Christopher Timothy

Christopher Timothy is a Welsh actor and narrator, born on October 14, 1940 in Bala, North Wales. He is best known for his roles as James Herriot in All Creatures Great and Small, Mac McGuire in the BBC soap opera Doctors, and Ted Murray in EastEnders. Timothy's father, Andrew Timothy, was an Anglican priest and BBC announcer. He moved to south London at the age of five, and later to Shrewsbury where he attended Kingsland Grange Preparatory School and Priory Grammar School for Boys. He trained at the Central School of Speech and Drama. Timothy's first professional stage engagement was in the play Chips with Everything, and he was part of Laurence Olivier's National Theatre company in the 1960s.