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Patrick Troughton

Patrick Troughton

Actor · 1920–1987 · Mill Hill, London, England, UK

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Biography

Patrick George Troughton (25 March 1920 – 28 March 1987) was an English actor. He was classically trained for the stage but became most widely known for his roles in television and film. His work included appearances in several fantasy, science fiction and horror films, and playing the second incarnation of the Doctor in the long-running British science-fiction television series Doctor Who from 1966 to 1969; he reprised the role in 1972-1973, 1983 and 1985.

Acted in 163

2020s

  1. 2025

    Doctor Who: Wish World & The Reality War

    Dr. Who (archive footage) (uncredited)

  2. 2024

    Doctor Who at the Proms

    The Doctor (2) (archive footage)

  3. Doctor Who: The War Games in Colour

    The Doctor (2) (archive footage)

  4. 2023

    Doctor Who: The Underwater Menace

    The Doctor (voice)

  5. Tales of the Tardis

    The Doctor · 2 episodes

  6. 2022

    Doctor Who: The Abominable Snowmen

    The Doctor (voice)

  7. 2021

    Doctor Who: The Evil of the Daleks

    The Doctor (voice)

  8. Doctor Who: The Web of Fear - Episode 3

    The Doctor (voice)

  9. 2020

    Doctor Who: Fury from the Deep

    The Doctor (voice) · 6 episodes

  10. Doctor Who: The Faceless Ones

    The Doctor (voice)

2010s

  1. 2019

    Doctor Who: The Macra Terror

    The Doctor (voice)

  2. 2017

    Doctor Who: Twice Upon a Time

    The Doctor (2) (archive footage)

  3. 2016

    Doctor Who: The Power of the Daleks

    The Doctor (Voice)

  4. 2015
  5. Longleat '83: The Lost Footage

    Movie

  6. 2013
  7. Doctor Who at the Proms

    The Doctor (2) (archive footage) (uncredited)

2000s

  1. 2009

    Devious

    Second Doctor (archive footage)

  2. 2008

    Doctor Who: The Next Doctor

    The Doctor (2) (archive footage)

  3. Celebration: Doctor Who in 1983

    (archival footage)

  4. The Ties That Bind Us

    The Second Doctor (archive footage)

  5. 2003

    Adventures in Time and Spain

    (archvie footage)

1980s

  1. 1987

    Knights of God

    Arthur · 13 episodes

  2. Doctor Who Then & Now

    Doctor Who · 1 episode

  3. 1986

    The Two of Us

    Perce · 5 episodes

  4. 1985

    Long Term Memory

    Gerald

  5. Doctor Who: The Two Doctors

    The Doctor

  6. 1984

    The Box of Delights

    Cole Hawlings · 3 episodes

  7. Doctor Who: Resurrection of the Daleks

    The Doctor (2) (archive footage) (uncredited)

  8. Amy

    Lord Rothermere

  9. 1983

    Doctor Who: The Five Doctors

    The Second Doctor

  10. Reluctant Chickens

    Malcolm

  11. Doctor Who: Mawdryn Undead

    The Doctor (2) (archive footage)

  12. 1982

    Doctor Who: Earthshock

    The Doctor (2) (archive footage)

  13. The Pigman's Protege

    William Pierce

  14. 1981

    Tales from the Thousand and One Nights

    The Swindler

  15. John Diamond

    Joseph K'Nee

  16. P.Q. 17

    Commodore Londonderry

  17. 1980

    No Defence

    Judge Barnes-Ritchie

1970s

  1. 1979
  2. 1978

    Edward and Mrs Simpson

    Clement Atlee · 3 episodes

  3. Edward & Mrs. Simpson

    Clement Attlee

  4. A Hitch in Time

    Professor Wagstaff

  5. 1977

    Treasure Island

    Israel Hands

  6. The Sinking of the HMS Victoria

    Rear Admiral Markham

  7. 1976

    Yanks Go Home

    Lubbock · 1 episode

  8. Lorna Doone

    TV

  9. The Feathered Serpent

    Nasca · 12 episodes

  10. Love Letters on Blue Paper

    Victor Marsden

  11. Doctor Who: The Brain of Morbius

    The Doctor (2) (picture) (uncredited)

  12. 1975
  13. The Love School

    Frederick Stephens · 3 episodes

  14. Nurse Will Make It Better

    Lyall

  15. 1974
  16. Jennie: Lady Randolph Churchill

    TV

  17. Village Hall

    Bill Lester · 1 episode

  18. 1973

    Warship

    TV

  19. Whoops Baghdad

    Tamberlane the Terrible · 1 episode

  20. Doctor Who: The Three Doctors

    The Doctor

  21. 1972

    Colditz

    Padre · 1 episode

  22. Doctor Who: Day of the Daleks

    The Doctor (2) (picture) (uncredited)

  23. 1971
  24. The Chopper

    Jimmy Reed

  25. 1970
  26. Little Women

    Robert March · 4 episodes

  27. The Six Wives of Henry VIII

    Duke of Norfolk · 5 episodes

1960s

  1. 1969
  2. Doctor Who: The War Games

    The Doctor

  3. Doctor Who: The Space Pirates

    The Doctor

  4. Doctor Who: The Seeds of Death

    The Doctor

  5. Doctor Who: The Krotons

    The Doctor

  6. 1968

    Doctor Who: The Invasion

    The Doctor

  7. Doctor Who: The Mind Robber

    The Doctor

  8. Doctor Who: The Dominators

    The Doctor

  9. Doctor Who: The Wheel in Space

    The Doctor

  10. Doctor Who: Fury from the Deep

    The Doctor

  11. Doctor Who: The Web of Fear

    The Doctor

  12. Doctor Who: The Enemy of the World

    Dr. Who/Salamander

  13. 1967

    Doctor Who: The Ice Warriors

    The Doctor

  14. Doctor Who: The Abominable Snowmen

    The Doctor

  15. Doctor Who: The Tomb of the Cybermen

    The Doctor

  16. Doctor Who: The Evil of the Daleks

    The Doctor

  17. Doctor Who: The Faceless Ones

    The Doctor

  18. Doctor Who: The Macra Terror

    The Doctor

  19. The Viking Queen

    Tristram

  20. Doctor Who: The Moonbase

    The Doctor

  21. Doctor Who: The Underwater Menace

    The Doctor

  22. Doctor Who: The Highlanders

    The Doctor

  23. 1966

    Doctor Who: The Power of the Daleks

    Dr. Who

  24. Doctor Who: The Tenth Planet

    The Doctor (2) (uncredited)

  25. 1965
  26. And Did Those Feet ?

    Lord Fountain

  27. Doctor Who: Lost in Time

    The Doctor · 3 episodes

  28. 1964

    The Black Torment

    Regis

  29. 1963
  30. 1962
  31. The Phantom of the Opera

    The Rat Catcher

  32. Wuthering Heights

    Hindley

  33. 1961
  34. 1960

1950s

  1. 1959
  2. 1958
  3. The Moonraker

    Captain Wilcox

  4. 1957

    Ordeal by Fire

    La Hire

  5. 1956
  6. 1955
  7. 1954
  8. 1953

    Robin Hood

    TV

  9. 1951

    The Franchise Affair

    Bill Brough

  10. White Corridors

    Sailor

  11. 1950

    The Woman with No Name

    Colin

  12. Waterfront

    Sam (uncredited)

  13. Chance of a Lifetime

    Kettle

1940s

  1. 1949

    Cardboard Cavalier

    Executed Man (uncredited)

  2. 1948
  3. R.U.R.

    Radius, a robot

  4. Escape

    Jim

Appearances7

2020s

  1. 2023

    Talking Doctor Who

    Self / The Doctor (2) (archive footage)

  2. 2022

    Troughton in Tibet: Making 'The Abominable Snowmen'

    Self (archive footage)

2010s

  1. 2013

    Doctor Who: The Doctors Revisited

    Self · 11 episodes

2000s

  1. 2003

    Patrick Troughton in America

    Self (archive footage)

  2. 2001

    Longleat '83: The Greatest Show in the Galaxy

    Himself (archive footage)

1990s

  1. 1994
  2. 1993

    30 Years in the TARDIS

    Himself (archive footage)