Career

Preston has also made many guest appearances in various TV series, including (Hunters Walk) (1970's police series) Secret Army, The Professionals, All Creatures Great and Small, Robin of Sherwood, Bergerac, The New Statesman, Press Gang, Chalk, Boon, Casualty, Heartbeat, Hetty Wainthropp Investigates, Holby City, Peak Practice, Midsomer Murders, Dalziel and Pascoe and My Family.

He was also a regular cast member in the sitcom Surgical Spirit and appeared as Dennis Stokes in Coronation Street in 2004. Preston is currently seen in Emmerdale as Doug Potts, the father of Laurel Thomas.

Personal life

Preston married actress Susan Penhaligon, who played Jean Hope in Emmerdale, in 1986. They divorced in 1992 but subsequently reconciled in 1997, though they have not remarried. The couple live in Walton-on-Thames with her son Truan Munro.

Stage work

A renowned Shakespearean actor, Preston has performed in many productions for the Royal Shakespeare Company, including Trevor Nunn's acclaimed version of Macbeth (stage 1976, television 1978), starring Ian McKellen and Judi Dench, as Angus. Other theatre work, includes a 2007 production of To Kill A Mockingbird.

He was awarded an honorary Doctor of Letters degree by the University of Bradford on the 4 December 2002 "for his contributions as an actor".

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