Tim Preece
Acting
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). In 2017, Preece appeared in a Royal National Theatre production of the improvised play Lost Without Words.
Born: August 5, 1938
Place of Birth: Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England, UK
Known For
Filmography
as Mr. Hardcastle
as Sir Robert Vansittart
as Edward the Confessor
as Roy
as Cardinal Forgách
as Codal (archive footage)
as Old Throckmorton
as John Matthews
as Horrocks
as Mr. Klugman
as Philby
as Phil Partridge
as Goffy Windsor
as Jim
as Mr. Clarke
as Jack Wilson
as Mr Cavendish
as Alan
as Bill Snape
as Mr Derbyshire
as Professor Hamer
as Mr. Carter
as Rev. Dennis Sparrow
as Rev. Dennis
as The Dean
as Bob Busby
as Ray
as Philips K.C.
as Peter Gilchrist
as Gregory
as Alan Gregg
as Consultant
as Psychiatrist
as Tom Patterson
as Defence Counsel
as Defence Counsel
as Lukov
as Alfred Russel Wallace
as Clergyman
as Des
as Terry
as Thryth
as Terry
as Codal
as Prof. Hubert Loomis
as Frobisher
as Prince John
as Sebastian
as Kirilov
as Roland Maule
as Valerius Catullus
as Louis Dillon
as Trimmer
as Harvey
as Codal
as Hoskinson
as Joe