Tim Healy

Timothy Malcolm Healy (born 29 January 1952) is an English actor. He is best known for playing Dennis Patterson in the television series Auf Wiedersehen, Pet. He is married to the actress Denise Welch. He is also an avid supporter of Newcastle United. In the early 1990s he appeared as a cockney ex-pat in the BBC1 series 'Boys From The Bush' [] In 2001 he appeared in the surreal BBC situation comedy Breeze Block, playing the head of a strange fami... more

Timothy Malcolm Healy (born 29 January 1952) is an English actor. He is best known for playing Dennis Patterson in the television series Auf Wiedersehen, Pet. He is married to the actress Denise Welch. He is also an avid supporter of Newcastle United. In the early 1990s he appeared as a cockney ex-pat in the BBC1 series 'Boys From The Bush' [] In 2001 he appeared in the surreal BBC situation comedy Breeze Block, playing the head of a strange family. Healy had high hopes for the series, but was reportedly upset when it was only screened on the digital channel BBC Choice (later relaunched as BBC Three) and never broadcast on BBC One or BBC Two. He starred as a folk musician in Phoenix Nights first episode, his band "Half a Shilling" sang a song called "Send the Buggers Back", supposedly about a set of Holy Communion shoes, but clearly intended as a racist song. He also played the father in the West End Musical Billy Elliot. []]He also appeared in the film Purely Belter as Mr McCarten,... less