Samuel West was born into an acting dynasty, with the All Creatures Great and Small star being the son of Gentleman Jack star Timothy West and Fawlty Towers actress Prunella Scales .

In a new interview with The Times , the actor reflected on how his parents' names may have helped him land parts, while also movingly admitting that he didn't "know" who he was following their deaths, which happened within a year of each other.

He told the publication: "I've been feeling enormously privileged, not just as a straight white man born into an industrialised society with parents who were reasonably well-off, but as somebody who went into the family business and knew my way around.

"I don't think I got jobs because of who my parents are, but I've probably got auditions. I can't separ

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