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 ''

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''. Other appearances include '' The Ash Tree'', '' Poldark'', '' Shoestring'', ''

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'' ''serial'' '' Snakedance''. His performances on

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include Dennis the Dachshund in

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''. His later roles included

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''. Two years before his death he appeared in the first episode of ''

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'' as Reverend Pottle, whose death midway through the service served as the catalyst for Geraldine Granger's (

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) arrival. Lockwood died from cancer on 24 April 1996. He had a humanist funeral ceremony, as he had requested.

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Obituary in ''The Independent''
1912 births 1996 deaths English male television actors English male radio actors Male actors from London 20th-century English male actors {{UK-tv-actor-1910s-stub English humanists