Question: Facts:   - years active: 1956 -- present    - caption: west , 15 february 2010 . at the rose theatre , kingston upon thames    - honorific suffix: cbe    - birth name: timothy lancaster west    - spouse: jacqueline -rrb- prunella scales cbe -lrb- 1963 -- present -rrb- boyer -lrb- 1956 -- 1961 -rrb- -lrb- divorced    - parents: lockwood west olive carleton-crowe      - education: the polytechnic john lyon school bristol grammar school regent street    - children: juliet west samuel west joseph west    - birth date: 20 october 1934    - name: timothy west    - image: timothy west in 2010.jpg    - birth place: bradford , west riding of yorkshire , england    - occupation: actor   Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of timothy west .
Answer:
timothy lancaster west , cbe -lrb- born 20 october 1934 -rrb- is an english film , stage and television actor .