Career
After emigrating to Australia in 1973 where he was cast as Henrik Eggerman in Stephen Sondheim"s "A Little Night Music" but he later became best known for playing Doctor Graham Steele in the Australian television series The Young Doctors throughout its entire run from 1976 to 1982. By the time of the final episode his character had risen from lowly intern to hospital superintendent. He played Baron Tusenbach in Chekhov"s "Three Sisters" for the QTC and has continued his association with Sondheim musicals having played Pirelli in "Sweeney Todd" for the Management and Training Corporation, Zangara in "Assassins" and Narrator/Mysterious Manitoba in "Into The Woods".
Most recently he played Andre in "The Phantom of the ", Warbucks in "Annie" and Scrooge in "A Christmas Carol".
In the late 1980s he appeared in a number of musicals in London"s West End. He was in the original cast of Andrew Lloyd Webber"s "Aspects of Love" at the Prince of Wales Theatre in 1989-1990.
He was also in "Buddy - the Buddy Holly Story" at the Victoria Palace Theatre in 1991. He recorded with the British Broadcasting Corporation Radio Orchestra and had seasons at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre Company and at the Wolsey Theatre, Ipswich. in 2014, he appeared in the musical Annie.
In addition to acting, he has also worked as a script writer penning episodes of The Restless Years and Neighbours and his cabaret show based on songs associated from Shakespeare "Out Damned Spot!" has been successfully toured throughout Australia.
In the 1990s he appeared in "My Fair Lady" with Anthony Warlow, "Ken Hill"s Phantom of the ", "Chess", "Assassins" and appeared in the television series "Water Rats" and "All Saints". His films include "Passion", "Lilian"s Story" (with Ruth Cracknell), "The Everlasting Secret Family", "The Road From Coorain", "The Wreck of the Stinson" and plays Doctor Gene Seward "Lead Maine Astray". Tim has sung with opera companies on both sides of the Tasman and for the London Savoyards.
Most recently he has appeared in "Aida" and "The Girl of the Golden West" for Queensland.
In 2013 he was asked by the Central Coast Conservatorium to direct the opera Help! Help! The Globolinks! by Gian Carlo Menotti and also to begin a Triple Threat Music Theatre Course. He is partnered in these endeavours by Allan Royal.
