Name
Tim Preece
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1938-08-05 (88 years old)
Place of Birth
Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England, UK
Biography
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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- 2010 The Ghost Writer as Roy
- 2004 Vanity Fair as Horrocks
- 1982 Brimstone & Treacle as Clergyman
- 1996 'Oh, Miss Jones!': The Very Best of Leonard Rossiter as Self
- 2007 Elizabeth: The Golden Age as Old Throckmorton
- 1995 The Plant as Alan
- 1969 Crossplot as Sebastian
- 2000 The Wyvern Mystery as Jim
- 1975 Funny Farm
- 1986 God's Chosen Car Park as Johnny Gilmore
- 1980 Too Close to the Edge as Doctor
- 1983 Flying Into the Wind as Defence Counsel
- 1966 Don't Utter a Note as Nick
- 1964 Prisoner and Escort as Hoskinson
- 1976 Out of the Trees
- 1975 Diane as Terry
- 2008 Bathory: Countess of Blood as Cardinal Forgách
- 1969 The Possessed as Kirilov
- 1983 Red Monarch as Lukov
- 1993 Money For Nothing as Mr Derbyshire
- 2005 The Year London Blew Up as John Matthews
- 2020 Sitting in Limbo as Mr. Hardcastle
- 1973 Doctor Who: Planet of the Daleks as Codal
- 2017 A Prominent Patient as Sir Robert Vansittart
- 1976 Machinegunner as Des
- 1967 Present Laughter as Roland Maule
- 1983 The Forgotten Voyage: The Story of Alfred Russel Wallace as Alfred Russel Wallace
- 1985 Shadowlands as Alan Gregg
- 1983 The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin as Tom Patterson
- 2009 The Perfect Scenario: The End of Dreams
- 2008 The Ties That Bind Us as Codal (archive footage)
- 1992 The Law Lord as Professor Hamer
- 1990 Bingo: Scenes of Money and Death as Wally
- 1992 As Time Goes By ( 1 episode ) as Mr. Carter
- 1997 Midsomer Murders ( 1 episode ) as Jack Wilson
- 1984 The Bill ( 2 episodes )
- 1985 Dempsey and Makepeace ( 1 episode ) as Psychiatrist
- 1975 Angels ( 1 episode )
- 1970 Play for Today ( 1 episode )
- 1985 EastEnders ( 1 episode ) as Consultant
- 1963 24-Hour Call ( 1 episode ) as Mark Peters
- 2009 Monday Monday ( 1 episode )
- 1997 Plotlands ( 6 episodes ) as Mr. Clarke
- 1984 Pull The Other One ( 6 episodes ) as Terry
- 1965 Thirty-Minute Theatre ( 1 episode )
- 2003 Peep Show ( 1 episode ) as Mr. Klugman
- 1963 Doctor Who ( 6 episodes ) as Codal
- 1989 Take Me Home ( 3 episodes ) as Ray
- 1989 Agatha Christie's Poirot ( 1 episode ) as Philips K.C.
- 1996 Hetty Wainthropp Investigates ( 1 episode ) as Mr Cavendish
- 1971 Justice ( 1 episode ) as Frobisher
- 1986 Casualty ( 1 episode ) as Peter Gilchrist
- 2017 1066: A Year to Conquer England ( 3 episodes ) as Edward the Confessor
- 1990 Waiting for God ( 4 episodes ) as Rev. Dennis Sparrow
- 1990 Waiting for God ( 1 episode ) as Rev. Dennis
- 1956 Armchair Theatre ( 1 episode ) as Hoskinson
- 1972 Crown Court ( 1 episode ) as Prof. Hubert Loomis
- 1989 Nice Work ( 2 episodes ) as Bob Busby
- 2000 Attachments ( 3 episodes ) as David
- 1970 Ivanhoe ( 5 episodes ) as Prince John
- 2002 Foyle's War ( 1 episode ) as Philby
- 1974 Playhouse ( 1 episode ) as Terry
- 1956 Armchair Theatre ( 1 episode ) as Joe
- 1990 The Chief ( 1 episode ) as The Dean
- 1994 Class Act ( 1 episode ) as Bill Snape
- 1967 Sword of Honour ( 2 episodes ) as Trimmer
- 2002 Rescue Me ( 1 episode ) as Phil Partridge
- 1983 Tales Out of School ( 1 episode ) as Defence Counsel
- 1964 Theatre 625 ( 1 episode ) as Valerius Catullus
- 1964 Theatre 625 ( 1 episode ) as Louis Dillon
- 1964 Theatre 625 ( 2 episodes ) as Trimmer
- 1964 Theatre 625 ( 1 episode ) as Harvey
- 1986 A Very Peculiar Practice ( 1 episode ) as Gregory
- 1974 Churchill's People ( 1 episode ) as Thryth
- 1966 Mystery and Imagination ( 1 episode ) as Earle
- 1964 Redcap ( 1 episode ) as Corporal Scowler
- 1956 Armchair Theatre ( 1 episode ) as John
- 1976 The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin ( 7 episodes ) as Tom Patterson
- 1993 A Year in Provence ( 2 episodes ) as Harry
- 1992 Virtual Murder ( 1 episode ) as Professor Wilbur Gutteridge
- 1981 The Bagthorpe Saga ( 4 episodes ) as Uncle Parker
- 1976 Westway ( 5 episodes ) as Graham Lawrence
- 2005 The Robinsons ( 1 episode ) as Priest
- 1980 The Glamour Girls ( 2 episodes ) as Donald
- 1996 The Legacy of Reginald Perrin ( 7 episodes ) as Tom Patterson
- 1991 Prime Suspect ( 2 episodes ) as AA Speaker
