1938-08-05 ( 86 years old ) in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England, UK
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.
Movies
Sitting in Limbo
2020-06-08
A Prominent Patient
2017-03-09
The Ghost Writer
2010-02-12
The Perfect Scenario: The End of Dreams
2009-10-05
Bathory: Countess of Blood
2008-07-10
Elizabeth: The Golden Age
2007-09-09
The Year London Blew Up
2005-09-01
Vanity Fair
2004-09-01
The Wyvern Mystery
2000-10-12
The Plant
1995-01-20
Money For Nothing
1993-10-10
God's Chosen Car Park
1986-12-01
Shadowlands
1985-06-15
The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin
1983-10-03
Flying Into the Wind
1983-06-26
Red Monarch
1983-06-16
Brimstone & Treacle
1982-10-01
Too Close to the Edge
1980-05-13
Machinegunner
1976-04-01
Out of the Trees
1976-01-10
Diane
1975-07-09
Funny Farm
1975-02-27
Doctor Who: Planet of the Daleks
1973-05-12
Crossplot
1969-11-25
The Possessed
1969-05-02
Present Laughter
1967-02-28
Don't Utter a Note
1966-04-09
Prisoner and Escort
1964-04-05
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