Preston Lockwood


Reginald Herbert Lockwood, known professionally as Preston Lockwood, was an English radio and television actor.
The only son of bus driver Herbert Lewis Lockwood and his wife Ethel May, Lockwood was born in Essex; he had two elder sisters, Sylvia and Phyllis. 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. He also appeared in the first episode of The Vicar of Dibley as Reverend Pottle, whose death midway through the prayers served as the catalyst for Geraldine Granger's arrival.
Other appearances include Poldark, Shoestring, Doctor Who, Keeping Up Appearances, Tenko, Miss Marple, All Creatures Great and Small and Inspector Morse.
His performances on BBC Radio include Dennis the Dachshund in Children's Hour's Toytown.
One of his final roles was as Coriakin the magician in the 1989 BBC TV adaptation of The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, one of Chronicles of Narnia.

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