A big fan of boating, he has owned a narrowboat since 1979 and regularly holidays on it with his family. He also is vice-president of The Waterways Trust, the Kennet & Avon Canal Trust and a patron of the Huddersfield Canal Society. He was also involved in the restoration of The Waverley, the world's last ocean-going paddle steamer.
Although he played Annette Crosbie's son in "Edward the King" (1975), he is only eight months her junior in real life. Similarly, Felicity Kendal played his elder sister in the series in spite of the fact that she is twelve years his junior.
Attended Bristol Grammar School in Bristol, England, where he was in the same class as actor Julian Glover. "Darth Vader" actor David Prowse was also in the same year there.
Both he and his father Lockwood West have played King Edward VII. He played the monarch in "Edward the King" (1975) while the elder West played him in both "Upstairs, Downstairs: Guest of Honour (#2.5)" (1972) and "The Life and Times of David Lloyd George: All Flesh Is Grass (#1.4)" (1981).
Father of Samuel West.
Has a daughter named Juliet.
He was awarded a C.B.E. (Commander of the Order of the British Empire) for his services to drama in 1984. His wife, Prunella Scales, was awarded a C.B.E. in 1992.
Is the President of the prestigious drama school London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA), in London.
Met second wife Prunella Scales in 1960 when they appeared together in the TV production "She Died Young." They married three years later after his divorce.
Son of actor Lockwood West.
Timothy was born in Bradford. His parents were both actors on tour, performing at Bradford's Prince's Theatre at the time.
West's young sons, Samuel and Joseph, appeared as his on-screen sons, George and Eddy, when he played the title role in "Edward the Seventh" in 1975.