Tim Preece

Birthday: 1938-08-05
Birthplace: Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England, UK
Gender: Male
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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.

Credits

Year Title Character
2020-06-08 Sitting in Limbo Mr. Hardcastle
2017-03-09 A Prominent Patient Sir Robert Vansittart
2010-02-12 The Ghost Writer Roy
2009-10-05 The Perfect Scenario: The End of Dreams
2008-07-10 Bathory: Countess of Blood Cardinal Forgách
2007-09-09 Elizabeth: The Golden Age Old Throckmorton
2005-09-01 The Year London Blew Up John Matthews
2004-09-01 Vanity Fair Horrocks
2000-10-12 The Wyvern Mystery Jim
1995-01-20 The Plant Alan
1993-10-10 Money For Nothing Mr Derbyshire
1986-12-01 God's Chosen Car Park Johnny Gilmore
1985-06-15 Shadowlands Alan Gregg
1983-10-03 The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin Tom Patterson
1983-06-26 Flying Into the Wind Defence Counsel
1983-06-16 Red Monarch Lukov
1983-01-01 The Forgotten Voyage: The Story of Alfred Russel Wallace Alfred Russel Wallace
1982-10-01 Brimstone & Treacle Clergyman
1980-05-13 Too Close to the Edge Doctor
1976-04-01 Machinegunner Des
1976-01-10 Out of the Trees
1975-07-09 Diane Terry
1975-02-27 Funny Farm
1973-05-12 Doctor Who: Planet of the Daleks Codal
1969-11-25 Crossplot Sebastian
1969-05-02 The Possessed Kirilov
1967-02-28 Present Laughter Roland Maule
1966-04-09 Don't Utter a Note Nick
1964-04-05 Prisoner and Escort Hoskinson