Duncan Preston: movies and TV shows
Duncan Preston has 66 credits in the archive: 24 films and 42 TV series, from 1972 to 2023. Highest rated: Born and Bred (9.0/10).
Career timeline
1972 – 2023 · busiest year: 1981 (4 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | The Good Ship Murder | Hugo Lawrence-Batley | TV | 5.9 | 76 |
| 2022 | Remembers… | TV | 7.0 | 75 | |
| 2020 | Victoria Wood In Her Own Words | Self | Film | — | 73 |
| 2018 | Dinnerladies Diaries | Self | TV | 9.0 | 71 |
| 2018 | Emmerdale 1918 | Self - Narrator | TV | 7.0 | 71 |
| 2015 | Howl | Ged | Film | 5.6 | 68 |
| 2014 | Nativity 3: Dude, Where's My Donkey?! | Sophie's Dad | Film | 4.5 | 67 |
| 2013 | Tipping Point: Lucky Stars | Self - Contestant | TV | 7.5 | 66 |
| 2013 | Love and Marriage | Ken Paradise | TV | 6.0 | 66 |
| 2011 | Celebrity Antiques Road Trip | Self - Participant | TV | 6.0 | 64 |
| 2011 | Comedy Blaps | TV | — | 64 | |
| 2009 | Moving On | Tommy | TV | 7.4 | 62 |
| 2006 | Acorn Antiques: The Musical | Mr. Clifford | Film | 8.0 | 59 |
| 2006 | After Thomas | Grandpa Jim | Film | 6.1 | 59 |
| 2004 | Murder in Suburbia | Walter Archer | TV | 7.6 | 57 |
| 2004 | Five Children and It | Sergeant | Film | 5.6 | 57 |
| 2003 | The Royal | John Rutter | TV | 7.8 | 56 |
| 2003 | Thora Hird Tribute | Jim (archive footage, uncredited) | Film | — | 56 |
| 2002 | Born and Bred | Colin Pinkerton / 'The Magnificent Colin' | TV | 9.0 | 55 |
| 1999 | Milk | Sgt Wilson | Film | 4.0 | 52 |
| 1999 | Harry Enfield Presents Kevin's Guide to Being a Teenager | Kevin's Dad #1 | Film | 8.0 | 52 |
| 1998 | dinnerladies | Stan Meadowcroft | TV | 7.5 | 51 |
| 1997 | Midsomer Murders | William Fleming | TV | 7.5 | 50 |
| 1997 | Midsomer Murders | Colin Cooper | TV | 7.5 | 50 |
| 1997 | Chalk | J.F. Kennedy | TV | 7.3 | 50 |
| 1996 | Silent Witness | DI Johnny Campbell | TV | 7.6 | 49 |
| 1994 | Harry Enfield and Chums | Kevin's Dad | TV | 7.2 | 47 |
| 1994 | Pat and Margaret | Jim | Film | 7.7 | 47 |
| 1993 | Peak Practice | Martin Wilson | TV | 6.5 | 46 |
| 1992 | Heartbeat | Tommy Tanner | TV | 7.2 | 45 |
| 1992 | Heartbeat | Don Foster | TV | 7.2 | 45 |
| 1992 | Victoria Wood's All Day Breakfast | Film | 6.0 | 45 | |
| 1989 | Press Gang | Douglas Homer | TV | 7.5 | 42 |
| 1989 | Surgical Spirit | Jonathan Haslam | TV | 7.8 | 42 |
| 1989 | Victoria Wood | Captain Lewis (voice) | TV | 8.0 | 42 |
| 1988 | Noble House | Pugmire | TV | 7.1 | 41 |
| 1988 | Sun Child | Film | 8.5 | 41 | |
| 1987 | The New Statesman | Floor Manager | TV | 7.5 | 40 |
| 1987 | Hardwicke House | Moose Magnusson | TV | 5.2 | 40 |
| 1987 | Acorn Antiques | Clifford | Film | 7.5 | 40 |
| 1987 | Gentry | Gerald | Film | 7.0 | 40 |
| 1986 | Buddy | Ralph Campbell | Film | — | 39 |
| 1985 | EastEnders | DS Todd | TV | 4.2 | 38 |
| 1985 | Victoria Wood: As Seen on TV | TV | 7.9 | 38 | |
| 1984 | Robin of Sherwood | Heinrich von Erlichshausen | TV | 7.6 | 37 |
| 1984 | A Passage to India | Club Member (Uncredited) | Film | 6.8 | 37 |
| 1984 | Scandalous | Hal | Film | 4.7 | 37 |
| 1983 | The Maze | Fred Harston | Film | — | 36 |
| 1982 | Shine on Harvey Moon | Fireman | TV | 7.7 | 35 |
| 1982 | Wood and Walters | TV | 7.5 | 35 | |
| 1981 | Bergerac | Paul | TV | 6.7 | 34 |
| 1981 | That's My Boy | Mr Braithwaite | TV | 6.6 | 34 |
| 1981 | Say No to Strangers | Stranger | Film | 7.0 | 34 |
| 1981 | Happy Since I Met You | Jim | Film | 8.0 | 34 |
| 1980 | A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square | Police Car Driver | Film | 6.0 | 33 |
| 1979 | Screenplay | Jim | TV | 6.3 | 32 |
| 1979 | Macbeth | Angus | Film | 7.5 | 32 |
| 1979 | Porridge | Weatherman | Film | 6.7 | 32 |
| 1978 | All Creatures Great and Small | Sep Gibbons | TV | 7.8 | 31 |
| 1977 | The Professionals | Karl Drake | TV | 7.6 | 30 |
| 1977 | Secret Army | Jacques Gavain | TV | 7.7 | 30 |
| 1977 | Secret Army | Prison Guard | TV | 7.7 | 30 |
| 1975 | Night Is the Time for Killing | Groom | Film | 6.0 | 28 |
| 1973 | Hunters Walk | PC Fred Pooley | TV | — | 26 |
| 1972 | Emmerdale | TV | 4.3 | 25 | |
| 1972 | Emmerdale | Doug Potts | TV | 4.3 | 25 |