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Peter Davison

Peter Davison

Known For Acting
Birthday Apr 13, 1951 (74)
Birthplace Streatham, London, England, UK
Popularity 1 (history)
Updated Aug 10, 2025 (Update)
Entry Date Apr 13, 2024
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Peter Davison (born Peter Malcolm Gordon Moffett) 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.

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Kiss Me, Kate

Kiss Me, Kate

2024

as The General

End of Term

End of Term

2021

as Leigh

Dream Horse

Dream Horse

2021

as Lord Avery

Say My Name

Say My Name

2018

as Detective Rich Herbig

Patrick

Patrick

2018

as Alan Francis

You, Me and Him

You, Me and Him

2018

as Teacher

Gypsy

Gypsy

2015

as Herbie

Doctor Who: The Day of the Doctor

Doctor Who: The Day of the Doctor

2013

as The Doctor (5) (archive footage)

Micro Men

Micro Men

2009

as Bank manager

Trials and Tribulations

Trials and Tribulations

2008

as (archive footage)

Doctor Who: Time Crash

Doctor Who: Time Crash

2007

as The Doctor (5)

Too Good to Be True

Too Good to Be True

2003

as Robert Lewis

Parting Shots

Parting Shots

1999

as John

The Stalker's Apprentice

The Stalker's Apprentice

1998

as D.I. Maurice Burt

Wuthering Heights

Wuthering Heights

1998

as Joseph Lockwood

The Adventures of Toad

The Adventures of Toad

1996

as Mole

Ghosts of Winterborne

Ghosts of Winterborne

1996

as Gavin Purcell

The Adventures of Mole

The Adventures of Mole

1995

as Mole

The Devil of Winterborne

The Devil of Winterborne

1995

as Gavin Purcell

Mole's Christmas

Mole's Christmas

1994

as Mouse

Black Beauty

Black Beauty

1994

as Squire Gordon

The Zero Imperative

The Zero Imperative

1994

as Patient One

Harnessing Peacocks

Harnessing Peacocks

1993

as Jim Huxtable

The Airzone Solution

The Airzone Solution

1993

as Al Dunbar

Doctor Who: Dimensions in Time

Doctor Who: Dimensions in Time

1993

as The 5th Doctor

Doctor Who: The Five Doctors

Doctor Who: The Five Doctors

1983

as The Doctor (5)

Doctor Who: Earthshock

Doctor Who: Earthshock

1982

as The Doctor

The Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy

The Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy

1981

as Dish of the Day

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Television Credits

Doctor Who

as The Doctor

Episodes: 74

First Aired: Nov 23, 1963

All Creatures Great and Small

as Tristan Farnon

Episodes: 68

First Aired: Jan 08, 1978

Law & Order: UK

as Henry Sharpe

Episodes: 27

First Aired: Feb 23, 2009

At Home with the Braithwaites

as David Braithwaite

Episodes: 26

First Aired: Jan 20, 2000

Holding the Fort

as Russell Milburn

Episodes: 20

First Aired: Sep 05, 1980

Sink or Swim

as Brian Webber

Episodes: 19

First Aired: Dec 04, 1980

The Last Detective

as Detective Constable 'Dangerous' Davies

Episodes: 17

First Aired: Feb 07, 2003

Campion

as Albert Campion

Episodes: 16

First Aired: Jan 22, 1989

A Very Peculiar Practice

as Dr. Stephen Daker

Episodes: 14

First Aired: May 21, 1986

Fiddlers Three

as Ralph West

Episodes: 14

First Aired: Feb 19, 1991

Love for Lydia

as Tom Holland

Episodes: 13

First Aired: Sep 09, 1977

The Larkins

as Vicar

Episodes: 13

First Aired: Oct 10, 2021

Ain't Misbehavin'

as Clive Quigley

Episodes: 12

First Aired: Mar 20, 1994

Distant Shores

as Bill Shore

Episodes: 12

First Aired: Jan 05, 2005

The Name of the Rose

as Old Adso / Narrator (voice)

Episodes: 8

First Aired: Mar 04, 2019

Gentleman Jack

as William Priestley

Episodes: 8

First Aired: Apr 22, 2019

Fear, Stress & Anger

as Martin Chadwick

Episodes: 6

First Aired: Feb 22, 2007

Pat & Cabbage

as Michael

Episodes: 6

First Aired: Sep 05, 2013

Life

as Henry Reynolds

Episodes: 6

First Aired: Sep 29, 2020

The Complete Guide to Parenting

as George Huntley

Episodes: 5

First Aired: Sep 11, 2006

The Gold

as Assistant Commissioner Gordon Stewart

Episodes: 5

First Aired: Feb 12, 2023

Anna of the Five Towns

as Henry Mynors

Episodes: 4

First Aired: Jan 09, 1985

Unforgiven

as John Ingram

Episodes: 3

First Aired: Jan 12, 2009

Toast of London

as Peter Davison

Episodes: 3

First Aired: Oct 20, 2013

Beyond Paradise

as Richard Baxter

Episodes: 3

First Aired: Feb 24, 2023

The Mrs Bradley Mysteries

as Inspector Christmas

Episodes: 3

First Aired: Aug 31, 1998

Magnum, P.I.

as Ian MacKerras

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Dec 11, 1980

Miss Marple: A Pocketful of Rye

as Lance Fortescue

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Mar 07, 1985

Doctor Who

as The Doctor

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Mar 26, 2005

Lewis

as Peter Faulkner

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Feb 18, 2007

Miss Marple

as Lance Fortescue

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Dec 26, 1984

Liar

as Denis Walters

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Sep 11, 2017

Hope and Glory

as Neil Bruce

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jun 22, 1999

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

as Dish of the Day

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 05, 1981

Hardware

as Peter Davison

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Mar 23, 2003

Jonathan Creek

as Stephen Claithorne

Episodes: 1

First Aired: May 09, 1997

Tales of the Unexpected

as Jeremy Tyler

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Mar 24, 1979

Vera

as Matthew Wells

Episodes: 1

First Aired: May 01, 2011

Good Omens

as Job

Episodes: 1

First Aired: May 31, 2019

Doctor Who

as The Doctor (archive footage)

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Mar 26, 2005

Midsomer Murders

as Nicky Frazer

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Mar 23, 1997

Death in Paradise

as Arnold Finch

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 25, 2011

Murder, They Hope

as David

Episodes: 1

First Aired: May 08, 2021

Doctor Who's Who's Who

as Doctor Who

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 01, 1985

Call the Midwife

as Mr. Percival

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 15, 2012

Tales of the Tardis

as The Doctor

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Nov 01, 2023

New Tricks

as Charles Allenforth

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 01, 2004

Agatha Christie's Marple

as Hubert Curtain

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Dec 12, 2004

The Tomorrow People

as Elmer

Episodes: 0

First Aired: Apr 30, 1973

Doctor Who: The Doctors Revisited

as Self

Episodes: 11

First Aired: Jan 27, 2013

Doctor Who Confidential

Episodes: 9

First Aired: Mar 26, 2005

The Queen

Episodes: 5

First Aired: Nov 29, 2009

The Big Steam Adventure

as Himself

Episodes: 4

First Aired: Apr 25, 2023

Vintage Roads

as Himself - Presenter

Episodes: 3

First Aired: Oct 23, 2018

Doctor Who

as Self

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Mar 26, 2005

The Nearly Complete and Utter History of Everything

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Jan 02, 2000

Richard & Judy

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Nov 26, 2001

Warship

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jun 07, 1973

It's Only TV But I Like It

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jun 03, 1999

Harry Hill's Alien Fun Capsule

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Mar 02, 2017

An Audience with...

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 08, 1978

Between the Covers

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 09, 2020

Going Live!

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 26, 1987

Loose Women

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 06, 1999

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