Background
W., c.B.E was born on October 20, 1934 in Bradford, Yorkshire. Son of the late H. Lockwood West and Olive Carleton-Crowe.
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C.B.E W.
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John Lyon School, Harrow and Regent Street Polytechnic.
Career
Caught Napping 1959, Galileo 1960, Gentle Jack 1963, The Trigon 1963, The Italian Girl 1968, Abelard and Heloise 1970, Exiles 1970, The Critic as Artist 1971, The Houseboy 1973, A Month in the Country 1974, A Room with a View 1975, Laughter 1978, The Homecoming 1978, Beecham 1980, Master Class 1984, The War at Home 1984, When We are Married 1986, The Sneeze 1988, Long Day’s Journey into Night 1991; numerous appearances with Prospect Theatre Company. Royal Shakespeare Company and regional theatres; recent television appearances include: The Monocled Mutineer, The Good Doctor Bodkin Adams, Harry’s Kingdom, When We Are Married, Breakthrough at Reykjavik, Strife, A Shadow on the Sun. The Contractor, Blore Member of Parliament, Survival of the Fittest, Why Lockerbie?; films include: The Looking Glass War, Nicholas and Alexandra, The Day of the Jackal, The Devil’s Advocate, The Thirty-Nine Steps, Oliver Twist and Cry Freedom.Director, Old Vic 1980-1981. Director-in-Residence University of West.A. 1982. Association Director Bristol Old Victoria
-1991.
London stage appearances in Caught Napping 1959, Galileo 1960, Gentle Jack 1963, The Trigon 1963, The Italian Girl 1968, Abelard and Heloise 1970, Exiles 1970, The Critic as Artist 1971, The Houseboy 1973, A Month in the Country 1974, A Room with a View 1975, Laughter 1978, The Homecoming 1978, Beecham 1980, Master Class 1984, The War at Home 1984, When We are Married 1986, The Sneeze 1988, Long Day’s Journey into Night 1991. Numerous appearances with Prospect Theatre Company. Royal Shakespeare Company and regional theatres.
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Married 1st Jacqueline Boyer in 1956 (dissolved), one daughter. Married 2nd Prunella Scales in 1963, two son.
