Leonard Preston

Acting

Known For & Full Filmography16 Titles

#1Play for Today

Drama Series - 1970, 16 episodes as Peter Lester

6.6 / 10
Drama

Play for Today is a British television anthology drama series, produced by the BBC and transmitted on BBC1 from 1970 to 1984. During the run, more than three hundred programmes, featuring original television plays, and adaptations of stage plays and novels, were transmitted. The individual episodes were between fifty and a hundred minutes in duration.

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#2Agatha Christie's Poirot

Drama Series - 1989, 16 episodes as Mr. Graves

8.2 / 10
CrimeDramaMystery

From England to Egypt, accompanied by his elegant and trustworthy sidekicks, the intelligent yet eccentrically-refined Belgian detective Hercule Poirot pits his wits against a collection of first class deceptions.

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#3Casualty

Drama Series - 1986, 16 episodes as Mark Woodburn

6.2 / 10
DramaSoap

Drama series about the staff and patients at Holby City Hospital's emergency department, charting the ups and downs in their personal and professional lives.

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#4Peak Practice

Drama Series - 1993, 16 episodes as Senior House Officer

6.5 / 10
Drama

Peak Practice is a British drama series about a GP surgery in Cardale — a small fictional town in the Derbyshire Peak District — and the doctors who worked there. It ran on ITV from 10 May 1993 to 30 January 2002 and was one of their most successful series at the time. It originally starred Kevin Whately as Dr Jack Kerruish, Amanda Burton as Dr Beth Glover and Simon Shepherd as Dr Will Preston, though the roster of doctors would change many times over the course of the series. Cardale was based on the Staffordshire village of Longnor for the final series, but was previously based in the Derbyshire village of Crich, although certain scenes were filmed at other nearby Derbyshire towns and villages, most notably Matlock, Belper and Ashover.

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#5Peak Practice

Drama Series - 1993, 16 episodes as Casualty Officer

6.5 / 10
Drama

Peak Practice is a British drama series about a GP surgery in Cardale — a small fictional town in the Derbyshire Peak District — and the doctors who worked there. It ran on ITV from 10 May 1993 to 30 January 2002 and was one of their most successful series at the time. It originally starred Kevin Whately as Dr Jack Kerruish, Amanda Burton as Dr Beth Glover and Simon Shepherd as Dr Will Preston, though the roster of doctors would change many times over the course of the series. Cardale was based on the Staffordshire village of Longnor for the final series, but was previously based in the Derbyshire village of Crich, although certain scenes were filmed at other nearby Derbyshire towns and villages, most notably Matlock, Belper and Ashover.

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#6Tales of the Unexpected

Drama Series - 1979, 16 episodes as Billy Weaver

6.7 / 10
Drama

A British television anthology of stories, often with sinister and wryly comedic undertones, and a twist at the end. With early episodes written and presented by Roald Dahl, the series featured a plethora of big name guest stars.

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#7Tales of the Unexpected

Drama Series - 1979, 16 episodes as Leighton

6.7 / 10
Drama

A British television anthology of stories, often with sinister and wryly comedic undertones, and a twist at the end. With early episodes written and presented by Roald Dahl, the series featured a plethora of big name guest stars.

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#8Soldier Soldier

Drama Series - 1991, 16 episodes as Major Edward Garnett

6.9 / 10
DramaWar & Politics

The daily lives of a group of soldiers in 'B' Company, 1st Battalion The King's Fusiliers.

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#9Secret Army

Drama Series - 1977, 16 episodes as Joseph Walden

7.8 / 10
DramaWar & Politics

World War II drama about covert organisation Lifeline helping allied airmen escape after being shot down in occupied Europe, working with the Resistance and hiding from the Gestapo.

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#10Thundercloud

Drama Series - 1979, 16 episodes as Leading Seaman Barnett

7.0 / 10
ComedyWar & Politics

Thundercloud is a 1979 British television comedy created and written by Ian Mackintosh. Produced by Yorkshire Television for ITV, it was significantly more lighthearted than Mackintosh's prior series Warship and The Sandbaggers. Lieutenant Commander ‘Monty’ Morgan – a stickler for forms – and his shipmates operate aboard the shore-based HMS Thundercloud, a secret Royal Navy station on the Yorkshire coast during World War II, apparently far enough away from HQ to merit a remarkable degree of autonomy. In fact, the Admiralty were convinced that the station was actually a destroyer in the North Sea!

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#11The Further Adventures of Oliver Twist

Drama Series - 1980, 16 episodes as Noah Claypole

8.8 / 10
Action & Adventure

Oliver and The Artful Dodger find that Mr. Brownlow's new housekeeper, aided by Noah Claypole, is trying to steal Mr. Brownlow's money and are forced to go on the run back to the London slums.

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#12The Disappearance of Harry

Movie - 1982, 2h 15m as Geoff

8.0 / 10

Harry Webster (David Lyon) is an apparently normal husband and father who resides in contemporary Nottingham, England, which was once host to a flourishing textile industry. One day, Harry leaves his house and vanishes. A note he left behind alludes to a double life he no longer wishes to lead. His wife Liz (Annette Crosbie) conducts a search for her husband. Her findings raise a disturbing question: Did Harry have anything to do with a series of recent factory bombings?

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#13Julius Caesar

Movie - 1979, 2h 15m as Titinius

8.7 / 10
DramaTV MovieHistory

The assassination of the would be ruler of Rome at the hands of Brutus and company has tragic consequences for Brutus and the republic.

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#14Roald Dahl’s Tales of the Unexpected: The Landlady

Movie - 1979, 2h 15m as Billy Weaver

8.8 / 10
DramaHorrorComedy

The unnamed Landlady (Siobhan McKenna) is the titular main villainess from "The Landlady", episode 1.05 of Tales of The Unexpected (airdate April 21, 1979), based on the Roald Dahl short story of the same name. The episode begins with Billy Weaver (The main protagonist), arriving in Bath as part of a work trip. While there, he looks for accomdation, and sees a bed and breakfast sign in the window of a house. The unnamed woman then invites him in, claiming that a hotel he had been planning to stay at was booked out. Although finding the landlady's overly friendly demeanour off-putting, Billy decides to spend the night.

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#15Long Distance Information

Movie - 1979, 2h 15m as Roger

10.0 / 10
DramaTV Movie

Play For Today written by and starring Neville Smith. Christian Harvey , a local radio DJ and ageing rocker, is an obsessive fan of Elvis and the news of Elvis's death is for him a personal tragedy as well as the end of an era.

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#16The Groundling and the Kite

Movie - 1984, 2h 15m as Peter Lester

1.0 / 10
DramaTV Movie

Peter writes songs and Jimmy needs one. But Peter's songs are private and not for sale. A clash of interests becomes a test of love.

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