{"id":80429,"date":"2024-11-13T15:36:33","date_gmt":"2024-11-13T12:36:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/?p=80429"},"modified":"2024-11-13T15:36:33","modified_gmt":"2024-11-13T12:36:33","slug":"actor-timothy-west-dies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/actor-timothy-west-dies\/","title":{"rendered":"Actor Timothy West dies"},"content":{"rendered":"

Timothy West initially made a career as a stage actor. It was only a few years later, in 1961, that the Brit also received offers from film and television.<\/p>\n

He played historical figures such as Winston Churchill, Mikhail Gorbachev and the Roman Emperor Vespasian. His reputation was always excellent.<\/p>\n

Timothy West is now dead. The actor died “peacefully in his sleep” at the age of 90, as his three children Juliet, Samuel and Joseph announced in a statement to the public.<\/p>\n

“After a long and extraordinary life on and off the stage,” West died yesterday, Tuesday. It continues: “Tim was with friends and family at the end. He leaves behind his wife Prunella Scales, to whom he was married for 61 years, a sister, a daughter, two sons, seven grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. We will all miss him.” Various British media such as the “Guardian” and “Sky News” quote from the family’s statement.<\/p>\n

Apparently West spent his last days in a clinic. The statement says that they would like to thank the St. George’s staff for their selfless and loving care.<\/p>\n

He also played in “Inspector Barnaby”<\/h3>\n

West not only won a television award for his leading role in “Churchill and the Generals” in 1979. For his role as Edward VII in the historical drama, West was also nominated for Best Actor at the 1976 BAFTAs. Four years later, he was nominated in the same category for several roles, including Best Actor in “Crime and Punishment”. In 1984 he was awarded the Order of the British Empire (CBE) for his services to the theatre.<\/p>\n

West also became known to an international audience through supporting roles in films such as “The Jackal” in 1973, “Cry Freedom” in 1987 and “Beyond All Borders” in 2003. Striking guest appearances in popular British crime series such as “Inspector Barnaby” may also have contributed to his fame.<\/p>\n

Timothy West, British Star of Stage and Screen Known for \u2018Coronation Street\u2019 and \u2018EastEnders,\u2019 Dies at 90<\/h3>\n
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Timothy West, the English star of the stage and screen known for memorable turns in U.K. soaps \u201cCoronation Street\u201d and \u201cEastEnders,\u201d died on Tuesday. He was 90.<\/p>\n

His children released a statement on Wednesday confirming the news. They said that West died \u201cpeacefully in his sleep\u201d and was \u201cwith friends and family at the end.\u201d<\/p>\n

Born in Bradford, West Yorkshire, England on Oct. 20, 1934, West went on to have a long career on stage and screen. He was a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company for three seasons in the \u201960s, and throughout his life frequently played the leading roles in \u201cMacbeth,\u201d \u201cUncle Vanya\u201d and \u201cKing Lear.\u201d<\/p>\n

His first big screen role came in 1975 with the TV series \u201cEdward the Seventh,\u201d in which he portrayed the titular king from the age of 23 until his death. From 1983 to 1990, he starred as patriarch Bradley Hardacre in the comedy drama \u201cBrass,\u201d and also appeared in the 1985 Agatha Christie series \u201cMiss Marple\u201d and the 1986 black comedy show \u201cA Very Peculiar Practice.\u201d West also featured in several films, including Richard Attenborough\u2019s Apartheid drama \u201cCry Freedom\u201d (1987), Luc Besson\u2019s \u201cThe Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc\u201d (1999) and Richard Eyre\u2019s biographical drama \u201cIris\u201d (2001).<\/p>\n

Going into the 2000s, West ventured more into TV, playing Geoffrey Adams on the BBC One sitcom \u201cNot Going Out\u201d from 2007 to 2009 and joining ITV soap \u201cCoronation Street\u201d in 20133 as Eric Babbage, a love interest of Sue Johnston\u2019s character Gloria Price. The next year, he appeared in another soap, \u201cEastEnders,\u201d as Stan Carter, the father of Shirley (Linda Henry) and Tina Carter (Luisa Bradshaw-White).<\/p>\n

From 2014 to 2019, he hosted a Channel 4 series, \u201cGreat Canal Journeys,\u201d alongside his wife and fellow actor Prunella Scales. The show followed the pair as they took narrowboat journeys around the U.K. and Europe. More recently, he played Jeremy Lister, an American Revolution-era British officer, in historical drama series \u201cGentlemen Jack\u201d from 2019 to 2022.<\/p>\n

West is survived by Scales, to whom he was married for 61 years, as well as his sister Patricia, daughter Juliet, sons Samuel (who is also an actor) and Joseph, seven grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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