Samuel West reveals the final words his theatre legend father Timothy said to him before he passed away aged 90 - and the 'beautiful' meaning of his time of death

Samuel West has revealed the final words his theatre legend father Timothy said to him before he passed away - and the 'beautiful' meaning of his time of death. Samuel West has revealed the final words his theatre legend father Timothy said to him before he died - and the 'beautiful' meaning of his time of death Timothy's son Samuel, 58, who is also an actor, has now revealed to The Sunday Times the significance of the time his father passed away Timothy passed away peacefully surrounded by family and friends last month. The stage actor, who also starred in EastEnders and Great Canal Journeys with his Fawlty Towers star wife Prunella Scales, died at Wandsworth Common Care Home on November 12 Timothy died at 6.55pm, the time widely respected as the 'half-hour call' for stage actors. His children Juliet, Samuel and Joseph West revealed the tragic news in a joint statement Prunella Scales and Timothy West performing together in the When We Were Married play in Whitehall Theatre in 1986 In Brass he played ruthless self-made businessman Bradley Hardacre from 1982 to 1984 before returning for a third series in 1990, while in Not Going Out he played Geoffrey, the father of Lucy Adams, played by Sally Bretton.