Timothy West

Timothy Lancaster West CBE (born 20 October 1934) is an English film, stage and television actor, with more than fifty years of varied work in the business.

Not Going Out
West joined the cast of BBC sitcom Not Going Out for series two, portraying Geoffrey, the father of Lucy and Tim. West appeared as Geoffrey in three episodes, but departed the show after series three.

The role of Geoffrey was given to Geoffrey Whitehead from series four.

Other roles
Having spent years as a familiar face who never quite became a household name, West's big break came with the major television series, Edward the Seventh, in which he played the title role from the age of twenty-three until the King's death; his real-life sons, Samuel and Joseph, played the sons of King Edward VII as children. Other screen appearances have included Nicholas and Alexandra, The Day of the Jackal, The Thirty Nine Steps, Masada, Cry Freedom and The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc.

West starred as patriarch Bradley Hardacre in Granada TV's satirical Northern super-soap Brass over three seasons (1982–1990). West appeared in the series Miss Marple in 1985, and made a memorable appearance as Professor Furie in A Very Peculiar Practice in 1986. From 2001 to 2003, he played the grumpy and frequently volatile Andrew in the BBC drama series Bedtime.

In 2013, West appeared in Coronation Street as Eric Babbage, and EastEnders as Stan Carter, a role he played for two years. In 2019 he played Private Godfrey in Dad's Army: The Lost Episodes, a recreation of three missing episodes of the BBC comedy Dad's Army.