Timothy Wiktor

**Timothy Wiktor** is a major character in the Happy Wheels franchise by DBG Movies. He is a 71 year old man who used to play Wheelchair Guy from the company's inception in 1974 to his retirement in 2003.

He was portrayed by Adam Wood, and voiced by Peter.

## Biography

Timothy Wiktor was born on June 30th, 1950, in Birmingham, England. To a Russian father, Boris Wiktor, and a British mother, Tanya Rolfe. His father was a stage actor, who was fairly popular in Russia, and his mother was a school teacher.

As a young child, he really liked going to the movie theater and watching movies, among the movies he saw were: The Ten Commandments (1956), North by Northwest (1959) Ben Hur (1959), and he desired to be an actor. He got his start, at the age of 7 in 1957, by starring in various plays.

His big screen debut would happen in 1961, with the low budget film, "Tye Ties!", the film was ignored on it's initial release, but has since gained a cult following.

Timothy's family moved to the United States in 1965, when he was 15, it was there where he would meet the future founder of the Happy Wheels Studios, Peter Sanderson, they quickly became friends, and would start making low budget movies together, Timothy stated in a 1996 interview.

"Those were the days... Me and him would continously make these dumb movies, very low budget, but very fun to make."

1974 would be a big year for Timothy, as not only would his friend Peter Sanderson found the Happy Wheels Studios, but his big break would come in the studio's first movie, 2 Spies, One Terrorist, released in the same year. It was a semi parody of the James Bond series. The movie would receive very positive reviews, and be a big success at the box office, grossing $76.2 million worldwide, on a budget of $5 million. The film's success would launch the *Sean Fond* film franchise, which would continue until 1993, when it stopped, until Sean Fond 13 was announced in 2021.

After many years of playing Sean Fond, Timothy wanted to play another character, who was something entirely different from Sean Fond, and in 1983, Timothy Wiktor and Peter Sanderson created the character Wheelchair Guy, which had Timothy play the title character, a crippled American, who goes about life, going through various life situations. The character was initially on TV, until 1994, when he would make his film debut, it was a critical and financial success, and would spawn 2 additional sequels (released in 1996 and 1999 respectively).

The 1990's brought on some difficulties for Timothy, including the nightmarish production of the final *Sean Fond* film (until Sean Fond 13), *Sean Fond 12: The Case Of The Rapper,* which ended up being a big financial and critical failure, which basically killed the franchise. In a 1994 interview he said that he didn't want to make another Sean Fond film, saying

"I would rather staple my balls to the wall than do another Sean Fond film. That last film made me want to quit acting, and I am sad it ever got made. Sean Fond 11 would've been an EXCELLENT ending to the series. Shame we had to ruin it all with the 12th film"

Another tragedy happened in October 1996, when his close friend, Peter Sanderson, died of stomach cancer. Timothy was hit hard by his death, and the second Wheelchair Guy movie was dedicated to him. Sanderson's death, made Timothy Wiktor want to do another Sean Fond film and pay tribute to him in it, development started in 1997, and it was on track for a 1999 or 2000 release, however, Timothy felt that the script wasn't going anywhere, and this Iteration of SF13 was cancelled in late 1998.

Development started again in mid 1999, with a new script. And the film was on track to potentially get released in 2001 or 2002, but got delayed to 2003. Timothy shot some test footage for SF13 in 2001, and again in 2002. This project came to an end, when Timothy read the script, and absolutely despised it. In 2003, his wife, Lily, got diagnosed with Stage 2 Breast Cancer, this, and him not having the desire to act anymore, made him make the decision to retire from acting. Thus ending chances of Sean Fond 13 happening (until 2021).

He did make an appearance on the Happy Wheels Studios 35th Anniversary Special in 2009, and the Happy Wheels Studios 40th Anniversary Special in 2014, but he stated that they were only one off performances and he was fully intent on staying retired.

In 2021, Timothy Wiktor returned to acting, and the Happy Wheels Studios. In late 2021, Wiktor announced, that Sean Fond 13, was back into development, and was on track for a late 2023 release date.

The film will be directed by his son, James Wiktor, written and produced by Peter Sanderson's son, Thomas Sanderson, and will likely be the final film in the series.

## Personal Life

Timothy met his future wife, American model Lily Sanchez in 1967, they started dating, and got married in 1970, they would have 6 children together, they also have 13 grandchildren and 2 great-grandchildren. Timothy became a grandfather in the first time in 2000, when his son James had a son named Brayden, and in 2020, he became a great-grandfather, when Brayden Wiktor had a son, Spike Wiktor.

In 2003, his wife, Lily, got diagnosed with Stage 2 Breast Cancer, which caused Timothy to finally retire from acting. Her cancer went into remission in 2007, however her cancer returned, more aggressive, in 2009, and she would die a year later in 2010, shortly after their 40th wedding anniversary.

Timothy stated that he would like to star in some more films that his grandchildren and great-grandchidren will enjoy. He stated so when he announced that he would come back to acting.

He was raised in a Catholic family, but grew up being an atheist. Around 1996, he switched to being Agnostic. In 2010, after his wife's death, he stated that he had been praying to God more often. In 2016, he stated that he had become a non-denominational Christian in the previous year.

He states that he likes to keep away from politics, saying in a 2016 interview.

"One thing I never talk about, is politics, because you can never please anyone."

He is in support of Autism rights, and HIV causes.

He is fluent in Russian, Italian, Spanish, French.

## Personality

He is a brave, good hearted person, and he is shown to be brave, near the end of Happy Wheels 2, when he foils Marty Chris's plan to escape.

## Physical Appearance

Timothy Wiktor is a 71 year old man with grey hair and beard, he also has black eyes, and wears bandages.

## Trivia

* A character named Wheelchair Guy appeared in Happy Wheels: The Movie, this character is unrelated to Timothy Wiktor.
* The line "Do you know that it isn't nice to steal from people?" became a meme.
* DBG Channel has stated in a Discord chatroom, that Timothy Wiktor is his favorite character in the Happy Wheels movies.