---
name: "Michael Preston"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/michael-preston"
fi1m_id: "michael-preston"
imdb_id: "nm0696463"
tmdb_id: 47461
wikidata_id: "Q6833613"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "14 May 1938"
died: "8 June 2026"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T23:34:55.858786+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Michael Preston

## Identity

Michael Preston

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/michael-preston
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** michael-preston
- **IMDb ID:** nm0696463
- **TMDB ID:** 47461
- **Wikidata ID:** Q6833613
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Preston, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6833613, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0696463/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/47461

Actor. Born 14 May 1938 in Hackney, London, England, UK. Died 8 June 2026.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 14 May 1938, Hackney, London, England, UK
- **Died:** 8 June 2026
- **Also known as:** Mike Preston, Jack Davies
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Preston, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6833613, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0696463/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/47461

## Biography

Michael Preston (also credited as Mike Preston) was an English actor and singer. Born Jack Davies in Hackney, London, he began as a boxer and singer, achieving three UK Top 40 hits in the late 1950s before emigrating to Australia.

In Australia he worked as a nightclub performer, television host and actor, with a long-running role as Detective Bob Delaney in the series *Homicide* (1972–1973). He later appeared in films including *The Last of the Knucklemen* (1979) and as Pappagallo in *Mad Max 2* (1981). He also took guest roles in US series such as *The A-Team*, *Remington Steele*, *Airwolf*, *Highlander: The Series* and *Law & Order*.

Preston was nominated for an AACTA Award for Best Actor for *The Last of the Knucklemen*. He died on 8 June 2026 in Florida, aged 88, and was survived by his wife Josie and two daughters.

*Sources: variety.com, en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Mad Max 2* (1981), Fi1m 88, as Pappagallo — [page](https://film.one/film/mad-max-2.md)

## Complete filmography (35)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Black Magic for White Boys* (2019), as Perry
- *Baywatch Nights* (1995), series, as Lyle Logan
- *Highlander: The Series* (1992), series, as Terrence Kincaid
- *Super Force* (1990), series, Actor
- *Law & Order* (1990), series, as Jury Foreman — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/tv/law-and-order.md)
- *Exile* (1990), as Rupe Murphy
- *Something Is Out There* (1988), series, Actor
- *Perry Mason: The Case of the Lady in the Lake* (1988), as Waiter
- *Jake and the Fatman* (1987), series, as Vorster
- *Harry's Hong Kong* (1987), as Max Trumble
- *Max Headroom* (1987), series, as Traker
- *The Return of Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer* (1986), as Dak
- *J.O.E. and the Colonel* (1985), as Schaefer
- *Blade in Hong Kong* (1985), as Charters
- *Cover Up* (1984), series, Actor
- *Hot Pursuit* (1984), series, as Alec Shaw
- *Hot Pursuit* (1984), as Alec Shaw
- *Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs* (1984), as The Huntsman
- *Airwolf* (1984), series, as Colonel Ross, Colonel Bojard
- *A Caribbean Mystery* (1983), as Arthur Jackson
- *Scarecrow and Mrs. King* (1983), series, Actor
- *Metalstorm: The Destruction of Jared-Syn* (1983), as Jared-Syn
- *The A-Team* (1983), series, as Doyle, Dunnigan
- *Remington Steele* (1982), series, as Geoffrey Whittlesey
- *Faerie Tale Theatre* (1982), series, as The Huntsman
- *Duet for Four* (1982), as Ray Martin
- *Fame* (1982), series, Actor
- *Mad Max 2* (1981), as Pappagallo — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/mad-max-2.md)
- *...Maybe This Time* (1981), as Paddy
- *Punishment* (1981), series, Actor
- *The Last of the Knucklemen* (1979), as Pansy
- *All at Sea* (1977), as Mike
- *Barney* (1976), as O'Shaughnessy
- *Stoney* (1969), as Steve Blessing
- *Homicide* (1964), series, as Sen. Det. Bob Delaney

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