Michael Preston
Birthday: Born in 1938-05-14 in Hackney, London, England
Deathday: Alive
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Michael Preston (born Jack Davies 14 May 1938, Hackney, London, England) is an international film and television actor, sometimes credited as Mike Preston. Description above from the Wikipedia article Michael Preston, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
TV Credits
Remington Steele
Character: Geoffrey Whittlesey
Laura Holt, a licensed private detective, opens a detective agency but finds that potential clients refuse to hire a woman, however qualified. To solve the problem, Laura invents a fictitious male superior whom she names Remington Steele. Through a series of events that unfold in the first episode, "License to Steele," a former thief and con man, whose real name is never revealed, assumes the identity of Remington Steele. Behind the scenes, Laura remains firmly in charge....
The A-Team
Character: Doyle
A fictional group of ex-United States Army Special Forces personnel work as soldiers of fortune while on the run from the Army after being branded as war criminals for a "crime they didn't commit."...
Fame
Character:
An American television series originally produced between 1982 and 1987. The show is based on the 1980 motion picture of the same name. With a mixture of drama and music, it followed the lives of the students and faculty at the New York City High School for the Performing Arts. Although fictional, it was based heavily on the actual Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts in New York. Most interior scenes were filmed in Hollywood, California, and in all seasons but th...
Airwolf
Character: Colonel Ross
As part of a deal with an intelligence agency to look for his missing brother, a renegade pilot goes on missions with an advanced battle helicopter....
Scarecrow and Mrs. King
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Scarecrow and Mrs. King is an American television series that aired from October 3, 1983, to May 28, 1987 on CBS. The show stars Kate Jackson and Bruce Boxleitner as divorced housewife Amanda King and top-level "Agency" operative Lee Stetson who begin a strange association, and eventual romance, after encountering one another in a train station....
Jake and the Fatman
Character: Vorster
Jake and the Fatman is a television crime drama starring William Conrad as prosecutor J. L. "Fatman" McCabe and Joe Penny as investigator Jake Styles. The series ran on CBS for five seasons from 1987 to 1992. Diagnosis: Murder was a spin-off of this series....
Cover Up
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Cover Up is an American action/adventure television series that aired for one season on CBS from September 22, 1984 to April 6, 1985. Created by Glen A. Larson, the series stars Jennifer O'Neill, Jon-Erik Hexum, Antony Hamilton, and Richard Anderson....
Something Is Out There
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A short-lived weekly series based on the miniseries of the same name....
Hot Pursuit
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Hot Pursuit is a short-lived American television series starring Kerrie Keane and Eric Pierpoint, which aired from September 22 to December 28, 1984 on NBC. It was written and directed by executive producer Kenneth Johnson....
Faerie Tale Theatre
Character: The Huntsman
A live-action children's television anthology series retelling popular fairy tales....
Hot Pursuit
Character: Alec Shaw
Hot Pursuit is a short-lived American television series starring Kerrie Keane and Eric Pierpoint, which aired from September 22 to December 28, 1984 on NBC. It was written and directed by executive producer Kenneth Johnson....
Law & Order
Character: Jury Foreman
In cases ripped from the headlines, police investigate serious and often deadly crimes, weighing the evidence and questioning the suspects until someone is taken into custody. The district attorney's office then builds a case to convict the perpetrator by proving the person guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. Working together, these expert teams navigate all sides of the complex criminal justice system to make New York a safer place....
Airwolf
Character: Colonel Bojard
As part of a deal with an intelligence agency to look for his missing brother, a renegade pilot goes on missions with an advanced battle helicopter....
The A-Team
Character: Dunnigan
A fictional group of ex-United States Army Special Forces personnel work as soldiers of fortune while on the run from the Army after being branded as war criminals for a "crime they didn't commit."...
Highlander: The Series
Character: Terrence Kincaid
Duncan MacLeod cannot die -- he is a 400-year-old immortal, who has seen his share of humanity's history. Still, he risks his life in battle against other immortals and tries to save people from harm....
Homicide
Character: Sen. Det. Bob Delaney
Homicide was an Australian television police drama series The series dealt with the homicide squad of the Victorian Police force and the various crimes and cases the detectives are called upon to investigate. Many episodes were based on real life crime cases....
Max Headroom
Character: Traker
Max Headroom is a British-produced American satirical science fiction television series by Chrysalis Visual Programming and Lakeside Productions for Lorimar-Telepictures that aired in the United States on ABC from March 1987 to May 1988. The series was based on the Channel 4 British TV pilot produced by Chrysalis, Max Headroom: 20 Minutes into the Future. The series is often mistaken as an American-produced show due to the setting and its use of an almost entirely US cast along with being broadc...
Super Force
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Super Force is an action-adventure TV series about a former astronaut who uses an advanced combat suit and motorcycle to fight crime in the city of Metroplex during the year 2020. Among the features of the suit were enhanced strength and armament, whereas the motorcycle had an array of James Bond-type gadgets and weapons....
Baywatch Nights
Character: Lyle Logan
Baywatch Nights is an American police and science fiction drama series that aired in syndication from 1995 to 1997. Created by Douglas Schwartz, David Hasselhoff, and Gregory J. Bonann, the series is a spin-off from the popular television series, Baywatch....
Movie Credits
A Caribbean Mystery
Character: Arthur Jackson
Aging Major Palgrave, an idiosyncratic but charming mystery writer, reveals to Miss Jane Marple that one of the guests at a luxurious Caribbean resort they're staying at is a Bluebeard-type wife murderer. Unfortunately, the Major succumbs to an apparently accidental overdose of alcohol and blood pressure medication before revealing the killer's identity. When it's discovered that the medicine belonged to another guest and the revealing photograph the Major was carrying is missing, Miss Marple re...
Mad Max 2
Character: Pappagallo
Max Rockatansky returns as the heroic loner who drives the dusty roads of a postapocalyptic Australian Outback in an unending search for gasoline. Arrayed against him and the other scraggly defendants of a fuel-depot encampment are the bizarre warriors commanded by the charismatic Lord Humungus, a violent leader whose scruples are as barren as the surrounding landscape....
Hot Pursuit
Character: Alec Shaw
Jim (a practicing veterinarian) and Kate (an automotive engineer) live a nice upper-middle class existence. One day, Kate is accused of murdering her boss, Victor, and sentenced to prison. The couple knows she's innocent, so Jim breaks her out and they go on the run. As fugitives from justice, they travel from place to place, taking odd jobs to finance their search for the real killer. Meanwhile, Victor's wife Estelle - the true mastermind of the crime - hires an assassin to bump off Jim and Kat...
Metalstorm: The Destruction of Jared-Syn
Character: Jared-Syn
A seeker named Dogen rescues Dhyana after her father is murdered by the evil Jared-Syn. To avenge her father's death, Dogen must find Jared-Syn's hideout in the mysterious "Lost City", but the only person who knows where it is an aging, burned-out seeker named Rhodes. Along the way, they will need to do battle against the hunter Baal and his Cyclopean minions for engaging Jared-Syn in a final encounter....
J.O.E. and the Colonel
Character: Schaefer
Scientists create "the perfect soldier" in a lab experiment by recombining his molecules. He is then sent out on dangerous but vital missions....
All at Sea
Character: Mike
A saucy comedy treat from the vaults that stars cast members from "Blankety Blanks", "The Celebrity Game" and "No 96" as a group of misfits attempting to run a holiday resort. The adventures of various guests and staff at Sea Island Resort in Queensland. It is run by Mr Blimer with the help of John Bright. Blimer tries to seduce his assistant; a waitress, Joy, is constantly harassed by the guests but is working her own agenda; employee Mike likes Maryanne but winds up sleeping with the seemingl...
Black Magic for White Boys
Character: Perry
At a small New York theatre, an ageing magician comes up with a devilish plan to save his piece of old New York by invoking some real black magic. Harsh realities and fantastic illusions come together in BLACK MAGIC FOR WHITE BOYS, Onur Tukel’s latest film, a bizarre comic adventure about gentrification, race and bodily autonomy in New York City. With over 50 minutes of new footage, Tukel has completely reworked a project initially presented in 2017 as a four-episode series at Tribeca into a gna...
The Return of Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer
Character: Dak
After two attempts to kidnap a little girl Mike Hammer is hired to protect her....
Harry's Hong Kong
Character: Max Trumble
A private eye becomes the target of both a Chinese syndicate and the police during an investigation into the mysterious death of an old friend....
Stoney
Character: Steve Blessing
Barbara Bouchet (Casino Royale) and Mike Preston (Metalstorm, Road Warrior) are caught in an international mishmash of espionage and double crosses in the Philippines. Michael Rennie (The Day The Earth Stood Still), Richard Jaeckel (Grizzly) and Phillipino heartthrob Vic Diaz also star!...
...Maybe This Time
Character: Paddy
Fran, the assistant to university professor Paddy, is about to turn 30. She is having an affair with a married minister's aide, Stephen. She returns home to the country town she grew up in and has a fling with an old flame, Alan. She also begins sleeping with Paddy....
The Last of the Knucklemen
Character: Pansy
In the tradition of Sunday Too Far Away, this independent film is based on the classic Australian play by John Power. Pic tells the story of a group of miners living in a camp in outback Australia. They swear, brawl, gamble, and drink heavily. Central to the story is the conflict between Tarzan, the authoritarian group leader and cocky loud-mouth wisecracking Pansy. This results in a bare-knuckle punch-up for the movie's denouement....
Blade in Hong Kong
Character: Charters
Joe Blade is an unclaimed TV pilot film. An American, Blade works in Hong Kong, the home of his adoptive father Chang Chin-tzu. When Chang Chin-tzu is killed and a wealthy man is kidnapped, Blade springs into action....
Exile
Character: Rupe Murphy
Teens on a study program abroad have to learn survival techniques when they crash on an uncharted Malaysian island....
Duet for Four
Character: Ray Martin
A middle aged man, Ray Martin, faces a series of problems – his wife is cheating on him, his mistress wants to get married and Americans want to take over his toy business....
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
Character: The Huntsman
Snow White must flee from her evil stepmother. She's taken in by the lovable seven dwarves. Will the wicked queen be able to get rid of her rival?...
Perry Mason: The Case of the Lady in the Lake
Character: Waiter
A woman suddenly disappears after an early morning walk, and her husband is accused of murder....
Barney
Character: O'Shaughnessy
A twelve year old boy and a common criminal are being transported in the same ship from England to Australia in the last century. When the ship wrecked they happen to be the only survivors of the catastrophe. Now they have to get along with each other and finally become friends....