Peter Davison
Known for: Acting
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
Series
Midsomer Murders
Nicky Frazer
1997
Series
Midsomer Murders
Archie Pollock
1997
Series
Death in Paradise
Arnold Finch
2011
Series
Doctor Who
The Doctor
1963
Series
Vera
Matthew Wells
2011
Series
Magnum, P.I.
Ian MacKerras
1980
Series
An Audience with...
Self
1978
Series
Agatha Christie's Marple
Hubert Curtain
2004
Series
Good Omens
Job
2019
Series
Tales of the Unexpected
Jeremy Tyler
1979
Series
Loose Women
Self
1999
Series
New Tricks
Charles Allenforth
2004
Series
Lewis
Peter Faulkner
2007
Series
Richard & Judy
Self
2001
Series
All Creatures Great and Small
Tristan Farnon
1978
Series
Law & Order: UK
Henry Sharpe
2009
Series
Remembers…
Self
2022
Series
Doctor Who Confidential
2005
Series
Beyond Paradise
Richard Baxter
2023
Series
Jonathan Creek
Stephen Claithorne
1997
Series
Going Live!
Self
1987
Series
The Gold
Assistant Commissioner Gordon Stewart
2023
Series
The Gold
Commissioner Gordon Stewart
2023
Series
Gentleman Jack
William Priestley
2019
Series
Screen One
Dr. Stephen Daker
1989
Series
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Dish of the Day
1981
Series
Campion
Albert Campion
1989
Series
Liar
Denis Walters
2017
Series
Warship
1973
Series
Toast of London
Peter Davison
2013
Series
The Last Detective
Detective Constable 'Dangerous' Davies
2003
Series
A Very Peculiar Practice
Dr Stephen Daker
1986
Series
Between the Covers
Self
2020
Series
The Name of the Rose
Old Adso / Narrator (voice)
2019
Series
Hardware
Peter Davison
2003
Series
At Home with the Braithwaites
David Braithwaite
2000
Series
The Larkins
Vicar
2021
Series
Tales of the Tardis
The Doctor
2023
Series
Harry Hill's Alien Fun Capsule
Self
2017
Series
Miss Marple: A Pocketful of Rye
Lance Fortescue
1985
Series
The Queen
2009
Series
Doctor Who: Behind the Sofa
Self
2018
Series
Doctor Who: The Doctors Revisited
Self
2013
Series
Life
Henry Reynolds
2020
Series
Ain't Misbehavin'
Clive Quigley
1994
Film
Doctor Who: The Husbands of River Song
The Doctor (5) (picture) (uncredited)
2015
It's Only TV But I Like It
Self
1999
Film
Black Beauty
Squire Gordon
1994
Series
Unforgiven
John Ingram
2009
Film
Doctor Who: The Day of the Doctor
The Doctor (5) (archive footage)
2013
Film
Patrick
Alan Francis
2018
Film
Dream Horse
Lord Avery
2021
Series
Distant Shores
Bill Shore
2005
Series
The Nearly Complete and Utter History of Everything
2000
Holding the Fort
Russell Milburn
1980
Series
The Mrs Bradley Mysteries
Inspector Christmas
1998
Series
Hope and Glory
Neil Bruce
1999
Series
Fiddlers Three
Ralph West
1991
Series
Love for Lydia
Tom Holland
1977
Series
Sink or Swim
Brian Webber
1980
Film
Parting Shots
John
1999
Series
The Big Steam Adventure
Himself
2023
Film
An Audience with Billy Connolly
Self - Audience Member (uncredited)
1985
Series
Pat & Cabbage
Michael
2013
Film
Doctor Who at the Proms
The Doctor (5) (archive footage)
2024
Film
The Adventures of Toad
Mole
1996
Series
Doctor Who's Who's Who
Doctor Who
1985
Vintage Roads
Himself - Presenter
2018
Film
Doctor Who Live: The Next Doctor
Self
2013
Series
Fear, Stress & Anger
Martin Chadwick
2007
Film
You, Me and Him
Teacher
2018
Film
The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot
Self
2013
Film
Who's Who
1986
Film
Wuthering Heights
Joseph Lockwood
1998
Series
Anna of the Five Towns
Henry Mynors
1985
Film
Doctor Who: The Next Doctor
The Doctor (5) (archive footage)
2008
Film
PROBE: Ghosts of Winterborne
Gavin Purcell
1996
Film
Gypsy
Herbie
2015
The Complete Guide to Parenting
George Huntley
2006
Film
The Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy
Dish of the Day
1981
Film
Doctor Who at the Proms
Self - Special Guest Appearance
2013
Film
Doctor Who Live: The Afterparty
Self
2013
Film
Doctor Who: Dimensions in Time
The 5th Doctor
1993
Film
The Doctors: 30 Years of Time Travel and Beyond
1995
Film
Doctor Who: Wish World & The Reality War
The Doctor (archive footage) (uncredited)
2025
Film
Tales of Television Centre
Self
2012
Film
The Big Night In
Self
2020
Film
Blood Actually: A Murder, They Hope Mystery
David
2023
Film
Doctor Who: The Caves of Androzani
The Doctor
1984
Film
The Airzone Solution
Al Dunbar
1993
Film
Micro Men
Bank manager
2009
Film
Harnessing Peacocks
Jim Huxtable
1993
Frank and Percy
Film
Trials and Tribulations
(archive footage)
2008
Film
Doctor Who: Logopolis
The Doctor
1981
Film
Doctor Who: Resurrection of the Daleks
The Doctor
1984
Film
A Very Polish Practice
Stephen Daker
1992
Film
Celebration: Doctor Who in 1983
2008
Film
Longleat '83: The Greatest Show in the Galaxy
Himself (archive footage)
2001
Film
The Ties That Bind Us
The Fifth Doctor (archive footage)
2008
Film
Dangerous Liaisons
Davies
2007
The Muppets Take The O2
Self
2018
Film
PROBE: The Devil of Winterborne
Gavin Purcell
1995
Film
Kiss Me, Kate
The General
2024
Film
Doctor Who: The Five Doctors
The Fifth Doctor
1983
Film
Doctor Who: The Ultimate Time Lord with Peter Davison
Self - Presenter / The Fifth Doctor
2014
Film
The Adventures of Mole
Mole
1995
Film
Doctor Who: Kinda
The Doctor
1982
Film
The Last Detective
DC Davies
2003
Film
Doctor Who: The Awakening
The Doctor
1984
Series
Sugar Free Farm
Self
2016
Film
Print-Out
Edwin Styles
1979
Film
Doctor Who: Planet of Fire
The Doctor
1984
Film
Tricia
Dangerous Davies
2003
Film
PROBE: The Zero Imperative
Patient One
1994
The Women of Doctor Who
2012
Film
End of Term
Leigh
2021
Film
Doctor Who: The King's Demons
The Doctor
1983
Film
Talking Doctor Who
Self / The Doctor (5) (archive footage)
2023
Film
Doctor Who: The Ultimate Companion
Self / The Doctor (archive footage)
2014
Film
Doctor Who: Earthshock
The Doctor
1982
Film
Doctor Who: Mawdryn Undead
The Doctor
1983
Film
Doctor Who: The Visitation
The Doctor
1982
Film
Dangerous and the Lonely Hearts
DC Davies
2004
Film
Doctor Who: A New Dimension
Self
2005
Film
Doctor Who: Enlightenment
The Doctor
1983
Film
Doctor Who: Snakedance
The Doctor
1983
Film
The Destinations of Doctor Who
Self
2012
Film
Doctor Who: Tales Lost in Time
2011
Film
The Long Bank Holiday
Dangerous Davies
2004
Film
The PanoptiCon Tapes IV
1990
Film
Stranger than Fiction
1994
Film
Once Upon a Time on the Westway
DC Davies
2007
Film
Mole's Christmas
Mouse
1994
Film
The PanoptiCon Tapes V
1990
Film
The Crowded TARDIS
2007
Film
Doctor Who: Castrovalva
The Doctor
1982
Film
Christine
Dangerous Davies
2004
Film
Doctor Who: Time-Flight
The Doctor
1982
Film
Doctor Who: Arc of Infinity
The Doctor
1983
Film
The PanoptiCon Tapes III
1990
Film
Come in Number Five
2011
Film
The PanoptiCon Tapes VI
1986
Film
Dear Nobody
Mr. Garton
1998
Film
Doctor Who: Time Crash
The Doctor (5)
2007
Film
Longleat '83: The Lost Footage
2015
Film
Doctor Who: Frontios
The Doctor
1984
Film
The Story of Doctor Who
2003
Film
The Stalker's Apprentice
D.I. Maurice Burt
1998
Film
The PanoptiCon Tapes II
1990
Film
Doctor Who: Tales from the TARDIS
Self
2013
Film
The Kidnappers
Himself
1999
Film
Willesden Confidential
DC Davies
2005
Film
The PanoptiCon Tapes Vol 1 - The Main Event
1991
Film
Say My Name
Detective Rich Herbig
2018
Film
Three Steps to Hendon
DC Davies
2005
Film
A New Body at Last
2007
Film
Doctor Who: Jovanka Airlines
Self
2018
Film
Doctor Who: The Fifth Doctor vs. The Daleks
The Fifth Doctor
2025
Film
Showman: The Life of John Nathan-Turner
Himself
2019
Film
The Dead Peasants Society
DC Davies
2007
Film
Doctor Who: Warriors of the Deep
The Doctor
1984
Film
Too Good to Be True
Robert Lewis
2003
The Timey-Wimey of Doctor Who
Self
2012
Film
Doctor Who: Daleks - The Early Years
Self - Host
1992
Film
Once Upon a Time Lord
Self
1983
Film
A Man You Don't Meet Every Day
Robert
1994
Film
Snake Charmer: The Making of 'Snakedance'
2011
Film
The Doctors: The Peter Davison Years
Self (archive footage)
2020
Film
Earthshocked
2018
Film
Doctor Who: The Television Centre of the Universe
Self
2015
Film
Adventures in Space and Time
Himself
1999
Film
Friends Reunited
DC Davies
2005
Film
The Man from Montevideo
DC Davies
2007
Film
Doctor Who: Four to Doomsday
The Doctor
1982
Film
Happy Mills: The Search for Agent Thorny
The Big Boss (Voice)
2024
Film
Doctor Who: Terminus
The Doctor
1983
Film
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Willesden
DC Davies
2007
Film
Benefit to Mankind
DC Davies
2004
Film
The Home Whovian
2001
Film
Doctor Who: Black Orchid
The Doctor
1982
Film
Peter Davison: In Conversation
Self
2018
Film
Stranger Than Fiction 3: Acting Up
1997
Five Doctors, One Studio
2008
Film
Peter Davison: Uncut!
Self
2022
Film
Driven to Distractation
2011
Film
Towpaths of Glory
DC Davies
2005
Film
Now, Get Out of That
2008
Film
Chain Reaction
2010