Tim Preece
Born
August 5, 1938 (86 years old)
Known For
Acting
Place of Birth
Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England, UK
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.
Known For
Sitting in Limbo
Mr. Hardcastle
2020
A Prominent Patient
Sir Robert Vansittart
2017
1066: A Year to Conquer England
Edward the Confessor · (3 episodes)
2017
The Ghost Writer
Roy
2010
The Perfect Scenario: The End of Dreams
2009
Monday Monday
(1 episode)
2009
Bathory: Countess of Blood
Cardinal Forgách
2008
The Ties That Bind Us
Codal (archive footage)
2008
Elizabeth: The Golden Age
Old Throckmorton
2007
The Year London Blew Up
John Matthews
2005
Vanity Fair
Horrocks
2004
Peep Show
Mr. Klugman · (1 episode)
2003
Foyle's War
Philby · (1 episode)
2002
My Uncle Silas
Goffy Windsor · (12 episodes)
2001
The Wyvern Mystery
Jim
2000
Attachments
David · (3 episodes)
2000
Plotlands
Mr. Clarke · (6 episodes)
1997
Midsomer Murders
Jack Wilson · (1 episode)
1997
The Legacy of Reginald Perrin
(7 episodes)
1996
'Oh, Miss Jones!': The Very Best of Leonard Rossiter
Self
1996
Dalziel & Pascoe
(1 episode)
1996
Hetty Wainthropp Investigates
Mr Cavendish · (1 episode)
1996
The Plant
Alan
1995
Money For Nothing
Mr Derbyshire
1993
Virtual Murder
(1 episode)
1992
As Time Goes By
Mr. Carter · (1 episode)
1992
Waiting for God
Rev. Dennis Sparrow · (4 episodes)
1990
Waiting for God
Rev. Dennis · (1 episode)
1990
The Chief
The Dean · (1 episode)
1990
Nice Work
Bob Busby · (2 episodes)
1989
Take Me Home
Ray · (3 episodes)
1989
Agatha Christie's Poirot
Philips K.C. · (1 episode)
1989
God's Chosen Car Park
Johnny Gilmore
1986
Casualty
Peter Gilchrist · (1 episode)
1986
Shadowlands
Alan Gregg
1985
EastEnders
Consultant · (1 episode)
1985
Dempsey and Makepeace
Psychiatrist · (1 episode)
1985
The Bill
(2 episodes)
1984
Pull The Other One
Terry · (6 episodes)
1984
The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin
Tom Patterson
1983
Flying Into the Wind
Defence Counsel
1983
Red Monarch
Lukov
1983
The Forgotten Voyage: The Story of Alfred Russel Wallace
Alfred Russel Wallace
1983
Brimstone & Treacle
Clergyman
1982
Too Close to the Edge
Doctor
1980
The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin
(28 episodes)
1976
Machinegunner
Des
1976
Out of the Trees
1976
Angels
(1 episode)
1975
Diane
Terry
1975
Funny Farm
1975
Playhouse
Terry · (1 episode)
1974
Doctor Who: Planet of the Daleks
Codal
1973
Crown Court
Prof. Hubert Loomis · (1 episode)
1972
Justice
Frobisher · (1 episode)
1971
Play for Today
(1 episode)
1970
Ivanhoe
Prince John · (5 episodes)
1970
Crossplot
Sebastian
1969
The Possessed
Kirilov
1969
Present Laughter
Roland Maule
1967
Don't Utter a Note
Nick
1966
Mystery and Imagination
(1 episode)
1966
Thirty-Minute Theatre
(1 episode)
1965
Redcap
(1 episode)
1964
Prisoner and Escort
Hoskinson
1964
Doctor Who
Codal · (6 episodes)
1963
24-Hour Call
Mark Peters · (1 episode)
1963
Armchair Theatre
Hoskinson · (1 episode)
1956
Armchair Theatre
Joe · (1 episode)
1956