Tim Wylton

Who is Tim Wylton?

Tim Wylton is a British actor best known for his television roles Stanley Dawkins in My Hero and Lol Ferris in As Time Goes By.

As a stage actor he appeared in Zeffirelli's noted 1961 Old Vic production of Romeo and Juliet and was a "mainstay" of the Royal Shakespeare Company between 1963 and 1977.

His real name is Higginson and he attended Strathallan School, Perthshire and RADA. He has been acting on British television since 1964, when he made an appearance on The Comedy of Errors. Other early appearances include The Liver Birds, The Sweeney, Maybury, The Dustbinmen, On Giant's Shoulders and Juliet Bravo. Wylton also had a role in the BBC's 1979 adaptation of Henry V, playing the rather lovable Fluellen.

During the 1980s he acted on programmes such as Bergerac, To Serve Them All My Days, Campion, The Citadel, and A Bit of a Do. In 1983, he appeared in the film Curse of the Pink Panther. During the 1990s, he starred in All Creatures Great and Small, Agatha Christie's Poirot, Lovejoy, Rumpole of the Bailey, A Touch of Frost, The Darling Buds of May, French & Saunders, Peak Practice, Annie's Bar, Cadfael, C.A.T.S. Eyes, Wycliffe.