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.
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Acting History
2025
Doctor Who: The Fifth Doctor vs. The Daleks as The Fifth Doctor
2025Destination: Daleks as The Doctor
2025Doctor Who: Wish World & The Reality War as The Doctor (archive footage) (uncredited)
2024Doctor Who at the Proms as The Doctor (5) (archive footage)
2024Kiss Me, Kate as The General
2024Happy Mills: The Search for Agent Thorny as The Big Boss (Voice)
2023Blood Actually: A Murder, They Hope Mystery as David
2023Tales of the Tardis as The Doctor
2023Talking Doctor Who as Self / The Doctor (5) (archive footage)
2023The Big Steam Adventure as Himself
2023Beyond Paradise as Richard Baxter
2023The Gold as Assistant Commissioner Gordon Stewart
2023The Gold as Commissioner Gordon Stewart
2022Peter Davison: Uncut! as Self
2021End of Term as Leigh
2021The Larkins as Vicar
2021Dream Horse as Lord Avery
2020Between the Covers as Self
2020Life as Henry Reynolds
2020The Doctors: The Peter Davison Years as Self (archive footage)
2019Showman: The Life of John Nathan-Turner as Himself
2019Good Omens as Job
2019Gentleman Jack as William Priestley
2019The Name of the Rose as Old Adso / Narrator (voice)
2018Peter Davison: In Conversation as Self
2018Earthshocked
2018Vintage Roads as Himself - Presenter
2018Say My Name as Detective Rich Herbig
2018Doctor Who: Jovanka Airlines as Self
2018The Muppets Take The O2 as Self
2018Patrick as Alan Francis
2018You, Me and Him as Teacher
2017Liar as Denis Walters
2017Harry Hill's Alien Fun Capsule as Self
2015Gypsy as Herbie
2015Doctor Who: The Husbands of River Song as The Doctor (5) (picture) (uncredited)
2015Doctor Who: The Television Centre of the Universe as Self
2015Longleat '83: The Lost Footage
2014Doctor Who: The Ultimate Companion as Self / The Doctor (archive footage)
2014Doctor Who: The Ultimate Time Lord with Peter Davison as Self - Presenter / The Fifth Doctor
2013Doctor Who Live: The Afterparty as Self
2013The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot as Self
2013Doctor Who: The Day of the Doctor as The Doctor (5) (archive footage)
2013Doctor Who: Tales from the TARDIS as Self
2013Toast of London as Peter Davison
2013Pat & Cabbage as Michael
2013Doctor Who at the Proms as Self - Special Guest Appearance
2013Doctor Who Live: The Next Doctor as Self
2013Doctor Who: The Doctors Revisited as Self
2012The Destinations of Doctor Who as Self
2012The Timey-Wimey of Doctor Who as Self
2012The Women of Doctor Who
2012Tales of Television Centre as Self
2011Doctor Who: Tales Lost in Time
2011Death in Paradise as Arnold Finch
2011Driven to Distractation
2011Vera as Matthew Wells
2011Come in Number Five
2011Snake Charmer: The Making of 'Snakedance'
2010Chain Reaction
2009The Queen
2009Micro Men as Bank manager
2009Law & Order: UK as Henry Sharpe
2009Unforgiven as John Ingram
2008Doctor Who: The Next Doctor as The Doctor (5) (archive footage)
2008Trials and Tribulations as (archive footage)
2008Now, Get Out of That
2008The Ties That Bind Us as The Fifth Doctor (archive footage)
2008Celebration: Doctor Who in 1983
2008Five Doctors, One Studio
2007Doctor Who: Time Crash as The Doctor (5)
2007The Dead Peasants Society as DC Davies
2007The Man from Montevideo as DC Davies
2007A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Willesden as DC Davies
2007Dangerous Liaisons as Davies
2007Once Upon a Time on the Westway as DC Davies
2007Fear, Stress & Anger as Martin Chadwick
2007Lewis as Peter Faulkner
2007A New Body at Last
2007The Crowded TARDIS
2006The Complete Guide to Parenting as George Huntley
2005Willesden Confidential as DC Davies
2005Three Steps to Hendon as DC Davies
2005Towpaths of Glory as DC Davies
2005Friends Reunited as DC Davies
2005Doctor Who Confidential
2005Doctor Who: A New Dimension as Self
2005Distant Shores as Bill Shore
2004Agatha Christie's Marple as Hubert Curtain
2004Dangerous and the Lonely Hearts as DC Davies
2004Benefit to Mankind as DC Davies
2004The Long Bank Holiday as Dangerous Davies
2004Christine as Dangerous Davies
2004New Tricks as Charles Allenforth
2003The Story of Doctor Who
2003Too Good to Be True as Robert Lewis
2003Hardware as Peter Davison
2003Tricia as Dangerous Davies
2003The Last Detective as Detective Constable 'Dangerous' Davies
2003The Last Detective as DC Davies
2001Richard & Judy as Self
2001Longleat '83: The Greatest Show in the Galaxy as Himself (archive footage)
2001The Home Whovian
2000At Home with the Braithwaites as David Braithwaite
2000The Nearly Complete and Utter History of Everything
1999Adventures in Space and Time as Himself
1999The Kidnappers as Himself
1999Loose Women as Self
1999Hope and Glory as Neil Bruce
1999It's Only TV But I Like It as Self
1999Parting Shots as John
1998Wuthering Heights as Joseph Lockwood
1998The Mrs Bradley Mysteries as Inspector Christmas
1998The Stalker's Apprentice as D.I. Maurice Burt
1998Dear Nobody as Mr. Garton
1997Stranger Than Fiction 3: Acting Up
1997Jonathan Creek as Stephen Claithorne
1997Midsomer Murders as Nicky Frazer
1996PROBE: Ghosts of Winterborne as Gavin Purcell
1996The Adventures of Toad as Mole
1995The Adventures of Mole as Mole
1995The Doctors: 30 Years of Time Travel and Beyond
1995PROBE: The Devil of Winterborne as Gavin Purcell
1994Mole's Christmas as Mouse
1994A Man You Don't Meet Every Day as Robert
1994Black Beauty as Squire Gordon
1994Ain't Misbehavin' as Clive Quigley
1994PROBE: The Zero Imperative as Patient One
1994Stranger than Fiction
1993Harnessing Peacocks as Jim Huxtable
1993Doctor Who: Dimensions in Time as The 5th Doctor
1993The Airzone Solution as Al Dunbar
1992A Very Polish Practice as Stephen Daker
1992Doctor Who: Daleks - The Early Years as Self - Host
1991Fiddlers Three as Ralph West
1991The PanoptiCon Tapes Vol 1 - The Main Event
1990The PanoptiCon Tapes V
1990The PanoptiCon Tapes IV
1990The PanoptiCon Tapes III
1990The PanoptiCon Tapes II
1989Campion as Albert Campion
1987Going Live! as Self
1986The PanoptiCon Tapes VI
1986Who's Who
1986A Very Peculiar Practice as Dr Stephen Daker
1985An Audience with Billy Connolly as Self - Audience Member (uncredited)
1985Miss Marple: A Pocketful of Rye as Lance Fortescue
1985Anna of the Five Towns as Henry Mynors
1985Doctor Who's Who's Who as Doctor Who
1984Doctor Who: The Caves of Androzani as The Doctor
1984Doctor Who: Planet of Fire as The Doctor
1984Doctor Who: Resurrection of the Daleks as The Doctor
1984Doctor Who: Frontios as The Doctor
1984Doctor Who: The Awakening as The Doctor
1984Doctor Who: Warriors of the Deep as The Doctor
1983Doctor Who: The Five Doctors as The Doctor (5)
1983Doctor Who: The King's Demons as The Doctor
1983Doctor Who: Enlightenment as The Doctor
1983Doctor Who: Terminus as The Doctor
1983Doctor Who: Mawdryn Undead as The Doctor
1983Doctor Who: Snakedance as The Doctor
1983Doctor Who: Arc of Infinity as The Doctor
1982Doctor Who: Time-Flight as The Doctor
1982Doctor Who: Earthshock as The Doctor
1982Doctor Who: Black Orchid as The Doctor
1982Doctor Who: The Visitation as The Doctor
1982Doctor Who: Kinda as The Doctor
1982Doctor Who: Four to Doomsday as The Doctor
1982Doctor Who: Castrovalva as The Doctor
1981Doctor Who: Logopolis as The Doctor
1981The Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy as Dish of the Day
1981The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy as Dish of the Day
1980Magnum, P.I. as Ian MacKerras
1980Sink or Swim as Brian Webber
1980Holding the Fort as Russell Milburn
1979Print-Out as Edwin Styles
1979Tales of the Unexpected as Jeremy Tyler
1978All Creatures Great and Small as Tristan Farnon
1978An Audience with... as Self
1977Love for Lydia as Tom Holland
1973Warship
1963Doctor Who as The Doctor
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