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Timothy West

Timothy West

Actor · Died November 12, 2024, aged 90 · Bradford, West Yorkshire, England, UK

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

Biography from TMDB.

Born
October 20, 1934
Died
November 12, 2024 (aged 90)
From
Bradford, West Yorkshire, England, UK
Works as
Actor
Titles
55 on MovieCove · 133 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 63 days to Oct 26Down 17% in 30 days

What are Timothy West's films like?

Across their 25 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Morality.

Genres

Drama7 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 50th percentile
: browse their Drama movies
Adventure3 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 54th percentile
: browse their Adventure movies
Biography2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 78th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Biography movies
Crime2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 67th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Crime movies

Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.

Themes

share of theme weight
Bonds
22%
Morality
22%
Self
20%
Power
19%
Society
9%
Survival
5%
Ideas
3%
Romantic love6 titles, browse their movies with this themeIdentity4 titles, browse their movies with this themeFamily bonds5 titles, browse their movies with this themeJustice5 titles, browse their movies with this themeSelf-worth3 titles, browse their movies with this themeClass4 titles, browse their movies with this themeOppression3 titles, browse their movies with this themeFreedom3 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 19 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Serious: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their serious movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

A split, not a type: Light 5 · Serious 5 · Dark 9

Stylized: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their stylized movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

Grounded 9 · Stylized 9 · Heightened 1

Charged: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their charged movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

Gentle 3 · Charged 8 · Intense 8

Steady: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their steady movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 12 · Shifting 7 · Whiplash 0

Straight-faced: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their straight-faced movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 16 · Some laughs 2 · Funny 1

Even-paced: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their even-paced movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 8 · Even-paced 10 · Relentless 1

Engaged: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their engaged movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 6 · Engaged 12 · Full focus 1

Affecting: How much it costs you emotionally; whether you need recovery time. Browse their affecting movies.
Demand · Emotional cost
easyheavy

A split, not a type: Easy watch 5 · Affecting 6 · Heavy 8

Resolved: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their resolved movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 14 · Open-ended 4 · Ambiguous 1

Roles they play

4 analyzed roles

Usually the Herald: 2 of 4 analyzed roles.

Herald
2 of 4
Hero
1 of 4
Shadow
1 of 4

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
14
Dread
9
Melancholic
11
Romantic
6
Contemplative
6
Other
20

How their films linger

Thought-provoking10 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet9 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHaunting9 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful6 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFeel-good5 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFun3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 4 with a twist

  • Happy8
  • Bittersweet10
  • Tragic3
  • Ambiguous4

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Timothy West's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 34 of their 55 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on BritBox (15).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Timothy West's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

133 credits, 55 with a MovieCove page; 5 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

  • Bring Back My Bonnie (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)

    as Roger

  • Night of the Broken (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)

    as Adolf Hitler

  • Gentleman Jack(2019)

    Show 16 episodes · as Jeremy Lister

    Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all shows

  • We the Kings(2018)

    as Victor

    Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films

  • Shakespeare & Hathaway: Private Investigators(2018)

    Show 1 episode · as Johnny Falstaff

    Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all shows

  • Delirium (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

    as College Bursar

  • The Vote (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)

    as Fred Norris

  • Sardines (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)

    as Andrew

  • Inside No. 9(2014)

    Show 1 episode · as Andrew

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all shows

  • Toast of London(2012)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

    Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all shows

  • Last Tango in Halifax(2012)

    Show 4 episodes · as Ted

    Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all shows

  • Run for Your Wife(2012)

    as Man in Pub

    Midcredits score: 3rd percentile of all films

  • Titanic (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)

    Show 4 episodes · as Lord Pirrie

  • Exile(2011)

    Show 2 episodes · as Metzler

    Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all shows

  • Going Postal (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)

    Show 2 episodes · as Ridcully

  • Idle-Hands (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)

    as Spam

  • Endgame(2009)

    as P.W. Botha

    Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all films

  • A Room with a View (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)

    Show 2 episodes · as Reverend Eager

  • A Room with a View(2007)

    as Mr Eager

    Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all films

  • Inspector Lewis(2006)

    Show 1 episode · as Donald Terry

    Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all shows

  • Not Going Out(2006)

    Show 3 episodes · as Geoffrey Adams

    Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all shows

  • Bleak House(2005)

    Show 12 episodes · as Sir Leicester Dedlock

    Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all shows

  • Colditz (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)

    as Bunny Warren

  • Colditz (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)

    Show 2 episodes · as Bunny Warren

  • London (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)

    Show 3 episodes · as Henry Mayhew

  • The Alan Clark Diaries (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)

    Show 1 episode · as Sir Robert Armstrong

  • New Tricks(2003)

    Show 1 episode · as Professor Mears

    Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all shows

  • Looking for Victoria (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)

    Show 2 episodes · as Thomas Creevey

  • Beyond Borders(2003)

    as Lawrence Bauford

    Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all films

  • Martin Luther (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)

    as Martin Luther

  • Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas(2003)

    as Dymas (voice)

    Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all films

  • Dickens (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)

    Show 1 episode · as John Dickens

  • The Inspector Lynley Mysteries(2001)

    Show 1 episode · as Andy Maiden

    Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all shows

  • Villa des roses(2002)

    as Hugh Burrell

    Midcredits score: 38th percentile of all films

  • Station Jim(2001)

    as Sir Christopher Ellis

    Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all films

  • Iris(2001)

    as Older Maurice

    Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all films

  • Bedtime (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)

    Show 15 episodes · as Andrew Oldfield

  • The Fourth Angel(2001)

    as Jones

    Midcredits score: 18th percentile of all films

  • Waking the Dead(2000)

    Show 2 episodes · as Joe Doyle

    Midcredits score: 84th percentile of all shows

  • Murder in Mind (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)

    Show 1 episode · as Dr. William Collins

  • 102 Dalmatians(2000)

    as Judge

    Midcredits score: 13th percentile of all films

  • A History of Britain(2000)

    Show as Various

    Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all shows

  • The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc(1999)

    as Cauchon

    Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all films

  • Ever After: A Cinderella Story(1998)

    as King Francis

    Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all films

  • King Lear (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)

    as Gloucester

  • Animated Epics: Beowulf (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)

    as Hrothgar ( voice )

  • Midsomer Murders(1997)

    Show 1 episode · as Marcus Devere

    Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all shows

  • The Place of the Dead (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)

    as Chairman of the Inquiry

  • Cuts (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)

    as Lord Mellow

  • Over Here (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)

    Show 2 episodes · as Narrator

  • Eleven Men Against Eleven (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)

    as Sir Bob Luckton

  • Bramwell(1995)

    Show 1 episode · as Colonel Kindersley

    Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all shows

  • Smokescreen (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1994)

    Show 6 episodes · as Frank Sheringham

  • Goodnight Sweetheart (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1993)

    Show 2 episodes · as Tufty McDuff

  • The Tempest (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1993)

    as Prospero

  • Framed (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1992)

    Show 4 episodes · as DCI Jimmy McKinnes

  • Shakespeare: The Animated Tales (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1992)

    Show 1 episode · as Prospero (voice)

  • Murder Most Horrid(1991)

    Show 1 episode · as Old Doctor Adams

    Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all shows

  • Performance (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1991)

    Show 1 episode · as Gloucester

  • The Tragedy of Flight 103: The Inside Story(1990)

    as Col. Wilfred Wood

    Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all films

  • Survival of the Fittest (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1990)

    as Geoffrey Cowper

  • Dirty Beasts (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1990)

    as Narrator

  • Revolting Rhymes (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1990)

    as Narrator

  • Beecham (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1990)

    as Sir Thomas Beecham

  • Blore M.P. (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1989)

    as Derek Blore MP

  • Screen One (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1989)

    Show 1 episode · as Derek Blore · as Geoffrey Cowper

  • Campion(1989)

    Show 2 episodes · as William Faraday

    Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all shows

  • Poirot(1989)

    Show 1 episode · as Reverend Cottrell

    Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all shows

  • Lenin: The Train(1988)

    as Parvus

    Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films

  • Lenin... The Train (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1988)

    Show 2 episodes · as Alexander 'Helphand' Parvus

  • Strife (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1988)

    as David Roberts

  • Beryl Markham: A Shadow on the Sun(1988)

    as Charles Clutterbuck

    Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all films

  • Consuming Passions(1988)

    as Dr. Rees

    Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all films

  • After Henry (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1988)

    Show 1 episode · as Nigel

  • When We Are Married(1987)

    as Councillor Albert Parker

    Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Breakthrough at Reykjavik (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1987)

    as Mikhail Gorbachev

  • Cry Freedom(1987)

    as Capt. De Wet

    Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all films

  • Harry's Kingdom (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1987)

    as Harry King

  • What the Butler Saw (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1987)

    as Dr Rance

  • The Good Doctor Bodkin-Adams (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1986)

    as Dr John Bodkin Adams

  • Sunday Premiere (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1986)

    Show 1 episode · as Harry King

  • The Monocled Mutineer (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1986)

    Show 4 episodes · Actor

  • A Very Peculiar Practice (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1986)

    Show 1 episode · as Professor Furie

  • Tender Is the Night(1985)

    Show 1 episode · as Mr. Morris

    Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all shows

  • Theatre Night (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1985)

    Show 1 episode · as David Roberts · as Doctor Rance · as Ewbank

  • Florence Nightingale(1985)

    as William Russell

    Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all films

  • Miss Marple: A Pocketful of Rye (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1985)

    Show 2 episodes · as Rex Fortescue

  • Miss Marple (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1984)

    Show 1 episode · as Rex Fortescue

  • Brass (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1983)

    Show 32 episodes · as Bradley Hardacre · as Winston Churchill

  • Oliver Twist(1982)

    as Mr. Bumble

    Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films

  • Murder Is Easy(1982)

    as Lord Gordon Easterfield

    Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all films

  • Masada (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1981)

    Show 1 episode · as Emperor Vespasian

  • Rough Cut(1980)

    as Nigel Lawton

    Midcredits score: 30th percentile of all films

  • Friday Night, Saturday Morning (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1979)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

  • Churchill and the Generals (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1979)

    as Winston Churchill

  • Crime and Punishment (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1979)

    Show 2 episodes · as Pyotr Petrovich Luzhin

  • Tales of the Unexpected(1979)

    Show 1 episode · as Albert Taylor

    Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all shows

  • Henry VIII (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1979)

    as Cardinal Wolsey

  • Agatha(1979)

    as Kenward

    Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all films

  • The Thirty Nine Steps(1978)

    as Porton

    Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all films

  • News from Nowhere (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1978)

    as William Morris

  • The Devil's Advocate (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1977)

    as Father Anselmo

  • Hard Times(1977)

    Show 4 episodes · as Josiah Bounderby

    Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all shows

  • Cottage to Let (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1977)

    Show 1 episode · as David Weston

  • Joseph Andrews (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1977)

    as Mr. Tow-Wouse

  • Hedda (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1975)

    as Brack

  • Edward the King(1975)

    Show 5 episodes · as Albert Edward 'Bertie' · as Edward, Prince of Wales · as King Edward VII

    Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all shows

  • The After Dinner Game (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1975)

    as Mark Childers

  • Undercovers Hero(1974)

    Actor

    Midcredits score: 19th percentile of all films

  • The Day of the Jackal(1973)

    as Commissioner Berthier

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films

  • Hitler: The Last Ten Days(1973)

    as Prof. Gebhardt

    Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all films

  • Horatio Bottomley (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1972)

    as Horatio Bottomley

  • The Edwardians (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1972)

    Show 1 episode · as Horatio Bottomley

  • Villains (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1972)

    Show 1 episode · as Benny

  • Nicholas and Alexandra(1971)

    as Dr. Botkin

    Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films

  • Play for Today (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1970)

    Show 1 episode · as Mark Childers

  • Edward II (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1970)

    as Young Mortimer

  • The Tragedy of King Richard II (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1970)

    as Henry Bolingbroke

  • The Looking Glass War(1970)

    as Taylor

    Midcredits score: 34th percentile of all films

  • Big Breadwinner Hog (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1969)

    Show 8 episodes · as Lennox

  • Twisted Nerve(1968)

    as Superintendant Dakin

    Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all films

  • Trapped (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1967)

    Show 1 episode · as Ossie

  • Witch Hunt (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1967)

    Show 5 episodes · as Dr. Howard Agister

  • The Deadly Affair(1967)

    as Matrvis (in Edward II)

    Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all films

  • Mystery and Imagination (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1966)

    Show 1 episode · as Dr Middleton

  • Thirty-Minute Theatre (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1965)

    Show 1 episode · as Jack Campion

  • Theatre 625 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1964)

    Show 1 episode · as Jan

  • Persuasion (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1960)

    Show 2 episodes · as Charles Hayter

  • Coronation Street(1960)

    Show 7 episodes · as Eric Babbage

    Midcredits score: 12th percentile of all shows

  • No Hiding Place (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1959)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

  • Theatre Night (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1957)

    Show 1 episode · as Talky

  • Armchair Theatre (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1956)

    Show 1 episode · as Ralph

  • The Book of Water (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    as Geiser

Career shape

Star power in the 96th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 132 titles, 131 of them dated from 1956 to 2022; peak year 2002.

Biggest box office

Ever After: A Cinderella Story (1998)

$98M worldwide

Highest rated

Bleak House (2005)

Midcredits 94th

Most popular right now

Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas (2003)

Film career

19562022

Peak 2002 · fewer prominent film roles lately. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting132 of 132: 132 only acting, 0 with another role · typical Midcredits score71st

By decade

1950s3 · acting1960s10 · acting1970s26 · acting1980s29 · acting1990s22 · acting2000s25 · acting2010s14 · acting2020s2 · acting

Billing

usually 9th · top billed in 0% of 19 roles
677797

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30; the columns are the share of top-billed roles in each era, 5-year spans from the year on the label, merged until each holds at least 5 roles.

How do Timothy West's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 60th percentile, the median of all 32; across their 19 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 58th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

58thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 19

Approval · how many liked their films

67thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 19

Reach · how many have seen their films

69thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 19

Midcredits score across 55 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up25
  • 50th to 74th19
  • 25th to 49th6
  • Below 25th5

Shape of the crowd

28 of their 55 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved11
  • Crowd Pleaser28
  • Broadly Agreed2
  • Mixed14

Most divisive · actor

Coronation Street (1960)

87th percentile spread · 30% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · actor

The Day of the Jackal (1973)

Midcredits 97th · 88% liked

Reviewers score the acting 72/100 in their films, across 16 reviewed titles; fans 80, detractors 50. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Is Timothy West's work okay for kids?

Across up to 6 MovieCove titles with content scores, sex & nudity runs heavier than most films.

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles
Violence & Gore4 titlesmedian 37 · moderateMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity6 titles22–62 · median 42 · moderateheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 32
Profanity4 titlesmedian 30 · mildMedian of all films: 36
Alcohol & Drugs4 titlesmedian 7 · minimalMedian of all films: 33
Frightening / Intense4 titlesmedian 36 · moderateMedian of all films: 39

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.

Who does Timothy West work with?

People who share at least 2 of Timothy West's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Charles Dickens shares the most, 3.

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Producers