Samuel West he made his radio directing debut with a production of "Money" by Edward Bulwer-Lytton on BBC Radio 3. West has appeared alongside his actor parents on several occasions; with his mother Prunella Scales in "Howards End" and "Stiff Upper Lips", and with his father Timothy West on stage in "A Number", "Henry IV, Part 1" and "Part 2". In two films ("Iris" in 2001 and the 1996 television film "Over Here"), Sam and his father have played the same character at different ages. In "Edward the Seventh", he and his brother Joseph played young sons of the title character, who
Samuel Barnett (actor) relationship with Adam Penford. Samuel Barnett (actor) Samuel Barnett (born 25 April 1980) is an English actor. He has performed on stage, film, television and radio, and achieved recognition for his work on the stage and film versions of "The History Boys" by Alan Bennett. His television performances include roles in the BBC comedy "Twenty Twelve" and in the Showtime drama "Penny Dreadful". On 29 March 2016 it was announced that he had been cast as Dirk Gently in the BBC America adaptation of the "Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency" book series by Douglas Adams. Barnett was born in Whitby