Timothy West

Timothy West

1934-10-20 Bradford, West Yorkshire, England, UK 62 Credits

Biography

Timothy Lancaster West, CBE was an English film, stage, presenter and television actor, with more than fifty years of varied work in the business.

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The Big Snow of '47

The Big Snow of '47

2024

as Self

Acting

Houses buried under snow. Rivers frozen solid. World War II bombers dropping bread to isolated villages. How did Brits survive the snowiest winter eve...

Bring Back My Bonnie

Bring Back My Bonnie

2022

as Roger

Acting

An elderly man with dementia continues to speak with his late wife to keep her alive. When his daughter sees his decline she tries her best to make hi...

Night of the Broken

Night of the Broken

2022

as Adolf Hitler

8.0
Acting

In 1965, a Jewish doctor, Gertrude Rosen, is called to a remote care home in England to help identify and treat a dying patient. As Gertrude slowly wi...

We the Kings

We the Kings

2018

as Victor

10.0
Acting

Jack, on the run for attempted murder, hides in the house of a deaf and mute man. A power struggle forms between the two.

Delirium

Delirium

2017

as College Bursar

Acting

International composer Peter Pilger faces the challenge of his life: to deliver a Requiem for his former college St Jude’s in time for the Memorial Ce...

The Vote

The Vote

2015

as Fred Norris

8.4
Acting

On 7 May, churches, school halls, and back rooms of community centres will be turned into polling stations, staffed by council workers and volunteers....

Run For Your Wife

Run For Your Wife

2012

as Man in Pub

4.4
Acting

John Smith has been happily involved in a bigamous marriage for five years. He lives with Stephanie in Finsbury and Michelle in Stockwell. Fortunately...

Idle-Hands

2010

as Spam

5.5
Acting

Catastrophe is the fruit of boredom when a man with too much time on his hands becomes involved in an unexpected surprise.

Endgame

Endgame

2009

as P.W. Botha

5.8
Acting

The time is the late '80s, a crucial period in the history of South Africa. President P.W. Botha is hanging on to power by a thread as the African Nat...

A Room with a View

A Room with a View

2007

as Mr Eager

5.4
Acting

When Lucy Honeychurch and chaperon Charlotte Bartlett find themselves in Florence with rooms without views, fellow guests Mr Emerson and son George st...

Colditz

Colditz

2005

as Bunny Warren

7.0
Acting

While World War II allied officer Jack Rowe is held prisoner in Germany's notorious Colditz castle, he recruits a band of fellow escape artists in th...

Beyond Borders

Beyond Borders

2003

as Lawrence Bauford

6.4
Acting

Sarah Jordan, an American living in London in 1984, is married to the son of a wealthy British industrialist. She encounters Nick Callahan, a renegade...

Martin Luther

Martin Luther

2003

as Martin Luther

6.1
Acting

Learn how one man reluctantly took on the most powerful institution of his day and won. Martin Luther is credited with expounding a new vision of man'...

Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas

Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas

2003

as Dymas (voice)

7.0
Acting

The sailor of legend is framed by the goddess Eris for the theft of the Book of Peace, and must travel to her realm at the end of the world to retriev...

Villa Des Roses

Villa Des Roses

2002

as Hugh Burrell

5.3
Acting

In 1913, a young woman starts work as a maid in a seedy Parisian boarding house full of eccentrics. When she falls in love with one of the guests, she...

Station Jim

2001

as Sir Christopher Ellis

7.0
Acting

At a rural railway station in Victorian England, Jim is a spunky Jack Russell Terrier who escapes his mean master at the circus, and is soon befriende...

Iris

Iris

2001

as Older Maurice

6.4
Acting

True story of the lifelong romance between novelist Iris Murdoch and her husband John Bayley, from their student days through her battle with Alzheime...

The Fourth Angel

The Fourth Angel

2001

as Jones

5.2
Acting

Workaholic reporter, Jack Elgin takes his family on a working trip to India, but their aircraft is hijacked in Cyprus by a previously-unknown terroris...

102 Dalmatians

102 Dalmatians

2000

as Judge

5.5
Acting

Get ready for a howling good time as an all new assortment of irresistible animal heroes are unleashed in this great family tail! In an unlikely allia...

The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc

The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc

1999

as Cauchon

6.4
Acting

In 1429, a French teenager stood before her King with a message she claimed came from God; that she would defeat the world's greatest army and liberat...

EverAfter

EverAfter

1998

as King Francis

7.4
Acting

Danielle, a vibrant young woman is forced into servitude after the death of her father when she was a young girl. Danielle's stepmother Rodmilla is a ...

King Lear

King Lear

1998

as Gloucester

8.0
Acting

An aging King invites disaster, when he abdicates to his corrupt, toadying daughters, and rejects his loving and honest one.

Animated Epics: Beowulf

Animated Epics: Beowulf

1998

as Hrothgar ( voice )

4.3
Acting

Swords fly as Beowulf battles the evil Grendel in this exciting animated adaptation of the epic poem. Incorporating fascinating sketch art and featuri...

The Place of the Dead

The Place of the Dead

1997

as Chairman of the Inquiry

5.3
Acting

It was one of the last unexplored places on Earth; a terrifyingly deep gully in the heart of the Borneo jungle. It was the ultimate challenge – to cli...

Eleven Men Against Eleven

1995

as Sir Bob Luckton

6.3
Acting

A curtain raiser for the 1995-6 football season and a state of the Premiership comedy drama about the corrupt world of football. Sir Bob is a football...

The Tragedy of Flight 103: The Inside Story

The Tragedy of Flight 103: The Inside Story

1990

as Col. Wilfred Wood

6.5
Acting

Examination of the events that led to the 1988 bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland.

Survival of the Fittest

Survival of the Fittest

1990

as Geoffrey Cowper

Acting

Molly Cowper is a wilful 80-year-old widow who firmly believes the world is there for her convenience. Her mild-mannered son Geoffrey does his best to...

Lenin: The Train

Lenin: The Train

1990

as Parvus

6.2
Acting

March/April 1917. The first world war is already a couple year to pace. A sealed train with Russian emigrants keeps on driving from Zürich Germany and...

Dirty Beasts

Dirty Beasts

1990

as Narrator

Acting

Roald Dahl, that master of wicked humour, has created a ghastly menagerie of dirty beasts - all doing the most extraordinary and unmentionable things,...

Revolting Rhymes

Revolting Rhymes

1990

as Narrator

Acting

Six of the best-loved nursery rhymes retold, with some extremely amusing twists, by the master of the comic and blood-curdling, Roald Dahl.

Beecham

1990

as Sir Thomas Beecham

Acting

1990 TV adaptation of a 1979 biographical play by Ned Sherrin & Caryl Brahms, based on the life of conductor and impresario Sir Thomas Beecham. With T...

Blore M.P.

Blore M.P.

1989

as Derek Blore MP

1.0
Acting

Derek Blore, MP, enjoys both a happy successful political career and a sideline in the suburbs. When his two political lives become confused, with an ...

Beryl Markham: A Shadow on the Sun

Beryl Markham: A Shadow on the Sun

1988

as Charles Clutterbuck

3.0
Acting

The singular life of Beryl Markham - renowned aviatrix, author and adventurer

Consuming Passions

Consuming Passions

1988

8.0
Acting

Adapted from a play written by two Monty Python vets, this toothy satire launches with a tragic accident at Chumley's chocolate factory when hapless m...

When We Are Married

When We Are Married

1987

as Councillor Albert Parker

Acting

Three married couples discover that, through a legal technicality, they are, in fact, not actually married in the eyes of the law. This was the fifth ...

Breakthrough at Reykjavik

1987

as Mikhail Gorbachev

Acting

Political drama about the Gorbachev-Reagan summit at Reykjavik

Cry Freedom

Cry Freedom

1987

as Capt. De Wet

7.0
Acting

A dramatic story, based on actual events, about the friendship between two men struggling against apartheid in South Africa in the 1970s. Donald Woods...

What the Butler Saw

What the Butler Saw

1987

as Dr Rance

1.0
Acting

White golliwogs, cross-dressing coppers, bellboy rapists, insanity, incest, and Winston Churchill’s giant member all play their part in this BBC produ...

The Good Doctor Bodkin-Adams

The Good Doctor Bodkin-Adams

1986

as Dr John Bodkin Adams

5.3
Acting

In 1956, the ultra-respectable seaside resort of Eastbourne was shocked when a local doctor, John Bodkin Adams, was arrested for murdering one of his ...

Florence Nightingale

Florence Nightingale

1985

as Russell

5.7
Acting

This is the fact-based story of an aristocratic woman who defies Victorian society to reform hospital sanitation and to define the nursing profession ...

Oliver Twist

Oliver Twist

1982

as Mr. Bumble

6.7
Acting

The classic Dickens tale of an orphan boy who escapes the horrors of the orphanage only to be taken in by a band of thieves and pickpockets.

Murder Is Easy

Murder Is Easy

1982

as Lord Gordon Easterfield

6.4
Acting

American computer whiz Luke Williams meets elderly Lavinia Fullerton on a London-bound train. She reveals she's discovered the identity of a serial ki...

Rough Cut

Rough Cut

1980

as Nigel Lawton

5.8
Acting

Two sophisticated jewel thieves join forces to steal $30 million in uncut jewels.

Churchill and the Generals

Churchill and the Generals

1979

as Winston Churchill

Acting

The complicated relationship between Winston Churchill and the leaders of the British army during World War II.

Henry VIII

Henry VIII

1979

as Cardinal Wolsey

6.5
Acting

Henry is a proud monarch who flies in the face of the church in seeking to divorce Queen Katherine and marry Anne Bullen. As cardinal Wolsey, the powe...

Agatha

Agatha

1979

as Kenward

6.2
Acting

England, 1926. An American journalist looks for mystery writer Agatha Christie when she suddenly disappears without explanation, leaving no trace.

The Thirty Nine Steps

The Thirty Nine Steps

1978

as Porton

6.7
Acting

The year is 1914 and Richard Hannay, Mining Engineer who is visiting Britain for a short time before returning to South Africa, is shocked when one of...

News from Nowhere

1978

as William Morris

Acting

In 1880, William Morris travels with his family and friends, as they navigate the Thames en-route to Oxford. Their journey is punctuated by champagne ...

The Devil's Advocate

The Devil's Advocate

1977

as Father Anselmo

6.5
Acting

A dying priest is commissioned to investigate the deeds of Giacomo Nerone, a dead wartime partisan, and find out if he truly is worthy of being canoni...

Joseph Andrews

Joseph Andrews

1977

as Mr. Tow-Wouse

4.7
Acting

Lady Booby alias 'Belle', the lively wife of the fat landed squire Sir Thomas Booby, has a lusty eye on the attractive, intelligent villager Joseph An...

Hedda

Hedda

1975

as Brack

6.4
Acting

Returning from her honeymoon with her husband, scholar Jorgen, the cold and manipulative Hedda Gabler is unmoved by the sacrifices he's made to provid...

The After Dinner Game

The After Dinner Game

1975

as Mark Childers

6.0
Acting

Vice-Chancellor Bartley Humbolt has problems. His young university is almost bankrupt, his wife is threatening to leave him, his protege professor fro...

The Day of the Jackal

The Day of the Jackal

1973

as Commissioner Berthier

7.5
Acting

An international assassin known as ‘The Jackal’ is employed by disgruntled French generals to kill President Charles de Gaulle, with a dedicated genda...

Hitler: The Last Ten Days

Hitler: The Last Ten Days

1973

as Prof. Gebhardt

6.1
Acting

Hitler: The Last Ten Days takes us into the depths of der Furher’s Berlin bunker during his final days. Based on the book by Gerhard Boldt, it provide...

Horatio Bottomley

Horatio Bottomley

1972

as Horatio Bottomley

Acting

Alan Clarke's standalone film first appeared as an episode of the BBC series "The Edwardians" and concerns notorious bon vivant, swindler, MP, public ...

Nicholas and Alexandra

Nicholas and Alexandra

1971

as Dr. Botkin

6.9
Acting

Tsar Nicholas II, the inept last monarch of Russia, insensitive to the needs of his people, is overthrown and exiled to Siberia with his family.

Edward II

Edward II

1970

as Young Mortimer

4.8
Acting

The reign of Edward II, King of England, is troubled from the start when he brings his male lover, hated by the nobles, out of exile.

The Tragedy of King Richard II

The Tragedy of King Richard II

1970

as Henry Bolingbroke

Acting

The Tragedy of King Richard II, by William Shakespeare. The actions and repercussions of a proud King, whose vanity and selfishness lead to his downfa...

The Looking Glass War

The Looking Glass War

1970

as Taylor

5.5
Acting

When a Polish sailor jumps ship in Britain, a couple of local intelligence operatives keep him under surveillance. Soon, he’s recruited to infiltrate ...

Twisted Nerve

Twisted Nerve

1968

as Superintendant Dakin

6.8
Acting

Martin Durnley is a young man with an infantilizing mother, resentful stepfather and an institutionalized brother with Down's syndrome. To cope, he re...

The Deadly Affair

The Deadly Affair

1967

as Matrvis (in Edward II)

6.2
Acting

Charles Dobbs is a British secret agent investigating the apparent suicide of Foreign Office official Samuel Fennan. Dobbs suspects that Fennan's wife...

The Book of Water

N/A

as Geiser

Acting

The Book of Water is a chamber music theatre project based upon the novella Man in the Holocene by Swiss author Max Frisch. The work centres around th...