Tim Barlow

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NAME	Tim Barlow
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Timothy Barlow, Michael John Leigh Barlow (real name)
SHORT DESCRIPTION	British actor
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Tim Barlow (real name Michael John Leigh Barlow) is a British actor who has performed many small roles in a variety of films, television programmes and plays. He is sometimes credited as Timothy Barlow.

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 60's. 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. He is currently on screen as Mr Treacher in Hot Fuzz. He is also starring as the BFG at The Polka Dot Theatre in Wimbledon.

He was profoundly deaf until recently, when surgery allowed him to recover some of his hearing.^[1]