Biography
Tim Preece (born 5 August 1938) is an English actor. He was born in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, and trained at the Bristol Old Vic. In 1965 he was cast as Nipple in David Halliwell’s Little Malcolm and His Struggle Against the Eunuchs, appearing in the Dublin Theatre Festival, the 1966 West End premiere opposite John Hurt, and the Broadway production directed by Alan Arkin.
Preece has appeared regularly on British television since the 1960s. He played Codal in the 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), returning to the role in The Legacy of Reginald Perrin (1996). Other television credits include the recurring role of Rev. Sparrow in Waiting for God (1992–94), appearances in Foyle’s War (2003), Casualty (1992) and Peep Show (2003), and a role in the National Theatre’s 2017 production of the improvised play Lost Without Words.
His film work includes Vanity Fair (2004), Elizabeth: The Golden Age (2007) and The Ghost Writer (2010).
