Tim Barlow

Tim Barlow
Born	1936 Blackpool, Lancashire

Michael John Leigh Barlow (born 1936), whose stage name is Tim Barlow or sometimes Timothy Barlow, is a British actor who has performed many small roles in a variety of films, television programmes and plays.

Barlow left the army in 1969 to pursue a career in acting, receiving advice from Trevor Nunn and Sir Laurence Olivier. He has recently written and performed a one man show in which he describes how he came to the decision to go into the acting profession. He had previously had much success with another one man show entitled "My Army" in which he describes his life in the British army in the 60s. This toured for many years.

One of his most notable roles was playing Mr. Morrow, a blind man allergic to his guide dog in The Tall Guy alongside Jeff Goldblum. He played Tyssan in the Doctor Who serial Destiny of the Daleks. He has also appeared on stage with the Royal Shakespeare Company and as the BFG at The Polka Dot Theatre in Wimbledon, and on screen as Mr Treacher in Hot Fuzz. Also in 2007 he played an Ancient Blind Oracle in the HBO series Rome.

He lost his hearing in the 1950s when testing a high Muzzle velocity Rifle for the British Army, until recently, when surgery to fit a cochlear implant allowed him to recover some of his hearing.^[1] His experience of having the cochlear implant fitted was detailed in a BBC Radio 4 programme called "Earfull - From Silence into Sound".^[2]

Filmography

• 10,000 BC (2008)
• Hot Fuzz (2007)
• Rome (2007)
• Teeth (2004)
• The Emperor's New Clothes (2001)
• The Nine Lives of Tomas Katz (2000)
• Les Misérables (1998)
• The Ugly (1997)
• Mary Reilly (1996)
• The Tall Guy (1989)
• Privates on Parade (1982)
• Doctor Who (TV) (1979) Destiny of the Daleks
• Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe? (1978)
• The Eagle Has Landed (1976)

References

1. ^ Destiny of the Daleks audio commentary
2. ^ BBC Radio 4. [1] "Earfull - From Silence into Sound", BBC Radio 4 27th November 2008

External links

• Tim Barlow at the Internet Movie Database

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Name	Tim Barlow
Alternative names	Timothy Barlow, Michael John Leigh Barlow (real name)
Short description	British actor
Date of birth	1936
Place of birth	Blackpool, England
Date of death
Place of death