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Home/People/Tim Brooke-Taylor
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Born
Jul 17, 1940Died: Apr 12, 2020
Lived 79 years
Place of Birth
Buxton, Derbyshire, England, UK
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male

Career Highlights

25
Movies
29
TV Shows
IMDb Profile

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. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Up Pompeii poster

Up Pompeii

as Captain Treacherous
2019
An Audience with The Goodies poster

An Audience with The Goodies

Cast
2018
50 Years of BBC Two Comedy poster

50 Years of BBC Two Comedy

as Self
2014
The Comedy Vaults: BBC2's Hidden Treasure poster

The Comedy Vaults: BBC2's Hidden Treasure

as Self
2014
I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue poster

I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue

as Himself
2008
Marty Feldman: Six Degrees of Separation poster

Marty Feldman: Six Degrees of Separation

as Self
2008
What the Pythons Did Next... poster

What the Pythons Did Next...

as Self
2007
Return of the Goodies poster

Return of the Goodies

as Self
2005
BBC Proms: H.M.S. Pinafore poster

BBC Proms: H.M.S. Pinafore

as Narrator
2005
One Man Band poster

One Man Band

as Reporter / Young Aristocrat
1999
One Foot in the Grave: Endgame poster

One Foot in the Grave: Endgame

as Derek
1997
Orson Welles: The One-Man Band poster

Orson Welles: The One-Man Band

as Algy in 'Stately Homes' segment, Presenter in 'One-Man Band' segment
1995
Behind the Footlights poster

Behind the Footlights

as Self
1990
Under the Bed poster

Under the Bed

as Bin Man
1988
The Unvarnished Truth poster

The Unvarnished Truth

as Tom Bryce
1983
The Secret Policeman's Other Ball poster

The Secret Policeman's Other Ball

as Self - Various Characters
1982
Pleasure at Her Majesty's poster

Pleasure at Her Majesty's

as Self
1976
The Goodies Almost Live poster

The Goodies Almost Live

Cast
1976
Aladdin poster

Aladdin

as Self (w/The Goodies)
1974
The Goodies and the Beanstalk poster

The Goodies and the Beanstalk

as Tim Brooke-Taylor
1973