Person Details

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Aliases: No known aliases

Gender: Male

Place of birth: Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England, UK

Homepage: https://www.ahatalent.co.uk/actor/tim-preece/

Movie Involvements: 21

TV Involvements: 16


Most Famous Work

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.

Most Famous Work

Midsomer Murders
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8

Midsomer Murders

(1997) Jack Wilson
Doctor Who
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8

Doctor Who

(1963) Codal
Agatha Christie's Poirot
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8

Agatha Christie's Poirot

(1989) Philips K.C.
Casualty
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6

Casualty

(1986) Peter Gilchrist
EastEnders
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4

EastEnders

(1985) Consultant
Crown Court
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5

Crown Court

(1972) Prof. Hubert Loomis
Dempsey and Makepeace
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6

Dempsey and Makepeace

(1985) Psychiatrist
Hetty Wainthropp Investigates
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7

Hetty Wainthropp Investigates

(1996) Mr Cavendish

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
2020 Mr. Hardcastle
2017 Sir Robert Vansittart
Edward the Confessor
2010 Roy
2009 N/A
2008 Cardinal Forgách
2007 Old Throckmorton
2005 John Matthews
2004 Horrocks
2003 Mr. Klugman
2002 N/A
2001 Goffy Windsor
2000 Jim
1997 Mr. Clarke
Jack Wilson
1996 N/A
Self
N/A
N/A
Mr Cavendish
1995 Alan
1993 Mr Derbyshire
1992 N/A
Mr. Carter
1990 Rev. Dennis Sparrow
Rev. Dennis
1989 Bob Busby
Ray
Philips K.C.
1986 Johnny Gilmore
Peter Gilchrist
1985 Consultant
Psychiatrist
1984 N/A
Terry
1983 Defence Counsel
Lukov
1982 Clergyman
1980 Doctor
1976 N/A
Des
N/A
1975 N/A
Terry
N/A
1973 Codal
1972 Prof. Hubert Loomis
1971 Frobisher
1970 N/A
1969 Sebastian
1966 Nick
N/A
1965 N/A
1964 N/A
Hoskinson
1963 Codal
Mark Peters
1956 Hoskinson
Year Character Movie/Tv

Writing

Year Role Movie/Tv
1979 Writer
Year Role Movie/Tv

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