Timothy West, star of stage, film and television, dies aged 90

The actor, whose work ranged from Shakespeare to EastEnders and the TV series Great Canal Journeys, with his wife Prunella Scales, was a familiar face to audiences from the 1960s onwards

The actor Timothy West, whose career ranged from Shakespeare, Ibsen and Pinter on stage to TV appearances in Brass, EastEnders and Great Canal Journeys (with his wife, Prunella Scales), has died aged 90.

His children Juliet, Samuel and Joseph West said in a statement issued by his agent: “After a long and extraordinary life on and off the stage, our darling father Timothy West died peacefully in his sleep yesterday evening. He was 90 years old.