ACTOR
Peter Davison
Known for Doctor Who · Magnum, P.I. · Midsomer Murders
Peter Davison (born Peter Malcolm Gordon Moffett; 13 April 1951) is an English actor with many credits in television dramas and sitcoms. He became famous as Tristan Farnon in the BBC's television adaptation of James Herriot's All Creatures Great and Small stories. His subsequent starring roles included the sitcoms Holding the Fort and Sink or Swim, the fifth incarnation of the Doctor in Doctor Who, Dr. Stephen Daker in A Very Peculiar…
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- Born
- Apr 13, 1951
- Birthplace
- Streatham, London, England, UK
- Known For
- Acting
Biography
Peter Davison (born Peter Malcolm Gordon Moffett; 13 April 1951) is an English actor with many credits in television dramas and sitcoms. He became famous as Tristan Farnon in the BBC's television adaptation of James Herriot's All Creatures Great and Small stories. His subsequent starring roles included the sitcoms Holding the Fort and Sink or Swim, the fifth incarnation of the Doctor in Doctor Who, Dr. Stephen Daker in A Very Peculiar Practice, and Albert Campion in Campion. He also played David Braithwaite in At Home with the Braithwaites, "Dangerous" Davies in The Last Detective, and Henry Sharpe in Law & Order: UK.
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Known For
Filmography
Movies
Print-OutEdwin Styles
1979
Doctor Who: LogopolisThe Doctor
1981
The Hitch Hikers Guide to the GalaxyDish of the Day
1981
Doctor Who: Black OrchidThe Doctor
1982
Doctor Who: CastrovalvaThe Doctor
1982
Doctor Who: EarthshockThe Doctor
1982
Doctor Who: Four to DoomsdayThe Doctor
1982
Doctor Who: KindaThe Doctor
1982
Doctor Who: The VisitationThe Doctor
1982
Doctor Who: Time-FlightThe Doctor
1982
Doctor Who: Arc of InfinityThe Doctor
1983
Doctor Who: EnlightenmentThe Doctor
1983
Doctor Who: Mawdryn UndeadThe Doctor
1983
Doctor Who: SnakedanceThe Doctor
1983
Doctor Who: TerminusThe Doctor
1983
Doctor Who: The Five DoctorsThe Fifth Doctor
1983
Doctor Who: The King's DemonsThe Doctor
1983
Once Upon a Time LordSelf
1983
Doctor Who: FrontiosThe Doctor
1984
Doctor Who: Planet of FireThe Doctor
1984
Doctor Who: Resurrection of the DaleksThe Doctor
1984
Doctor Who: The AwakeningThe Doctor
1984
Doctor Who: The Caves of AndrozaniThe Doctor
1984
Doctor Who: Warriors of the DeepThe Doctor
1984
An Audience with Billy ConnollySelf - Audience Member (uncredited)
1985
The PanoptiCon Tapes VI
1986
Who's Who
1986
The PanoptiCon Tapes II
1990
The PanoptiCon Tapes III
1990
The PanoptiCon Tapes IV
1990
The PanoptiCon Tapes V
1990
The PanoptiCon Tapes Vol 1 - The Main Event
1991
A Very Polish PracticeStephen Daker
1992
Doctor Who: Daleks - The Early YearsSelf - Host
1992
Doctor Who: Dimensions in TimeThe 5th Doctor
1993
Harnessing PeacocksJim Huxtable
1993
The Airzone SolutionAl Dunbar
1993
A Man You Don't Meet Every DayRobert
1994
Black BeautySquire Gordon
1994
Mole's ChristmasMouse
1994
PROBE: The Zero ImperativePatient One
1994
Stranger than Fiction
1994
Jeremy Hardy Gives Good Sex
1995
PROBE: The Devil of WinterborneGavin Purcell
1995
The Adventures of MoleMole
1995
The Doctors: 30 Years of Time Travel and Beyond
1995
CutsHenry Babbacombe
1996
PROBE: Ghosts of WinterborneGavin Purcell
1996
The Adventures of ToadMole
1996
Stranger Than Fiction 3: Acting Up
1997
Dear NobodyMr. Garton
1998
The Stalker's ApprenticeD.I. Maurice Burt
1998
Wuthering HeightsJoseph Lockwood
1998
Adventures in Space and TimeHimself
1999
Parting ShotsJohn
1999
The KidnappersHimself
1999
Longleat '83: The Greatest Show in the GalaxyHimself (archive footage)
2001
The Home Whovian
2001
The Last DetectiveDC Davies
2003
The Story of Doctor Who
2003
Too Good to Be TrueRobert Lewis
2003
TriciaDangerous Davies
2003Benefit to MankindDC Davies
2004
ChristineDangerous Davies
2004Dangerous and the Lonely HeartsDC Davies
2004
The Long Bank HolidayDangerous Davies
2004
Doctor Who: A New DimensionSelf
2005
Friends ReunitedDC Davies
2005
Three Steps to HendonDC Davies
2005Towpaths of GloryDC Davies
2005Willesden ConfidentialDC Davies
2005A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to WillesdenDC Davies
2007
A New Body at Last
2007
Dangerous LiaisonsDavies
2007
Doctor Who: Time CrashThe Doctor (5)
2007Once Upon a Time on the WestwayDC Davies
2007
The Crowded TARDIS
2007The Dead Peasants SocietyDC Davies
2007The Man from MontevideoDC Davies
2007
Celebration: Doctor Who in 1983
2008
Doctor Who: The Next DoctorThe Doctor (5) (archive footage)
2008FD
Five Doctors, One Studio
2008
Now, Get Out of That
2008
The Ties That Bind UsThe Fifth Doctor (archive footage)
2008
Trials and Tribulations(archive footage)
2008
Micro MenBank manager
2009
Chain Reaction
2010
Come in Number Five
2011
Doctor Who: Tales Lost in Time
2011
Driven to Distractation
2011
Snake Charmer: The Making of 'Snakedance'
2011
Tales of Television CentreSelf
2012
The Destinations of Doctor WhoSelf
2012TT
The Timey-Wimey of Doctor WhoSelf
2012TW
The Women of Doctor Who
2012
Doctor Who at the PromsSelf - Special Guest Appearance / The Doctor (5) (archive footage)
2013
Doctor Who Live: The AfterpartySelf
2013
Doctor Who Live: The Next DoctorSelf
2013
Doctor Who: Tales from the TARDISSelf
2013
Doctor Who: The Day of the DoctorThe Doctor (5) (archive footage)
2013
The Five(ish) Doctors RebootSelf
2013The Five(ish) Doctors RebootDirector
2013The Five(ish) Doctors RebootWriter
2013
Doctor Who: The Ultimate CompanionSelf / The Doctor (archive footage)
2014
Doctor Who: The Ultimate Time Lord with Peter DavisonSelf - Presenter / The Fifth Doctor
2014
Doctor Who: The Husbands of River SongThe Doctor (5) (picture) (uncredited)
2015
Doctor Who: The Television Centre of the UniverseSelf
2015
GypsyHerbie
2015
Longleat '83: The Lost Footage
2015
Doctor Who: Jovanka AirlinesSelf
2018
Earthshocked
2018
PatrickAlan Francis
2018
Peter Davison: In ConversationSelf
2018
Say My NameDetective Rich Herbig
2018TM
The Muppets Take The O2Self
2018
You, Me and HimTeacher
2018
Showman: The Life of John Nathan-TurnerHimself
2019
The Big Night InSelf
2020
The Doctors: The Peter Davison YearsSelf (archive footage)
2020
Dream HorseLord Avery
2021
End of TermLeigh
2021
Peter Davison: Uncut!Self
2022
Blood Actually: A Murder, They Hope MysteryDavid
2023
Talking Doctor WhoSelf / The Doctor (5) (archive footage)
2023
Doctor Who at the PromsThe Doctor (5) (archive footage)
2024
Happy Mills: The Search for Agent ThornyThe Big Boss (Voice)
2024
Kiss Me, KateThe General
2024
Doctor Who: The Fifth Doctor vs. The DaleksThe Fifth Doctor
2025
Doctor Who: Wish World & The Reality WarThe Doctor (archive footage) (uncredited)
2025
Frank and Percy
2026Television
Doctor WhoThe Doctor · 73 eps
1963
Warship1 eps
1973
Love for LydiaTom Holland · 13 eps
1977
All Creatures Great and SmallTristan Farnon · 68 eps
1978
An Audience with...Self · 1 eps
1978
Tales of the UnexpectedJeremy Tyler · 1 eps
1979HT
Holding the FortRussell Milburn · 20 eps
1980
Magnum, P.I.Ian MacKerras · 2 eps
1980
Sink or SwimBrian Webber · 19 eps
1980
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the GalaxyDish of the Day · 1 eps
1981
Miss MarpleLance Fortescue · 1 eps
1984
Anna of the Five TownsHenry Mynors · 4 eps
1985
Doctor Who's Who's WhoDoctor Who · 1 eps
1985
Miss Marple: A Pocketful of RyeLance Fortescue · 2 eps
1985
A Very Peculiar PracticeDr Stephen Daker · 14 eps
1986
Going Live!Self · 1 eps
1987
CampionAlbert Campion · 16 eps
1989
Screen OneDr. Stephen Daker · 1 eps
1989
Fiddlers ThreeRalph West · 14 eps
1991
Ain't Misbehavin'Clive Quigley · 12 eps
1994
Jonathan CreekStephen Claithorne · 1 eps
1997
Midsomer MurdersNicky Frazer · 1 eps
1997Midsomer MurdersArchie Pollock · 1 eps
1997
The Mrs Bradley MysteriesInspector Christmas · 3 eps
1998V
VerdictMichael Naylor · 1 eps
1998
Hope and GloryNeil Bruce · 1 eps
1999IO
It's Only TV But I Like ItSelf · 1 eps
1999
Loose WomenSelf · 1 eps
1999
At Home with the BraithwaitesDavid Braithwaite · 26 eps
2000
The Nearly Complete and Utter History of Everything2 eps
2000
Richard & JudySelf · 1 eps
2001
HardwarePeter Davison · 1 eps
2003
The Last DetectiveDetective Constable 'Dangerous' Davies · 17 eps
2003TG
Too Good to Be TrueRobert Lewis · 2 eps
2003
Agatha Christie's MarpleHubert Curtain · 1 eps
2004
New TricksCharles Allenforth · 1 eps
2004
Distant ShoresBill Shore · 12 eps
2005
Doctor Who Confidential9 eps
2005TC
The Complete Guide to ParentingGeorge Huntley · 5 eps
2006
Fear, Stress & AngerMartin Chadwick · 6 eps
2007
LewisPeter Faulkner · 1 eps
2007
Law & Order: UKHenry Sharpe · 27 eps
2009
The Queen5 eps
2009
UnforgivenJohn Ingram · 3 eps
2009
Death in ParadiseArnold Finch · 1 eps
2011
VeraMatthew Wells · 1 eps
2011
Doctor Who: The Doctors RevisitedSelf · 11 eps
2013
Pat & CabbageMichael · 6 eps
2013
Toast of LondonPeter Davison · 3 eps
2013
Sugar Free FarmSelf · 4 eps
2016
Harry Hill's Alien Fun CapsuleSelf · 1 eps
2017
LiarDenis Walters · 2 eps
2017
Doctor Who: Behind the SofaSelf · 36 eps
2018
Vintage RoadsHimself - Presenter · 3 eps
2018
Gentleman JackWilliam Priestley · 8 eps
2019
Good OmensJob · 1 eps
2019
The Name of the RoseOld Adso / Narrator (voice) · 8 eps
2019
Between the CoversSelf · 1 eps
2020
LifeHenry Reynolds · 6 eps
2020
The LarkinsVicar · 13 eps
2021
Remembers…Self · 2 eps
2022
Beyond ParadiseRichard Baxter · 3 eps
2023
Tales of the TardisThe Doctor · 1 eps
2023
The Big Steam AdventureHimself · 4 eps
2023
The GoldAssistant Commissioner Gordon Stewart · 5 eps
2023The GoldCommissioner Gordon Stewart · 3 eps
2023Photos
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