Tim Brooke-Taylor

Personal Info

Known ForActing
Born1940-07-17
BirthplaceBuxton, Derbyshire, England, UK

Tim Brooke-Taylor

Acting

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 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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Filmography

Acting (26)

2019
Up Pompeiias Captain Treacherous
6.9
1999
One Man Bandas Reporter / Young Aristocrat
8.0
1995
Orson Welles: The One-Man Bandas Algy in 'Stately Homes' segment, Presenter in 'One-Man Band' segment
6.7
1988
Under the Bedas Bin Man
10.0
1983
6.0
1982
The Secret Policeman's Other Ballas Self - Various Characters
6.3
1974
Aladdinas Self (w/The Goodies)
1973
The Goodies and the Beanstalkas Tim Brooke-Taylor
1972
The Caseas Tim
7.0
1971
Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factoryas Computer Scientist (uncredited)
7.5
1971
The Statueas Hillcrest
4.8
1969
5.3
1969
How to Irritate Peopleas Various Characters
6.6

Production & Directing (2)