Preston Lockwood
Acting
Born October 30, 1912 · West Ham, Essex, England, UK
Biography
Reginald Herbert Lockwood (30 October 1912 – 24 April 1996), known professionally as Preston Lockwood, was an English actor. The only 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). He used his mother's maiden name as his stage name. Lockwood is best known for his television credits, including 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 mid…
Known For · 40 titles
Agatha Christie's Poirot
Matlock
Crown Court
Inspector Morse
Rumpole of the Bailey
All Creatures Great and Small
ITV Saturday Night Theatre
Pipkins
Angels
Churchill's People
Jeeves and Wooster
The Main Chance
Crossbow
Shoestring
The Chronicles of Narnia
Poldark
The Fast Show
A Ghost Story for Christmas
Tenko
Budgie
The Vicar of Dibley
Happy Ever After
Agatha Christie's Partners in Crime
Hadleigh
C.A.T.S. Eyes
The Edwardians
Diana
Time Bandits
Victorian Scandals
Number 10
Romance
Electric Dreams
Six Days of Justice
Miss Marple: At Bertram's Hotel
Henry James Stories
The Prince and the Pauper
Dead of Night
Nicholas Nickleby
A Dorothy L. Sayers Mystery
Never A Cross Word