Christopher Timothy

Christopher Timothy is a Welsh actor, television director and writer. Timothy is best known for his roles as James Herriot in All Creatures Great and Small and as Mac McGuire in the BBC soap opera Doctors.

He was born in Bala, Merionethshire, Wales and lived in the town up to the age of five, when his parents moved to London. He attended the Priory Grammar School in Shrewsbury in the 1950s, appearing in a number of school plays. On leaving school he worked at Frank Newtons Gentlemans Outfitters in Shrewsbury now the location of Marks amp Spencers in the town. In the 1960s Timothy was part of Laurence Oliviers National Theatre company and appeared in such productions as The Master Builder, Juno and the Paycock and Oliviers Othello. His film career included roles in Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush , Alfred The Great , The Virgin Soldiers as Corporal Brook, Spring and Port Wine , Up the Chastity Belt , and the sex comedy Eskimo Nell . Timothys television career started with the 1969 series Take Three Girls, and he went on to appear in Doctor at Large in 1971, Some Mothers Do Ave Em in 1973 and Murder Most English A Flaxborough Chronicle in 1977 before winning the role of Herriot. He pl

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