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Peter Davison

Peter Davison

Actor · Born April 13, 1951 · Streatham, London, England, UK

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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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Peter Davison, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Acted in 149

2020s

  1. 2026

    Frank and Percy

    Movie

  2. 2025

    Doctor Who: The Fifth Doctor vs. The Daleks

    The Fifth Doctor

  3. Doctor Who: Wish World & The Reality War

    The Doctor (archive footage) (uncredited)

  4. 2024

    Doctor Who at the Proms

    The Doctor (5) (archive footage)

  5. Kiss Me, Kate

    The General

  6. Happy Mills: The Search for Agent Thorny

    The Big Boss (Voice)

  7. 2023

    Blood Actually: A Murder, They Hope Mystery

    David

  8. Tales of the Tardis

    The Doctor · 1 episode

  9. 2021

    End of Term

    Leigh

  10. 2020

2010s

  1. 2019
  2. 2018

    Earthshocked

    Movie

  3. Say My Name

    Detective Rich Herbig

  4. 2017
  5. 2015

    Gypsy

    Herbie

  6. Longleat '83: The Lost Footage

    Movie

  7. 2013
  8. Pat & Cabbage

    Michael · 6 episodes

  9. 2011

    Doctor Who: Tales Lost in Time

    Movie

  10. Driven to Distractation

    Movie

  11. Come in Number Five

    Movie

  12. Snake Charmer: The Making of 'Snakedance'

    Movie

  13. 2010

    Chain Reaction

    Movie

2000s

  1. 2009

    The Queen

    TV

  2. Micro Men

    Bank manager

  3. Unforgiven

    John Ingram · 3 episodes

  4. 2008

    Doctor Who: The Next Doctor

    The Doctor (5) (archive footage)

  5. Trials and Tribulations

    (archive footage)

  6. Now, Get Out of That

    Movie

  7. Celebration: Doctor Who in 1983

    Movie

  8. The Ties That Bind Us

    The Fifth Doctor (archive footage)

  9. 2007

    Doctor Who: Time Crash

    The Doctor (5)

  10. The Dead Peasants Society

    DC Davies

  11. The Man from Montevideo

    DC Davies

  12. A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Willesden

    DC Davies

  13. Dangerous Liaisons

    Davies

  14. Once Upon a Time on the Westway

    DC Davies

  15. Fear, Stress & Anger

    Martin Chadwick · 6 episodes

  16. A New Body at Last

    Movie

  17. The Crowded TARDIS

    Movie

  18. 2005

    Willesden Confidential

    DC Davies

  19. Three Steps to Hendon

    DC Davies

  20. Towpaths of Glory

    DC Davies

  21. Friends Reunited

    DC Davies

  22. Distant Shores

    Bill Shore · 12 episodes

  23. 2004
  24. Dangerous and the Lonely Hearts

    DC Davies

  25. Benefit to Mankind

    DC Davies

  26. The Long Bank Holiday

    Dangerous Davies

  27. Christine

    Dangerous Davies

  28. 2003

    The Story of Doctor Who

    Movie

  29. Too Good to Be True

    Robert Lewis

  30. Hardware

    Peter Davison · 1 episode

  31. Tricia

    Dangerous Davies

  32. The Last Detective

    DC Davies

  33. The Last Detective

    Detective Constable 'Dangerous' Davies · 17 episodes

  34. 2001

    The Home Whovian

    Movie

  35. 2000
  36. The Nearly Complete and Utter History of Everything

    TV

1990s

  1. 1999

    Hope and Glory

    Neil Bruce · 1 episode

  2. 1998

    Wuthering Heights

    Joseph Lockwood

  3. The Mrs Bradley Mysteries

    Inspector Christmas · 3 episodes

  4. The Stalker's Apprentice

    D.I. Maurice Burt

  5. Dear Nobody

    Mr. Garton

  6. 1997

    Stranger Than Fiction 3: Acting Up

    Movie

  7. 1996

    Cuts

    Henry Babbacombe

  8. PROBE: Ghosts of Winterborne

    Gavin Purcell

  9. The Adventures of Toad

    Mole

  10. 1995

    The Adventures of Mole

    Mole

  11. Jeremy Hardy Gives Good Sex

    Movie

  12. The Doctors: 30 Years of Time Travel and Beyond

    Movie

  13. PROBE: The Devil of Winterborne

    Gavin Purcell

  14. 1994

    Mole's Christmas

    Mouse

  15. A Man You Don't Meet Every Day

    Robert

  16. Ain't Misbehavin'

    Clive Quigley · 12 episodes

  17. PROBE: The Zero Imperative

    Patient One

  18. Stranger than Fiction

    Movie

  19. 1993

    Harnessing Peacocks

    Jim Huxtable

  20. Doctor Who: Dimensions in Time

    The 5th Doctor

  21. 1992

    A Very Polish Practice

    Stephen Daker

  22. 1991

    Fiddlers Three

    Ralph West · 14 episodes

  23. The PanoptiCon Tapes Vol 1 - The Main Event

    Movie

  24. 1990

    The PanoptiCon Tapes V

    Movie

  25. The PanoptiCon Tapes IV

    Movie

  26. The PanoptiCon Tapes III

    Movie

  27. The PanoptiCon Tapes II

    Movie

1980s

  1. 1989
  2. 1986

    The PanoptiCon Tapes VI

    Movie

  3. Who's Who

    Movie

  4. A Very Peculiar Practice

    Dr Stephen Daker · 14 episodes

  5. 1985
  6. Anna of the Five Towns

    Henry Mynors · 4 episodes

  7. Doctor Who's Who's Who

    Doctor Who · 1 episode

  8. 1984

    Miss Marple

    Lance Fortescue · 1 episode

  9. Doctor Who: The Caves of Androzani

    The Doctor

  10. Doctor Who: Planet of Fire

    The Doctor

  11. Doctor Who: Resurrection of the Daleks

    The Doctor

  12. Doctor Who: Frontios

    The Doctor

  13. Doctor Who: The Awakening

    The Doctor

  14. Doctor Who: Warriors of the Deep

    The Doctor

  15. 1983

    Doctor Who: The Five Doctors

    The Fifth Doctor

  16. Doctor Who: The King's Demons

    The Doctor

  17. Doctor Who: Enlightenment

    The Doctor

  18. Doctor Who: Terminus

    The Doctor

  19. Doctor Who: Mawdryn Undead

    The Doctor

  20. Doctor Who: Snakedance

    The Doctor

  21. Doctor Who: Arc of Infinity

    The Doctor

  22. 1982

    Doctor Who: Time-Flight

    The Doctor

  23. Doctor Who: Earthshock

    The Doctor

  24. Doctor Who: Black Orchid

    The Doctor

  25. Doctor Who: The Visitation

    The Doctor

  26. Doctor Who: Kinda

    The Doctor

  27. Doctor Who: Four to Doomsday

    The Doctor

  28. Doctor Who: Castrovalva

    The Doctor

  29. 1981

    Doctor Who: Logopolis

    The Doctor

  30. The Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy

    Dish of the Day

  31. 1980
  32. Sink or Swim

    Brian Webber · 19 episodes

1970s

  1. 1979

    Print-Out

    Edwin Styles

  2. 1978
  3. 1977

    Love for Lydia

    Tom Holland · 13 episodes

  4. 1973

    Warship

    TV

Directed 1

2010s

  1. 2013

    The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot

    Director

Wrote 1

2010s

  1. 2013

    The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot

    Writer

Appearances36

2020s

  1. 2023

    Talking Doctor Who

    Self / The Doctor (5) (archive footage)

  2. The Big Steam Adventure

    Himself · 4 episodes

  3. 2022

    Peter Davison: Uncut!

    Self

  4. 2020
  5. The Big Night In

    Self

  6. The Doctors: The Peter Davison Years

    Self (archive footage)

2010s

  1. 2019

    Showman: The Life of John Nathan-Turner

    Himself

  2. 2018

    Peter Davison: In Conversation

    Self

  3. Vintage Roads

    Himself - Presenter · 3 episodes

  4. Doctor Who: Jovanka Airlines

    Self

  5. 2017

    Harry Hill's Alien Fun Capsule

    Self · 1 episode

  6. 2016

    Sugar Free Farm

    Self · 4 episodes

  7. 2015

    Doctor Who: The Television Centre of the Universe

    Self

  8. 2014

    Doctor Who: The Ultimate Companion

    Self / The Doctor (archive footage)

  9. Doctor Who: The Ultimate Time Lord with Peter Davison

    Self - Presenter / The Fifth Doctor

  10. 2013

    Doctor Who Live: The Afterparty

    Self

  11. The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot

    Self

  12. Doctor Who: Tales from the TARDIS

    Self

  13. Doctor Who at the Proms

    Self - Special Guest Appearance / The Doctor (5) (archive footage)

  14. Doctor Who Live: The Next Doctor

    Self

  15. Doctor Who: The Doctors Revisited

    Self · 11 episodes

  16. 2012

    The Destinations of Doctor Who

    Self

  17. Tales of Television Centre

    Self

2000s

  1. 2005

    Doctor Who: A New Dimension

    Self

  2. 2001
  3. Longleat '83: The Greatest Show in the Galaxy

    Himself (archive footage)

1990s

  1. 1999

    Adventures in Space and Time

    Himself

  2. The Kidnappers

    Himself

  3. 1992

    Doctor Who: Daleks - The Early Years

    Self - Host