Tim Preece (born 5 August 1938) is an English actor. He has appeared on British television since the 1960s and also acted on stage
Tim Preece (born 5 August 1938) is an English actor. He has appeared on British television since the 1960s and also acted on stage
Preece was born in Shrewsbury in Shropshire and was educated at the Priory Grammar School for Boys, Shrewsbury. He trained as an actor at the Bristol Old Vic.
In 1965, Preece was cast as Nipple in Little Malcolm and His Struggle Against the Eunuchs by David Halliwell. He played the role in 1965 at the Dublin Theatre Festival, at the West End premiere opposite John Hurt in 1966, and later that fall in the Broadway premiere directed by Alan Arkin. He was the only original cast member to transfer to Broadway.
Preece's television roles include playing Codal in the six-part Doctor Who serial Planet of the Daleks (1973) and Tom Patterson in the first two series of The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin (1976–77). He later returned to the role for The Legacy Of Reginald Perrin (1996). He also appeared as the editor of a local newspaper in "The Journalist", an episode of People Like Us (2001) with Chris Langham. Preece played the recurring role of Rev. Sparrow in Waiting for God (1992–94).
His other television appearances include the Foyle's War episode "War Games" (2003) as James Philby, the pilot of a doomed holiday jet in the Casualty episode "Cascade" (1992), and as Mark's careers guidance counsellor and therapist in the Peep Show episode "Dream Job" (2003).
In 2017, Preece appeared in a Royal National Theatre production of the improvised play Lost Without Words.
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Filmography (Movies)
Sitting in Limbo
Character:Mr. Hardcastle
Release Date:08/06/2020
A Prominent Patient
Character:Sir Robert Vansittart
Release Date:09/03/2017
The Ghost Writer
Character:Roy
Release Date:12/02/2010
The Perfect Scenario: The End of Dreams
Character:
Release Date:05/10/2009
Bathory: Countess of Blood
Character:Cardinal Forgách
Release Date:10/07/2008
The Ties That Bind Us
Character:Codal (archive footage)
Release Date:03/03/2008
Elizabeth: The Golden Age
Character:Old Throckmorton
Release Date:09/09/2007
The Year London Blew Up
Character:John Matthews
Release Date:01/09/2005
Vanity Fair
Character:Horrocks
Release Date:01/09/2004
The Wyvern Mystery
Character:Jim
Release Date:12/10/2000
'Oh, Miss Jones!': The Very Best of Leonard Rossiter
Character:Self
Release Date:16/08/1996
The Plant
Character:Alan
Release Date:20/01/1995
Money For Nothing
Character:Mr Derbyshire
Release Date:10/10/1993
The Law Lord
Character:Professor Hamer
Release Date:22/03/1992
Bingo: Scenes of Money and Death
Character:Wally
Release Date:30/06/1990
God's Chosen Car Park
Character:Johnny Gilmore
Release Date:01/12/1986
Shadowlands
Character:Alan Gregg
Release Date:15/06/1985
The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin
Character:Tom Patterson
Release Date:03/10/1983
Flying Into the Wind
Character:Defence Counsel
Release Date:26/06/1983
Red Monarch
Character:Lukov
Release Date:16/06/1983
The Forgotten Voyage: The Story of Alfred Russel Wallace
Character:Alfred Russel Wallace
Release Date:01/01/1983
Brimstone & Treacle
Character:Clergyman
Release Date:01/10/1982
Too Close to the Edge
Character:Doctor
Release Date:13/05/1980
Machinegunner
Character:Des
Release Date:01/04/1976
Out of the Trees
Character:
Release Date:10/01/1976
Diane
Character:Terry
Release Date:09/07/1975
Funny Farm
Character:
Release Date:27/02/1975
Doctor Who: Planet of the Daleks
Character:Codal
Release Date:12/05/1973
Crossplot
Character:Sebastian
Release Date:25/11/1969
The Possessed
Character:Kirilov
Release Date:02/05/1969
Present Laughter
Character:Roland Maule
Release Date:28/02/1967
Don't Utter a Note
Character:Nick
Release Date:09/04/1966
Prisoner and Escort
Character:Hoskinson
Release Date:05/04/1964
Television Appearances
1066: A Year to Conquer England
Character:Edward the Confessor
Monday Monday
Character:
Peep Show
Character:Mr. Klugman
Foyle's War
Character:Philby
Rescue Me
Character:Phil Partridge
My Uncle Silas
Character:Goffy Windsor
Attachments
Character:David
Plotlands
Character:Mr. Clarke
Midsomer Murders
Character:Jack Wilson
The Legacy of Reginald Perrin
Character:
Dalziel & Pascoe
Character:
Hetty Wainthropp Investigates
Character:Mr Cavendish
Class Act
Character:Bill Snape
Virtual Murder
Character:
As Time Goes By
Character:Mr. Carter
Waiting for God
Character:Rev. Dennis Sparrow
Waiting for God
Character:Rev. Dennis
The Chief
Character:The Dean
Nice Work
Character:Bob Busby
Take Me Home
Character:Ray
Agatha Christie's Poirot
Character:Philips K.C.
Casualty
Character:Peter Gilchrist
A Very Peculiar Practice
Character:Gregory
EastEnders
Character:Consultant
Dempsey and Makepeace
Character:Psychiatrist
The Bill
Character:
Pull The Other One
Character:Terry
Tales Out of School
Character:Defence Counsel
The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin
Character:
Angels
Character:
Churchill's People
Character:Thryth
Playhouse
Character:Terry
Crown Court
Character:Prof. Hubert Loomis
Justice
Character:Frobisher
Play for Today
Character:
Ivanhoe
Character:Prince John
Sword of Honour
Character:Trimmer
Mystery and Imagination
Character:Earle
Thirty-Minute Theatre
Character:
Redcap
Character:
Theatre 625
Character:Valerius Catullus
Theatre 625
Character:Louis Dillon
Theatre 625
Character:Trimmer
Theatre 625
Character:Harvey
Doctor Who
Character:Codal
24-Hour Call
Character:Mark Peters
Armchair Theatre
Character:Hoskinson
Armchair Theatre
Character:Joe
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