Peter Davison
Born: 1951-04-13 in Streatham, London, England, UK
Known For: Acting
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Peter Davison, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
2026
2025
- Doctor Who: Wish World & The Reality War as The Doctor (archive footage) (uncredited)
- Doctor Who: The Fifth Doctor vs. The Daleks as The Fifth Doctor
2024
- Doctor Who at the Proms as The Doctor (5) (archive footage)
- Kiss Me, Kate as The General
- Happy Mills: The Search for Agent Thorny as The Big Boss (Voice)
2023
- Beyond Paradise as Richard Baxter
- The Gold as Assistant Commissioner Gordon Stewart
- Tales of the Tardis as The Doctor
- The Big Steam Adventure as Himself
- Blood Actually: A Murder, They Hope Mystery as David
- Talking Doctor Who as Self / The Doctor (5) (archive footage)
2022
- Remembers… as Self
- Peter Davison: Uncut! as Self
2021
- The Larkins as Vicar
- Dream Horse as Lord Avery
- End of Term as Leigh
2020
- Between the Covers as Self
- Life as Henry Reynolds
- The Big Night In as Self
- The Doctors: The Peter Davison Years as Self (archive footage)
2019
- Good Omens as Job
- Gentleman Jack as William Priestley
- The Name of the Rose as Old Adso / Narrator (voice)
- Showman: The Life of John Nathan-Turner as Himself
2018
- Doctor Who: Behind the Sofa as Self
- You, Me and Him as Teacher
- Patrick as Alan Francis
- The Muppets Take The O2 as Self
- Doctor Who: Jovanka Airlines as Self
- Vintage Roads as Himself - Presenter
- Earthshocked
- Peter Davison: In Conversation as Self
- Say My Name as Detective Rich Herbig
2017
- Liar as Denis Walters
- Harry Hill's Alien Fun Capsule as Self
2016
- Sugar Free Farm as Self
2015
- Doctor Who: The Husbands of River Song as The Doctor (5) (picture) (uncredited)
- Doctor Who: The Television Centre of the Universe as Self
- Longleat '83: The Lost Footage
- Gypsy as Herbie
2014
- Doctor Who: The Ultimate Companion as Self / The Doctor (archive footage)
- Doctor Who: The Ultimate Time Lord with Peter Davison as Self - Presenter / The Fifth Doctor
2013
- Toast of London as Peter Davison
- Doctor Who: The Day of the Doctor as The Doctor (5) (archive footage)
- Doctor Who: The Doctors Revisited as Self
- The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot as Self
- Pat & Cabbage as Michael
- Doctor Who at the Proms as Self - Special Guest Appearance
- Doctor Who Live: The Afterparty as Self
- Doctor Who Live: The Next Doctor as Self
- Doctor Who: Tales from the TARDIS as Self
2012
- Tales of Television Centre as Self
- The Women of Doctor Who
- The Destinations of Doctor Who as Self
- The Timey-Wimey of Doctor Who as Self
2011
- Death in Paradise as Arnold Finch
- Vera as Matthew Wells
- Doctor Who: Tales Lost in Time
- Come in Number Five
- Snake Charmer: The Making of 'Snakedance'
- Driven to Distractation
2010
2009
- Law & Order: UK as Henry Sharpe
- The Queen
- Unforgiven as John Ingram
- Micro Men as Bank manager
2008
- The Ties That Bind Us as The Fifth Doctor (archive footage)
- Doctor Who: The Next Doctor as The Doctor (5) (archive footage)
- Celebration: Doctor Who in 1983
- Five Doctors, One Studio
- Now, Get Out of That
- Trials and Tribulations as (archive footage)
2007
- Lewis as Peter Faulkner
- The Man from Montevideo as DC Davies
- Doctor Who: Time Crash as The Doctor (5)
- Once Upon a Time on the Westway as DC Davies
- A New Body at Last
- A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Willesden as DC Davies
- The Dead Peasants Society as DC Davies
- Fear, Stress & Anger as Martin Chadwick
- Dangerous Liaisons as Davies
- The Crowded TARDIS
2006
- The Complete Guide to Parenting as George Huntley
2005
- Doctor Who Confidential
- Distant Shores as Bill Shore
- Doctor Who: A New Dimension as Self
- Three Steps to Hendon as DC Davies
- Willesden Confidential as DC Davies
- Friends Reunited as DC Davies
- Towpaths of Glory as DC Davies
2004
- New Tricks as Charles Allenforth
- Agatha Christie's Marple as Hubert Curtain
- Dangerous and the Lonely Hearts as DC Davies
- The Long Bank Holiday as Dangerous Davies
- Benefit to Mankind as DC Davies
- Christine as Dangerous Davies
2003
- The Last Detective as Detective Constable 'Dangerous' Davies
- Hardware as Peter Davison
- The Story of Doctor Who
- Too Good to Be True as Robert Lewis
- The Last Detective as DC Davies
- Too Good to Be True as Robert Lewis
- Tricia as Dangerous Davies
2001
- Richard & Judy as Self
- Longleat '83: The Greatest Show in the Galaxy as Himself (archive footage)
- The Home Whovian
2000
- At Home with the Braithwaites as David Braithwaite
- The Nearly Complete and Utter History of Everything
1999
- Loose Women as Self
- It's Only TV But I Like It as Self
- Hope and Glory as Neil Bruce
- Parting Shots as John
- Adventures in Space and Time as Himself
- The Kidnappers as Himself
1998
- The Mrs Bradley Mysteries as Inspector Christmas
- Verdict as Michael Naylor
- Wuthering Heights as Joseph Lockwood
- The Stalker's Apprentice as D.I. Maurice Burt
- Dear Nobody as Mr. Garton
1997
- Midsomer Murders as Nicky Frazer
- Jonathan Creek as Stephen Claithorne
- Stranger Than Fiction 3: Acting Up
1996
- The Adventures of Toad as Mole
- PROBE: Ghosts of Winterborne as Gavin Purcell
- Cuts as Henry Babbacombe
1995
1994
- Black Beauty as Squire Gordon
- Ain't Misbehavin' as Clive Quigley
- PROBE: The Zero Imperative as Patient One
- A Man You Don't Meet Every Day as Robert
- Mole's Christmas as Mouse
- Stranger than Fiction
1993
- Doctor Who: Dimensions in Time as The 5th Doctor
- The Airzone Solution as Al Dunbar
- Harnessing Peacocks as Jim Huxtable
1992
- A Very Polish Practice as Stephen Daker
- Doctor Who: Daleks - The Early Years as Self - Host
1991
- Fiddlers Three as Ralph West
- The PanoptiCon Tapes Vol 1 - The Main Event
1990
1989
- Screen One as Dr. Stephen Daker
- Campion as Albert Campion
1987
- Going Live! as Self
1986
- A Very Peculiar Practice as Dr Stephen Daker
- Who's Who
- The PanoptiCon Tapes VI
1985
- Miss Marple: A Pocketful of Rye as Lance Fortescue
- Anna of the Five Towns as Henry Mynors
- Doctor Who's Who's Who as Doctor Who
- An Audience with Billy Connolly as Self - Audience Member (uncredited)
1984
- Miss Marple as Lance Fortescue
- Doctor Who: Resurrection of the Daleks as The Doctor
- Doctor Who: The Caves of Androzani as The Doctor
- Doctor Who: The Awakening as The Doctor
- Doctor Who: Warriors of the Deep as The Doctor
- Doctor Who: Planet of Fire as The Doctor
- Doctor Who: Frontios as The Doctor
1983
- Doctor Who: The Five Doctors as The Fifth Doctor
- Doctor Who: Arc of Infinity as The Doctor
- Doctor Who: Mawdryn Undead as The Doctor
- Doctor Who: The King's Demons as The Doctor
- Once Upon a Time Lord as Self
- Doctor Who: Snakedance as The Doctor
- Doctor Who: Terminus as The Doctor
- Doctor Who: Enlightenment as The Doctor
1982
- Doctor Who: The Visitation as The Doctor
- Doctor Who: Four to Doomsday as The Doctor
- Doctor Who: Time-Flight as The Doctor
- Doctor Who: Black Orchid as The Doctor
- Doctor Who: Kinda as The Doctor
- Doctor Who: Castrovalva as The Doctor
- Doctor Who: Earthshock as The Doctor
1981
- The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy as Dish of the Day
- The Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy as Dish of the Day
- Doctor Who: Logopolis as The Doctor
1980
- Magnum, P.I. as Ian MacKerras
- Sink or Swim as Brian Webber
- Holding the Fort as Russell Milburn
1979
- Tales of the Unexpected as Jeremy Tyler
- Print-Out as Edwin Styles
1978
- An Audience with... as Self
- All Creatures Great and Small as Tristan Farnon
1977
- Love for Lydia as Tom Holland
1973
1963
- Doctor Who as The Doctor