Samuel West Samuel West Samuel Alexander Joseph West (born 19 June 1966) is a third-generation English actor, theatre director and voice actor. He has directed on stage and radio, and worked as an actor across theatre, film, television and radio. He often appears as reciter with orchestras and performed at the Last Night of the Proms in 2002. He has narrated several documentary series, including five for the BBC centred on events related to the Second World War. West was born in London, the elder son of actors Prunella Scales and Timothy West, and the grandson of the actor Lockwood West. He
Samuel Lazar jun. on that champion's first Australasian tour. He wrote the libretto for a musical "The Beast", a bound copy of which, undated and unpublished, is held by the Mitchell Library in Sydney. Samuel Lazar Samuel Lazar (1838 – 14 November 1883) was an Australian theatre manager, producer of pantomimes and operas, and occasional actor. Lazar was a son of theatre manager John Lazar, and as a child frequently appeared on stage in his father's productions, as did his sister Rachel (c. 1827–1897), who married Andrew Moore, and was mother of theatrical agent John Moore. He served as clerk to Burnett