Peter Davison
Known for Acting · 187 credits
- Born
- 1951-04-13 (age 75)
- Place of birth
- Streatham, London, England, UK
- Also known as
- Peter Malcolm Gordon Moffett · پیتر دیویسون
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.
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Known For
TV Shows (61)
Midsomer Murders
1997
as Nicky Frazer / Archie Pollock
Death in Paradise
2011
as Arnold Finch
Doctor Who
1963
as The Doctor
Vera
2011
as Matthew Wells
Magnum, P.I.
1980
as Ian MacKerras
Agatha Christie's Marple
2004
as Hubert Curtain
Good Omens
2019
as Job
Tales of the Unexpected
1979
as Jeremy Tyler
Loose Women
1999
as Self
New Tricks
2004
as Charles Allenforth
Lewis
2007
as Peter Faulkner
Richard & Judy
2001
as Self
An Audience with...
1978
as Self
All Creatures Great and Small
1978
as Tristan Farnon
Law & Order: UK
2009
as Henry Sharpe
Remembers…
2022
as Self
Beyond Paradise
2023
as Richard Baxter
Doctor Who Confidential
2005
Jonathan Creek
1997
as Stephen Claithorne
The Gold
2023
as Assistant Commissioner Gordon Stewart
Going Live!
1987
as Self
Gentleman Jack
2019
as William Priestley
Screen One
1989
as Dr. Stephen Daker
Liar
2017
as Denis Walters
Campion
1989
as Albert Campion
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
1981
as Dish of the Day
Toast of London
2013
as Peter Davison
Warship
1973
Between the Covers
2020
as Self
The Last Detective
2003
as Detective Constable 'Dangerous' Davies
A Very Peculiar Practice
1986
as Dr Stephen Daker
The Name of the Rose
2019
as Old Adso / Narrator (voice)
Tales of the Tardis
2023
as The Doctor
At Home with the Braithwaites
2000
as David Braithwaite
Harry Hill's Alien Fun Capsule
2017
as Self
Miss Marple: A Pocketful of Rye
1985
as Lance Fortescue
The Queen
2009
Hardware
2003
as Peter Davison
The Larkins
2021
as Vicar
Doctor Who: Behind the Sofa
2018
as Self
It's Only TV But I Like It
1999
as Self
Life
2020
as Henry Reynolds
Doctor Who: The Doctors Revisited
2013
as Self
Unforgiven
2009
as John Ingram
Ain't Misbehavin'
1994
as Clive Quigley
The Nearly Complete and Utter History of Everything
2000
Hope and Glory
1999
as Neil Bruce
Distant Shores
2005
as Bill Shore
The Mrs Bradley Mysteries
1998
as Inspector Christmas
Fiddlers Three
1991
as Ralph West
Sink or Swim
1980
as Brian Webber
Pat & Cabbage
2013
as Michael
Love for Lydia
1977
as Tom Holland
The Big Steam Adventure
2023
as Himself
Holding the Fort
1980
as Russell Milburn
Fear, Stress & Anger
2007
as Martin Chadwick
Doctor Who's Who's Who
1985
as Doctor Who
Vintage Roads
2018
as Himself - Presenter
The Complete Guide to Parenting
2006
as George Huntley
Anna of the Five Towns
1985
as Henry Mynors
Movies (126)
Black Beauty
1994
as Squire Gordon
Doctor Who: The Husbands of River Song
2015
as The Doctor (5) (picture) (uncredited)
Doctor Who: The Day of the Doctor
2013
as The Doctor (5) (archive footage)
Dream Horse
2021
as Lord Avery
Patrick
2018
as Alan Francis
Parting Shots
1999
as John
The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot
2013
as Self
You, Me and Him
2018
as Teacher
Wuthering Heights
1998
as Joseph Lockwood
Doctor Who at the Proms
2013
as Self - Special Guest Appearance
Who's Who
1986
An Audience with Billy Connolly
1985
as Self - Audience Member (uncredited)
Doctor Who at the Proms
2024
as The Doctor (5) (archive footage)
Doctor Who: Dimensions in Time
1993
as The 5th Doctor
Doctor Who: The Next Doctor
2008
as The Doctor (5) (archive footage)
Doctor Who Live: The Next Doctor
2013
as Self
Blood Actually: A Murder, They Hope Mystery
2023
as David
The Adventures of Toad
1996
as Mole
The Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy
1981
as Dish of the Day
Dangerous Liaisons
2007
as Davies
The Airzone Solution
1993
as Al Dunbar
Doctor Who: Wish World & The Reality War
2025
as The Doctor (archive footage) (uncredited)
Doctor Who Live: The Afterparty
2013
as Self
PROBE: Ghosts of Winterborne
1996
as Gavin Purcell
The Big Night In
2020
as Self
Tales of Television Centre
2012
as Self
The Ties That Bind Us
2008
as The Fifth Doctor (archive footage)
Micro Men
2009
as Bank manager
Doctor Who: The Five Doctors
1983
as The Fifth Doctor
Longleat '83: The Greatest Show in the Galaxy
2001
as Himself (archive footage)
The Adventures of Mole
1995
as Mole
Doctor Who: Resurrection of the Daleks
1984
as The Doctor
A Very Polish Practice
1992
as Stephen Daker
Doctor Who: The Ultimate Time Lord with Peter Davison
2014
as Self - Presenter / The Fifth Doctor
The Muppets Take The O2
2018
as Self
PROBE: The Devil of Winterborne
1995
as Gavin Purcell
The Women of Doctor Who
2012
Doctor Who: Logopolis
1981
as The Doctor
Trials and Tribulations
2008
as (archive footage)
The Doctors: 30 Years of Time Travel and Beyond
1995
Doctor Who: A New Dimension
2005
as Self
Doctor Who: Planet of Fire
1984
as The Doctor
Gypsy
2015
as Herbie
Doctor Who: Kinda
1982
as The Doctor
Doctor Who: Tales Lost in Time
2011
Doctor Who: The King's Demons
1983
as The Doctor
Doctor Who: The Awakening
1984
as The Doctor
Print-Out
1979
as Edwin Styles
Frank and Percy
Doctor Who: The Ultimate Companion
2014
as Self / The Doctor (archive footage)
Doctor Who: The Visitation
1982
as The Doctor
Harnessing Peacocks
1993
as Jim Huxtable
The Last Detective
2003
as DC Davies
Doctor Who: Enlightenment
1983
as The Doctor
Dangerous and the Lonely Hearts
2004
as DC Davies
End of Term
2021
as Leigh
Kiss Me, Kate
2024
as The General
Doctor Who: Time Crash
2007
as The Doctor (5)
Come in Number Five
2011
Celebration: Doctor Who in 1983
2008
The Stalker's Apprentice
1998
as D.I. Maurice Burt
Say My Name
2018
as Detective Rich Herbig
Doctor Who: Mawdryn Undead
1983
as The Doctor
Stranger than Fiction
1994
Doctor Who: Arc of Infinity
1983
as The Doctor
Tricia
2003
as Dangerous Davies
The PanoptiCon Tapes V
1990
Mole's Christmas
1994
as Mouse
Christine
2004
as Dangerous Davies
Doctor Who: Castrovalva
1982
as The Doctor
PROBE: The Zero Imperative
1994
as Patient One
Doctor Who: Time-Flight
1982
as The Doctor
The PanoptiCon Tapes III
1990
The Story of Doctor Who
2003
Talking Doctor Who
2023
as Self / The Doctor (5) (archive footage)
The Destinations of Doctor Who
2012
as Self
Doctor Who: Frontios
1984
as The Doctor
Dear Nobody
1998
as Mr. Garton
The Timey-Wimey of Doctor Who
2012
as Self
A Man You Don't Meet Every Day
1994
as Robert
Doctor Who: Warriors of the Deep
1984
as The Doctor
Doctor Who: Earthshock
1982
as The Doctor
The Dead Peasants Society
2007
as DC Davies
Doctor Who: The Caves of Androzani
1984
as The Doctor
Longleat '83: The Lost Footage
2015
Doctor Who: Snakedance
1983
as The Doctor
The Kidnappers
1999
as Himself
The Crowded TARDIS
2007
Too Good to Be True
2003
as Robert Lewis
Willesden Confidential
2005
as DC Davies
The PanoptiCon Tapes Vol 1 - The Main Event
1991
Doctor Who: Tales from the TARDIS
2013
as Self
Three Steps to Hendon
2005
as DC Davies
The Long Bank Holiday
2004
as Dangerous Davies
Doctor Who: Jovanka Airlines
2018
as Self
A New Body at Last
2007
Doctor Who: Terminus
1983
as The Doctor
Adventures in Space and Time
1999
as Himself
The PanoptiCon Tapes II
1990
The PanoptiCon Tapes VI
1986
Doctor Who: Daleks - The Early Years
1992
as Self - Host
The PanoptiCon Tapes IV
1990
Doctor Who: The Television Centre of the Universe
2015
as Self
The Man from Montevideo
2007
as DC Davies
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Willesden
2007
as DC Davies
Doctor Who: The Fifth Doctor vs. The Daleks
2025
as The Fifth Doctor
Happy Mills: The Search for Agent Thorny
2024
as The Big Boss (Voice)
Showman: The Life of John Nathan-Turner
2019
as Himself
Earthshocked
2018
Once Upon a Time on the Westway
2007
as DC Davies
Friends Reunited
2005
as DC Davies
Once Upon a Time Lord
1983
as Self
Doctor Who: Four to Doomsday
1982
as The Doctor
Benefit to Mankind
2004
as DC Davies
Snake Charmer: The Making of 'Snakedance'
2011
Doctor Who: Black Orchid
1982
as The Doctor
Now, Get Out of That
2008
Towpaths of Glory
2005
as DC Davies
Peter Davison: In Conversation
2018
as Self
Driven to Distractation
2011
About Peter Davison
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, "D… With 187 credits spanning from 1963 to 2025, Peter Davison has appeared in 126 films and 61 TV shows.
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Most Popular Peter Davison Movies
- Black Beauty (1994) — as Squire Gordon
- Doctor Who: The Husbands of River Song (2015) — as The Doctor (5) (picture) (uncredited)
- Doctor Who: The Day of the Doctor (2013) — as The Doctor (5) (archive footage)
- Dream Horse (2021) — as Lord Avery
- Patrick (2018) — as Alan Francis
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