The Harrow Association is delighted to announce the appointment of Timothy Bentinck MBE (Moretons 1966³) as President.
Tim studied Modern Languages at Harrow, then History of Art at the University of East Anglia. He trained at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School and has been a professional actor since 1978.
In that year he won the Carleton Hobbs Radio Award and joined the BBC Radio Repertory Company, which led to being cast as David Archer in The Archers in 1982. Forty years on he is still to be heard driving tractors and coping with Ambridge village life.
He has played leading roles in film, television, theatre and radio, is a voiceover and dubbing specialist, with a huge range of vocal styles and accents.
As himself he has won Celebrity Mastermind, Pointless Celebrities, University Challenge - The Professionals and beat Judith Kepple on a head-to-head in Celebrity Eggheads. He was also the voice of Mind The Gap on the Piccadilly Line for 12 years.
From the swashbuckling Tom Lacey in the 1980s series By The Sword Divided to starring with David Jason in The Royal Bodyguard, television credits include The Thick of It, Sharpe, Twenty Twelve, The Last Post, Dracula, D-Day, The Politician's Husband, EastEnders, Lucan, Gangsta Granny and The Game. Recent TV appearances include The Crown, Flack, Gentleman Jack and The Nevers. Movies include North Sea Hijack, Enigma, Fantastic Beasts and Where To Find Them. Theatre includes Pirates of Penzance at Drury Lane, Arcadia and Educating Rita.
He is also a musician, travel journalist, inventor, computer programmer, website designer, house renovator and author. His autobiography Being David Archer - And Other Unusual Ways of Earning a Living was published in 2017.
He sat as a cross bencher in the House of Lords for four years and was awarded an MBE for Services to Drama in 2018.
His wife Judy is a leading hat designer and they have two sons, William (Moretons 1997³) and Jasper.
