Lockwood West
Biography
Lockwood West was a British actor born in Birkenhead who began his stage career in 1926, playing Lieutenant Allen in Alf's Button in Margate, and made his London stage debut at the Queen's Theatre five years later as Henry Bevan in The Barretts of Wimpole Street. On television he appeared in Just William, The Prisoner, I, Claudius and Porterhouse Blue, and he played King Edward VII in a 1972 episode of Upstairs, Downstairs and again in a 1981 BBC drama about David Lloyd George. His films included Bedazzled (1967), The Satanic Rites of Dracula (1973) and The Dresser (1983), in which he was Geoffrey. He also acted in BBC radio drama from the 1940s onward, playing Arthur Tyson in the serial Waggoners' Walk. He died in 1989.
83years old at death
- Born Birkenhead
- Died Brighton
- Star sign: LeoThe sign runs July 23 to August 22
- Also credited as Harry Lockwood West
Movie Career
- Films
- 7
- Career span
- 33 years1952 to 1985
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First role
Lockwood West began his stage career in 1926, playing Lieutenant Allen in Alf's Button at the Hippodrome Theatre in Margate, Kent.
First role
West's London stage debut came in 1931, playing Henry Bevan in The Barretts of Wimpole Street at the Queen's Theatre.
Beyond film
On BBC Radio, West played Marlow, an office manager, opposite George Cole's David Bliss in A Life of Bliss in 1969.
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Worked with
Lockwood West shares two films with Betty Marsden, and one with each of the others. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
Betty Marsden's page
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Michael Gough's page
John McIntire's page
Albert Finney's page
All films by Stanley Donen
Alan GibsonDirector, 1 film, 1973
All films by Alan Gibson
All films by Peter Yates
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