Tim Preece
Acting
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.
The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin
as Tom Patterson
Age 38 (now 87)
The Perfect Scenario: The End of Dreams
'Oh, Miss Jones!': The Very Best of Leonard Rossiter
as Self
Age 58 (now 87)
Bingo: Scenes of Money and Death
as Wally
Age 51 (now 87)
The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin
as Tom Patterson
Age 45 (now 87)
The Forgotten Voyage: The Story of Alfred Russel Wallace
as Alfred Russel Wallace
Age 44 (now 87)
1066: A Year to Conquer England
as Edward the Confessor
Age 78 (now 87)
Hetty Wainthropp Investigates
as Mr Cavendish
Age 57 (now 87)
The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin
as Tom Patterson
Age 38 (now 87)
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