Tim Preece
Acting
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
Acting77
movieSitting in Limbo
2020
Mr. Hardcastle
movieA Prominent Patient
2017
Sir Robert Vansittart
tv1066: A Year to Conquer England
2017
Edward the Confessor
movieBathory: Countess of Blood
2008
Cardinal Forgách
movieThe Ties That Bind Us
2008
Codal (archive footage)
movieElizabeth: The Golden Age
2007
Old Throckmorton
movieThe Year London Blew Up
2005
John Matthews
movieVanity Fair
2004
Horrocks
tvPeep Show
2003
Mr. Klugman
tvFoyle's War
2002
Philby
tvRescue Me
2002
Phil Partridge
tvPlotlands
1997
Mr. Clarke
tvMidsomer Murders
1997
Jack Wilson
tvHetty Wainthropp Investigates
1996
Mr Cavendish
tvClass Act
1994
Bill Snape
movieMoney For Nothing
1993
Mr Derbyshire
tvVirtual Murder
1992
Professor Wilbur Gutteridge
movieThe Law Lord
1992
Professor Hamer
tvAs Time Goes By
1992
Mr. Carter
tvWaiting for God
1990
Rev. Dennis Sparrow / Rev. Dennis
tvThe Chief
1990
The Dean
tvNice Work
1989
Bob Busby
tvAgatha Christie's Poirot
1989
Philips K.C.
God's Chosen Car Park
1986
Johnny Gilmore
tvCasualty
1986
Peter Gilchrist
movieShadowlands
1985
Alan Gregg
tvEastEnders
1985
Consultant
tvDempsey and Makepeace
1985
Psychiatrist
movieThe Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin
1983
Tom Patterson
movieFlying Into the Wind
1983
Defence Counsel
tvTales Out of School
1983
Defence Counsel
movieRed Monarch
1983
Lukov
movieThe Forgotten Voyage: The Story of Alfred Russel Wallace
1983
Alfred Russel Wallace
movieBrimstone & Treacle
1982
Clergyman
The Bagthorpe Saga
1981
Uncle Parker
tvThe Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin
1976
Tom Patterson
Westway
1976
Graham Lawrence
movieDiane
1975
Terry
tvChurchill's People
1974
Thryth
tvPlayhouse
1974
Terry
tvCrown Court
1972
Prof. Hubert Loomis
tvJustice
1971
Frobisher
tvIvanhoe
1970
Prince John
movieCrossplot
1969
Sebastian
movieThe Possessed
1969
Kirilov
moviePresent Laughter
1967
Roland Maule
tvRedcap
1964
Corporal Scowler
tvTheatre 625
1964
Valerius Catullus / Louis Dillon / Trimmer / Harvey
tvDoctor Who
1963
Codal
24-Hour Call
1963
Mark Peters
tvArmchair Theatre
1956
Hoskinson / Joe / John
Writing1
movieFather's Day
1979
Writer