Cast & creator
Tim Preece
Best known for Midsomer Murders, EastEnders, Agatha Christie's Poirot
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.
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film credits
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television credits
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1956–2020 · acting roles
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Across film & television
Filmography (87)
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Midsomer Murders
Jack Wilson
1997
EastEnders
Consultant
1985
Agatha Christie's Poirot
Philips K.C.
1989
Doctor Who
Codal
1963
Casualty
Peter Gilchrist
1986
Play for Today
1970
Crown Court
Prof. Hubert Loomis
1972
The Bill
1984
Playhouse
Terry
1974
Foyle's War
Philby
2002
Thirty-Minute Theatre
1965
Theatre 625
Valerius Catullus
1964Theatre 625
Louis Dillon
1964Theatre 625
Trimmer
1964Theatre 625
Harvey
1964
Peep Show
Mr. Klugman
2003
Prime Suspect
AA Speaker
1991
Angels
1975
The Chief
The Dean
1990
Dempsey and Makepeace
Psychiatrist
1985
Hetty Wainthropp Investigates
Mr Cavendish
1996
Churchill's People
Thryth
1974
Justice
Frobisher
1971
As Time Goes By
Mr. Carter
1992
Waiting for God
Rev. Dennis Sparrow
1990Waiting for God
Rev. Dennis
1990
Redcap
Corporal Scowler
1964
Elizabeth: The Golden Age
Old Throckmorton
2007Attachments
David
2000
The Ghost Writer
Roy
2010
Mystery and Imagination
Earle
1966
A Year in Provence
Harry
1993
A Very Peculiar Practice
Gregory
1986
The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin
Tom Patterson
1976
The Robinsons
Priest
2005
Vanity Fair
Horrocks
2004
Virtual Murder
Professor Wilbur Gutteridge
1992
Ivanhoe
Prince John
1970
Armchair Theatre
Hoskinson
1956Armchair Theatre
Joe
1956Armchair Theatre
John
1956
Nice Work
Bob Busby
1989
Tales Out of School
Defence Counsel
1983
Monday Monday
2009
Class Act
Bill Snape
1994
The Legacy of Reginald Perrin
Tom Patterson
1996
Rescue Me
Phil Partridge
2002
Bathory: Countess of Blood
Cardinal Forgách
2008
Plotlands
Mr. Clarke
1997
1066: A Year to Conquer England
Edward the Confessor
2017
The Glamour Girls
Donald
1980Westway
Graham Lawrence
1976
Machinegunner
Des
1976Sword of Honour
Trimmer
1967
Take Me Home
Ray
1989The Bagthorpe Saga
Uncle Parker
1981Pull The Other One
Terry
198424-Hour Call
Mark Peters
1963
The Wyvern Mystery
Jim
2000
Doctor Who: Planet of the Daleks
Codal
1973
Brimstone & Treacle
Clergyman
1982
The Year London Blew Up
John Matthews
2005
Crossplot
Sebastian
1969
Red Monarch
Lukov
1983
The Ties That Bind Us
Codal (archive footage)
2008
Sitting in Limbo
Mr. Hardcastle
2020
Out of the Trees
1976
A Prominent Patient
Sir Robert Vansittart
2017
The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin
Tom Patterson
1983
The Forgotten Voyage: The Story of Alfred Russel Wallace
Alfred Russel Wallace
1983
The Law Lord
Professor Hamer
1992God's Chosen Car Park
Johnny Gilmore
1986
Flying Into the Wind
Defence Counsel
1983
The Perfect Scenario: The End of Dreams
2009Don't Utter a Note
Nick
1966Bingo: Scenes of Money and Death
Wally
1990
Shadowlands
Alan Gregg
1985
'Oh, Miss Jones!': The Very Best of Leonard Rossiter
Self
1996
Present Laughter
Roland Maule
1967
The Plant
Alan
1995
Money For Nothing
Mr Derbyshire
1993Too Close to the Edge
Doctor
1980
Diane
Terry
1975Prisoner and Escort
Hoskinson
1964
Father's Day
Writer
1979
Funny Farm
1975
The Possessed
Kirilov
1969