Tim Brooke-Taylor

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1940-07-17 (80 years old)

Deathday

2020-04-12

Place of Birth

Buxton, Derbyshire, England, UK

Tim Brooke-Taylor

Biography

Timothy Julian Brooke-Taylor OBE (17 July 1940 – 12 April 2020) was an English actor and comedian best known as a member of The Goodies. He became active in performing in comedy sketches while at the University of Cambridge and became president of the Footlights, touring internationally with its revue in 1964. Becoming more widely known to the public for his work on BBC Radio with I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again, he moved into television with At Last the 1948 Show, working together with old Cambridge friends John Cleese and Graham Chapman. With Graeme Garden and Bill Oddie, he starred in The Goodies (1970–1982), picking up international reco...

Acting

1969

1969

How to Irritate People

as Various Characters

1995

Orson Welles: The One-Man Band

as Algy in 'Stately Homes' segment, Presenter in 'One-Man Band' segment

1982

The Secret Policeman's Other Ball

as Self - Various Characters

1971

Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory

as Computer Scientist (uncredited)

1971

London

as Various

1971

The Statue

as Hillcrest

1988

Under the Bed

as Bin Man

1974

Aladdin

as Self (w/The Goodies)

1997

Endgame

as Derek

1983

2019

Up Pompeii

as Captain Treacherous

Production

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