Tim Preece
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Tim Preece is an English actor, prominent in 1970s television.
He played the politically correct Tom Patterson in two series of The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin
and The Legacy Of Reginald Perrin and also had a role in Doctor Who
in 1973. He later appeared as the editor of a local newspaper in 'The Journalist' an episode of People Like Us
with Chris Langham
Other television appearances include Foyle's War
: "War Games" (2003) as James Philby, and as the pilot of a doomed holiday jet in the famous Casualty
episode Cascade (1992).
He played the politically correct Tom Patterson in two series of The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin
The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin
The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin is a series of novels which developed into a British sitcom starring Leonard Rossiter in the title role...
and The Legacy Of Reginald Perrin and also had a role in Doctor Who
Doctor Who
Doctor Who is a British science fiction television programme produced by the BBC. The programme depicts the adventures of a time-travelling humanoid alien known as the Doctor who explores the universe in a sentient time machine called the TARDIS that flies through time and space, whose exterior...
in 1973. He later appeared as the editor of a local newspaper in 'The Journalist' an episode of People Like Us
People Like Us
People Like Us is a British comedy programme, a spoof on-location documentary written by John Morton, and starring Chris Langham as Roy Mallard, an inept interviewer...
with Chris Langham
Chris Langham
Christopher "Chris" Langham is an English writer, actor and comedian. He is most famous for playing MP Hugh Abbot in BBC Four sitcom The Thick of It and as presenter Roy Mallard in People Like Us, first on BBC Radio 4 and later on its transfer to television on BBC Two, where Mallard is almost...
Other television appearances include Foyle's War
Foyle's War
Foyle's War is a British detective drama television series set during World War II, created by screenwriter and author Anthony Horowitz, and was commissioned by ITV after the long-running series Inspector Morse came to an end in 2000. It has aired on ITV since 2002...
: "War Games" (2003) as James Philby, and as the pilot of a doomed holiday jet in the famous Casualty
Casualty (TV series)
Casualty, stylised as Casual+y, is a British weekly television show broadcast on BBC One, and the longest-running emergency medical drama television series in the world. Created by Jeremy Brock and Paul Unwin, it was first broadcast on 6 September 1986, and transmitted in the UK on BBC One. The...
episode Cascade (1992).
Selected filmography
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(1969) - The Ghost Writer (2010)