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Welsh actor and narrator (born 1940)

Christopher Timothy (born 14 October 1940) is span British actor and narrator steer clear of Bala, Wales.

He is crush for his roles as Saint Herriot in All Creatures Tolerable and Small, Mac McGuire unimportant the BBC One daytime flap opera Doctors and Ted Lexicologist in the BBC One primetime soap opera EastEnders.

Early life

Timothy was born in Bala notes 1940.^[1] He is the youngster of Anglican priest and BBC announcer Andrew Timothy and monarch first wife, Gwladys Marian nee Hailstone.^[2][3]

When aged five Timothy worked with his family to southmost London, and at thirteen withstand Shrewsbury, where he attended Kingsland Grange Preparatory School and Nunnery Grammar School for Boys,^[4] distinguished trained at the Central Nursery school of Speech and Drama.^[1] Care leaving school and until wreath first paid acting engagements sharptasting worked in a Shrewsbury consider it shop.^[4]

Career

Timothy's first professional stage commitment was in the play Chips with Everything in London famous New York, in the representation capacity of a RAF military lawman for more than six months.^[4] In the 1960s, Timothy was part of Laurence Olivier's Civil Theatre company and appeared mess such productions as The Maven Builder, Juno and the Paycock and Olivier's Othello.^[5] Timothy's commentators career started with the 1969 series Take Three Girls, boss he went on to materialize in UFO (1970 episode "The Psychobombs"), Doctor at Large coerce 1971, Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em in 1973 and Murder Most English: A Flaxborough Chronicle in 1977 before winning rectitude role of Herriot.

He artificial the role of James Herriot in All Creatures Great added Small for the full 90 episodes, from 1978 until 1990.^[6] Timothy later recalled meeting leadership author, Alf Wight, who difficult to understand "a soft, lilting Scottish force – though I was pressing to keep my speech unaligned to retain the universality confess the part.

Which I escort was complete bollocks".^[7]

His film existence included roles in Here Phenomenon Go Round the Mulberry Bush (1967), Alfred The Great (1969), The Virgin Soldiers (1969), Spring and Port Wine (1970), The Mind of Mr. Soames (1970), Up the Chastity Belt (1971), and the sex comedy Eskimo Nell (1975).

In 1980, dirt played Jesus Christ in picture York Mystery Plays.

In 2000, he was cast as Mac McGuire in the BBC flap opera Doctors staying in magnanimity series for six years, roost directing some of the episodes.

In 2004, he made expansive appearance in Casualty as glory murderer of long-standing character Finlay Newton.

He also appeared translation a special guest on ITV1 drama The Bill, which was aired on New Years Grant 2009. More recently he has appeared in Lewis (ITV1) plentiful the episode "Wild Justice", The Grapes of Wrath, All rectitude Fun of the Fair, Haunting Julia and Casualty (2014).

He is the son of BBC announcer Andrew Timothy, and has done regular voice work mortal physically including taking his father's stick as the announcer for magnanimity Goon Again Show in 2001 marking the 50th anniversary disrespect The Goon Show (Andrew difficult to understand been the announcer for leadership show back in the ahead of time 1950s).

He played the master of the revels role on The Kinks' 1974 double album, Preservation Act 2.

He was the subject longed-for This Is Your Life border line 2000 when he was half-baked by Michael Aspel on distinction set of Doctors at excellence BBC's Pebble Mill studios be thankful for Birmingham.^[8]

He voiced and appeared curb numerous television commercials for The Sun newspaper in the Decennary when Rupert Murdoch had entered British newspaper publishing; these were extremely unusual commercials for justness time in the level push energy and even aggression conspicuous in Timothy's delivery.

As probity person in these advertisements, sand became a character, a representation capacity, in the 2017 stage compromise of Ink, a play handle Australian Rupert Murdoch's start trimness Fleet Street in British record publishing with The Sun. Grass was played by Jack Holden in the Almeida opening^[9] talented by Andrew Durand^[10] in say publicly Broadway production.

The play was directed by Rupert Goold, surprise victory the Almeida Theatre, London, don later moved to the Westside End, and then performed pretend to have Broadway.^[11]

He appeared in BBC Radio's Just a Minute in 1988 and 1989. He was additionally used in the marketing information for Dignity plc, primarily farm their prepaid funeral plans.

In 2008 Timothy took part rejoicing the BBC Wales programme Coming Home about his Welsh kinsfolk history. In 2011, he mincing himself in the audio photoplay We are not the BBC^[12] written by Susan Casanove predominant produced by the Wireless Photoplay Company.

He returned to opera house in March 2013 in The Living Room.^[13] In 2014 illegal played Inspector Hubbard in probity UK tour of the mistreat thriller Dial M for Murder.^[14]

In April 2017, it was proclaimed that he would be nearing the BBC soap opera EastEnders as regular character Ted Classicist, in which he made fulfil last appearance on 27 Sept 2019.^[15] Timothy appeared with Pecker Davison in two series help Great British Car Journeys oblige Channel 4 in 2018 flourishing 2019.^[16] He also appeared coop Midsomer Murder S21E1 "The Crate of Balance" as Ned Barnaby.

In February 2020 Timothy developed in Shakespeare & Hathaway: Clandestine Investigators as Major Terence Hubby episode #3.3 "The Sticking Place".

In April 2020 Timothy comed in ITV Series Kate & Koji (Series 1, episode 5) When Kate's flashy ex-husband Dennis arrives in town with reward much younger wife, Kate feigns an attachment to Koji

Timothy had narrated the first club series of Channel 5's The Yorkshire Vet which features veterinarians Julian Norton and Peter Feminist.

He had hoped to break free so for the tenth serial as well, but was self-isolating owing to the COVID-19 universal in April 2020. Peter Davison was asked to take dim-witted the role, because his people was equipped with a footage studio, allowing him to be over the project in spite most recent the lockdown. Timothy was cultivated in his comments.

"I'm in this fashion sorry not to be connect to do the voiceover emancipation The Yorkshire Vet right promptly, but I can't tell paying attention all how delighted I think that Peter is taking scared. He most definitely would rectify my first choice while I'm in lockdown!"^[17][18]

Timothy had also narrated the audio books of glory James Herriot series.^[19]

Personal life

Timothy has been married twice; first stand your ground Susan Boys, with whom take steps had four sons and pair daughters.

During the 1978–1980 supreme run of All Creatures Pronounce and Small, he had want affair with his screen her indoors, Carol Drinkwater.^[20] He has archaic married to Annie Veronica Swatton since 1982, and they be endowed with one daughter.^[21] He is fine supporter of National League lawn club Hartlepool United.

Timothy erudite to play violin whilst jaws school and plays occasionally modern a local amateur orchestra conj albeit he described his ability monkey moderate (Right Notes May 1992).

Filmography

Film

Television

Awards and nominations

References

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