Tim Brooke-Taylor

Tim Brooke-Taylor OBE
Taylor recording I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue in Richmond Theatre, November 2014.
Birth name	Timothy Julian Brooke-Taylor
Born	(1940-07-17) 17 July 1940 (age 76) Buxton, Derbyshire, England
Nationality	English
Years active	1964–present
Genres	Comedy
Spouse	Christine Weadon (1968–present)
Notable works and roles	I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again (1964–1973) At Last the 1948 Show (1967) How to Irritate People (1968) Marty (1968) Broaden Your Mind (1968–1969) The Goodies (1970–1982) I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue (1972–)

Timothy Julian Brooke-Taylor OBE (born 17 July 1940) is an English comic actor. He became active in performing in comedy sketches while at Cambridge University, and became President of the Footlights club, touring internationally with the Footlights revue in 1964. Becoming wider known to the public for his work on BBC Radio with I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again, he moved into television with At Last the 1948 Show working together with old Cambridge friends John Cleese and Graham Chapman. He is most well known as a member of The Goodies, starring in the television series throughout the 1970s and picking up international recognition in Australia and New Zealand. He has also appeared as an actor in various sitcoms, and has been a panellist on I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue for over 40 years.

Brooke-Taylor was born in Buxton, Derbyshire, England, the grandson of Francis Pawson, a parson who played centre forward for England's football team in the 1880s. His mother was an international lacrosse player and his father a solicitor. He was expelled from primary school at the early age of five and a half. Brooke-Taylor was then schooled at Thorn Leigh Pre-Preparatory School, Holm Leigh Preparatory School (where he won a cup for his prowess as a bowler in the school cricket team) and Winchester College which he left with seven O-levels and two A-levels in English and History.