Duncan Preston

Actor Aug 11 (age 79) Bradford, West Yorkshire, England, UK 1972–2023 (51 year career)

6.6 avg rating

Highest Rated

Dinnerladies Diaries

2018 · as Self

9.0

Born and Bred

2002 · as Colin Pinkerton / 'The Magnificent Colin'

8.5

All Creatures Great and Small

1978 · as Sep Gibbons

7.7

Known For

Film

A Passage to India

Club Member (Uncredited)

Film

Howl

Ged

Film

Five Children and It

Sergeant

Film

dinnerladies

Stan Meadowcroft

Film

Porridge

Weatherman

Film

Emmerdale

Doug Potts

Film

Nativity 3: Dude, Where's My Donkey?!

Sophie's Dad

Film

Pat and Margaret

Jim

Filmography

Acting (61)

Movies (23)

Victoria Wood In Her Own Words

2020

as Self

Howl

2015

as Ged

5.5

Nativity 3: Dude, Where's My Donkey?!

as Sophie's Dad

After Thomas

as Grandpa Jim

Acorn Antiques: The Musical

as Mr. Clifford

Five Children and It

as Sergeant

Thora Hird Tribute

as Jim (archive footage, uncredited)

Milk

1999

as Sgt Wilson

2.0

Harry Enfield Presents Kevin's Guide to Being a Teenager

as Kevin's Dad #1

Pat and Margaret

as Jim

Victoria Wood's All Day Breakfast

Acorn Antiques

as Clifford

Gentry

as Gerald

Buddy

as Ralph Campbell

Scandalous

1984

as Hal

2.5

A Passage to India

1984

as Club Member (Uncredited)

6.8

The Maze

1983

as Fred Harston

Happy Since I Met You

as Jim

Say No to Strangers

as Stranger

A Nightingale Sang In Berkeley Square

as Police Car Driver

Porridge

as Weatherman

Macbeth

as Angus

Night Is the Time for Killing

1975

as Groom

6.0

Television (38)

The Good Ship Murder

2023

as Hugo Lawrence-Batley

Remembers…

Dinnerladies Diaries

as Self

Emmerdale 1918

as Self - Narrator

Tipping Point: Lucky Stars

2013

as Self - Contestant

7.5

Celebrity Antiques Road Trip

2011

as Self - Participant

Comedy Blaps

Moving On

as Tommy

Murder in Suburbia

as Walter Archer

The Royal

as John Rutter

Born and Bred

as Colin Pinkerton / 'The Magnificent Colin'

dinnerladies

as Stan Meadowcroft

Midsomer Murders

as Colin Cooper

Chalk

as J.F. Kennedy

Silent Witness

as DI Johnny Campbell

7.5

Hetty Wainthropp Investigates

1996

as Sopwith Heckmondwike

7.3

Harry Enfield and Chums

as Kevin's Dad

Peak Practice

as Martin Wilson

Heartbeat

as Don Foster

Press Gang

as Douglas Homer

Surgical Spirit

as Jonathan Haslam

Victoria Wood

as Captain Lewis (voice)

Noble House

as Pugmire

The New Statesman

as Floor Manager

Hardwicke House

as Moose Magnusson

EastEnders

as DS Todd

Victoria Wood: As Seen on TV

1985

7.6

Robin of Sherwood

1984

as Heinrich von Erlichshausen

Shine on Harvey Moon

as Fireman

Wood and Walters

Bergerac

as Paul

That's My Boy

as Mr Braithwaite

All Creatures Great and Small

as Sep Gibbons

The Professionals

as Karl Drake

Secret Army

as Jacques Gavain

Hunters Walk

as PC Fred Pooley

Emmerdale

as Doug Potts

Emmerdale