Tim Preece
Known For
Acting
Born
1938-08-05 in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England, UK
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 Known For
Midsomer Murders
as Jack Wilson
Agatha Christie's Poirot
as Philips K.C.
EastEnders
as Consultant
Doctor Who
as Codal
Foyle's War
as Philby
Casualty
as Peter Gilchrist
Play for Today
The Bill
Crown Court
as Prof. Hubert Loomis
Playhouse
as Terry
Peep Show
as Mr. Klugman
Theatre 625
as Valerius Catullus
Theatre 625
as Louis Dillon
Theatre 625
as Trimmer
Theatre 625
as Harvey
Dempsey and Makepeace
as Psychiatrist
Justice
as Frobisher
Waiting for God
as Rev. Dennis Sparrow
Waiting for God
as Rev. Dennis
