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| Born | Harry Lockwood West 28 July 1905 Birkenhead, Cheshire, England |
| Died | 28 March 1989 (aged 83) |
| Resting place | Downs Crematorium, Brighton |
| Spouse | Olive Carleton-Crowe (m. 1927;died 1985) |
| Children | 2, including Timothy West |
| Relatives | Samuel West (grandson) |
Harry Lockwood West (28 July 1905 – 28 March 1989) was a British actor. [1] He was the father of actor Timothy West and the grandfather of actor Samuel West.
West was born in Birkenhead, Cheshire, England in 1905, the son of Mildred (née Hartley) and Henry Cope West, and through his mother a fourth cousin of the actress Margaret Lockwood, their common ancestor being Joseph Lockwood (c.1758–1837), a former Mayor of Doncaster, West Riding of Yorkshire. [2] West married the actress Olive Carleton-Crowe (died 1985) and with her had two children; a son, the actor Timothy West, and a daughter, Patricia.
He made his stage debut in 1926 as Lieutenant Allen in Alf's Button at the Hippodrome Theatre in Margate, Kent. His London stage debut was as Henry Bevan in The Barretts of Wimpole Street at the Queen's Theatre in 1931. [3]
West's television appearances included Just William (1962), Dr. Finlay's Casebook (1964), No Hiding Place (1965), The Prisoner (1967), Doctor at Large (1971), Please Sir! (1972), The Pallisers (1974), I, Claudius (1976), Porterhouse Blue (1987) and posthumously in Specials (1991). [4] He portrayed King Edward VII in 1972 in an episode of the LWT television drama series Upstairs, Downstairs entitled "Guest of Honour" - in which the King visited the family for dinner, and also in the BBC television drama series The Life and Times of David Lloyd George in 1981. His son Timothy West was to also play the King in the 1975 television series Edward the Seventh.
His film appearances include A Song for Tomorrow (1948), Bedazzled (1967), Up the Junction (1968), Jane Eyre (1970), The Satanic Rites of Dracula (1973), Young Sherlock Holmes (1985) [3] [4] and as Geoffrey in The Dresser (1983) .
On BBC Radio West appeared in numerous drama productions from the 1940s to the 1980s and between 1969 and 1980 played the role of Arthur Tyson in the BBC Radio 2 daily serial Waggoners' Walk . [5]
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