
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

An Audience with...
1978
as Self

Lewis
2007
as Peter Faulkner

Richard & Judy
2001
as Self

All Creatures Great and Small
1978
as Tristan Farnon

Law & Order: UK
2009
as Henry Sharpe

Remembers…
2022
as Self

Doctor Who Confidential
2005

Beyond Paradise
2023
as Richard Baxter

Jonathan Creek
1997
as Stephen Claithorne

Going Live!
1987
as Self

The Gold
2023
as Assistant Commissioner Gordon Stewart

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)

Miss Marple: A Pocketful of Rye
1985
as Lance Fortescue

Tales of the Tardis
2023
as The Doctor

At Home with the Braithwaites
2000
as David Braithwaite

The Larkins
2021
as Vicar

The Queen
2009

Hardware
2003
as Peter Davison

Harry Hill's Alien Fun Capsule
2017
as Self

Life
2020
as Henry Reynolds

Doctor Who: Behind the Sofa
2018
as Self

Doctor Who: The Doctors Revisited
2013
as Self
It's Only TV But I Like It
1999
as Self

Ain't Misbehavin'
1994
as Clive Quigley

Unforgiven
2009
as John Ingram

The Nearly Complete and Utter History of Everything
2000

The Mrs Bradley Mysteries
1998
as Inspector Christmas

Distant Shores
2005
as Bill Shore

Hope and Glory
1999
as Neil Bruce

Fiddlers Three
1991
as Ralph West

Pat & Cabbage
2013
as Michael

Love for Lydia
1977
as Tom Holland

Sink or Swim
1980
as Brian Webber
Holding the Fort
1980
as Russell Milburn

The Big Steam Adventure
2023
as Himself

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)

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)

Black Beauty
1994
as Squire Gordon

Dream Horse
2021
as Lord Avery

Patrick
2018
as Alan Francis

Parting Shots
1999
as John

The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot
2013
as Self

Who's Who
1986

An Audience with Billy Connolly
1985
as Self - Audience Member (uncredited)

PROBE: Ghosts of Winterborne
1996
as Gavin Purcell

Doctor Who at the Proms
2024
as The Doctor (5) (archive footage)

Doctor Who: The Next Doctor
2008
as The Doctor (5) (archive footage)

Wuthering Heights
1998
as Joseph Lockwood

Doctor Who Live: The Afterparty
2013
as Self

Harnessing Peacocks
1993
as Jim Huxtable

Doctor Who Live: The Next Doctor
2013
as Self

A Very Polish Practice
1992
as Stephen Daker

You, Me and Him
2018
as Teacher

Tales of Television Centre
2012
as Self
The Muppets Take The O2
2018
as Self

Doctor Who: Wish World & The Reality War
2025
as The Doctor (archive footage) (uncredited)

Doctor Who at the Proms
2013
as Self - Special Guest Appearance

The Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy
1981
as Dish of the Day

The Airzone Solution
1993
as Al Dunbar

The Adventures of Toad
1996
as Mole

The Doctors: 30 Years of Time Travel and Beyond
1995

PROBE: The Devil of Winterborne
1995
as Gavin Purcell

Gypsy
2015
as Herbie

Trials and Tribulations
2008
as (archive footage)

The Ties That Bind Us
2008
as The Fifth Doctor (archive footage)

Blood Actually: A Murder, They Hope Mystery
2023
as David

Longleat '83: The Greatest Show in the Galaxy
2001
as Himself (archive footage)

Doctor Who: The Five Doctors
1983
as The Fifth Doctor

Say My Name
2018
as Detective Rich Herbig

The Adventures of Mole
1995
as Mole

Doctor Who: The Ultimate Time Lord with Peter Davison
2014
as Self - Presenter / The Fifth Doctor

The Big Night In
2020
as Self

Doctor Who: Dimensions in Time
1993
as The 5th Doctor

Doctor Who: Resurrection of the Daleks
1984
as The Doctor
The Women of Doctor Who
2012

Doctor Who: Logopolis
1981
as The Doctor

Micro Men
2009
as Bank manager

Kiss Me, Kate
2024
as The General

Dangerous Liaisons
2007
as Davies

Doctor Who: Kinda
1982
as The Doctor

Print-Out
1979
as Edwin Styles

Doctor Who: The Awakening
1984
as The Doctor

Doctor Who: Planet of Fire
1984
as The Doctor

Talking Doctor Who
2023
as Self / The Doctor (5) (archive footage)

Doctor Who: Time Crash
2007
as The Doctor (5)

PROBE: The Zero Imperative
1994
as Patient One

Doctor Who: Mawdryn Undead
1983
as The Doctor
Frank and Percy

End of Term
2021
as Leigh

Doctor Who: A New Dimension
2005
as Self

Doctor Who: The Caves of Androzani
1984
as The Doctor

Tricia
2003
as Dangerous Davies

Doctor Who: Warriors of the Deep
1984
as The Doctor

The Long Bank Holiday
2004
as Dangerous Davies

Doctor Who: The Visitation
1982
as The Doctor

Doctor Who: Time-Flight
1982
as The Doctor

The Last Detective
2003
as DC Davies

Dangerous and the Lonely Hearts
2004
as DC Davies

The PanoptiCon Tapes VI
1986

Doctor Who: The Ultimate Companion
2014
as Self / The Doctor (archive footage)

The PanoptiCon Tapes III
1990

Doctor Who: Tales Lost in Time
2011

Driven to Distractation
2011

The Crowded TARDIS
2007

Doctor Who: Frontios
1984
as The Doctor

Doctor Who: Castrovalva
1982
as The Doctor

The Destinations of Doctor Who
2012
as Self

Celebration: Doctor Who in 1983
2008

The PanoptiCon Tapes Vol 1 - The Main Event
1991

Doctor Who: The King's Demons
1983
as The Doctor

The PanoptiCon Tapes IV
1990

Longleat '83: The Lost Footage
2015

Doctor Who: Enlightenment
1983
as The Doctor

Doctor Who: Earthshock
1982
as The Doctor

Doctor Who: Snakedance
1983
as The Doctor

Willesden Confidential
2005
as DC Davies

Stranger than Fiction
1994

Come in Number Five
2011

Doctor Who: Arc of Infinity
1983
as The Doctor

Snake Charmer: The Making of 'Snakedance'
2011

The Kidnappers
1999
as Himself

The Dead Peasants Society
2007
as DC Davies

The Story of Doctor Who
2003
The Timey-Wimey of Doctor Who
2012
as Self

Doctor Who: Jovanka Airlines
2018
as Self

The PanoptiCon Tapes V
1990

Dear Nobody
1998
as Mr. Garton

Three Steps to Hendon
2005
as DC Davies

Once Upon a Time on the Westway
2007
as DC Davies

Doctor Who: Terminus
1983
as The Doctor

Showman: The Life of John Nathan-Turner
2019
as Himself

A New Body at Last
2007

Once Upon a Time Lord
1983
as Self

Doctor Who: Tales from the TARDIS
2013
as Self

A Man You Don't Meet Every Day
1994
as Robert

Mole's Christmas
1994
as Mouse

Earthshocked
2018

Christine
2004
as Dangerous Davies

Benefit to Mankind
2004
as DC Davies

Doctor Who: The Fifth Doctor vs. The Daleks
2025
as The Fifth Doctor

Doctor Who: The Television Centre of the Universe
2015
as Self

Doctor Who: Daleks - The Early Years
1992
as Self - Host

The Stalker's Apprentice
1998
as D.I. Maurice Burt

The Man from Montevideo
2007
as DC Davies

The Doctors: The Peter Davison Years
2020
as Self (archive footage)

Too Good to Be True
2003
as Robert Lewis

A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Willesden
2007
as DC Davies

Friends Reunited
2005
as DC Davies

The PanoptiCon Tapes II
1990

The Home Whovian
2001

Happy Mills: The Search for Agent Thorny
2024
as The Big Boss (Voice)

Adventures in Space and Time
1999
as Himself

Doctor Who: Four to Doomsday
1982
as The Doctor

Stranger Than Fiction 3: Acting Up
1997

Doctor Who: Black Orchid
1982
as The Doctor
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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- 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)
- Black Beauty (1994) — as Squire Gordon
- Dream Horse (2021) — as Lord Avery
- Patrick (2018) — as Alan Francis
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