Reginald Herbert Lockwood (30 October 1912 – 24 April 1996), known professionally as Preston Lockwood, was an English radio and television actor.
The eldest son of bus driver Herbert Lewis Lockwood and his wife Ethel May (née Preston), Lockwood was born in Essex; he had two elder sisters, Sylvia (born 1908) and Phyllis (born 1909), and a younger brother, the violinist Ronald Lewis (born 18 October 1921). He used his mother's maiden name as his stage name.
His television credits include the role of Butterfield the butler in several episodes of Jeeves and Wooster.
Other appearances include The Ash Tree, Poldark, Shoestring, Keeping Up Appearances, Tenko, Miss Marple, (' At Bertram's Hotel ', episode), All Creatures Great and Small. Inspector Morse and the 1983 Doctor Who serial Snakedance.
His performances on BBC Radio include Dennis the Dachshund in Children's Hour's Toytown.
His later roles included Coriakin the magician in the 1989 BBC TV adaptation of The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, one of The Chronicles of Narnia. Two years before his death he appeared in the first episode of The Vicar of Dibley as Reverend Pottle, whose death midway through the service served as the catalyst for Geraldine Granger's (Dawn French) arrival.
Lockwood died from cancer on 24 April 1996. He had a humanist funeral ceremony, as he had requested.
Filmography Year Title Role Notes1970-1972 Kate Mr. Winch 16 episodes1970 Julius Caesar Trebonius Directed by Stuart Burge1972 Lady Caroline Lamb 1st Partner Uncredited1972 Mistress of Hardwick George Talbot, 6th Earl of Shrewsbury 10-part BBC One drama 1973 The Best Pair of Legs in the Business 3rd Chemist 1974 The Black Windmill Ilkeston 1974 Ransom Brigadier Hislop 1977 Crossed Swords Father Andrew Originally released in UK as The Prince and the Pauper1977 Nicholas Nickleby Tim Linkinwater 3 episodes1978 Absolution Father Hibbert 1978 Clouds of Glory Dr. Carr Miniseries directed by Ken Russell1979 The Danedyke Mystery Dr. Henry Simmonds 5 episodes1979 Shoestring Stephen Steele Episode: "I'm a Believer"1981 Time Bandits Neguy 1981 Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years Austen Chamberlain Episode: "His Own Funeral"1983 Number 10 Major General Sir Borlase Childs Episode: "Underdog"1983 Jemima Shore Investigates Samuel Pedlar Episode: "The Damask Collection"1983 Doctor Who Dojjen Episode: "Snakedance: Parts: One, Three and Four"1983 The Pirates of Penzance Orchestra conductor 1984 Scandalous Leslie 1984 Electric Dreams Man at Concert 1984 Tenko Stephen Wentworth1985 Tenko Reunion Stephen Wentworth1986 Room at the Bottom 1st BBC director Episode: "Winter Schedule"1987 At Bertram's Hotel Canon Pennyfather Episode Miss Marple (TV series)1988 Consuming Passions Josiah 1988 High Spirits Great Uncle Peter 1988 The Girl in a Swing Man at Sothebys 1988 Pulse Pounders Merlin Dungeonmaster 2 sequence1988 The Chronicles of Narnia Coriakin Episode: "The Voyage of the Dawn Treader: Part Three"1988 Crossbow Duke of Westphalia Episode: "The Electors"1989 The Lady and the Highwayman Vicar TV movie1990 The Fool Mr Benjamin 1990 Blood Royal: William the Conqueror Prior Lanfranc TV film1991 Rumpole of the Bailey Lord Chancellor Episode: "Rumpole and the Summer of Discontent"1992 Inspector Morse College Chaplain Episode: "Absolute Conviction"1993 Agatha Christie's Poirot Francois Episode: "The Chocolate Box"1993 Jeeves and Wooster Butterfield 2 episodes1994 The House of Windsor Ambrose Stebbings TV series, 6 episodes1994 The Vicar of Dibley Vicar Pottle Episode: "The Arrival"1994 Keeping Up Appearances Mr Mawsby Episode: "Angel Gabriel Blue"
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Obituary in The Independent