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Peter Davison 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.
Birth Name
Peter Malcolm Gordon Moffett
Born
Friday, 13 April 1951
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| The Larkins | Vicar | 2021 |
| Dream Horse | Lord Avery | 2021 |
| Life | Henry Reynolds | 2020 |
| The Trial of Christine Keeler | James Burge | 2019 |
| The Very Very Best of the 70s | The Doctor | 2019 |
| Gentleman Jack | William Priestley | 2019 |
| Say My Name | Rich Herbig / Detective | 2019 |
| The Name of the Rose | Old Adso / Narrator, Old Adso - Narrator | 2019 |
| Vintage Roads | Self - Presenter, Presenter / Self | 2018 |
| Patrick the Pug | Alan / Alan Francis | 2018 |
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| The Larkins | Vicar | 2021 |
| Dream Horse | Lord Avery | 2021 |
| Life | Henry Reynolds | 2020 |
| The Trial of Christine Keeler | James Burge | 2019 |
| The Very Very Best of the 70s | The Doctor | 2019 |
| Gentleman Jack | William Priestley | 2019 |
| Say My Name | Rich Herbig / Detective | 2019 |
| The Name of the Rose | Old Adso / Narrator, Old Adso - Narrator | 2019 |
| Vintage Roads | Self - Presenter, Presenter / Self | 2018 |
| Patrick the Pug | Alan / Alan Francis | 2018 |
| You, Me and Him | Teacher | 2017 |
| Liar | Denis Walters | 2017 |
| Sugar Free Farm | Self | 2016 |
| Gypsy: Live from the Savoy Theatre | Herbie | 2015 |
| The Yorkshire Vet | Self - Narrator | 2015 |
| Thunderbirds Are Go | Higgins | 2015 |
| The Timey Wimey Show | Self | 2014 |
| Doctor Who: The Ultimate Companion | Self - Presenter / The Fifth Doctor | 2014 |
| The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot | Peter Davison / Himself | 2013 |
| Doctor Who: Tales from the TARDIS | Self - Fifth Doctor | 2013 |
| Doctor Who Explained | Self | 2013 |
| Pat & Cabbage | Michael | 2013 |
| Doctor Who: The Doctors Revisited | Himself, Himself / Self | 2013 |
| Being a Girl | The Doctor | 2013 |
| Toast of London | Peter Davison | 2012 |
| The Women of Doctor Who | Self | 2012 |
| Tales of Television Centre | Self - Actor | 2012 |
| Death in Paradise | Arnold Finch | 2011 |
| Geek Crash Course | The Fifth Doctor | 2011 |
| Vera | Matthew Wells | 2011 |
| Pointless Celebrities | Self - Contestant | 2010 |
| Grantchester | Geoff Towler | 2010 |
| The Queen | Denis Thatcher | 2009 |
| Miranda | Mr. Clayton | 2009 |
| Micro Men | Bank Manager | 2009 |
| Cybermen | The Doctor | 2009 |
| Law & Order: UK | Henry Sharpe | 2009 |
| Unforgiven | John Ingram | 2009 |
| Would I Lie to You? | The Doctor | 2007 |
| Fear, Stress and Anger | Martin Chadwick | 2007 |
| Happy Hour | Self | 2007 |
| Inspector Lewis | Peter Faulkner | 2006 |
| Doctor Who Confidential | Self, The Doctor, The Fifth Doctor | 2005 |
| Doctor Who | The Doctor | 2005 |
| Distant Shores | Bill Shore | 2005 |
| Agatha Christie's Marple | Hubert Curtain | 2004 |
| The Paul O'Grady Show | Himself | 2004 |
| The Sharon Osbourne Show | Self | 2003 |
| Hardware | Peter Davison | 2003 |
| The Last Detective | DC Davies, Detective Constable 'Dangerous' Davies / DC Davies, Dangerous Davies / DC Davies, DC Dangerous Davies / DC Davies | 2003 |
| New Tricks | Charles Allenforth | 2003 |
| V Graham Norton | Self | 2002 |
| At Home with the Braithwaites | David Braithwaite | 2000 |
| Loose Women | Himself | 1999 |
| Hope & Glory | Neil Bruce | 1999 |
| Parting Shots | John | 1999 |
| The Mrs Bradley Mysteries | Inspector Christmas | 1998 |
| The Stalker's Apprentice | D.I. Maurice Burt | 1998 |
| Wuthering Heights | Joseph Lockwood | 1998 |
| Jonathan Creek | Stephen Claithorne | 1997 |
| Midsomer Murders | Nicky Frazer | 1997 |
| The Doctors, 30 Years of Time Travel and Beyond | Self | 1995 |
| P.R.O.B.E.: The Devil of Winterborne | Gavin Purcell | 1995 |
| Black Beauty | Squire Gordon | 1994 |
| Room 101 | The Doctor | 1994 |
| Ain't Misbehavin | Clive Quigley | 1994 |
| Harnessing Peacocks | Jim Huxtable | 1993 |
| Doctor Who: Dimensions in Time | The 5th Doctor / The Doctor | 1993 |
| The Airzone Solution | Al Dunbar | 1993 |
| Hitler of the Andes | Self - Narrator | 1991 |
| Screen One | Dr. Stephen Daker | 1989 |
| Mystery!: Campion | Albert Campion | 1989 |
| Going Live! | Self | 1987 |
| A Very Peculiar Practice | Dr. Stephen Daker | 1986 |
| Billy Connolly: An Audience with Billy Connolly | Self - Audience Member | 1985 |
| Doctor Who's Who's Who | Self | 1985 |
| Miss Marple: A Pocketful of Rye | Lance Fortescue | 1985 |
| Miss Marple: The Body in the Library | 1984 | |
| The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy | Dish of the Day | 1981 |
| Magnum, P.I. | Ian MacKerras | 1980 |
| Sink or Swim | Brian Webber | 1980 |
| Children in Need | Self, The Doctor | 1980 |
| Tales of the Unexpected | Jeremy Tyler | 1979 |
| All Creatures Great and Small | Tristan Farnon | 1978 |
| Love for Lydia | Tom Holland | 1977 |
| The Tomorrow People | Elmer | 1973 |
| Call My Bluff | Self | 1965 |
| Doctor Who | The Doctor, Doctor Who | 1963 |
| Blue Peter | Himself | 1958 |
| This Is Your Life | Self | 1955 |
Director Filmography
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