Tim Preece

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 Preeces television roles include playing Codal in the sixpart Doctor Who serial Planet of the Daleks 1973 and Tom Patterson in the first two series of The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin 197677 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 199294 His other television appearances include the Foyles War episode War Games 2003 as James Philby the pilot of a doomed holiday jet in the Casualty episode Cascade 1992 and as Marks 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