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Timothy West
English actor (–)
Timothy Lancaster West (20 October – 12 November ) was an English actor with a long and varied career across theatre, film, and television. He began acting in repertory theatres in the s before making his London stage debut in moving on to three seasons with the Royal Shakespeare Company during the s. 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 , West was nominated for the Laurence Olivier Award for Actor of the Year in a Revival for his performance in The Homecoming.[1]
On screen, his breakout role was playing King Edward VII in the television series Edward the Seventh in , earning him his first nomination for the BAFTA Award for Best Actor, with a second following in [2] West appeared in major films such as Nicholas and Alexandra (), The Day of the Jackal (), and The Thirty Nine Steps (). His television highlights included Brass (–), Bedtime (–), and Churchill and the Generals for which he won a Royal Television Society award in
As a director, West led productions at the Forum Theatre in Melbour
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As one of Britain's most celebrated and versatile actors, Timothy West's glittering five-decade career saw him dominate both television and the stage.
From starring in Shakespearean tragedies to soap operas and sitcoms, no matter the role the star managed to leave audiences captivated by his extraordinary talent.
But perhaps his best-known role was as himself, in the successful documentary series Great Canal Journeys with his wife Prunella Scales.
Together the couple, who were married for more than 60 years, navigated canals on narrowboats together the show between and
West also starred in television shows such as comedy drama Brass, sitcom Not Going Out and soaps Coronation Street and EastEnders. He has died aged
Timothy West and his wife Prunella Scales on the Channel 4 show Great Canal Journeys
The couple's highly successful documentary series ran on Channel 4 from and
Prunella Scales and actor Timothy West on their Union Canal trip for Great Canal Journeys
Great Canal Journeys – which initially ran on More4 before transferring to Channel 4 - saw the couple travelling along the canals, lakes and rivers of the world.
Scales first revealed she had Al
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The actor Timothy West has died aged 90, leaving behind an illustrious legacy of roles that mixed Shakespeare with soaps. Yesterday, his family paid tribute to “a long and extraordinary life on and off the stage”.
From EastEnders on the BBC to the Royal Shakespeare Company, the Bradford-born thespian starred in a wide range of roles over a career that spanned more than half a century. He was awarded a CBE for his services to teaterpjäs in
West played King Lear, liten ort and Macbeth, along with Prospero and Falstaff, plus politicians from Stalin to Churchill (three times, in fact).
At one point he even ended up as the creative director of London’s Old Vic, until a furore over Peter O’Toole’s production of Macbeth put him off running a theatre company for good. In his memoir, A Moment Towards the End of the Play, West recalled his dawning horror as he realised the production was a disaster.
“As inom stood dinner-jacketed and suicidal in the foyer, old friends passed me, smiling encouragingly. inom managed a sickly return smile and watched, powerless to rädda the passengers as they pushed their way determinedly up the gangways of the Titanic,” he wrote.
“The following morning I was wo