[Oscar Wilde]], [[Saturday Night Theatre]], [[BBC Radio 4]], 1982<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4AFXAAAAMAAJ&q=%22timothy+west%22+++%22Lady+Windermere's+Fan%22|title=Chicago|date=13 November 1975|publisher=WFMT, Incorporated|via=Google Books}}</ref> 
* ''Operation Lightning Pegasus'' by [[Alick Rowe]], as Agammemnon, [[Saturday Night Theatre]], [[BBC Radio 4]], 1981<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.comedy.co.uk/radio/operation_lightning_pegasus/|title=Operation Lightning Pegasus – Radio 4 Comedy Drama|first=British Comedy|last=Guide|website=British Comedy Guide}}</ref> 
* ''Sherlock Holmes v. Dracula'' by [[Loren D. Estleman]], as [[Doctor Watson]], dramatised and directed by [[Glyn Dearman]], [[Saturday Night Theatre]], [[BBC Radio 4]], 1981<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thetimes.com/article/paul-donovan-tune-in-freak-out-bjn7z209ngr|title=Paul Donovan: Tune in, freak out|first=The Sunday|last=Times|date=31 October 2010|website=www.thetimes.com}}</ref> 
* ''The Monument'' by David Cregan, as Dr. James Short, [[BBC Radio 3]], 1978<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/9641a0eab47c4cc3b72d085ad606a187|title=BBC Programme Index|date=12 February 1978|website=genome.ch.bbc.co.uk}}</ref> 
* ''Where Are They Now?'' by [[Tom Stoppard]], as an Old Boy, 1971<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MkVIAQAAIAAJ&q=%22timothy+west%22+++%22Where+Are+They+Now|title=The Spectator|date=13 July 1979|publisher=F.C. Westley|via=Google Books}}</ref> 
* ''If You're Glad, I'll be Frank'' by [[Tom Stoppard]], as Frank, 1966<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dbKuCwAAQBAJ&dq=%22timothy+west%22+++%22If+You%27re+Glad%2C+I%27ll+be+Frank%22&pg=PA80|title=Tom Stoppard: An Assessment|first=Tim|last=Brassell|date=18 March 1985|publisher=Springer|isbn=978-1-349-17789-9 |via=Google Books}}</ref> 
* ''[[Macbeth]]'', as the Porter, [[BBC Third Programme]], 1966. Repeated on [[BBC Radio 4]] in 1967 and [[BBC 7]] in 2007<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DdtBAQAAIAAJ&q=%22timothy+west%22+++%22the+Porter%22|title=The Listener|date=13 November 1976|publisher=British Broadcasting Corporation|via=Google Books}}</ref>
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==Audiobooks==
Timothy West recorded many unabridged audiobooks, including the complete [[Chronicles of Barsetshire|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 (magazine)|AudioFile]] Earphones Awards for his narration.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.audiofilemagazine.com/dbsearch/showsearch.cfm?title=&author=&reader=Timothy+West&category=&keyword=&isbn=&Submit=View+complete+audiography/|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130117075052/http://www.audiofilemagazine.com/dbsearch/showsearch.cfm?title=&author=&reader=Timothy+West&category=&keyword=&isbn=&Submit=View+complete+audiography/|url-status=dead|title=AudioFile reader page|archive-date=17 January 2013|access-date=1 August 2020}}</ref>

==Books==
* ''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}}.

==References==
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==External links==
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* [https://web.archive.org/web/20130703051923/http://www.lamda.org.uk/development/press/bios/west.htm LAMDA Biography]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20120114115302/http://www.gavinbarkerassociates.co.uk/actors/timothy-west.htm Timothy West at Gavin Barker Associates (agent)]
* {{IMDb name|0922367|Timothy West}}
* {{Screenonline name|id=1023080}}
* {{Discogs artist|Timothy West}}

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