Peter Davison

Acting

Peter Davison

Born April 13, 1951Streatham, London, England, UK186 credits

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

Filmography

Doctor Who: Wish World & The Reality War
2025Doctor Who: Wish World & The Reality War
as The Doctor (archive footage) (uncredited)Movie
Doctor Who at the Proms
2024Doctor Who at the Proms
as The Doctor (5) (archive footage)Movie
Kiss Me, Kate
2024Kiss Me, Kate
as The GeneralMovie
Talking Doctor Who
2023Talking Doctor Who
as Self / The Doctor (5) (archive footage)Movie
Beyond Paradise
2023Beyond Paradise
as Richard BaxterTV
The Gold
2023The Gold
as Assistant Commissioner Gordon StewartTV
End of Term
2021End of Term
as LeighMovie
The Larkins
2021The Larkins
as VicarTV
Dream Horse
2021Dream Horse
as Lord AveryMovie
Life
2020Life
as Henry ReynoldsTV
The Doctors: The Peter Davison Years
2020The Doctors: The Peter Davison Years
as Self (archive footage)Movie
Gentleman Jack
2019Gentleman Jack
as William PriestleyTV
The Name of the Rose
2019The Name of the Rose
as Old Adso / Narrator (voice)TV
V
2018Vintage Roads
as Himself - PresenterTV
Say My Name
2018Say My Name
as Detective Rich HerbigMovie
Patrick
2018Patrick
as Alan FrancisMovie
You, Me and Him
2018You, Me and Him
as TeacherMovie
Liar
2017Liar
as Denis WaltersTV
Gypsy
2015Gypsy
as HerbieMovie
Doctor Who: The Husbands of River Song
2015Doctor Who: The Husbands of River Song
as The Doctor (5) (picture) (uncredited)Movie
Doctor Who: The Ultimate Companion
2014Doctor Who: The Ultimate Companion
as Self / The Doctor (archive footage)Movie
Doctor Who: The Ultimate Time Lord with Peter Davison
2014Doctor Who: The Ultimate Time Lord with Peter Davison
as Self - Presenter / The Fifth DoctorMovie
Doctor Who: The Day of the Doctor
2013Doctor Who: The Day of the Doctor
as The Doctor (5) (archive footage)Movie
Toast of London
2013Toast of London
as Peter DavisonTV
Pat & Cabbage
2013Pat & Cabbage
as MichaelTV
Doctor Who at the Proms
2013Doctor Who at the Proms
as Self - Special Guest AppearanceMovie
Death in Paradise
2011Death in Paradise
as Arnold FinchTV
Vera
2011Vera
as Matthew WellsTV
Micro Men
2009Micro Men
as Bank managerMovie
Law & Order: UK
2009Law & Order: UK
as Henry SharpeTV
Unforgiven
2009Unforgiven
as John IngramTV
Doctor Who: The Next Doctor
2008Doctor Who: The Next Doctor
as The Doctor (5) (archive footage)Movie
Trials and Tribulations
2008Trials and Tribulations
as (archive footage)Movie
The Ties That Bind Us
2008The Ties That Bind Us
as The Fifth Doctor (archive footage)Movie
Doctor Who: Time Crash
2007Doctor Who: Time Crash
as The Doctor (5)Movie
Fear, Stress & Anger
2007Fear, Stress & Anger
as Martin ChadwickTV
Lewis
2007Lewis
as Peter FaulknerTV
Three Steps to Hendon
2005Three Steps to Hendon
as DC DaviesMovie
Towpaths of Glory
2005Towpaths of Glory
as DC DaviesMovie
Friends Reunited
2005Friends Reunited
as DC DaviesMovie
Distant Shores
2005Distant Shores
as Bill ShoreTV
Agatha Christie's Marple
2004Agatha Christie's Marple
as Hubert CurtainTV
Benefit to Mankind
2004Benefit to Mankind
as DC DaviesMovie
The Long Bank Holiday
2004The Long Bank Holiday
as Dangerous DaviesMovie
Christine
2004Christine
as Dangerous DaviesMovie
New Tricks
2004New Tricks
as Charles AllenforthTV
Too Good to Be True
2003Too Good to Be True
as Robert LewisMovie
Hardware
2003Hardware
as Peter DavisonTV
Tricia
2003Tricia
as Dangerous DaviesMovie
The Last Detective
2003The Last Detective
as DC DaviesMovie
The Last Detective
2003The Last Detective
as Detective Constable 'Dangerous' DaviesTV
Longleat '83: The Greatest Show in the Galaxy
2001Longleat '83: The Greatest Show in the Galaxy
as Himself (archive footage)Movie
At Home with the Braithwaites
2000At Home with the Braithwaites
as David BraithwaiteTV
The Kidnappers
1999The Kidnappers
as HimselfMovie
Hope and Glory
1999Hope and Glory
as Neil BruceTV
Parting Shots
1999Parting Shots
as JohnMovie
Wuthering Heights
1998Wuthering Heights
as Joseph LockwoodMovie
The Mrs Bradley Mysteries
1998The Mrs Bradley Mysteries
as Inspector ChristmasTV
The Stalker's Apprentice
1998The Stalker's Apprentice
as D.I. Maurice BurtMovie
Dear Nobody
1998Dear Nobody
as Mr. GartonMovie
Jonathan Creek
1997Jonathan Creek
as Stephen ClaithorneTV
Midsomer Murders
1997Midsomer Murders
as Nicky FrazerTV
Black Beauty
1994Black Beauty
as Squire GordonMovie
Ain't Misbehavin'
1994Ain't Misbehavin'
as Clive QuigleyTV
Harnessing Peacocks
1993Harnessing Peacocks
as Jim HuxtableMovie
The Airzone Solution
1993The Airzone Solution
as Al DunbarMovie
A
1992A Very Polish Practice
as Stephen DakerMovie
Fiddlers Three
1991Fiddlers Three
as Ralph WestTV
Campion
1989Campion
as Albert CampionTV
A Very Peculiar Practice
1986A Very Peculiar Practice
as Dr Stephen DakerTV
An Audience with Billy Connolly
1985An Audience with Billy Connolly
as Self - Audience Member (uncredited)Movie
Doctor Who: Frontios
1984Doctor Who: Frontios
as The DoctorMovie
Doctor Who: The Five Doctors
1983Doctor Who: The Five Doctors
as The Fifth DoctorMovie
Doctor Who: Terminus
1983Doctor Who: Terminus
as The DoctorMovie
Doctor Who: Snakedance
1983Doctor Who: Snakedance
as The DoctorMovie
Doctor Who: Time-Flight
1982Doctor Who: Time-Flight
as The DoctorMovie
Doctor Who: Earthshock
1982Doctor Who: Earthshock
as The DoctorMovie
Doctor Who: Kinda
1982Doctor Who: Kinda
as The DoctorMovie
Doctor Who: Castrovalva
1982Doctor Who: Castrovalva
as The DoctorMovie
Doctor Who: Logopolis
1981Doctor Who: Logopolis
as The DoctorMovie
Magnum, P.I.
1980Magnum, P.I.
as Ian MacKerrasTV
Sink or Swim
1980Sink or Swim
as Brian WebberTV
H
1980Holding the Fort
as Russell MilburnTV
Print-Out
1979Print-Out
as Edwin StylesMovie
Love for Lydia
1977Love for Lydia
as Tom HollandTV
Doctor Who
1963Doctor Who
as The DoctorTV