Peter Davison
Peter Davison
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Peter Davison, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
175
Gender
Male
Birthday
1951-04-13 (74 years old)
Place of Birth
Streatham, London, England, UK
Acting

2024

Doctor Who at the Proms as The Doctor (5) (archive footage)

2024

Kiss Me, Kate as The General

2024

Happy Mills: The Search for Agent Thorny as The Big Boss (Voice)

2023

Beyond Paradise as Richard Baxter

2023

Tales of the Tardis as The Doctor

2023

The Gold as Assistant Commissioner Gordon Stewart

2023

The Big Steam Adventure as Himself

2023

Talking Doctor Who as Self / The Doctor (5) (archive footage)

2021

Dream Horse as Lord Avery

2021

The Larkins as Vicar

2021

Murder, They Hope as David

2021

End of Term as Leigh

2020

Between the Covers as Self

2020

Life as Henry Reynolds

2020

The Doctors: The Peter Davison Years as Self (archive footage)

2019

Good Omens as Job

2019

Gentleman Jack as William Priestley

2019

The Name of the Rose as Old Adso / Narrator (voice)

2018

Patrick as Alan Francis

2018

You, Me and Him as Teacher

2018

Say My Name as Detective Rich Herbig

2018

Earthshocked as Not available

2018

Vintage Roads as Himself - Presenter

2017

Liar as Denis Walters

2015

Gypsy as Herbie

2015

Doctor Who: The Husbands of River Song as The Doctor (5) (picture) (uncredited)

2015

Longleat '83: The Lost Footage as Not available

2014

Doctor Who: The Ultimate Companion as Self / The Doctor (archive footage)

2014

Doctor Who: The Ultimate Time Lord with Peter Davison as Self - Presenter / The Fifth Doctor

2013

Toast of London as Peter Davison

2013

Doctor Who: The Day of the Doctor as The Doctor (5) (archive footage)

2013

Doctor Who at the Proms as Self - Special Guest Appearance

2013

Pat & Cabbage as Michael

2012

Call the Midwife as Mr. Percival

2012

The Women of Doctor Who as Not available

2011

Death in Paradise as Arnold Finch

2011

Vera as Matthew Wells

2011

Come in Number Five as Not available

2011

Doctor Who: Tales Lost in Time as Not available

2011

Driven to Distractation as Not available

2010

Chain Reaction as Not available

2009

Law & Order: UK as Henry Sharpe

2009

Micro Men as Bank manager

2009

The Queen as Not available

2009

Unforgiven as John Ingram

2008

The Ties That Bind Us as The Fifth Doctor (archive footage)

2008

Doctor Who: The Next Doctor as The Doctor (5) (archive footage)

2008

Trials and Tribulations as (archive footage)

2008

Celebration: Doctor Who in 1983 as Not available

2007

Lewis as Peter Faulkner

2007

Dangerous Liaisons as Davies

2007

Doctor Who: Time Crash as The Doctor (5)

2007

A New Body at Last as Not available

2007

The Crowded TARDIS as Not available

2007

Fear, Stress & Anger as Martin Chadwick

2006

The Complete Guide to Parenting as George Huntley

2005

Doctor Who as The Doctor (archive footage)

2005

Doctor Who as Self

2005

Doctor Who as The Doctor

2005

Doctor Who Confidential as Not available

2005

Distant Shores as Bill Shore

2004

Agatha Christie's Marple as Hubert Curtain

2004

New Tricks as Charles Allenforth

2004

Christine as Dangerous Davies

2004

The Long Bank Holiday as Dangerous Davies

2003

The Last Detective as Detective Constable 'Dangerous' Davies

2003

Hardware as Peter Davison

2003

The Story of Doctor Who as Not available

2003

Tricia as Dangerous Davies

2003

Too Good to Be True as Robert Lewis

2001

Richard & Judy as Self

2001

Longleat '83: The Greatest Show in the Galaxy as Himself (archive footage)

2001

The Home Whovian as Not available

2000

At Home with the Braithwaites as David Braithwaite

1999

Loose Women as Self

1999

Hope and Glory as Neil Bruce

1999

Parting Shots as John

1999

The Kidnappers as Himself

1998

Wuthering Heights as Joseph Lockwood

1998

The Stalker's Apprentice as D.I. Maurice Burt

1998

The Mrs Bradley Mysteries as Inspector Christmas

1998

Dear Nobody as Mr. Garton

1997

Midsomer Murders as Nicky Frazer

1997

Jonathan Creek as Stephen Claithorne

1996

Ghosts of Winterborne as Gavin Purcell

1995

The Devil of Winterborne as Gavin Purcell

1994

Ain't Misbehavin' as Clive Quigley

1994

Black Beauty as Squire Gordon

1994

Mole's Christmas as Mouse

1994

The Zero Imperative as Patient One

1994

Stranger than Fiction as Not available

1993

Doctor Who: Dimensions in Time as The 5th Doctor

1993

Harnessing Peacocks as Jim Huxtable

1993

The Airzone Solution as Al Dunbar

1992

A Very Polish Practice as Stephen Daker

1991

Fiddlers Three as Ralph West

1990

The PanoptiCon Tapes IV as Not available

1990

The PanoptiCon Tapes III as Not available

1990

The PanoptiCon Tapes II as Not available

1990

The PanoptiCon Tapes V as Not available

1990

The PanoptiCon Tapes as Not available

1989

Campion as Albert Campion

1987

Going Live! as Self

1986

A Very Peculiar Practice as Dr. Stephen Daker

1986

Who's Who as Not available

1986

The PanoptiCon Tapes VI as Not available

1985

Miss Marple: A Pocketful of Rye as Lance Fortescue

1985

An Audience with Billy Connolly as Self - Audience Member (uncredited)

1985

Anna of the Five Towns as Henry Mynors

1985

Doctor Who's Who's Who as Doctor Who

1985

Myth Makers 5: Janet Fielding as Not available

1984

Miss Marple as Lance Fortescue

1984

Doctor Who: Frontios as The Doctor

1984

Doctor Who: The Awakening as The Doctor

1984

Doctor Who: Planet of Fire as The Doctor

1983

Doctor Who: The Five Doctors as The Doctor (5)

1983

Doctor Who: Terminus as The Doctor

1983

Doctor Who: Mawdryn Undead as The Doctor

1983

Doctor Who: Enlightenment as The Doctor

1983

Doctor Who: Arc of Infinity as The Doctor

1983

Doctor Who: Snakedance as The Doctor

1982

Doctor Who: Kinda as The Doctor

1982

Doctor Who: The Visitation as The Doctor

1982

Doctor Who: Earthshock as The Doctor

1982

Doctor Who: Black Orchid as The Doctor

1982

Doctor Who: Four to Doomsday as The Doctor

1982

Doctor Who: Time-Flight as The Doctor

1982

Doctor Who: Castrovalva as The Doctor

1981

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy as Dish of the Day

1981

The Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy as Dish of the Day

1981

Doctor Who: Logopolis as The Doctor

1980

Magnum, P.I. as Ian MacKerras

1980

Sink or Swim as Brian Webber

1980

Holding the Fort as Russell Milburn

1979

Tales of the Unexpected as Jeremy Tyler

1978

All Creatures Great and Small as Tristan Farnon

1978

An Audience with... as Self

1977

Love for Lydia as Tom Holland

1973

The Tomorrow People as Elmer

1973

Warship as Not available

1963

Doctor Who as The Doctor
Crew

2005

Doctor Who Screenplay

2005

Doctor Who Director