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Timothy West

Actor

Timothy West

Born October 20, 1934 in Bradford, West Yorkshire, England, UK Died November 12, 202466 films

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 Day of the Jackal posterFirst watchThe Day of the Jackal19737.5as Commissioner BerthierAn international assassin known as ‘The Jackal’ is employed by disgruntled French generals to kill President Charles de Gaulle, with a dedicated gendarme on the assassin’s trail.View film

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Filmography

66 films as actor
  1. TBAThe Book of WaterGeiser
  2. 2022Bring Back My BonnieRoger
  3. 2022Night of the BrokenAdolf Hitler
  4. 2018We the KingsVictor
  5. 2017DeliriumCollege Bursar
  6. 2015The VoteFred Norris
  7. 2014SardinesAndrew
  8. 2012Run For Your WifeMan in Pub
  9. 2011Going Postal 2in1Ridcully
  10. 2010Idle-HandsSpam
  11. 2009EndgameP.W. Botha
  12. 2007A Room with a ViewMr Eager
  13. 2005ColditzBunny Warren
  14. 2003Beyond BordersLawrence Bauford
  15. 2003Sinbad: Legend of the Seven SeasDymas (voice)
  16. 2002Villa Des RosesHugh Burrell
  17. 2001Station JimSir Christopher Ellis
  18. 2001IrisOlder Maurice
  19. 2001The Fourth AngelJones
  20. 2000102 DalmatiansJudge
  21. 1999The Messenger: The Story of Joan of ArcCauchon
  22. 1998EverAfterKing Francis
  23. 1998King LearGloucester
  24. 1998Animated Epics: BeowulfHrothgar ( voice )
  25. 1997The Place of the DeadChairman of the Inquiry
  26. 1996CutsLord Mellow
  27. 1995Eleven Men Against ElevenSir Bob Luckton
  28. 1993The TempestProspero
  29. 1990The Tragedy of Flight 103: The Inside StoryCol. Wilfred Wood
  30. 1990Survival of the FittestGeoffrey Cowper
  31. 1990Dirty BeastsNarrator
  32. 1990Revolting RhymesNarrator
  33. 1989Blore M.P.Derek Blore MP
  34. 1988Lenin: The TrainParvus
  35. 1988StrifeDavid Roberts
  36. 1988Beryl Markham: A Shadow on the SunCharles Clutterbuck
  37. 1988Consuming PassionsDr. Rees
  38. 1987When We Are MarriedCouncillor Albert Parker
  39. 1987Breakthrough at ReykjavikMikhail Gorbachev
  40. 1987Cry FreedomCapt. De Wet
  41. 1987Harry's KingdomHarry King
  42. 1987What the Butler SawDr Rance
  43. 1986The Good Doctor Bodkin-AdamsDr John Bodkin Adams
  44. 1985Florence NightingaleWilliam Russell
  45. 1982Oliver TwistMr. Bumble
  46. 1982Murder Is EasyLord Gordon Easterfield
  47. 1980Rough CutNigel Lawton
  48. 1979Churchill and the GeneralsWinston Churchill
  49. 1979Henry VIIICardinal Wolsey
  50. 1979AgathaKenward
  51. 1978The Thirty Nine StepsPorton
  52. 1978News from NowhereWilliam Morris
  53. 1977The Devil's AdvocateFather Anselmo
  54. 1977Joseph AndrewsMr. Tow-Wouse
  55. 1975HeddaBrack
  56. 1975The After Dinner GameMark Childers
  57. 1974Soft Beds, Hard Battles
  58. 1973The Day of the JackalCommissioner Berthier
  59. 1973Hitler: The Last Ten DaysProf. Gebhardt
  60. 1972Horatio BottomleyHoratio Bottomley
  61. 1971Nicholas and AlexandraDr. Botkin
  62. 1970Edward IIYoung Mortimer
  63. 1970The Tragedy of King Richard IIHenry Bolingbroke
  64. 1970The Looking Glass WarTaylor
  65. 1968Twisted NerveSuperintendant Dakin
  66. 1967The Deadly AffairMatrvis (in Edward II)