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Tim Preece
ActorBorn August 5, 1938 (86 years)
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.
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.
Filmography
| 2020 | Sitting in Limbo · as Mr. Hardcastle |
| 2017 | 1066: A Year to Conquer England (TV Series) · as Edward The Confessor |
| 2016 | A Prominent Patient · as Sir Robert Vansittart |
| 2010 | Come Fly With Me (TV Series) · as Man Buying Ticket To Guernsey |
| 2010 | The Ghost Writer · as Roy |
| 2009 | |
| 2009 | Monday Monday (TV Series) |
| 2008 | Bathory: Countess of Blood · as Cardinal Forgách |
| 2008 | The Ties That Bind Us · as Codal (archive Footage) |
| 2007 | Elizabeth: The Golden Age · as Old Throckmorton |
| 2006 | The Secret Life of Mrs. Beeton · as Dr. Ramsey |
| 2005 | The Queen's Sister · as Ranulph Bacon |
| 2005 | The Robinsons (TV Series) · as Priest |
| 2005 | Fingersmith (TV Series) · as Parson |
| 2004 | Frances Tuesday · as Qc |
| 2004 | Vanity Fair · as Horrocks |
| 2003 | |
| 2003 | Spine Chillers (TV Series) · as Feverell |
| 2002 | Foyle's War (TV Series) |
| 2002 | Rescue Me (2002) (TV Series) · as Phil Partridge |
| 2001 | My Uncle Silas (TV Series) · as Goffy Windsor |
| 2001 | Sweet Revenge (TV Series) · as Dr. Francis Symons |
| 2000 | Attachments (TV Series) · as David |
| 2000 | Doctors (TV Series) · as Leonard Ludlow |
| 2000 | The Wyvern Mystery · as Jim |
| 1999 | People Like Us (TV Series) · as Tony Garrier |
| 1999 | Holby City (TV Series) · as Dr. Bob Coulson |
| 1998 | Kiss Me Kate (TV Series) · as Dr. Mcleish |
| 1998 | Roger Roger (TV Series) · as Roland |
| 1997 | Midsomer Murders (TV Series) · as Jack Wilson |
| 1997 | Chalk (TV Series) · as Dr. Gray |
| 1996 | The Legacy of Reginald Perrin (TV Series) |
| 1996 | Dalziel and Pascoe (TV Series) |
| 1996 | Silent Witness (TV Series) · as George Ryder |
| 1995 | Feast of July · as Preacher |
| 1995 | Jake's Progress (TV Series) · as Driver |
| 1995 | Hetty Wainthropp Investigates (TV Series) · as Mr Cavendish |
| 1994 | Just William (1994) (TV Series) · as Vicar |
| 1994 | Class Act (TV Series) · as Bill Snape |
| 1993 | A Year in Provence (TV Series) · as Harry |
| 1992 | As Time Goes By (TV Series) · as Mr. Carter |
| 1992 | Love Hurts (TV Series) · as Dudley Bourne |
| 1990 | Waiting for God (TV Series) · as Rev. Dennis Sparrow |
| 1990 | Perfect Scoundrels (TV Series) · as Edgar |
| 1990 | The Chief (1990) (TV Series) · as The Dean |
| 1989 | Nice Work (TV Series) · as Bob Busby |
| 1989 | Take Me Home (TV Series) · as Ray |
| 1989 | Forever Green (TV Series) · as Duncan Parry |
| 1989 | Agatha Christie's Poirot (TV Series) · as Philips K.c. |
| 1987 | Porterhouse Blue (TV Series) · as Dr. Messmer |
| 1986 | Casualty (TV Series) · as Peter Gilchrist |
| 1986 | A Very Peculiar Practice (TV Series) · as Gregory |
| 1986 | Terry on the Fence · as Schoolmaster |
| 1985 | Screen One (TV Series) · as Mr. Derbyshire |
| 1985 | Shadowlands · as Alan Gregg |
| 1985 | EastEnders (TV Series) · as Consultant |
| 1985 | Dempsey and Makepeace (TV Series) · as Psychiatrist |
| 1984 | Screen Two (TV Series) · as Frofessor Hamer |
| 1984 | The Bill (TV Series) |
| 1983 | The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin · as Tom Patterson |
| 1983 | Red Monarch · as Lukov |
| 1983 | The Forgotten Voyage: The Story of Alfred Russel Wallace · as Alfred Russel Wallace |
| 1982 | Brimstone & Treacle · as Clergyman |
| 1982 | Brookside (TV Series) · as Vicar |
| 1978 | Grange Hill (TV Series) · as Prof. Middlegate |
| 1976 | The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin (TV Series) |
| 1976 | The Glittering Prizes (TV Series) · as Tim March |
| 1976 | |
| 1975 | Angels (TV Series) |
| 1975 | |
| 1973 | Playhouse (TV Series) · as Terry |
| 1972 | Crown Court (TV Series) · as Prof. Hubert Loomis |
| 1972 | Emmerdale (TV Series) · as Ian Hepton |
| 1971 | Justice (1971) (TV Series) · as Frobisher |
| 1970 | Play for Today (TV Series) |
| 1970 | Ivanhoe (1970) (TV Series) · as Prince John |
| 1969 | Crossplot · as Sebastian |
| 1968 | The Expert (TV Series) · as Gower |
| 1967 | ITV Playhouse (TV Series) · as Doctor |
| 1966 | Mystery and Imagination (TV Series) |
| 1965 | Thirty-Minute Theatre (TV Series) |
| 1964 | Redcap (1964) (TV Series) |
| 1964 | Theatre 625 (TV Series) · as Trimmer |
| 1963 | Doctor Who (TV Series) · as Codal |
| 1963 | Love Story (1963) (TV Series) · as Desmond |
| 1960 | Coronation Street (TV Series) · as Reverend Michael |
| 1956 | Armchair Theatre (TV Series) · as Hoskinson |
| 1955 | ITV Play of the Week (TV Series) · as Roland Maule |