Tim Preece
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Tim Preece (born 5 August 1938) is an English actor. He has appeared on British television since the 1960s and also acted on stage.[1][2]
Early life
Preece was born in Shrewsbury in Shropshire and was educated at the Priory Grammar School for Boys, Shrewsbury.[3] He trained as an actor at the Bristol Old Vic.[4]
Career
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 autumn in the Broadway premiere directed by Alan Arkin. He was the only original cast member to transfer to Broadway.[5][6]
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).[7][8] He later returned to the role for The Legacy Of Reginald Perrin (1996).[1] He also appeared as the editor of a local newspaper in "The Journalist", an episode of People Like Us (2001) with Chris Langham.[9] Preece played the recurring role of Rev. Sparrow in Waiting for God (1992–94).[10]
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).[11][1]
In 2017, Preece appeared in a Royal National Theatre production of the improvised play Lost Without Words.[12]
Selected filmography
- Crossplot (1969)
- Out of the Trees (1976, TV)
- Brimstone and Treacle (1982)
- Vanity Fair (2004)
- Elizabeth: The Golden Age (2007)
- The Ghost Writer (2010)
References
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- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Tim Preece | Theatricalia". theatricalia.com.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Catechism concerning the Priory School for Boys, Shrewsbury". Retrieved 3 April 2025.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Tim Preece". AHA Talent. Retrieved 19 February 2022.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Marriott, R.B. (10 February 1966). "Malcolm and his crazy fantasies come to nothing...". The Stage.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Trewin, J.C. (12 February 1966). "Nottingham's old arthurian legend retold". The Illustrated London News.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Planet of the Daleks ★★★". Radio Times.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."BFI Screenonline: Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin, The (1976-79) Credits". www.screenonline.org.uk.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."The Journalist (2001)". BFI. Archived from the original on 15 October 2021.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."BFI Screenonline: Waiting for God (1990-94) Credits". www.screenonline.org.uk.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Tim Preece". www.aveleyman.com.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Bowie-Sell, Daisy (14 March 2017). "We ignore older actors at our absolute peril". WhatsOnStage.com. Retrieved 9 November 2020.
External links
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- Amanda Howard Associates
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