Tim Seely

Timothy Ward Seely (10 June 1935 – 18 May 2024) was an English film, radio, television and theatre actor.

Background

Seely was the son of the late Major Frank James Wriothesley Seely (1901–1956), and a great-grandson of Sir Charles Seely, 1st Baronet. His mother was Vera Lilian Birkin, daughter of British Colonel Charles Wilfred Birkin (fourth son of a lace embroidery and tableware magnate of Nottingham, Sir Thomas Isaac Birkin) and his American wife, Claire Lloyd Birkin (née Howe). His aunt was Freda Dudley Ward, a mistress of King Edward VIII and wife of William Dudley Ward.

Seely studied at London's Royal Academy of Dramatic Art.

Career In 1957, he made his theatre debut in the play Tea and Sympathy at the London Comedy Theatre. Seely played the young Tom Lee, who fell in love with the senior Laura, played by Elizabeth Sellars. He played the same role in the adaptation at New Shakespeare Theatre, Liverpool.

Filmography and television work

1958: Sally's Irish Rogue – Luke Carey 1958–1960: Armchair Theatre (television series, three episodes) – Albert Strachan / Seamus MacGonigal / Ralph 1959: The Offshore Island (TV Movie) – James Verney 1960: Please Turn Over – Robert Hughes 1960: The Mystery of Edwin Drood (television series, five episodes) – Edwin Drood 1962: Mutiny on the Bounty – Midshipman Edward 'Ned' Young 1963: The Human Jungle – Lieutenant Grey 1964: Murder Most Foul - Defendant Harold Taylor 1979: Agatha – Capt. Rankin 1979–1981: Play for Today (television series, three episodes) – Andrew Oliphant, Father / Major / Captain Jennings 1980: Lady Killers (television series, one episode) – L. Forbes Winslow 1985: Laughterhouse – Landowner 1985: Plenty – Sir Charles Curry 1990: Strike It Rich – Arnold 1991: King Ralph – King of England 1993: Lipstick on Your Collar (television series, two episodes) – Brigadier 1995: Annie: A Royal Adventure! (TV Movie) – The King 2004: Vanity Fair – Doctor 2006: Tess: A Tale of Love and Darkness (Short) – Old Man (final film role)