Tim Brooke-Taylor
Comedian, TV Writer
1940 –
Who is Tim Brooke-Taylor?
Timothy Julian Brooke-Taylor OBE is an English comic actor. He became active in performing in comedy sketches while at Cambridge University, and became President of the Footlights club, touring internationally with the Footlights revue in 1964. Becoming wider 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. He is most well known as one member of the Goodies, starring in the TV series throughout the 1970s and picking up international recognition in Australia and New Zealand. He has also appeared as an actor in various sitcoms, and has been a panellist on I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue for nearly 40 years.
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- Born
- Jul 17, 1940
Buxton - Also known as
- Cambridge Circus
- Tim Brooke-Taylor OBE
- Tim Brooke Taylor
- Timothy Julian Brooke-Taylor
- Timothy Julian Brooke-Taylor OBE
- Brooke Taylor, Tim
- Spouses
- Christine Weadon
(1968 - )
- Christine Weadon
- Children
- Nationality
- England
- United Kingdom
- Profession
- Education
- Pembroke College, Cambridge
- Winchester College
- University of Cambridge
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on July 23, 2013
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