
Patrick Troughton
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.
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Acting History
2025
Doctor Who: Wish World & The Reality War as Dr. Who (archive footage) (uncredited)
2024Doctor Who at the Proms as The Doctor (2) (archive footage)
2024Doctor Who: The War Games in Colour as The Doctor (2) (archive footage)
2023Doctor Who: The Underwater Menace as The Doctor (voice)
2023Tales of the Tardis as The Doctor
2023Talking Doctor Who as Self / The Doctor (2) (archive footage)
2022Doctor Who: The Abominable Snowmen as The Doctor (voice)
2022Troughton in Tibet: Making 'The Abominable Snowmen' as Self (archive footage)
2021Doctor Who: The Evil of the Daleks as The Doctor (voice)
2021Doctor Who: The Web of Fear - Episode 3 as The Doctor (voice)
2021Doctor Who: Fury from the Deep as The Doctor (voice)
2020The Power of the Daleks: Special Edition as Doctor Who
2020Doctor Who: The Faceless Ones as The Doctor (voice)
2019Doctor Who: The Macra Terror as The Doctor (voice)
2017Doctor Who: Twice Upon a Time as The Doctor (2) (archive footage)
2016Doctor Who: The Power of the Daleks as The Doctor (Voice)
2015Doctor Who: The Husbands of River Song as The Doctor (2) (picture) (uncredited)
2015Longleat '83: The Lost Footage
2013Doctor Who: The Day of the Doctor as The Doctor (2) (archive footage)
2013Doctor Who: The Doctors Revisited as Self
2009Devious as Second Doctor (archive footage)
2008Doctor Who: The Next Doctor as The Doctor (2) (archive footage)
2008The Ties That Bind Us as The Second Doctor (archive footage)
2008Celebration: Doctor Who in 1983 as (archival footage)
2008Five Doctors, One Studio
2003Adventures in Time and Spain as (archvie footage)
2003Patrick Troughton in America as Self (archive footage)
2001Longleat '83: The Greatest Show in the Galaxy as Himself (archive footage)
1994The World of Hammer as Self (archive footage)
199330 Years in the TARDIS as Himself (archive footage)
1987Knights of God
1987Yesterday's Dreams as Jack
1987Inspector Morse as George Jackson
1987Doctor Who Then & Now as Doctor Who
1986The Two of Us as Perce
1985Long Term Memory as Gerald
1985Doctor Who: The Two Doctors as The Doctor
1985Super Gran as Great Sporran of the Isles
1984The Box of Delights as Cole Hawlings
1984Doctor Who: Resurrection of the Daleks as The Doctor (2) (archive footage) (uncredited)
1984Amy as Lord Rothermere
1983Doctor Who: The Five Doctors as The Doctor (2)
1983Reluctant Chickens as Malcolm
1983Doctor Who: Mawdryn Undead as The Doctor (2) (archive footage)
1982Foxy Lady
1982Doctor Who: Earthshock as The Doctor (2) (archive footage)
1982The Pigman's Protege as William Pierce
1982Shine on Harvey Moon as Wilf
1981Tales from the Thousand and One Nights as The Swindler
1981John Diamond as Joseph K'Nee
1981P.Q. 17 as Commodore Londonderry
1980No Defence as Judge Barnes-Ritchie
1979Minder as Joe Mancini
1979Only When I Laugh as Joe Perkins
1978Edward and Mrs Simpson as Clement Atlee
1978Edward & Mrs. Simpson as Clement Attlee
1978A Hitch in Time as Professor Wagstaff
1978All Creatures Great and Small as Roddy
1977Treasure Island as Israel Hands
1977The Sinking of the HMS Victoria as Rear Admiral Markham
1977BBC2 Play of the Week as Rear Admiral Markham
1977Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger as Melanthius
1976Yanks Go Home
1976Lorna Doone
1976The Omen as Father Brennan
1976The Feathered Serpent as Nasca
1976Love Letters on Blue Paper as Victor Marsden
1976Doctor Who: The Brain of Morbius as The Doctor (2) (picture) (uncredited)
1975Space: 1999 as Archon
1975Angels
1975Survivors as John Millen
1975The Love School as Frederick Stephens
1975Nurse Will Make It Better as Lyall
1975The Sweeney as Reg Crofts
1974Churchill's People as Hainault
1974Jennie: Lady Randolph Churchill
1974Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell as Bodysnatcher
1974Playhouse as William Pierce
1973Warship
1973Thriller as Lyall
1973Whoops Baghdad as Tamberlane the Terrible
1973Doctor Who: The Three Doctors as The Doctor
1972Colditz as Padre
1972Crown Court
1972Crown Court as Joseph Molloy
1972The Protectors as Bela Karoleon
1972Van der Valk as Father Bosch
1972Doctor Who: Day of the Daleks as The Doctor (2) (picture) (uncredited)
1971The Persuaders! as Count Marceau
1971Jason King
1970The Goodies as Dr. Petal
1970Scars of Dracula as Klove
1970Little Women as Robert March
1970Play for Today as Victor Marsden
1970Play for Today as Judge Barnes-Ritchie
1970Play for Today as Malcolm
1970On the House as Doctor Stanley
1970Don't Touch Him, He Might Resent It as Mr. Fidler
1970Doomwatch as Lyon McArthur / Alan McArthur
1970The Six Wives of Henry VIII as Duke of Norfolk
1969Paul Temple
1969Doctor Who: The War Games as The Doctor
1969The Main Chance as Frederick Owen
1969Doctor Who: The Space Pirates as The Doctor
1969Doctor Who: The Seeds of Death as The Doctor
1969Doctor Who: The Krotons as The Doctor
1968Doctor Who: The Invasion as The Doctor
1968Doctor Who: The Mind Robber as The Doctor
1968Doctor Who: The Dominators as The Doctor
1968Doctor Who: The Wheel in Space as The Doctor
1968Doctor Who: Fury from the Deep as The Doctor
1968Doctor Who: The Web of Fear as The Doctor
1968Doctor Who: The Enemy of the World as Dr. Who/Salamander
1967Doctor Who: The Ice Warriors as The Doctor
1967Doctor Who: The Abominable Snowmen as The Doctor
1967Doctor Who: The Tomb of the Cybermen as The Doctor
1967Doctor Who: The Evil of the Daleks as The Doctor
1967Doctor Who: The Faceless Ones as The Doctor
1967Doctor Who: The Macra Terror as The Doctor
1967The Viking Queen as Tristram
1967Doctor Who: The Moonbase as The Doctor
1967Doctor Who: The Underwater Menace as The Doctor
1967Doctor Who: The Highlanders as The Doctor
1966Doctor Who: The Power of the Daleks as Dr. Who
1966Doctor Who: The Tenth Planet as The Doctor (2) (uncredited)
1966David Copperfield as Pawnbroker
1966The Liars as Pipe Smoker
1966Softly, Softly
1965Give the Clown His Supper as Stuart
1965And Did Those Feet ? as Lord Fountain
1965Doctor Who: Lost in Time as The Doctor
1964The Black Torment as Regis
1964The Gorgon as Inspector Kanof
1964The Wednesday Play
1964HMS Paradise as Captain Ahab Rudlow
1964Sherlock Holmes
1963Doctor Who
1963Doctor Who as The Doctor
1963Jason and the Argonauts as Phineas
1962The Old Curiosity Shop
1962The Saint as Insp. Gambetti
1962Man of the World as Thiboeuf
1962Dr. Finlay's Casebook
1962The Phantom of the Opera as The Rat Catcher
1962Wuthering Heights as Hindley
1962Z-Cars
1962Compact
1961Sir Francis Drake as Gazio
1961A Call on Kuprin: Part 2 as Narrator (voice)
1960Maigret
1960Sunday-Night Play as Narrator (voice)
1960Danger Man
1959International Detective as Silversmith
1959International Detective as Bela Davos
1959The Third Man as Luigi Carvossa
1959No Hiding Place
1959Interpol Calling as Sukru
1958The Adventures of William Tell as Hanzler
1958The Moonraker as Captain Wilcox
1957Ordeal by Fire as La Hire
19561984 as Man on Telescreen (uncredited)
1956The Count of Monte Cristo
1955Richard III as Tyrell
1955The Adventures of the Scarlet Pimpernel as Sir Andrew Ffoulkes
1955The Adventures of Robin Hood as Constable
1955The Adventures of Robin Hood as Seneschal
1955The Adventures of Robin Hood as Sir Boland
1955The Adventures of Robin Hood as Traveller
1955The Adventures of Robin Hood as Sir William Fitzwalter
1955The Adventures of Robin Hood as Raoul
1955The Adventures of Robin Hood as Sir Fulke Devereaux
1954The Black Knight as King Mark
1953Robin Hood
1951The Franchise Affair as Bill Brough
1951White Corridors as Sailor
1950The Woman with No Name as Colin
1950Waterfront as Sam (uncredited)
1950Treasure Island as Roach
1950Chance of a Lifetime as Kettle
1950Sunday Night Theatre as Cardinal Wolsey
1949Cardboard Cavalier as Executed Man (uncredited)
1949Badger's Green as Jim Carter
1948Hamlet as Player King
1948The Red Shoes as BBC Radio Announcer (voice)
1948R.U.R. as Radius, a robot
1948Escape as Jim





