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
2025
- Doctor Who: Wish World & The Reality War as The Doctor (archive footage) (uncredited)
- Destination: Daleks as The Doctor
- Doctor Who: The Fifth Doctor vs. The Daleks as The Fifth Doctor
2024
- Kiss Me, Kate as The General
- Doctor Who at the Proms as The Doctor (5) (archive footage)
- Happy Mills: The Search for Agent Thorny as The Big Boss (Voice)
2023
- The Gold as Assistant Commissioner Gordon Stewart
- Beyond Paradise as Richard Baxter
- Tales of the Tardis as The Doctor
- Blood Actually: A Murder, They Hope Mystery as David
- Talking Doctor Who as Self / The Doctor (5) (archive footage)
- The Big Steam Adventure as Himself
- Look Who's Driving as Self
2022
- Peter Davison: Uncut! as Self
2021
- Dream Horse as Lord Avery
- The Larkins as Vicar
- End of Term as Leigh
2020
- Between the Covers as Self
- Life as Henry Reynolds
- 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
- Say My Name as Detective Rich Herbig
- Patrick as Alan Francis
- Days of Wrath: The Making of 'Four to Doomsday' as Self
- You, Me and Him as Teacher
- Earthshocked
- The Muppets Take The O2 as Self
- Vintage Roads as Himself - Presenter
- Time Trap: The Making of 'Castrovalva' as Self
- Doctor Who: Jovanka Airlines as Self
- Double Trouble - The Making of Black Orchid as Self
- Peter Davison: In Conversation as Self
- Turbulence: Making of Time-Flight as Self
2017
- Liar as Denis Walters
- Harry Hill's Alien Fun Capsule as Self
2015
- Gypsy as Herbie
- A Fishy Tale - The Making of the Underwater Menace as Self (Narrator)
- Doctor Who: The Husbands of River Song as The Doctor (5) (picture) (uncredited)
- Longleat '83: The Lost Footage
- Doctor Who: The Television Centre of the Universe as Self
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 Live: The Next Doctor as Self
- The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot as Self
- Doctor Who Live: The Afterparty as Self
- Doctor Who: The Doctors Revisited as Self
- Doctor Who: The Day of the Doctor as The Doctor (5) (archive footage)
- Doctor Who at the Proms as Self - Special Guest Appearance
- Pat & Cabbage as Michael
- Grim Tales: Revisiting the Visitation as Self
- Doctor Who: Tales from the TARDIS as Self
2012
- Tales of Television Centre as Self
- The Women of Doctor Who
- The Timey-Wimey of Doctor Who as Self
- The Destinations of Doctor Who as Self
2011
- Death in Paradise as Arnold Finch
- Vera as Matthew Wells
- Come in Number Five
- Snake Charmer: The Making of 'Snakedance'
- Driven to Distractation
- Doctor Who: Tales Lost in Time
2010
- Chain Reaction
- The Flames of Sarn as Self
- Calling the Shots as Self
- Kamelion: Metal Man as Self
2009
- Law & Order: UK as Henry Sharpe
- Casting Off! as Self
- The Queen
- Who Wants to Live Forever? as Self
- Talking about Regeneration as Self
- Breaking Point as Self
- Unforgiven as John Ingram
- Winner Takes All as Self
- Micro Men as Bank manager
2008
- Doctor Who: The Next Doctor as The Doctor (5) (archive footage)
- Trials and Tribulations as (archive footage)
- The Ties That Bind Us as The Fifth Doctor (archive footage)
- The Depths: Making 'Warriors of the Deep' as Self
- Now, Get Out of That
- They Came from Beneath the Sea as Self
- Five Doctors, One Studio
- Celebration: Doctor Who in 1983
2007
- Lewis as Peter Faulkner
- Fear, Stress & Anger as Martin Chadwick
- Doctor Who: Time Crash as The Doctor (5)
- Anti-Matter from Amsterdam as Self
- Dangerous Liaisons as Davies
- A New Body at Last
- The Crowded TARDIS
- Being Doctor Who: In conversation with Peter Davison as Self
- Once Upon a Time on the Westway as DC Davies
- The Man from Montevideo as DC Davies
- A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Willesden as DC Davies
- The Dead Peasants Society as DC Davies
2006
- The Complete Guide to Parenting as George Huntley
2005
- Doctor Who Confidential
- Friends Reunited as DC Davies
- Doctor Who: A New Dimension as Self
- Distant Shores as Bill Shore
- Three Steps to Hendon as DC Davies
- Willesden Confidential as DC Davies
- Towpaths of Glory as DC Davies
2004
- Agatha Christie's Marple as Hubert Curtain
- New Tricks as Charles Allenforth
- Christine as Dangerous Davies
- Dangerous and the Lonely Hearts as DC Davies
- The Long Bank Holiday as Dangerous Davies
- Benefit to Mankind as DC Davies
2003
- The Last Detective as Detective Constable 'Dangerous' Davies
- The Story of Doctor Who
- Tricia as Dangerous Davies
- The Last Detective as DC Davies
- Hardware as Peter Davison
- Too Good to Be True as Robert Lewis
- Putting the Shock into Earthshock as Self
2001
- Richard & Judy as Self
- The Home Whovian
- Longleat '83: The Greatest Show in the Galaxy as Himself (archive footage)
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
- Parting Shots as John
- Hope and Glory as Neil Bruce
- Adventures in Space and Time as Himself
- The Kidnappers as Himself
1998
- Wuthering Heights as Joseph Lockwood
- Dear Nobody as Mr. Garton
- The Stalker's Apprentice as D.I. Maurice Burt
- The Mrs Bradley Mysteries as Inspector Christmas
1997
- Midsomer Murders as Nicky Frazer
- Jonathan Creek as Stephen Claithorne
- Stranger Than Fiction 3: Acting Up
1996
- PROBE: Ghosts of Winterborne as Gavin Purcell
- The Adventures of Toad as Mole
1995
- The Doctors: 30 Years of Time Travel and Beyond
- PROBE: The Devil of Winterborne as Gavin Purcell
- The Adventures of Mole as Mole
1994
- Black Beauty as Squire Gordon
- PROBE: The Zero Imperative as Patient One
- A Man You Don't Meet Every Day as Robert
- Ain't Misbehavin' as Clive Quigley
- Mole's Christmas as Mouse
- Stranger than Fiction
1993
- Harnessing Peacocks as Jim Huxtable
- Doctor Who: Dimensions in Time as The 5th Doctor
- The Airzone Solution as Al Dunbar
1992
- Doctor Who: Daleks - The Early Years as Self - Host
- A Very Polish Practice as Stephen Daker
1991
- Fiddlers Three as Ralph West
- The PanoptiCon Tapes Vol 1 - The Main Event
1990
1989
- 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
- An Audience with Billy Connolly as Self - Audience Member (uncredited)
- 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
- Myth Makers 5: Janet Fielding
1984
- Doctor Who: The Caves of Androzani as The Doctor
- Doctor Who: Resurrection of the Daleks as The Doctor
- Doctor Who: Frontios as The Doctor
- Doctor Who: Warriors of the Deep as The Doctor
- Doctor Who: The Awakening as The Doctor
- Doctor Who: Planet of Fire as The Doctor
1983
- Doctor Who: Mawdryn Undead as The Doctor
- Doctor Who: The Five Doctors as The Doctor (5)
- Doctor Who: The King's Demons as The Doctor
- Doctor Who: Terminus as The Doctor
- Doctor Who: Snakedance as The Doctor
- Doctor Who: Arc of Infinity as The Doctor
- Doctor Who: Enlightenment as The Doctor
1982
- Doctor Who: The Visitation as The Doctor
- Doctor Who: Black Orchid as The Doctor
- Doctor Who: Time-Flight as The Doctor
- Doctor Who: Kinda as The Doctor
- Doctor Who: Earthshock as The Doctor
- Doctor Who: Four to Doomsday as The Doctor
- Doctor Who: Castrovalva as The Doctor
1981
- The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy as Dish of the Day
- Doctor Who: Logopolis as The Doctor
- The Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy as Dish of the Day
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
- All Creatures Great and Small as Tristan Farnon
- An Audience with... as Self
1977
- Love for Lydia as Tom Holland
1973
1963
- Doctor Who as The Doctor