Peter Davison
Acting • Born 1951-04-13
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
188 credits
Stranger Than Fiction 3: Acting Up
Movie • 1997
Dangerous Liaisons
Movie • 2007
Davies
An Audience with Billy Connolly
Movie • 1985
Self - Audience Member (uncredited)
Doctor Who Live: The Afterparty
Movie • 2013
Self
The Destinations of Doctor Who
Movie • 2012
Self
The Timey-Wimey of Doctor Who
Movie • 2012
Self
Black Beauty
Movie • 1994
Squire Gordon
The Women of Doctor Who
Movie • 2012
Doctor Who: The Ultimate Time Lord with Peter Davison
Movie • 2014
Self - Presenter / The Fifth Doctor
Wuthering Heights
Movie • 1998
Joseph Lockwood
Too Good to Be True
Movie • 2003
Robert Lewis
Dear Nobody
Movie • 1998
Mr. Garton
PROBE: The Devil of Winterborne
Movie • 1995
Gavin Purcell
The Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy
Movie • 1981
Dish of the Day
The Airzone Solution
Movie • 1993
Al Dunbar
End of Term
Movie • 2021
Leigh
Doctor Who: Dimensions in Time
Movie • 1993
The 5th Doctor
The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot
Movie • 2013
Self
Talking Doctor Who
Movie • 2023
Self / The Doctor (5) (archive footage)
Who's Who
Movie • 1986
The Home Whovian
Movie • 2001
Longleat '83: The Lost Footage
Movie • 2015
Doctor Who at the Proms
Movie • 2013
Self - Special Guest Appearance
Happy Mills: The Search for Agent Thorny
Movie • 2024
The Big Boss (Voice)
Doctor Who: The Day of the Doctor
Movie • 2013
The Doctor (5) (archive footage)
Doctor Who: Jovanka Airlines
Movie • 2018
Self
Blood Actually: A Murder, They Hope Mystery
Movie • 2023
David
The PanoptiCon Tapes III
Movie • 1990
The PanoptiCon Tapes II
Movie • 1990
The PanoptiCon Tapes Vol 1 - The Main Event
Movie • 1991
The PanoptiCon Tapes VI
Movie • 1986
The PanoptiCon Tapes V
Movie • 1990
The PanoptiCon Tapes IV
Movie • 1990
PROBE: The Zero Imperative
Movie • 1994
Patient One
Doctor Who: Planet of Fire
Movie • 1984
The Doctor
PROBE: Ghosts of Winterborne
Movie • 1996
Gavin Purcell
A Very Polish Practice
Movie • 1992
Stephen Daker
Peter Davison: Uncut!
Movie • 2022
Self
The Doctors: The Peter Davison Years
Movie • 2020
Self (archive footage)
Tales of Television Centre
Movie • 2012
Self
Doctor Who: The Caves of Androzani
Movie • 1984
The Doctor
Micro Men
Movie • 2009
Bank manager
Harnessing Peacocks
Movie • 1993
Jim Huxtable
Gypsy
Movie • 2015
Herbie
Doctor Who: Daleks - The Early Years
Movie • 1992
Self - Host
Mole's Christmas
Movie • 1994
Mouse
Doctor Who: A New Dimension
Movie • 2005
Self
Doctor Who: Time Crash
Movie • 2007
The Doctor (5)
The Stalker's Apprentice
Movie • 1998
D.I. Maurice Burt
Doctor Who: Resurrection of the Daleks
Movie • 1984
The Doctor
Doctor Who: Castrovalva
Movie • 1982
The Doctor
Doctor Who: Snakedance
Movie • 1983
The Doctor
Doctor Who: The Visitation
Movie • 1982
The Doctor
Doctor Who: Four to Doomsday
Movie • 1982
The Doctor
Doctor Who: Time-Flight
Movie • 1982
The Doctor
Doctor Who: Warriors of the Deep
Movie • 1984
The Doctor
Doctor Who: Arc of Infinity
Movie • 1983
The Doctor
Doctor Who: Black Orchid
Movie • 1982
The Doctor
Doctor Who: Terminus
Movie • 1983
The Doctor
Doctor Who: Mawdryn Undead
Movie • 1983
The Doctor
Doctor Who: Kinda
Movie • 1982
The Doctor
Doctor Who: The Awakening
Movie • 1984
The Doctor
Doctor Who: The King's Demons
Movie • 1983
The Doctor
Doctor Who: Frontios
Movie • 1984
The Doctor
Doctor Who: Enlightenment
Movie • 1983
The Doctor
Parting Shots
Movie • 1999
John
Doctor Who: Earthshock
Movie • 1982
The Doctor
Doctor Who: Logopolis
Movie • 1981
The Doctor
The Doctors: 30 Years of Time Travel and Beyond
Movie • 1995
Stranger than Fiction
Movie • 1994
Patrick
Movie • 2018
Alan Francis
Doctor Who: Tales Lost in Time
Movie • 2011
You, Me and Him
Movie • 2018
Teacher
Doctor Who: The Five Doctors
Movie • 1983
The Doctor (5)
The Adventures of Mole
Movie • 1995
Mole
Dream Horse
Movie • 2021
Lord Avery
Peter Davison: In Conversation
Movie • 2018
Self
Adventures in Space and Time
Movie • 1999
Himself
Celebration: Doctor Who in 1983
Movie • 2008
Doctor Who: The Television Centre of the Universe
Movie • 2015
Self
The Story of Doctor Who
Movie • 2003
Doctor Who: The Ultimate Companion
Movie • 2014
Self / The Doctor (archive footage)
Longleat '83: The Greatest Show in the Galaxy
Movie • 2001
Himself (archive footage)
Showman: The Life of John Nathan-Turner
Movie • 2019
Himself
Doctor Who Live: The Next Doctor
Movie • 2013
Self
The Muppets Take The O2
Movie • 2018
Self
Trials and Tribulations
Movie • 2008
(archive footage)
A Man You Don't Meet Every Day
Movie • 1994
Robert
The Kidnappers
Movie • 1999
Himself
The Adventures of Toad
Movie • 1996
Mole
Say My Name
Movie • 2018
Detective Rich Herbig
Tricia
Movie • 2003
Dangerous Davies
Christine
Movie • 2004
Dangerous Davies
The Long Bank Holiday
Movie • 2004
Dangerous Davies
Kiss Me, Kate
Movie • 2024
The General
Doctor Who at the Proms
Movie • 2024
The Doctor (5) (archive footage)
Doctor Who: The Next Doctor
Movie • 2008
The Doctor (5) (archive footage)
Doctor Who: The Husbands of River Song
Movie • 2015
The Doctor (5) (picture) (uncredited)
A New Body at Last
Movie • 2007
Come in Number Five
Movie • 2011
The Ties That Bind Us
Movie • 2008
The Fifth Doctor (archive footage)
The Crowded TARDIS
Movie • 2007
Earthshocked
Movie • 2018
Chain Reaction
Movie • 2010
Driven to Distractation
Movie • 2011
Doctor Who: Tales from the TARDIS
Movie • 2013
Self
Doctor Who: Wish World & The Reality War
Movie • 2025
The Doctor (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Last Detective
Movie • 2003
DC Davies
Benefit to Mankind
Movie • 2004
DC Davies
Dangerous and the Lonely Hearts
Movie • 2004
DC Davies
Friends Reunited
Movie • 2005
DC Davies
Towpaths of Glory
Movie • 2005
DC Davies
Three Steps to Hendon
Movie • 2005
DC Davies
Willesden Confidential
Movie • 2005
DC Davies
Once Upon a Time on the Westway
Movie • 2007
DC Davies
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Willesden
Movie • 2007
DC Davies
The Man from Montevideo
Movie • 2007
DC Davies
The Dead Peasants Society
Movie • 2007
DC Davies
Now, Get Out of That
Movie • 2008
Print-Out
Movie • 1979
Edwin Styles
Frank and Percy
Movie
Snake Charmer: The Making of 'Snakedance'
Movie • 2011
Five Doctors, One Studio
Movie • 2008
Doctor Who: The Fifth Doctor vs. The Daleks
Movie • 2025
The Fifth Doctor
The Big Night In
Movie • 2020
Self
Once Upon a Time Lord
Movie • 1983
Self
Doctor Who: The Power of the Doctor
Movie • 2022
The Doctor
Magnum, P.I.
TV • 1980
Ian MacKerras
Hope and Glory
TV • 1999
Neil Bruce
Doctor Who Confidential
TV • 2005
Fear, Stress & Anger
TV • 2007
Martin Chadwick
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
TV • 1981
Dish of the Day
Ain't Misbehavin'
TV • 1994
Clive Quigley
Hardware
TV • 2003
Peter Davison
Jonathan Creek
TV • 1997
Stephen Claithorne
Distant Shores
TV • 2005
Bill Shore
Tales of the Unexpected
TV • 1979
Jeremy Tyler
Richard & Judy
TV • 2001
Self
Law & Order: UK
TV • 2009
Henry Sharpe
All Creatures Great and Small
TV • 1978
Tristan Farnon
At Home with the Braithwaites
TV • 2000
David Braithwaite
Pat & Cabbage
TV • 2013
Michael
The Complete Guide to Parenting
TV • 2006
George Huntley
Warship
TV • 1973
Love for Lydia
TV • 1977
Tom Holland
Holding the Fort
TV • 1980
Russell Milburn
Campion
TV • 1989
Albert Campion
The Last Detective
TV • 2003
Detective Constable 'Dangerous' Davies
The Gold
TV • 2023
Assistant Commissioner Gordon Stewart
Fiddlers Three
TV • 1991
Ralph West
It's Only TV But I Like It
TV • 1999
Self
Sink or Swim
TV • 1980
Brian Webber
Unforgiven
TV • 2009
John Ingram
The Big Steam Adventure
TV • 2023
Himself
Vera
TV • 2011
Matthew Wells
Harry Hill's Alien Fun Capsule
TV • 2017
Self
Anna of the Five Towns
TV • 1985
Henry Mynors
The Larkins
TV • 2021
Vicar
Toast of London
TV • 2013
Peter Davison
Good Omens
TV • 2019
Job
An Audience with...
TV • 1978
Self
Midsomer Murders
TV • 1997
Nicky Frazer
The Queen
TV • 2009
Between the Covers
TV • 2020
Self
Miss Marple: A Pocketful of Rye
TV • 1985
Lance Fortescue
Death in Paradise
TV • 2011
Arnold Finch
Doctor Who's Who's Who
TV • 1985
Doctor Who
Going Live!
TV • 1987
Self
Vintage Roads
TV • 2018
Himself - Presenter
Beyond Paradise
TV • 2023
Richard Baxter
The Name of the Rose
TV • 2019
Old Adso / Narrator (voice)
Lewis
TV • 2007
Peter Faulkner
Doctor Who
TV • 1963
The Doctor
Gentleman Jack
TV • 2019
William Priestley
Doctor Who: The Doctors Revisited
TV • 2013
Self
The Nearly Complete and Utter History of Everything
TV • 2000
Liar
TV • 2017
Denis Walters
Tales of the Tardis
TV • 2023
The Doctor
The Mrs Bradley Mysteries
TV • 1998
Inspector Christmas
Loose Women
TV • 1999
Self
Life
TV • 2020
Henry Reynolds
New Tricks
TV • 2004
Charles Allenforth
Agatha Christie's Marple
TV • 2004
Hubert Curtain
The Gold
TV • 2023
Commissioner Gordon Stewart
A Very Peculiar Practice
TV • 1986
Dr Stephen Daker
Midsomer Murders
TV • 1997
Archie Pollock
Remembers…
TV • 2022
Self
Doctor Who: Behind the Sofa
TV • 2018
Self