Stage and screen veteran Timothy West has joined the cast of EastEnders, and will play the father of one of the soap's new characters.. Get a daily email direct to your inbox with our newsletterHis message comes in the week that the Carter family deal with the tragic loss of his character, beloved patriarch Stan, who dies on screen.West, 80, has signed up himself and urged others to help stop men like Stan from losing their lives in the future.The actor said: “Stan was probably the archetypal bad patient. "You don’t have to stand there and wait for people to come, because they won’t.



His wife is non-other than the actress, Prunella Scales.

He was very slow in thinking about his condition and recognising what it might be. "He was slow to seek diagnosis, slow to act on the diagnosis and reluctant to see doctors.

In 1956, he wrote and produced the short, After the play, he started making an appearance in the TV series too. It's an honour to have them join our company. Some of his masterpieces play as a director include Apart from that, as an author, he makes in the range of $28k to $94k.As of now, he has managed to maintain his career as an actor. EastEnders' Timothy West calls on men to be cancer aware as his character dies on screen. ‘She is disappearing before my eyes’: EastEnders star on wife Prunella Scales’ dementia. The acclaimed stage and screen actor Timothy West is to join the cast of BBC1's West will play Stan Carter, a retired Billingsgate fishmonger who has been divorced for 30 years and who is described as an opinionated curmudgeon.Dyer, who has built a reputation as a TV tough guy, starring as a hooligan in his best-known film, The Football Factory, will make his grand entrance as the new pub boss, Mick Carter, on Christmas Day.West, who is married to the former Fawlty Towers star Prunella Scales, and whose son is the actor Samuel West, will make his Albert Square debut the following month. Timothy West was great in #Eastenders! He also starred in the BBC1 comedy Bedtime, with Sheila Hancock, BBC1's acclaimed adaptation of Bleak House and Granada TV's comedy and soap parody, Brass.An EastEnders spokeswoman said: "Stan is no fluffy old man in a cardigan, and it won't be long before he starts manipulating the whole Carter clan from the comfort of his armchair." In 1960, he debuted with the series After the series, he started featuring more and more series as an actor. https://www.rte.ie/entertainment/2013/1212/492354-timothy-west-eastenders Timothy West tells of his heartbreak as the Fawlty Towers icon slowly succumbs to the disease .

EastEnders' Timothy West calls on men to be cancer aware as his character dies on screen. Both of them are actors by profession. All rights reserved. Freshen up your watchlist with Prime Video’s latest roster of movies and TV shows, featuring Jan 3, 2015 - This Pin was discovered by Ashley Bennett.

The 80-year-old has signed up himself to the Prostate Cancer UK campaign and urged others to help stop men like Stan from losing their lives in the futureDon't miss out on the biggest soaps gossip! VETERAN actor Timothy West is set to join to cast of EastEnders early next year as the father of fellow newcomer Danny Dyer. They got separated … EastEnders The 80-year-old has signed up himself to …

However, most of his directed art pieces are related to theater plays. Some of his famous series includeApart from the series, he is even more famous for movies too. He is no stranger to soaps, having appeared in EastEnders' ITV rival, "Stan is a wonderful character and I look forward to seeing what is going to happen to him," West said.West's and Dyer's arrival, alongside Annette Badland, who will play the family's "bustling busybody", Aunt Babe, is part of an effort to rejuvenate the show's fortunes after a difficult year.The exit of a string of major characters drew criticism from fans, and at one point this year its ratings fell below 5 million, far short of its typical 8 million viewers.Its executive producer, Dominic Treadwell-Collins, who took over in August, said: "We are reinvigorating EastEnders' older generation with the arrival of Stan and Aunt Babe, who will start to fill in some holes in the dark Carter family history.