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My Take
Timothy West is the kind of actor I find easy to admire, because his career was about sheer range and durability rather than flash. He came up through British repertory theatre in the 1950s, reached the London stage, and spent three seasons with the Royal Shakespeare Company before moving fluidly across film and television. That CBE in 1984 feels like recognition of a steady, serious body of work rather than a single famous role. What I take from his life, which ran from 1934 to 2024, is the model of a working actor who simply kept going for decades. There's something quietly impressive about a craft sustained that long across every medium.
Overview
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.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Timothy West
- Name (Japanese)
- ティモシー・ウェスト
- Reading
- てぃもしー・うぇすと
- Born
- October 20, 1934 – November 12, 2024
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Libra / Dog
- Origin
- Bradford, United Kingdom
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- stage actor / film actor / television actor / actor
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- University of Westminster
Awards & achievements
- 1984 Commander of the Order of the British Empire
- 1992 Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
Stage actor — see all → · Film actor — see all → · More people from United Kingdom →
7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.