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.
Consultant
Jack Wilson
Philips K.C.
Codal
Terry
Philby
Frobisher
Mr Cavendish
Mr. Klugman
Prof. Hubert Loomis
Peter Gilchrist
Mr. Carter
Psychiatrist
David
Edward the Confessor
Hoskinson
Joe
Rev. Dennis Sparrow
Rev. Dennis
Prince John
Ray
The Dean
Mark Peters
Mr. Clarke
Old Throckmorton
Roy
Terry
Horrocks
Cardinal Forgách
Goffy Windsor
Bob Busby
Sir Robert Vansittart
Sebastian
Lukov
Codal (archive footage)
Des
Jim
Alan Gregg
Mr. Hardcastle
Clergyman
Alan
Self
Terry
Defence Counsel
Mr Derbyshire
John Matthews
Alfred Russel Wallace
Nick
Johnny Gilmore
Tom Patterson
Roland Maule
Codal
Hoskinson
Doctor
Kirilov