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 · The Big Steam Adventure as Himself
- 2019 · Showman: The Life of John Nathan-Turner as Himself
- 2018 · Vintage Roads as Himself - Presenter
- 2018 · Say My Name as Detective Rich Herbig
- 2014 · Doctor Who: The Ultimate Companion as Self / The Doctor (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 · Doctor Who Live: The Next Doctor as Self
- 2012 · The Destinations of Doctor Who as Self
- 2012 · Tales of Television Centre as Self
- 2011 · Driven to Distractation as
- 2009 · Micro Men as Bank manager
- 2008 · The Ties That Bind Us as The Fifth Doctor (archive footage)
- 2007 · Doctor Who: Time Crash as The Doctor (5)
- 2007 · Dangerous Liaisons as Davies
- 2007 · Once Upon a Time on the Westway as DC Davies
- 2007 · Fear, Stress & Anger as Martin Chadwick
- 2007 · The Crowded TARDIS as
- 2006 · The Complete Guide to Parenting as George Huntley
- 2005 · Doctor Who: A New Dimension as Self
- 2004 · Dangerous and the Lonely Hearts as DC Davies
- 2004 · Benefit to Mankind as DC Davies
- 2003 · The Last Detective as DC Davies
- 1998 · The Stalker's Apprentice as D.I. Maurice Burt
- 1996 · PROBE: Ghosts of Winterborne as Gavin Purcell
- 1995 · The Doctors: 30 Years of Time Travel and Beyond as
- 1994 · Mole's Christmas as Mouse
- 1986 · Who's Who as
- 1980 · Sink or Swim as Brian Webber
- Future · Frank and Percy as
- 2025 · Destination: Daleks as The Doctor
- 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)
- 2023 · Tales of the Tardis as The Doctor
- 2023 · Talking Doctor Who as Self / The Doctor (5) (archive footage)
- 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
- 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 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 · Peter Davison: In Conversation as Self
- 2018 · Earthshocked as
- 2018 · Doctor Who: Jovanka Airlines as Self
- 2018 · The Muppets Take The O2 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)
- 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
- 2013 · Doctor Who: The Day of the Doctor as The Doctor (5) (archive footage)
- 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: The Doctors Revisited as Self
- 2012 · The Timey-Wimey of Doctor Who as Self
- 2012 · The Women of Doctor Who as
- 2011 · Doctor Who: Tales Lost in Time as
- 2011 · Death in Paradise as Arnold Finch
- 2011 · Vera as Matthew Wells
- 2011 · Come in Number Five as
- 2011 · Snake Charmer: The Making of 'Snakedance' as
- 2010 · Chain Reaction as
- 2009 · The Queen as
- 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 · Now, Get Out of That as
- 2008 · Celebration: Doctor Who in 1983 as
- 2008 · Five Doctors, One Studio as
- 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 · Lewis as Peter Faulkner
- 2007 · A New Body at Last as
- 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 · Distant Shores as Bill Shore
- 2004 · Agatha Christie's Marple as Hubert Curtain
- 2004 · The Long Bank Holiday as Dangerous Davies
- 2004 · Christine as Dangerous Davies
- 2004 · New Tricks as Charles Allenforth
- 2003 · The Story of Doctor Who as
- 2003 · Too Good to Be True as Robert Lewis
- 2003 · Hardware as Peter Davison
- 2003 · Tricia as Dangerous Davies
- 2003 · The Last Detective as Detective Constable 'Dangerous' 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 · Dear Nobody as Mr. Garton
- 1997 · Stranger Than Fiction 3: Acting Up as
- 1997 · Jonathan Creek as Stephen Claithorne
- 1997 · Midsomer Murders as Nicky Frazer
- 1996 · The Adventures of Toad as Mole
- 1995 · The Adventures of Mole as Mole
- 1995 · PROBE: The Devil of Winterborne as Gavin Purcell
- 1994 · A Man You Don't Meet Every Day as Robert
- 1994 · Black Beauty as Squire Gordon
- 1994 · Ain't Misbehavin' as Clive Quigley
- 1994 · PROBE: The Zero Imperative as Patient One
- 1994 · Stranger than Fiction as
- 1993 · Harnessing Peacocks as Jim Huxtable
- 1993 · Doctor Who: Dimensions in Time as The 5th Doctor
- 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 · Fiddlers Three as Ralph West
- 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 III as
- 1990 · The PanoptiCon Tapes II as
- 1989 · Campion as Albert Campion
- 1987 · Going Live! as Self
- 1986 · The PanoptiCon Tapes VI as
- 1986 · A Very Peculiar Practice as Dr Stephen Daker
- 1985 · An Audience with Billy Connolly as Self - Audience Member (uncredited)
- 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: Frontios as The Doctor
- 1984 · Doctor Who: The Awakening as The Doctor
- 1984 · Doctor Who: Warriors of the Deep 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 · 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: Earthshock as The Doctor
- 1982 · Doctor Who: Black Orchid as The Doctor
- 1982 · Doctor Who: The Visitation as The Doctor
- 1982 · Doctor Who: Kinda 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 · Holding the Fort as Russell Milburn
- 1979 · Print-Out as Edwin Styles
- 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
- 1963 · Doctor Who as The Doctor