Lockwood West

Harry Lockwood West (28 July 1905 – 28 March 1989) was a British actor. He was the father of actor Timothy West and the grandfather of actor Samuel West.

Life and career 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. West married the actress Olive Carleton-Crowe and with her had two children; a son, the actor Timothy West and a daughter. Carleton-Crowe died in 1985.

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.

West's television appearances include Just William (1962), Dr. Finlay's Casebook (1964), No Hiding Place (1965), The Prisoner (1967), Doctor at Large (1971), Please Sir! (1972), The Shadow of the Tower (1972), The Pallisers (1974), I, Claudius (1976), Porterhouse Blue (1987) and posthumously in Specials (1991). 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)

He died of cancer on 28 March 1989, in Brighton.

Selected filmography

A Song for Tomorrow (1948) – Mr. Stokes Badger's Green (1949) – Managing director Edward, My Son (1949) – Hall porter (uncredited) Celia (1949) – Dr. Cresswell No Place for Jennifer (1950) – Head Salesman at Jeweller's Shop Last Holiday (1950) – Dinsdale High Treason (1951) – Minister (uncredited) Hammer the Toff (1952) – Kennedy The Oracle (1953) – Adams Sailor of the King (1953) – Lt. Marsh (uncredited) Seagulls Over Sorrento (1954) – Curly, Stores Petty Officer (uncredited) Lease of Life (1954) – The Bookdealer Private's Progress (1956) – Detective (uncredited) The Birthday Present (1957) – Mr. Barraclough The Mark of the Hawk (1957) – Magistrate The Man Who Could Cheat Death (1959) – First Doctor (uncredited) Tunes of Glory (1960) – Provost Strongroom (1962) – Police Inspector The Running Man (1963) – Bank Manager The Leather Boys (1964) – Reggie's Father Game for Three Losers (1965) – Justice Tree Rotten to the Core (1965) – Bank Manager (uncredited) Life at the Top (1965) – Man at 1st meeting (uncredited) Bedazzled (1967) – St. Peter Up the Junction (1968) – Magistrate A Dandy in Aspic (1968) – Quince Jane Eyre (1970) – Reverend Wood One Brief Summer (1970) – Ebert The Satanic Rites of Dracula (1973) – Freeborne The Dresser (1983) – Geoffrey Thornton The Shooting Party (1985) – Rogers Young Sherlock Holmes (1985) – Curio Shop Owner