
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 (1976â77). 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 (1992â94).
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.

Doctor Who
1963
as Codal

EastEnders
1985
as Consultant

Casualty
1986
as Peter Gilchrist

Play for Today
1970

Crown Court
1972
as Prof. Hubert Loomis

Foyle's War
2002
as Philby

The Bill
1984

Playhouse
1974
as Terry

Theatre 625
1964
as Valerius Catullus / Louis Dillon / Trimmer / Harvey

Peep Show
2003
as Mr. Klugman

Thirty-Minute Theatre
1965

As Time Goes By
1992
as Mr. Carter

The Chief
1990
as The Dean

Angels
1975

Justice
1971
as Frobisher

Dempsey and Makepeace
1985
as Psychiatrist

Hetty Wainthropp Investigates
1996
as Mr Cavendish

Churchill's People
1974
as Thryth

Mystery and Imagination
1966
as Earle

Waiting for God
1990
as Rev. Dennis Sparrow
Attachments
2000
as David

A Very Peculiar Practice
1986
as Gregory

The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin
1976
as Tom Patterson

Redcap
1964
as Corporal Scowler

Monday Monday
2009

A Year in Provence
1993
as Harry

Armchair Theatre
1956
as Hoskinson / Joe / John

Virtual Murder
1992
as Professor Wilbur Gutteridge

Tales Out of School
1983
as Defence Counsel

Class Act
1994
as Bill Snape

Plotlands
1997
as Mr. Clarke

Rescue Me
2002
as Phil Partridge

Nice Work
1989
as Bob Busby

Ivanhoe
1970
as Prince John

The Legacy of Reginald Perrin
1996

1066: A Year to Conquer England
2017
as Edward the Confessor
Sword of Honour
1967
as Trimmer
24-Hour Call
1963
as Mark Peters

Take Me Home
1989
as Ray
Pull The Other One
1984
as Terry
Movies (33)

Elizabeth: The Golden Age
2007
as Old Throckmorton

The Ghost Writer
2010
as Roy

Vanity Fair
2004
as Horrocks

Bathory: Countess of Blood
2008
as Cardinal ForgĂĄch

Red Monarch
1983
as Lukov

Crossplot
1969
as Sebastian

Machinegunner
1976
as Des

A Prominent Patient
2017
as Sir Robert Vansittart

The Wyvern Mystery
2000
as Jim

The Ties That Bind Us
2008
as Codal (archive footage)

Sitting in Limbo
2020
as Mr. Hardcastle

Brimstone & Treacle
1982
as Clergyman

Money For Nothing
1993
as Mr Derbyshire

The Law Lord
1992
as Professor Hamer
Don't Utter a Note
1966
as Nick
God's Chosen Car Park
1986
as Johnny Gilmore

The Forgotten Voyage: The Story of Alfred Russel Wallace
1983
as Alfred Russel Wallace

Doctor Who: Planet of the Daleks
1973
as Codal

The Plant
1995
as Alan

Flying Into the Wind
1983
as Defence Counsel

Diane
1975
as Terry

The Year London Blew Up
2005
as John Matthews

The Possessed
1969
as Kirilov

Shadowlands
1985
as Alan Gregg

'Oh, Miss Jones!': The Very Best of Leonard Rossiter
1996
as Self

The Perfect Scenario: The End of Dreams
2009

Present Laughter
1967
as Roland Maule
Bingo: Scenes of Money and Death
1990
as Wally

The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin
1983
as Tom Patterson

Funny Farm
1975
Too Close to the Edge
1980
as Doctor
Prisoner and Escort
1964
as Hoskinson

Out of the Trees
1976
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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- Elizabeth: The Golden Age (2007) â as Old Throckmorton
- The Ghost Writer (2010) â as Roy
- Vanity Fair (2004) â as Horrocks
- Bathory: Countess of Blood (2008) â as Cardinal ForgĂĄch
- Red Monarch (1983) â as Lukov
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