Timothy West obit

Timothy West Dies: British Theater And Screen Actor Was 90

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British theater and screen actor Timothy West has died aged 90.

His children, Juliet, Samuel and Joseph, released a statement that said he said died “peacefully yesterday evening” surrounded by friends and family.

West was one of the UK’s most beloved actors, known on-screen for roles in soaps EastEnders and Coronation Street, comedy-drama Brass and for Channel 4’s Great Canal Journeys, a touching series in which he traveled around the country on a boat with his wife, Fawlty Towers actress Prunella Scales. He also had many theater roles in productions such as Macbeth and King Lear.

“After a long and extraordinary life on and off the stage, our darling father Timothy West died peacefully I his sleep yesterday evening. He was 90 years old,” his children wrote in their note.

“Tim was with his friends and family at the end. He leaves his wife Prunella Scales, to whom he was married for 61 years, a sister, a daughter, two sons, seven grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. All of us will muss him terribly.

“We would like to thank the incredible NHS staff at St George’s Hospital, Tooting, and at Avery Wandsworth for their loving care during his last days.”

Several industry figures responded to Sam West’s post, with Back writer Simon Blackwell writing, “What a talent and what a man. Love and condolences to you and your family,” and screenwriter Sarah Phelps, who was a writer on BBC soap EastEnders, writing: “Oh Sam, your beautiful Dad. What joy he gave us all. So much love to you, your dear mum and all your family. Vale, Tim. Go well across the shining river.”

BBC Radio 4 presenter David Aaronovitch wrote: “May his memory be a blessing. He was certainly a blessing in real life,” and former EastEnders actor Tracy-Ann Oberman wrote, “I’m so so sorry for your lose [sic] Sam. Much love to all the family. He was the most wonderful man.”

Personal life

West was married to actress Jacqueline Boyer from 1956 to 1961 and had a daughter, Juliet. In 1963 he married actress Prunella Scales, with whom he had two sons, Samuel West, an actor, and Joseph (Joe), who participated in two episodes of Great Canal Journeys filmed in France. Joe lives with his French wife and their children.

 

The Guardian crossword setter Biggles referred to West's 50th wedding anniversary in its prize crossword puzzle (number 26,089) on 26 October 2013.

 

West and Scales were patrons of the Lace Market Theatre in Nottingham, The Kings Theatre in Gloucester and of the Conway Hall Sunday Concerts programme, the longest-running series of chamber music concerts in Europe. West was an Ambassador of SOS Children's Villages, an international orphan charity providing homes and mothers for orphaned and abandoned children. He supported the charity's annual World Orphan Week.

West was patron of the National Piers Society, a charity dedicated to preserving and promoting seaside piers. He and Prunella Scales were patrons of Avon Navigation Trust, the charity that runs the River Avon from Stratford-upon-Avon to Tewkesbury. They both supported ANT by attending the Stratford River Festival every year. West supported Cancer Research UK.

West was a supporter of the Talyllyn Railway, the first preserved railway in the world. He visited on a number of occasions, the last being the summer of 2015 to attend the railway's 150th anniversary. He was a supporter of the Inland Waterways Association.

West was president of the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (being succeeded by Benedict Cumberbatch in January 2018) and was president of the Society for Theatre Research. He was also patron of London-based drama school Associated Studios.

 

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2010

 

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2009

 

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2001

 

Station Jim (2001)

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2001

 

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1 episode

 

Glenn Close in 102 Dalmatians (2000)

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2000

 

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1 episode

 

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1999

 

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1998

 

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2 episodes

 

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1 episode

 

The Place of the Dead (1997)

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6.0

TV Movie

Chairman of the Inquiry

1997

 

Cuts

6.6

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Lord Mellow

1996

 

Over Here (1996)

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8.3

TV Movie

Narrator

1996

 

Eleven Men Against Eleven (1995)

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7.8

TV Movie

Sir Bob Luckton

1995

 

Kenneth Welsh and Naohiko Umewaka in Hiroshima (1995)

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7.8

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Prime Minister Winston Churchill (as Tim West)

1995

 

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7.3

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Old Doctor Adams

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1 episode

 

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8.7

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6 episodes

 

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6.5

TV Mini Series

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4 episodes

 

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7.8

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Prospero (voice)

1992

1 episode

 

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8.1

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Brother Felix and the Virgin Saint

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3 episodes

 

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1991

 

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7.3

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Narrator (voice)

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Dirty Beasts (1990)

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7.1

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Ned Beatty, Peter Boyle, and Vincent Gardenia in The Tragedy of Flight 103: The Inside Story (1990)

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6.5

TV Movie

Col. Wilfred Wood

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Screen One (1985)

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6.8

TV Series

Geoffrey Cowper

Derek Blore

1989–1990

2 episodes

 

Timothy West in Brass (1983)

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8.0

TV Series

Bradley Hardacre

Winston Churchill

1983–1990

32 episodes

 

Theatre Night (1985)

Theatre Night

7.0

TV Series

Ewbank

David Roberts

Doctor Rance

1987–1989

3 episodes

 

Jonathan Newth, Joan Sanderson, Prunella Scales, and Janine Wood in After Henry (1988)

After Henry

6.9

TV Series

Nigel

1989

1 episode

 

Peter Davison in Campion (1989)

Campion

7.6

TV Series

William Faraday

1989

2 episodes

 

Lenin: The Train (1988)

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6.9

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Parvus

1988

 

Beryl Markham: A Shadow on the Sun (1988)

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7.1

TV Movie

Charles Clutterbuck

1988

 

Consuming Passions (1988)

Consuming Passions

5.5

Dr. Rees

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Bernard Cribbins, Rosemary Leach, Patricia Routledge, Prunella Scales, Peter Vaughan, and Timothy West in When We Are Married (1987)

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8.4

TV Movie

Councillor Albert Parker

1987

 

Breakthrough at Reykjavik

9.2

TV Movie

Mikhail Gorbachev

1987

 

Kevin Kline and Denzel Washington in Cry Freedom (1987)

Cry Freedom

7.4

Captain De Wet

1987

 

Alfred Molina and Robert Hardy in Sunday Premiere (1986)

Sunday Premiere

8.4

TV Series

Harry King

Thomson

1986–1987

3 episodes

 

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5.6

TV Movie

Dr. John Bodkin Adams

1986

 

A Very Peculiar Practice (1986)

A Very Peculiar Practice

8.3

TV Series

Professor Furie

1986

1 episode

 

Prunella Scales and Timothy West in Mop and Smiff (1985)

Mop and Smiff

TV Series

Mop (voice)

1985–1986

13 episodes

 

Sean Young, Mary Steenburgen, and Peter Strauss in Tender Is the Night (1985)

Tender Is the Night

8.0

TV Mini Series

Mr. Morris

1985

1 episode

 

Marjorie and Men

TV Series

George Banthorpe

1985

1 episode

 

Jaclyn Smith and Timothy Dalton in Florence Nightingale (1985)

Florence Nightingale

7.2

TV Movie

William Russell

1985

 

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7.6

TV Mini Series

Rex Fortescue

1985

1 episode

 

Robert Vaughn and Timothy West in The Last Bastion (1984)

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8.2

TV Mini Series

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1984

3 episodes

 

Oliver Twist (1982)

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6.7

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1982

 

Lesley-Anne Down, Bill Bixby, and Helen Hayes in Murder Is Easy (1982)

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6.1

TV Movie

Lord Gordon Easterfield

1982

 

Peter O'Toole and Peter Strauss in Masada (1981)

Masada

7.8

TV Mini Series

Emperor Vespasian

1981

1 episode

 

David Niven, Burt Reynolds, and Lesley-Anne Down in Rough Cut (1980)

Rough Cut

5.7

Nigel Lawton

1980

 

Tales of the Unexpected (1979)

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7.6

TV Series

Albert Taylor

1980

1 episode

 

Timothy West as Beecham (1979)

Timothy West as Beecham

TV Movie

Thomas Beecham

1979

 

Churchill and the Generals (1979)

Churchill and the Generals

7.7

TV Movie

Winston Churchill

1979

 

Crime and Punishment (1979)

Crime and Punishment

7.2

TV Mini Series

Porfiry Petrovich

1979

2 episodes

 

The BBC Television Shakespeare (1978)

The BBC Television Shakespeare

8.1

TV Series

Cardinal Wolsey

1979

1 episode

 

Dustin Hoffman and Vanessa Redgrave in Agatha (1979)

Agatha

6.2

Kenward

1979

 

David Warner, Karen Dotrice, John Mills, and Robert Powell in The Thirty Nine Steps (1978)

The Thirty Nine Steps

6.6

Porton

1978

 

News from Nowhere

6.3

William Morris

1978

 

Hard Times (1977)

Hard Times

7.5

TV Mini Series

Josiah Bounderby

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4 episodes

 

Des Teufels Advokat (1977)

Des Teufels Advokat

6.2

Father Anselmo

1977

 

Lynda Bellingham in Cottage to Let (1977)

Cottage to Let

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David Weston

1977

1 episode

 

Joseph Andrews (1977)

Joseph Andrews

5.6

Mr. Tow-Wouse

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John Cleese in Meetings, Bloody Meetings (1976)

Meetings, Bloody Meetings

7.9

Video

Judge

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Glenda Jackson in Hedda (1975)

Hedda

6.4

Brack

1975

 

Helen Ryan and Timothy West in Edward the King (1975)

Edward the King

8.2

TV Mini Series

King Edward the Seventh

Prince of Wales

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9 episodes

 

Play for Today (1970)

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7.8

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Mark Childers

1975

1 episode

 

Undercovers Hero (1974)

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5.3

Convent Chaplain

1974

 

Edward Fox in The Day of the Jackal (1973)

The Day of the Jackal

7.8

Berthier

1973

 

Hitler: The Last Ten Days (1973)

Hitler: The Last Ten Days

6.5

Prof. Gebhardt

1973

 

Anthony Hopkins and Timothy West in The Edwardians (1972)

The Edwardians

6.8

TV Mini Series

Horatio Bottomley

1972

1 episode

 

Bob Hoskins and Martin Shaw in Villains (1972)

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7.9

TV Series

Benny

1972

1 episode

 

Joy

7.6

TV Movie

Ned

1972

 

Nicholas and Alexandra (1971)

Nicholas and Alexandra

7.2

Dr. Botkin

1971

 

Paul Eddington, Colin Gordon, and Barrie Ingham in Hine (1971)

Hine

7.8

TV Series

Cooper

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1 episode

 

Boswell's Life of Johnson

TV Movie

Dr. Samuel Johnson

1971

 

Ian McKellen and James Laurenson in Edward II (1970)

Edward II

7.4

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Young Mortimer

1970

 

Ian McKellen and Timothy West in The Tragedy of King Richard II (1970)

The Tragedy of King Richard II

7.8

TV Movie

Henry Bolingbroke

1970

 

Kenneth Cope in My Partner the Ghost (1969)

My Partner the Ghost

7.7

TV Series

Sam Grimes

1970

1 episode

 

Pia Degermark and Christopher Jones in The Looking Glass War (1970)

The Looking Glass War

5.8

Taylor

1970

 

Peter Egan and Ray McAnally in Spindoe (1968)

Big Breadwinner Hog

7.6

TV Series

Lennox

1969

8 episodes

 

Alan Badel, Barbara Leigh-Hunt, and Richard Pasco in The Siegfried Idyll (1969)

The Siegfried Idyll

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Hans Richter

1969

 

Twisted Nerve (1968)

Twisted Nerve

7.0

Superintendant Dakin

1968

 

Ian Holm, Denholm Elliott, Robert Eddison, Freddie Jones, and Patrick Mower in Mystery and Imagination (1966)

Mystery and Imagination

7.7

TV Series

Dr. Middleton

1968

1 episode

 

Barbara Jefford and Hayward Morse in Trapped (1967)

Trapped

TV Series

Ossie

1967

1 episode

 

The Fellows (1967)

The Fellows

6.7

TV Series

Lowrie

1967

1 episode

 

Patrick Kavanagh in Witch Hunt (1967)

Witch Hunt

7.6

TV Series

Dr. Howard Agister

1967

4 episodes

 

Armchair Theatre (1956)

Armchair Theatre

7.5

TV Series

Ralph

1967

1 episode

 

Thirty-Minute Theatre (1965)

Thirty-Minute Theatre

7.4

TV Series

Jack Campion

1967

1 episode

 

The Deadly Affair (1967)

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6.7

Matrevis (in 'Edward II') (uncredited)

1967

 

Alfred Burke in Public Eye (1965)

Public Eye

8.5

TV Series

Police Sergeant

1966

1 episode

 

Waveney Lee and Prunella Scales in The Marriage Lines (1961)

The Marriage Lines

7.0

TV Series

Bob

1964

1 episode

 

Theatre 625 (1964)

Theatre 625

7.4

TV Series

Jan

1964

1 episode

 

No Hiding Place (1959)

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7.6

TV Series

Constable

1962

1 episode

 

Deadline Midnight (1960)

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4.8

TV Series

Ambulance man

1961

1 episode

 

Persuasion

6.0

TV Mini Series

Charles Hayter

1961

2 episodes

 

Theatre Night (1957)

Theatre Night

8.3

TV Series

Talky

1959

1 episode

 

Thirty-Minute Theatre

Podcast Series

David (voice)

1972–1998

 

Producer

The Red Baron

TV Movie

executive producer

1998

 

Soundtrack

Bernard Cribbins, Rosemary Leach, Patricia Routledge, Prunella Scales, Peter Vaughan, and Timothy West in When We Are Married (1987)

When We Are Married

8.4

TV Movie

performer: "When We Are Married"

1987

Selected theatre

 

King Lear, as Lear, Dir Tom Morris, Bristol Old Vic, 2016

The Vote by James Graham, Donmar Warehouse and More4, 2015

The Handyman by Ronald Harwood, as Romka, Dir Joe Harmston, UK tour, 2012

Uncle Vanya, as Sererbryakov, Dir Jeremy Herrin, Chichester Festival Theatre, 2012

The Winslow Boy, as Arthur Winslow, Dir Stephen Unwin, Rose Theatre, Kingston and UK tour, 2009

Romany Wood, as narrator, Theatre Severn, Shropshire, 2009

The Lover/The Collection, Dir Jamie Lloyd, Comedy Theatre, London, 2008

Opening of St Pancras International, as William Henry Barlow, Tuesday 6 November 2007

Coriolanus as Menenius, Dir Gregory Doran, RSC, Stratford-upon-Avon, Newcastle, Spain and USA, 2007

A Number by Caryl Churchill as Salter, with Samuel West as B1/B2/Michael Black, Dir Jonathan Munby, Crucible Theatre Studio, 2006. Revived in 2010 at the Chocolate Factory and 2011 at the Fugard Theatre, Cape Town.

The Old Country by Alan Bennett, Dir Stephen Unwin, Trafalgar Studios, 2006

King Lear, as Lear, Dir Stephen Unwin, UK tour with English Touring Theatre, 2002

The Master Builder, as Solness, Dir Stephen Unwin, UK tour, 1999

King Lear, as Gloucester, Dir Richard Eyre, Greece, Turkey and the National Theatre, 1997

Henry IV Part One and Part Two, as Falstaff, with Samuel West as Hal, Dir Stephen Unwin, UK tour and the Old Vic Theatre, 1996

Twelve Angry Men, Dir Harold Pinter, Bristol Old Vic and Comedy Theatre, 1996

Macbeth, as Macbeth, Dir Helena Kaut-Howson, Theatr Clwyd, 1994

Death of a Salesman, as Willy Loman, Dir Janet Suzman, Theatr Clwyd, 1993

King Lear as Lear, Dir Alan Stanford, Tivoli Theatre, Dublin, 1992

Long Day's Journey into Night, with Prunella Scales, Dir Howard Davies, Bristol Old Vic, UK Tour and the National Theatre, 1991

It's Ralph as Andrew, by Hugh Whitemore, Dir Clifford Williams, Comedy Theatre London 1991

Uncle Vanya, as Vanya, Dir Paul Unwin, Bristol Old Vic, 1990

The Master Builder, as Solness, Dir Paul Unwin, Bristol Old Vic, 1989

When We Are Married, with Prunella Scales, Dir Ronald Eyre, Whitehall Theatre, 1985

Masterclass by David Pownall, as Stalin, Dir Justin Greene, Leicester Haymarket and the Old Vic Theatre, 1984

Uncle Vanya, as Vanya, Dir Prunella Scales, Playhouse, Perth, Western Australia, 1982

The Merchant of Venice as Shylock, International tour in association with the British Council and at the Old Vic Theatre, 1980

Beecham, by Caryl Brahms and Ned Sherrin, as Thomas Beecham, Apollo Theatre, London, 1980

The Homecoming, as Max, Garrick Theatre, Dir Kevin Billington, 1978.

Hamlet, as Claudius, with Derek Jacobi as Hamlet, Dir Toby Robertson, Edinburgh Festival, International tour and the Old Vic Theatre, 1977

Othello, as Iago, Dir Richard Eyre, Nottingham Playhouse, 1976

Hedda Gabler, as Judge Brack, Dir Trevor Nunn, with Glenda Jackson, RSC, international tour and Aldwych Theatre, 1975

Macbeth, as Macbeth, Gardner Arts Centre, Brighton, Dir John David, 1974

Love's Labour's Lost, as Holofernes, Aldwych Theatre, London, McBain/Archer, Prospect Theatre Company, June 1972

King Lear as Lear, Prospect Theatre Company, Dir Toby Robertson, Edinburgh Festival and UK tour, 1971. The production visited Australia in 1972

Exiles, Dir Harold Pinter. Mermaid Theatre, 1970

Richard II and Edward II, as Bolingbroke and Young Mortimer, with Ian McKellen as the kings, Prospect Theatre Company, Edinburgh Festival, International tour and Piccadilly Theatre, Dir Richard Cottrell/Toby Robertson, 1969

The Tempest, as Prospero, Prospect Productions, Dir Toby Robertson, 1966

"Madam", said Dr Johnson, Prospect Productions, Dir Toby Robertson, 1966

Marat/Sade, RSC, Dir Peter Brook, 1964

Afore Night Come, RSC, Arts Theatre, 1962. Revived at the Aldwych Theatre, 1964

Gentle Jack, Theatre Royal, Brighton and the Queen's Theatre, London, 1963

Caught Napping, Piccadilly Theatre, 1959

Selected radio

Timothy West was a member of the BBC Radio Drama Repertory Company in 1962 and has taken part in over 500 radio broadcasts. In 1959, he wrote and produced a short audio play, This Gun That I Have in My Right Hand Is Loaded, satirising typical mistakes of radio drama, including over-explanatory dialogue and misuse of sound cues.

 

Cabin Pressure by John Finnemore, as Gordon Shappey, BBC Radio 4, 2011

Seasons by Gareth Parker, as Harold. Independent drama by the Wireless Theatre Company, 2010

Old Harry's Game by Andy Hamilton, as God, BBC Radio 4, 2009.

The Man on the Heath: Johnson and Boswell Investigate by David Noakes, as Doctor Johnson, Saturday Play on BBC Radio 4, 2005

Lorna Doone by R.D. Blackmore, as narrator, 2004

Rumpole of the Bailey, as Rumpole, in sixteen 45-minute plays, 2003–2012. In this series his wife in real life played his fictional wife.

Hecuba by Euripides, as Polymestor, 2001

Groupie by Arnold Wesker, 2001

Dorothy, a Manager's Wife by Peter Tinniswood, 2000

Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller, as Willy Loman, 1993

The Gibson by Bruce Bedford, 1992

The Expedition of Humphry Clinker by Tobias Smollett, Classic Serial on BBC Radio 4, 1992

Crisp and Even Brightly by Alick Rowe, as 'Generally well-intentioned King Wenceslas', Saturday Night Theatre, BBC Radio 4, 1987

I, Claudius and Claudius the God by Robert Graves, as Claudius, produced by Glyn Dearman, 1985

With a Whimper to the Grave by Wally K. Daly, as 642, 1984

Actors, or Playing for Real by Lope de Vega, as Emperor Diocletian, BBC Radio 3, 1983

Dear Countess by Elizabeth Morgan 1983

Lady Windermere's Fan by Oscar Wilde, Saturday Night Theatre, BBC Radio 4, 1982

Operation Lightning Pegasus by Alick Rowe, as Agammemnon, Saturday Night Theatre, BBC Radio 4, 1981

Sherlock Holmes v. Dracula by Loren D. Estleman, as Doctor Watson, dramatised and directed by Glyn Dearman, Saturday Night Theatre, BBC Radio 4, 1981

The Monument by David Cregan, as Dr. James Short, BBC Radio 3, 1978

Where Are They Now? by Tom Stoppard, as an Old Boy, 1971

If You're Glad, I'll be Frank by Tom Stoppard, as Frank, 1966

Macbeth, as the Porter, BBC Third Programme, 1966. Repeated on BBC Radio 4 in 1967 and BBC 7 in 2007

Audiobooks

Timothy West has read many unabridged audiobooks, including the complete Barchester Chronicles and the complete Palliser novels by Anthony Trollope, and seven of George MacDonald Fraser's The Flashman Papers books. He has received four AudioFile Earphones Awards for his narration.

 

Books

I'm Here I Think, Where Are You? Letters from a Touring Actor, 1994, ISBN 978-1-85459-222-4.

A Moment Towards the End of the Play (autobiography), 2001, ISBN 978-1-85459-619-2.

So You Want To Be an Actor (with Prunella Scales), 2005, ISBN 978-1-85459-879-0.

Great Canal Journeys: A Lifetime of Memories on Britain's Most Beautiful Waterways, 2017, ISBN 978-1-78606-511-7.

Pru and Me: The Amazing Marriage of Prunella Scales and Timothy West, 2023, ISBN 978-0241629550.