About
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...
Known for
Midsomer MurdersSeries • 1997
EastEndersSeries • 1985
Doctor WhoSeries • 1963
Agatha Christie's PoirotSeries • 1989
CasualtySeries • 1986
Play for TodaySeries • 1970
Crown CourtSeries • 1972
The BillSeries • 1984
Foyle's WarSeries • 2002
PlayhouseSeries • 1974
Thirty-Minute TheatreSeries • 1965
Theatre 625Series • 1964
Prime SuspectSeries • 1991
Peep ShowSeries • 2003
AngelsSeries • 1975
As Time Goes BySeries • 1992
Dempsey and MakepeaceSeries • 1985
Hetty Wainthropp InvestigatesSeries • 1996
JusticeSeries • 1971
Churchill's PeopleSeries • 1974
The ChiefSeries • 1990
Mystery and ImaginationSeries • 1966
RedcapSeries • 1964
Waiting for GodSeries • 1990