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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]
Tim Preece | |
|---|---|
| Born | 5 August 1938 Shrewsbury, England |
| Occupation | Actor |
Early life edit
Preece was born in Shrewsbury in Shropshire and was educated at the Priory Grammar School for Boys, Shrewsbury.[citation needed] He trained as an actor at the Bristol Old Vic.[3]
Career edit
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).[4][5] 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.[6] Preece played the recurring role of Rev. Sparrow in Waiting for God (1992–94).[7]
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).[8][1]
In 2017, Preece appeared in a Royal National Theatre production of the improvised play Lost Without Words.[9]
Selected filmography edit
- 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 edit
- ^ a b c "Tim Preece". BFI. Archived from the original on 20 November 2017.
- ^ "Tim Preece | Theatricalia". theatricalia.com.
- ^ "Tim Preece". AHA Talent. Retrieved 19 February 2022.
- ^ "Planet of the Daleks ★★★". Radio Times.
- ^ "BFI Screenonline: Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin, The (1976-79) Credits". www.screenonline.org.uk.
- ^ "The Journalist (2001)". BFI. Archived from the original on 15 October 2021.
- ^ "BFI Screenonline: Waiting for God (1990-94) Credits". www.screenonline.org.uk.
- ^ "Tim Preece". www.aveleyman.com.
- ^ Bowie-Sell, Daisy (14 March 2017). "We ignore older actors at our absolute peril". WhatsOnStage.com. Retrieved 9 November 2020.
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