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Timothy West

1934 - 2024

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Timothy Lancaster West (20 October 1934 – 12 November 2024) was an English actor with a long and varied career across theatre, film, and television. He began acting in repertory theatres in the 1950s before making his London stage debut in 1959 moving on to three seasons with the Royal Shakespeare Company during the 1960s. West played King Lear (four times) and Macbeth (twice) along with other notable roles in The Master Builder and Uncle Vanya. In 1978, West was nominated for the Laurence Olivier Award for Actor of the Year in a Revival for his performance in The Homecoming. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2024). Timothy West is the 5,820th most popular actor (up from 6,194th in 2024), the 4,539th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 4,585th in 2019) and the 664th most popular British Actor.

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Among actors, Timothy West ranks 5,820 out of 13,578. Before him are Antonio Resines, Guy Siner, Lili Taylor, Song Kang, Chita Rivera, and Núria Espert. After him are Kim Bum, Robert Beltran, Michaela Schaffrath, Mónica Cruz, Phil Harris, and Greg Wise.

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Among people born in 1934, Timothy West ranks 446. Before him are Pierre Darmon, Alan A'Court, Leon Rotman, Gordon Bell, Östen Warnerbring, and Robert Siatka. After him are Gerry Hitchens, Stanley Turrentine, Bengt Nilsson, Horacio Accavallo, Ihor Rybak, and Jaime Belmonte. Among people deceased in 2024, Timothy West ranks 416. Before him are David Walker, Ilke Wyludda, Gordon Bell, Martin Mull, Bob Love, and Chita Rivera. After him are Laurent Cantet, Anastasia Zavorotnyuk, Benji Gregory, Klaus Wunder, Dickey Betts, and Miho Nakayama.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Timothy West ranks 4,540 out of 8,785. Before him are Julian Byng, 1st Viscount Byng of Vimy (1862), Kingsley Ben-Adir (1986), James Carnegie, 3rd Duke of Fife (1929), William Martin Leake (1777), Calvin Harris (1984), and Robin Trower (1945). After him are David Octavius Hill (1802), Peter Doig (1959), Greg Wise (1966), Pauline Collins (1940), Walter Winterbottom (1913), and Catherine Booth (1829).

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Among actors born in United Kingdom, Timothy West ranks 664. Before him are Adrian Rawlins (1958), Diana Wynyard (1906), Ian McElhinney (1948), Roger Allam (1953), Michael Crawford (1942), and Kingsley Ben-Adir (1986). After him are Greg Wise (1966), Pauline Collins (1940), Samantha Bond (1961), David Jason (1940), Samantha Morton (1977), and Phoebe Dynevor (1995).

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