Peter Davison
April 13, 1951 (74 years old) in Streatham, London, England, UK
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
Credits
- 2025 · Doctor Who: Wish World & The Reality War as The Doctor (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 2024 · Doctor Who at the Proms as The Doctor (5) (archive footage)
- 2023 · Blood Actually: A Murder, They Hope Mystery as David
- 2023 · Tales of the Tardis as The Doctor
- 2023 · Talking Doctor Who as Self / The Doctor (5) (archive footage)
- 2023 · The Big Steam Adventure as Himself
- 2023 · Beyond Paradise as Richard Baxter
- 2023 · The Gold as Assistant Commissioner Gordon Stewart
- 2023 · The Gold as Commissioner Gordon Stewart
- 2022 · Peter Davison: Uncut! as Self
- 2022 · Remembers… as Self
- 2021 · End of Term as Leigh
- 2021 · The Larkins as Vicar
- 2021 · Dream Horse as Lord Avery
- 2020 · Between the Covers as Self
- 2020 · Life as Henry Reynolds
- 2020 · The Big Night In as Self
- 2020 · The Doctors: The Peter Davison Years as Self (archive footage)
- 2019 · Showman: The Life of John Nathan-Turner as Himself
- 2019 · Good Omens as Job
- 2019 · Gentleman Jack as William Priestley
- 2019 · The Name of the Rose as Old Adso / Narrator (voice)
- 2018 · Peter Davison: In Conversation as Self
- 2018 · Earthshocked as
- 2018 · Vintage Roads as Himself - Presenter
- 2018 · Say My Name as Detective Rich Herbig
- 2018 · The Muppets Take The O2 as Self
- 2018 · Doctor Who: Behind the Sofa as Self
- 2018 · Patrick as Alan Francis
- 2018 · You, Me and Him as Teacher
- 2017 · Liar as Denis Walters
- 2017 · Harry Hill's Alien Fun Capsule as Self
- 2015 · Gypsy as Herbie
- 2015 · Doctor Who: The Husbands of River Song as The Doctor (5) (picture) (uncredited)
- 2014 · Doctor Who: The Ultimate Companion as Self / The Doctor (archive footage)
- 2013 · Doctor Who: The Day of the Doctor as The Doctor (5) (archive footage)
- 2013 · The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot as Self
- 2013 · Doctor Who Live: The Afterparty as Self
- 2013 · Doctor Who: Tales from the TARDIS as Self
- 2013 · Toast of London as Peter Davison
- 2013 · Pat & Cabbage as Michael
- 2013 · Doctor Who at the Proms as Self - Special Guest Appearance
- 2013 · Doctor Who Live: The Next Doctor as Self
- 2013 · Doctor Who: The Doctors Revisited as Self
- 2012 · The Women of Doctor Who as
- 2012 · Tales of Television Centre as Self
- 2011 · Doctor Who: Tales Lost in Time as
- 2011 · Death in Paradise as Arnold Finch
- 2011 · Vera as Matthew Wells
- 2009 · The Queen as
- 2009 · Micro Men as Bank manager
- 2009 · Law & Order: UK as Henry Sharpe
- 2009 · Unforgiven as John Ingram
- 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
- 2008 · The Ties That Bind Us as The Fifth Doctor (archive footage)
- 2007 · Doctor Who: Time Crash as The Doctor (5)
- 2007 · The Dead Peasants Society as DC Davies
- 2007 · The Man from Montevideo as DC Davies
- 2007 · A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Willesden as DC Davies
- 2007 · Dangerous Liaisons as Davies
- 2007 · Once Upon a Time on the Westway as DC Davies
- 2007 · Fear, Stress & Anger as Martin Chadwick
- 2007 · Lewis as Peter Faulkner
- 2006 · The Complete Guide to Parenting as George Huntley
- 2005 · Willesden Confidential as DC Davies
- 2005 · Three Steps to Hendon as DC Davies
- 2005 · Towpaths of Glory as DC Davies
- 2005 · Friends Reunited as DC Davies
- 2005 · Doctor Who Confidential as
- 2005 · Doctor Who: A New Dimension as Self
- 2005 · Distant Shores as Bill Shore
- 2004 · Agatha Christie's Marple as Hubert Curtain
- 2004 · Benefit to Mankind as DC Davies
- 2004 · The Long Bank Holiday as Dangerous Davies
- 2004 · Christine as Dangerous Davies
- 2004 · New Tricks as Charles Allenforth
- 2003 · Hardware as Peter Davison
- 2003 · The Last Detective as Detective Constable 'Dangerous' Davies
- 2003 · The Last Detective as DC Davies
- 2001 · Richard & Judy as Self
- 2001 · Longleat '83: The Greatest Show in the Galaxy as Himself (archive footage)
- 2001 · The Home Whovian as
- 2000 · At Home with the Braithwaites as David Braithwaite
- 2000 · The Nearly Complete and Utter History of Everything as
- 1999 · The Kidnappers as Himself
- 1999 · Adventures in Space and Time as Himself
- 1999 · Loose Women as Self
- 1999 · Hope and Glory as Neil Bruce
- 1999 · It's Only TV But I Like It as Self
- 1999 · Parting Shots as John
- 1998 · Wuthering Heights as Joseph Lockwood
- 1998 · The Mrs Bradley Mysteries as Inspector Christmas
- 1998 · The Stalker's Apprentice as D.I. Maurice Burt
- 1997 · Jonathan Creek as Stephen Claithorne
- 1997 · Midsomer Murders as Nicky Frazer
- 1997 · Midsomer Murders as Archie Pollock
- 1996 · PROBE: Ghosts of Winterborne as Gavin Purcell
- 1996 · The Adventures of Toad as Mole
- 1995 · The Adventures of Mole as Mole
- 1994 · Black Beauty as Squire Gordon
- 1994 · Ain't Misbehavin' as Clive Quigley
- 1994 · Stranger than Fiction as
- 1994 · PROBE: The Zero Imperative as Patient One
- 1993 · Harnessing Peacocks as Jim Huxtable
- 1993 · Doctor Who: Dimensions in Time as The 5th Doctor
- 1991 · Fiddlers Three as Ralph West
- 1990 · The PanoptiCon Tapes III as
- 1989 · Campion as Albert Campion
- 1987 · Going Live! as Self
- 1986 · Who's Who as
- 1986 · A Very Peculiar Practice as Dr Stephen Daker
- 1985 · Miss Marple: A Pocketful of Rye as Lance Fortescue
- 1985 · Anna of the Five Towns as Henry Mynors
- 1985 · Doctor Who's Who's Who as Doctor Who
- 1984 · Doctor Who: The Caves of Androzani as The Doctor
- 1984 · Doctor Who: Planet of Fire as The Doctor
- 1984 · Doctor Who: Resurrection of the Daleks as The Doctor
- 1984 · Doctor Who: Warriors of the Deep as The Doctor
- 1983 · Doctor Who: Terminus as The Doctor
- 1983 · Doctor Who: Mawdryn Undead as The Doctor
- 1983 · Doctor Who: Snakedance as The Doctor
- 1983 · Doctor Who: Arc of Infinity as The Doctor
- 1982 · Doctor Who: Time-Flight as The Doctor
- 1982 · Doctor Who: The Visitation as The Doctor
- 1982 · Doctor Who: Four to Doomsday as The Doctor
- 1982 · Doctor Who: Castrovalva as The Doctor
- 1981 · Doctor Who: Logopolis as The Doctor
- 1981 · The Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy as Dish of the Day
- 1981 · The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy as Dish of the Day
- 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 · Warship as
- Future · Frank and Percy as
- 2025 · Doctor Who: The Fifth Doctor vs. The Daleks as The Fifth Doctor
- 2024 · Kiss Me, Kate as The General
- 2024 · Happy Mills: The Search for Agent Thorny as The Big Boss (Voice)
- 2022 · Doctor Who: The Power of the Doctor as The Doctor
- 2018 · Doctor Who: Jovanka Airlines as Self
- 2015 · Doctor Who: The Television Centre of the Universe as Self
- 2015 · Longleat '83: The Lost Footage as
- 2014 · Doctor Who: The Ultimate Time Lord with Peter Davison as Self - Presenter / The Fifth Doctor
- 2012 · The Destinations of Doctor Who as Self
- 2012 · The Timey-Wimey of Doctor Who as Self
- 2011 · Driven to Distractation as
- 2011 · Come in Number Five as
- 2011 · Snake Charmer: The Making of 'Snakedance' as
- 2010 · Chain Reaction as
- 2008 · Now, Get Out of That as
- 2008 · Five Doctors, One Studio as
- 2007 · A New Body at Last as
- 2007 · The Crowded TARDIS as
- 2004 · Dangerous and the Lonely Hearts as DC Davies
- 2003 · The Story of Doctor Who as
- 2003 · Too Good to Be True as Robert Lewis
- 2003 · Tricia as Dangerous Davies
- 1998 · Dear Nobody as Mr. Garton
- 1997 · Stranger Than Fiction 3: Acting Up as
- 1995 · The Doctors: 30 Years of Time Travel and Beyond as
- 1995 · PROBE: The Devil of Winterborne as Gavin Purcell
- 1994 · Mole's Christmas as Mouse
- 1994 · A Man You Don't Meet Every Day as Robert
- 1993 · The Airzone Solution as Al Dunbar
- 1992 · A Very Polish Practice as Stephen Daker
- 1992 · Doctor Who: Daleks - The Early Years as Self - Host
- 1991 · The PanoptiCon Tapes Vol 1 - The Main Event as
- 1990 · The PanoptiCon Tapes V as
- 1990 · The PanoptiCon Tapes IV as
- 1990 · The PanoptiCon Tapes II as
- 1986 · The PanoptiCon Tapes VI as
- 1985 · An Audience with Billy Connolly as Self - Audience Member (uncredited)
- 1984 · Doctor Who: Frontios as The Doctor
- 1984 · Doctor Who: The Awakening as The Doctor
- 1983 · Doctor Who: The Five Doctors as The Doctor (5)
- 1983 · Doctor Who: The King's Demons as The Doctor
- 1983 · Doctor Who: Enlightenment as The Doctor
- 1983 · Once Upon a Time Lord as Self
- 1982 · Doctor Who: Earthshock as The Doctor
- 1982 · Doctor Who: Black Orchid as The Doctor
- 1982 · Doctor Who: Kinda as The Doctor
- 1979 · Print-Out as Edwin Styles
- 1963 · Doctor Who as The Doctor