Portrait of Peter Davison

Peter Davison

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.

Born: April 13, 1951

Place of Birth: Streatham, London, England, UK

Filmography

2025
Doctor Who: Wish World & The Reality War

as The Doctor (archive footage) (uncredited)

2024
Doctor Who at the Proms

as The Doctor (5) (archive footage)

2024
Kiss Me, Kate

as The General

2024
2023
Talking Doctor Who

as Self / The Doctor (5) (archive footage)

2023
Tales of the Tardis

as The Doctor

2023
Beyond Paradise

as Richard Baxter

2023
The Gold

as Assistant Commissioner Gordon Stewart

2023
The Gold

as Commissioner Gordon Stewart

2021
End of Term

as Leigh

2021
The Larkins

as Vicar

2021
Dream Horse

as Lord Avery

2020
Life

as Henry Reynolds

2020
The Doctors: The Peter Davison Years

as Self (archive footage)

2019
2019
Gentleman Jack

as William Priestley

2019
The Name of the Rose

as Old Adso / Narrator (voice)

2018
Say My Name

as Detective Rich Herbig

2018
Patrick

as Alan Francis

2018
You, Me and Him

as Teacher

2017
Liar

as Denis Walters

2015
Gypsy

as Herbie

2015
Doctor Who: The Husbands of River Song

as The Doctor (5) (picture) (uncredited)

2014
Doctor Who: The Ultimate Companion

as Self / The Doctor (archive footage)

2014
Doctor Who: The Ultimate Time Lord with Peter Davison

as Self - Presenter / The Fifth Doctor

2013
Doctor Who: The Day of the Doctor

as The Doctor (5) (archive footage)

2013
Toast of London

as Peter Davison

2013
Pat & Cabbage

as Michael

2013
Doctor Who at the Proms

as Self - Special Guest Appearance

2011
Death in Paradise

as Arnold Finch

2011
Vera

as Matthew Wells

2009
Micro Men

as Bank manager

2009
Law & Order: UK

as Henry Sharpe

2009
Unforgiven

as John Ingram

2008
Doctor Who: The Next Doctor

as The Doctor (5) (archive footage)

2008
Trials and Tribulations

as (archive footage)

2008
The Ties That Bind Us

as The Fifth Doctor (archive footage)

2007
Doctor Who: Time Crash

as The Doctor (5)

2007
2007
2007
Fear, Stress & Anger

as Martin Chadwick

2007
Lewis

as Peter Faulkner

2005
2005
2005
Towpaths of Glory

as DC Davies

2005
Friends Reunited

as DC Davies

2005
Distant Shores

as Bill Shore

2004
Agatha Christie's Marple

as Hubert Curtain

2004
Benefit to Mankind

as DC Davies

2004
The Long Bank Holiday

as Dangerous Davies

2004
Christine

as Dangerous Davies

2004
New Tricks

as Charles Allenforth

2003
Too Good to Be True

as Robert Lewis

2003
Hardware

as Peter Davison

2003
Tricia

as Dangerous Davies

2003
The Last Detective

as Detective Constable 'Dangerous' Davies

2003
The Last Detective

as DC Davies

2001
2001
2000
At Home with the Braithwaites

as David Braithwaite

1999
The Kidnappers

as Himself

1999
1999
Hope and Glory

as Neil Bruce

1999
1998
Wuthering Heights

as Joseph Lockwood

1998
The Mrs Bradley Mysteries

as Inspector Christmas

1998
The Stalker's Apprentice

as D.I. Maurice Burt

1998
Dear Nobody

as Mr. Garton

1997
Jonathan Creek

as Stephen Claithorne

1997
Midsomer Murders

as Nicky Frazer

1996
1994
1994
Black Beauty

as Squire Gordon

1994
Ain't Misbehavin'

as Clive Quigley

1994
1993
Harnessing Peacocks

as Jim Huxtable

1993
1993
1991
Fiddlers Three

as Ralph West

1989
Campion

as Albert Campion

1987
1986
A Very Peculiar Practice

as Dr Stephen Daker

1985
An Audience with Billy Connolly

as Self - Audience Member (uncredited)

1985
1985
Anna of the Five Towns

as Henry Mynors

1985
1984
1984
1983
1983
1983
1983
1982
1982
1982
1982
Doctor Who: Kinda

as The Doctor

1982
1981
1980
Magnum, P.I.

as Ian MacKerras

1980
Sink or Swim

as Brian Webber

1979
Print-Out

as Edwin Styles

1979
1978
1977
Love for Lydia

as Tom Holland

1963
Doctor Who

as The Doctor