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Christopher Timothy (born 14 October 1940) is a British actor and narrator from Bala, Wales.He is known for his roles as James Herriot in All Creatures Great and Small, Mac McGuire in the BBC One daytime soap opera Doctors, and Ted Murray in the BBC One primetime soap opera EastEnders.
James Alfred Wight OBE FRCVS (3 October 1916 – 23 February 1995), better known by his pen name James Herriot, was a British veterinary surgeon and author. Born in Sunderland , Wight graduated from Glasgow Veterinary College in 1939, returning to England to become a veterinary surgeon in Yorkshire , where he practised for almost 50 years.
For his role as veterinary surgeon James Herriot in All Creatures Great and Small, the actor required training in vet procedures for accuracy in the show. [8] " Straight off the bat with our on-set vet adviser Andy Barrett, we were up close and personal with horses, sheep, kind of going through the procedures and things that we would be doing.
Died: 26 November 1992 (aged ... 5 August 1920 – () 26 November 1992) was a British actor who made numerous ... who played the leading role of James Herriot, added ...
Using the stethoscope on the cow's heart, then lungs, then stomach" the actor recalled. [16] Although James Herriot/Alf Wight had a "soft, lilting Scottish accent", according to Christopher Timothy who played Herriot in the original TV adaptation, Timothy was instructed to keep his speech neutral for universality when the original BBC series ...
Timothy, Hardy and Drinkwater reunited again in 2006 at The World of James Herriot museum in Thirsk. In October 2016, all four main actors from the original run reunited to mark the centenary of Alf Wight's birth. [25]
Dave Legeno played Fenrir Greyback, a werewolf and Death Eater in the latter "Harry Potter" films. The actor died at the age of 50 in 2014 after going missing on a hike in Death Valley, California.
Over 600 characters were used over ninety episodes, with several actors playing multiple characters during the course of the series. [1] James Herriot and Siegfried Farnon are the only two characters to appear in all ninety episodes. Tristan Farnon appears in sixty-five episodes.