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.
Acted in 68
2020s
- 2020
Sitting in Limbo
Mr. Hardcastle
2010s
- 2017
1066: A Year to Conquer England
Edward the Confessor · 3 episodes
- 2010
2000s
- 2009
The Perfect Scenario: The End of Dreams
Movie
- 2008
The Ties That Bind Us
Codal (archive footage)
- 2007
- 2005
The Year London Blew Up
John Matthews
The Robinsons
Priest · 1 episode
- 2004
- 2003
- 2002
Rescue Me
Phil Partridge · 1 episode
- 2000
The Wyvern Mystery
Jim
1990s
- 1997
Plotlands
Mr. Clarke · 6 episodes
- 1996
The Legacy of Reginald Perrin
Tom Patterson · 7 episodes
- 1995
The Plant
Alan
- 1994
Class Act
Bill Snape · 1 episode
- 1993
Money For Nothing
Mr Derbyshire
- 1992
Virtual Murder
Professor Wilbur Gutteridge · 1 episode
The Law Lord
Professor Hamer
- 1991
- 1990
1980s
- 1989
Nice Work
Bob Busby · 2 episodes
Take Me Home
Ray · 3 episodes
- 1986
A Very Peculiar Practice
Gregory · 1 episode
- 1985
Shadowlands
Alan Gregg
- 1984
- 1983
The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin
Tom Patterson
Flying Into the Wind
Defence Counsel
Tales Out of School
Defence Counsel · 1 episode
Red Monarch
Lukov
The Forgotten Voyage: The Story of Alfred Russel Wallace
Alfred Russel Wallace
- 1982
Brimstone & Treacle
Clergyman
- 1980
The Glamour Girls
Donald · 2 episodes
1970s
- 1976
The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin
Tom Patterson · 7 episodes
Machinegunner
Des
Out of the Trees
Movie
- 1975
Diane
Terry
Funny Farm
Movie
- 1974
- 1973
Doctor Who: Planet of the Daleks
Codal
- 1972
- 1971
- 1970
Ivanhoe
Prince John · 5 episodes
1960s
- 1969
The Possessed
Kirilov
- 1967
Present Laughter
Roland Maule
- 1966
- 1965
- 1964
Redcap
Corporal Scowler · 1 episode
- 1963
1950s
- 1956
Armchair Theatre
Hoskinson, Joe, John · 1 episode
Wrote 1
1970s
- 1979
Father's Day
Writer
Appearances1
1990s
- 1996
'Oh, Miss Jones!': The Very Best of Leonard Rossiter
Self