Tim Preece
Known for Acting · 75 credits
- Born
- 1938-08-05 (age 87)
- 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).
Known For
TV Shows (42)
Midsomer Murders
1997
as Jack Wilson
Agatha Christie's Poirot
1989
as Philips K.C.
EastEnders
1985
as Consultant
Doctor Who
1963
as Codal
Casualty
1986
as Peter Gilchrist
Play for Today
1970
Crown Court
1972
as Prof. Hubert Loomis
The Bill
1984
Playhouse
1974
as Terry
Foyle's War
2002
as Philby
Theatre 625
1964
as Valerius Catullus / Louis Dillon / Trimmer / Harvey
Peep Show
2003
as Mr. Klugman
Angels
1975
The Chief
1990
as The Dean
Justice
1971
as Frobisher
As Time Goes By
1992
as Mr. Carter
Thirty-Minute Theatre
1965
Hetty Wainthropp Investigates
1996
as Mr Cavendish
Dempsey and Makepeace
1985
as Psychiatrist
Mystery and Imagination
1966
as Earle
Churchill's People
1974
as Thryth
Waiting for God
1990
as Rev. Dennis Sparrow
Attachments
2000
as David
Redcap
1964
as Corporal Scowler
A Very Peculiar Practice
1986
as Gregory
The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin
1976
as Tom Patterson
Virtual Murder
1992
as Professor Wilbur Gutteridge
A Year in Provence
1993
as Harry
Armchair Theatre
1956
as Hoskinson / Joe / John
Monday Monday
2009
Class Act
1994
as Bill Snape
Tales Out of School
1983
as Defence Counsel
Plotlands
1997
as Mr. Clarke
1066: A Year to Conquer England
2017
as Edward the Confessor
Rescue Me
2002
as Phil Partridge
Nice Work
1989
as Bob Busby
Ivanhoe
1970
as Prince John
The Legacy of Reginald Perrin
1996
Sword of Honour
1967
as Trimmer
Take Me Home
1989
as Ray
Pull The Other One
1984
as Terry
24-Hour Call
1963
as Mark Peters
Movies (33)
The Ghost Writer
2010
as Roy
Elizabeth: The Golden Age
2007
as Old Throckmorton
Vanity Fair
2004
as Horrocks
Bathory: Countess of Blood
2008
as Cardinal Forgách
Red Monarch
1983
as Lukov
Crossplot
1969
as Sebastian
The Wyvern Mystery
2000
as Jim
Sitting in Limbo
2020
as Mr. Hardcastle
The Ties That Bind Us
2008
as Codal (archive footage)
Machinegunner
1976
as Des
A Prominent Patient
2017
as Sir Robert Vansittart
Brimstone & Treacle
1982
as Clergyman
Money For Nothing
1993
as Mr Derbyshire
Shadowlands
1985
as Alan Gregg
God's Chosen Car Park
1986
as Johnny Gilmore
The Plant
1995
as Alan
The Forgotten Voyage: The Story of Alfred Russel Wallace
1983
as Alfred Russel Wallace
The Law Lord
1992
as Professor Hamer
Diane
1975
as Terry
'Oh, Miss Jones!': The Very Best of Leonard Rossiter
1996
as Self
Flying Into the Wind
1983
as Defence Counsel
The Year London Blew Up
2005
as John Matthews
Doctor Who: Planet of the Daleks
1973
as Codal
Present Laughter
1967
as Roland Maule
Too Close to the Edge
1980
as Doctor
Prisoner and Escort
1964
as Hoskinson
Don't Utter a Note
1966
as Nick
Funny Farm
1975
The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin
1983
as Tom Patterson
The Perfect Scenario: The End of Dreams
2009
Out of the Trees
1976
The Possessed
1969
as Kirilov
Bingo: Scenes of Money and Death
1990
as Wally
About Tim Preece
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 p… With 75 credits spanning from 1956 to 2020, Tim Preece has appeared in 33 films and 42 TV shows.
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- The Ghost Writer (2010) — as Roy
- Elizabeth: The Golden Age (2007) — as Old Throckmorton
- Vanity Fair (2004) — as Horrocks
- Bathory: Countess of Blood (2008) — as Cardinal Forgách
- Red Monarch (1983) — as Lukov
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