"Verbatim recall of a character's speeches, I suppose, is the holy grail for any actor. He also played the noted historical figure Samuel Johnson in two plays.Along with definitive portrayals of Lear, Macbeth, Falstaff and Shylock, he became well-respected as a stage director. Grinning and bearing it? Home of the Daily and Sunday Express. Premium-tier with rail companies, steamship lines and port operators. Now, he faces another challenge. 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Have something to tell us about this article? Samuel West appeared on Love Your Weekend with Alan Titchmarsh a few weeks ago and surprised the presenter with his keen love for bird watching. 'Work is so important. Timothy West. West and Scales are patrons of the Lace Market Theatre in Nottingham, The Kings Theatre in Gloucester and of the Conway Hall Sunday Concerts[12] programme, the longest-running series of chamber music concerts in Europe. 'We thought it would be seen by some old ladies on a wet Tuesday afternoon, but somehow it caught on,' Tim told the Sunday Times yesterday. The actor discussed his successful career, touched on his wife Prunella Scales' health and revealed how proud he was of his son Samuel West. She couldnt remember the year she married Tim, which took place in 1963. Tim plays Private Godfrey (originally played by Arnold Ridley). Last Tango star Timothy West on wife's dementia: 'So tough to see' THEY have been blissfully married for nearly 60 years, have worked on numerous theatre and TV projects together and charmed new. Alan continued. In 2020, West appeared on the album From The Ground Up: an ensemble led by Hugo Ticciati improvised over Henry Purcell chaconne bass lines while West read Shakespeare and rapper Baba Israel improvised. She stopped acting whenshe had babies, which is ashame. West was president of the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (being succeeded by Benedict Cumberbatch in January 2018) and is President of The Society for Theatre Research. The album won the 2020 Gramophone Award for Best Concept Album. The son of Timothy West and Prunella Scales has since made a number of appearances in films including The Riot Club and On Chesil Beach.. His latest role has been as the eccentric vet Siegfried Farnon in All Creatures Great and Small.. West has appeared in many long-running series: Midsomer Murders, Waking the Dead and Poirot, as well as one-off dramas. Wondering whether the hobby ran in the family, Alan asked Timothy: "You have been influenced by Sam, your son. [7] He joined the cast of EastEnders in 2013, playing Stan Carter from January 2014. 'I miss it, and it's not good for me either my own reasoning is getting less good. The actor talks about her long marriage to fellow actor Timothy West, and her two sons, one of whom is also an actor, Original reporting and incisive analysis, direct from the Guardian every morning, Prunella Scales with her husband Timothy West and elder son Sam. Tim and Pru married in 1963 after meeting as stars of the period TV drama She Died Young. Tim [West] and I met in aperiod TV drama, She Died Young. "[13] Since then, West has appeared frequently on stage; he played Valentine in the first production of Tom Stoppard's Arcadia at the National Theatre in 1993,[14] and later spent two seasons with the Royal Shakespeare Company playing the title roles in Richard II and Hamlet, both directed by Steven Pimlott. 'I'm just beginning to realise 'Oh we can't do that'. [6][55] In 2013, West was cast in a minor role in The Riot Club, the film version of Wade's successful play, Posh, and in 2014 the couple had a daughter. TIMOTHY WEST has opened up about his son Samuel West's successful career and revealed he doesn't give his opinion about his work. Timothy West with their three children, Juliet, Sam and Joe, playing in the back garden of their home in 1972. [20] 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. [65] He has performed at the Proms six times,[66] including the suite version of Henry V at the 2002 Last Night of the Proms. We used to spark off each other, but now Pru's hearing has got very selective,' he told the Sunday Times. This distance and driving directions will also be displayed on an interactive map labeled as Distance Map and Driving . Tim cares for Pru himself with the help of a live-in housekeeper and fills the gaping emotional hole with work. Timothy Lancaster West,[1] CBE (born 20 October 1934) is an English actor and presenter. Tim was brilliant when I was in labour he did all the effleurage and everything. It is an absolute thrill to see Sam acting. Both Tim and I think he has a better face than us for theatre and film. Timothy laughed and replied: "Oh yeah, I mean, I have never known anything about it, but he is very good and he teaches me. Timothy's daughter Juliet is from his first marriage. It's perfect for her,' Tim said. West is a supporter of the Talyllyn Railway, the first preserved railway in the world. He and Prunella Scales are patrons of Avon Navigation Trust, the charity that runs the River Avon from Stratford-upon-Avon to Tewkesbury. He said: They were very busy, and I never blame them for that they had to go where the work was.. He was co-artistic director of the Old Vic Theatre from 1980 to 1981,[10] where he directed Trelawny of the 'Wells' and The Merchant of Venice. They are a married couple who presented the Channel 4 series. 'I thought: 'Hmm, it's not that Pru has forgotten her lines or she's not saying the lines properly, it's just that I can't see her thinking'. This may include adverts from us and 3rd parties based on our understanding. He played Anthony Blunt in Cambridge Spies, a BBC production about the four British spies, starring alongside Toby Stephens ( Philby ), Tom Hollander ( Burgess) and Rupert Penry-Jones ( Maclean ). [40] On 26 March 2011, he spoke at the TUC March for the Alternative.[41]. Holiday home owners in Scotland face new SNP tax hike under plans from front-runner to be new First Scotland should just self-identify as an independent country, one SNP member proposed. Viewers have loved the gorgeous views, the nuggets of local canal history and the couple's openness about Pru's illness. His film career has continued with roles in films such as Franco Zeffirelli's Jane Eyre, Notting Hill, Iris, Van Helsing and Darkest Hour. Plane rip-off: Travellers warned over 'bargain' flight fares offered by online travel agents, as hefty fees Charles is evicting Harry and Meghan from Frogmore Cottage 'so he can start after his Coronation with Charles evicting Harry and Meghan is the act of a King putting his country first: REBECCA ENGLISH reveals EPHRAIM HARDCASTLE: Prince William's potentially awkward visit to homelessness charity. 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West Yorkshire, England, the son of actors (Harry). We've both been incredibly lucky.'. Meet Prunella Scales Children Prunella Scales gave birth to two sons with her husband Timothy West. West has recorded over one hundred audiobooks, among which are the Shakespeare plays All's Well That Ends Well, Coriolanus, Henry V, The Merchant of Venice, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Much Ado About Nothing, Richard II and Macbeth (directed by Steven Berkoff), the complete Inspector Morse novels by Colin Dexter, the Wind on Fire trilogy by William Nicholson (The Wind Singer, Slaves of the Mastery and Firesong), the Arthur trilogy by Kevin Crossley-Holland (The Seeing Stone, At the Crossing Places and King of the Middle March), five books by Sebastian Faulks (Charlotte Gray, Birdsong, The Girl at the Lion d'Or, Human Traces and A Possible Life), four by Michael Ridpath (Trading Reality, Final Venture, Free to Trade, and The Marketmaker), two by George Orwell (Nineteen Eighty-Four and Homage to Catalonia), two by Mary Wesley (An Imaginative Experience and Part of the Furniture), two by Robert Goddard (Closed Circle and In Pale Battalions) and several compilations of poetry (Realms of Gold: Letters and Poems of John Keats, Bright Star, The Collected Works of Shelley, Seven Ages, Great Narrative Poems of the Romantic Age and A Shropshire Lad). [7] He was a member of the council of the British Actors' Union Equity from 19962000 and 20082014. Does he regret not having children. He is also a keen supporter of the Inland Waterways Association, and since 2014 has featured together with his wife in the Great Canal Journeys series for Channel 4. Recordings include Prokofief's Eugene Onegin with Sinfonia 21 and Edward Downes,[67] Salad Days and Walton's Henry V with the BBC Symphony Orchestra and Leonard Slatkin.[68]. [15][16], In 2002, West made his stage directorial debut with The Lady's Not for Burning at the Minerva Theatre, Chichester. In 1997, he played Gloucester in the BBC television production of King Lear, with Ian Holm as Lear. They have also been incredibly brave; refusing to be cowed by her illness, and showing people how to live in the moment. Thereis a wonderful moment in an early 2016 episode of Great Canal Journeys a surprise hit for Channel 4, which stars veteran British actors Timothy West, now 84, and wife Prunella Scales, 87 when Pru emerges from a Swedish sauna, all pink-cheeked, tousled-haired and, it appears, completely starkers. In May 2015, West's reading of Brighton Rock was chosen as one of "The 20 best audiobooks of all time" by Carole Mansur of the Daily Telegraph.[63]. He stars in the Channel Five series (broadcast in September 2020) All Creatures Great and Small as Siegfried Farnon. [21][22], 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. [2] West has been politically active for many years. As a result of his experiences as a child, he tries to spend more time with his own children. More info. 'You can just keep your mind vacant, enjoy things as they happen. Her husband asks: 'So, do you feel like a new woman?' Samuel with his wife and famous parents (Image: GETTY) Samuel was born into the industry, being the eldest son of famous actors Prunella Scales and Timothy West. [71] In July he appeared in a Proms Plus broadcast discussing Britten's setting of poetry. Help . Like Gyles and Sheila but I miss Tim and Prue #GreatCanalJourneys. [49] He frequently writes and speaks in public about arts funding. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. ", Praising his career, Alan said: "An accomplished actor, right?" "Does he ask dad's opinion about anything or?" The Waterways Trust, the Kennet & Avon Canal Trust and a patron of the Tuesday, 28th February 2023See today's front and back pages, download the newspaper, order back issues and use the historic Daily Express newspaper archive. Furthermore, the duo named their elder son, Samuel West, an actor and director. 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