Tim Brooke-Taylor
Actor
- Born
- July 17, 1940 · Buxton, Derbyshire, England, UK
- Died
- April 12, 2020 (age 79)
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 recognition in Australia, Canada and New Zealand. He appeared as an actor in various sitcoms and was a panellist on BBC Radio's I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue for almost 50 years.
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Known for
Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory
June 29, 1971
How to Irritate People
January 21, 1969
Twelve Plus One
October 7, 1969
Return of the Goodies
December 30, 2005
Orson Welles: The One-Man Band
October 8, 1995
The Statue
January 27, 1971
The Secret Policeman's Other Ball
March 1, 1982
Marty Feldman: Six Degrees of Separation
March 31, 2008
One Foot in the Grave: Endgame
December 25, 1997
50 Years of BBC Two Comedy
May 24, 2014
Pleasure at Her Majesty's
December 29, 1976
One Man Band
October 23, 1999
Acting26
- 2019Up Pompeii as Captain Treacherous
- 2018An Audience with The Goodies
- 201450 Years of BBC Two Comedy as Self
- 2014The Comedy Vaults: BBC2's Hidden Treasure as Self
- 2008I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue as Himself
- 2008Marty Feldman: Six Degrees of Separation as Self
- 2007What the Pythons Did Next... as Self
- 2005Return of the Goodies as Self
- 2005BBC Proms: H.M.S. Pinafore as Narrator
- 2000I Don't Believe It!: The One Foot in the Grave Story