Tim Preece
Known for: 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.
Filmography
Series
Midsomer Murders
Jack Wilson
1997
Series
Agatha Christie's Poirot
Philips K.C.
1989
Series
Play for Today
1970
Series
Doctor Who
Codal
1963
Series
EastEnders
Consultant
1985
Series
Playhouse
Terry
1974
Series
Casualty
Peter Gilchrist
1986
Series
Foyle's War
Philby
2002
Series
Crown Court
Prof. Hubert Loomis
1972
Series
Theatre 625
Valerius Catullus
1964
Series
Theatre 625
Louis Dillon
1964
Series
Theatre 625
Trimmer
1964
Series
Theatre 625
Harvey
1964
Series
The Bill
1984
Series
Peep Show
Mr. Klugman
2003
Series
Angels
1975
Series
Thirty-Minute Theatre
1965
Series
Dempsey and Makepeace
Psychiatrist
1985
Series
Churchill's People
Thryth
1974
Series
Hetty Wainthropp Investigates
Mr Cavendish
1996
Series
As Time Goes By
Mr. Carter
1992
Series
Justice
Frobisher
1971
Series
The Chief
The Dean
1990
Series
Mystery and Imagination
Earle
1966
Film
Elizabeth: The Golden Age
Old Throckmorton
2007
Film
The Ghost Writer
Roy
2010
Series
Waiting for God
Rev. Dennis Sparrow
1990
Series
Waiting for God
Rev. Dennis
1990
Attachments
David
2000
Series
Redcap
Corporal Scowler
1964
Series
A Very Peculiar Practice
Gregory
1986
Film
Vanity Fair
Horrocks
2004
Series
A Year in Provence
Harry
1993
Series
The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin
Tom Patterson
1976
Series
Virtual Murder
Professor Wilbur Gutteridge
1992
Series
The Robinsons
Priest
2005
Series
Class Act
Bill Snape
1994
Film
Bathory: Countess of Blood
Cardinal Forgách
2008
Series
Monday Monday
2009
Series
Rescue Me
Phil Partridge
2002
Series
Tales Out of School
Defence Counsel
1983
Series
Ivanhoe
Prince John
1970
Film
Crossplot
Sebastian
1969
Series
Armchair Theatre
Hoskinson
1956
Series
Armchair Theatre
Joe
1956
Series
Armchair Theatre
John
1956
Series
1066: A Year to Conquer England
Edward the Confessor
2017
Series
Plotlands
Mr. Clarke
1997
Film
Machinegunner
Des
1976
Sword of Honour
Trimmer
1967
Series
The Legacy of Reginald Perrin
1996
Westway
Graham Lawrence
1976
Series
Nice Work
Bob Busby
1989
Film
Red Monarch
Lukov
1983
Film
Doctor Who: Planet of the Daleks
Codal
1973
Film
The Ties That Bind Us
Codal (archive footage)
2008
24-Hour Call
Mark Peters
1963
Film
The Law Lord
Professor Hamer
1992
Film
A Prominent Patient
Sir Robert Vansittart
2017
Film
Brimstone & Treacle
Clergyman
1982
The Bagthorpe Saga
Uncle Parker
1981
Series
Take Me Home
Ray
1989
God's Chosen Car Park
Johnny Gilmore
1986
Film
Sitting in Limbo
Mr. Hardcastle
2020
Film
The Wyvern Mystery
Jim
2000
Pull The Other One
Terry
1984
Film
The Plant
Alan
1995
Film
Money For Nothing
Mr Derbyshire
1993
Film
The Year London Blew Up
John Matthews
2005
Film
Diane
Terry
1975
Film
The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin
Tom Patterson
1983
Film
Out of the Trees
1976
Bingo: Scenes of Money and Death
Wally
1990
Film
The Perfect Scenario: The End of Dreams
2009
Film
Flying Into the Wind
Defence Counsel
1983
Film
Present Laughter
Roland Maule
1967
Film
Shadowlands
Alan Gregg
1985
Film
Funny Farm
1975
Film
'Oh, Miss Jones!': The Very Best of Leonard Rossiter
Self
1996
Don't Utter a Note
Nick
1966
Film
The Forgotten Voyage: The Story of Alfred Russel Wallace
Alfred Russel Wallace
1983
Too Close to the Edge
Doctor
1980
Prisoner and Escort
Hoskinson
1964
Film
The Possessed
Kirilov
1969