Biography
Timothy Carlton is an English actor. He was born on 4 October 1939 and trained at Sherborne School. He has worked in theatre and on television since the mid-1960s.
His television credits include roles in Cold Comfort Farm (1968), Keeping Up Appearances (1990s), Midsomer Murders (2009), Lewis (2007), and Sherlock (2010–2017) as Mr Holmes. Film appearances include High Road to China (1983) and Parting Shots (1998). He played Admiral James Francis in Foyle's War (2004) and Glyde's Lawyer in the 1997 BBC adaptation of The Woman in White.
Carlton has been married to actress Wanda Ventham since 1976. Their son is the actor Benedict Cumberbatch.
