ARCHIVE NO. 088 · Later twentieth century
Tim Healy
Actor and former club comedian

Tim Healy worked as a stand-up comedian in North East clubs in the mid-1970s before becoming widely known as a comedy actor. That background preceded a television career spanning productions including Catterick and Benidorm.
One of his defining roles was Dennis Patterson in Auf Wiedersehen, Pet, the series that followed a group of British builders working abroad.
