Tim Healy facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Tim Healy
Healy in August 2007
Born	Timothy Malcolm Healy (1952-01-29) 29 January 1952 (age 72) Newcastle upon Tyne, England, UK
Nationality	British
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1975–present
Spouse(s)	Denise Welch ​ ​ (m. 1988; div. 2012)​ Joan Anderton ​ ​ (m. 2015)​
Children	2; including Matthew Healy

Timothy Malcolm Healy (born 29 January 1952) is an English actor. He played Dennis Patterson in the ITV-BBC One comedy-drama series, Auf Wiedersehen, Pet, from 1983 to 1986, and again from 2002 to 2004. Other important parts for Healy were Les/Lesley Conroy in the ITV comedy series, Benidorm, from 2009 to 2018; and Gastric in the BBC One comedy series, Still Open All Hours, from 2014 onwards. He has also acted in other British television series such as Coronation Street, Emmerdale, Casualty, and Waterloo Road.

Personal life

Healy married actress Denise Welch in 1988. They had two sons before divorcing in 2012; their oldest son, Matthew, is the lead singer of The 1975. Healy married Joan Anderton in 2015. He is an strong supporter of Newcastle United FC.