Peter Davison
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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.
Known for
Credits
Dream Horse (2021)
as Lord Avery
Cuts (1996)
as Henry Babbacombe
Black Beauty (1994)
as Squire Gordon
Doctor Who: The Day of the Doctor (2013)
as The Doctor (5) (archive footage)
PROBE: The Zero Imperative (1994)
as Patient One
Parting Shots (1999)
as John
Doctor Who at the Proms (2024)
as The Doctor (5) (archive footage)
The Big Night In (2020)
as Self
Patrick (2018)
as Alan Francis
Doctor Who: Tales from the TARDIS (2013)
as Self
Frank and Percy (—)
Actor
You, Me and Him (2018)
as Teacher
Doctor Who: The Awakening (1984)
as The Doctor
Doctor Who: Logopolis (1981)
as The Doctor
Who's Who (1986)
Actor
Doctor Who: The Husbands of River Song (2015)
as The Doctor (5) (picture) (uncredited)
Kiss Me, Kate (2024)
as The General
The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot (2013)
as Self
Doctor Who: Resurrection of the Daleks (1984)
as The Doctor
Print-Out (1979)
as Edwin Styles
Doctor Who: A New Dimension (2005)
as Self
Doctor Who at the Proms (2013)
as Self - Special Guest Appearance
PROBE: The Devil of Winterborne (1995)
as Gavin Purcell
Doctor Who: Tales Lost in Time (2011)
Actor
Doctor Who: Castrovalva (1982)
as The Doctor
Wuthering Heights (1998)
as Joseph Lockwood
The Adventures of Toad (1996)
as Mole
The Ties That Bind Us (2008)
as The Fifth Doctor (archive footage)
Doctor Who: Time Crash (2007)
as The Doctor (5)
Talking Doctor Who (2023)
as Self / The Doctor (5) (archive footage)
The Muppets Take The O2 (2018)
as Self
Doctor Who: The Next Doctor (2008)
as The Doctor (5) (archive footage)
The Last Detective (2003)
as DC Davies
The Airzone Solution (1993)
as Al Dunbar
Doctor Who: Frontios (1984)
as The Doctor
The Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy (1981)
as Dish of the Day
Doctor Who: Snakedance (1983)
as The Doctor
Doctor Who: Wish World & The Reality War (2025)
as The Doctor (archive footage) (uncredited)
Five Doctors, One Studio (2008)
Actor
Doctor Who: The Fifth Doctor vs. The Daleks (2025)
as The Fifth Doctor
Willesden Confidential (2005)
as DC Davies
The PanoptiCon Tapes IV (1990)
Actor
Micro Men (2009)
as Bank manager
Benefit to Mankind (2004)
as DC Davies
An Audience with Billy Connolly (1985)
as Self - Audience Member (uncredited)
Doctor Who: Jovanka Airlines (2018)
as Self
Adventures in Space and Time (1999)
as Himself
The Women of Doctor Who (2012)
Actor
Earthshocked (2018)
Actor
A Very Polish Practice (1992)
as Stephen Daker
Three Steps to Hendon (2005)
as DC Davies
Stranger than Fiction (1994)
Actor
The PanoptiCon Tapes Vol 1 - The Main Event (1991)
Actor
Doctor Who: Time-Flight (1982)
as The Doctor
The Dead Peasants Society (2007)
as DC Davies
Gypsy (2015)
as Herbie
Doctor Who: Kinda (1982)
as The Doctor
PROBE: Ghosts of Winterborne (1996)
as Gavin Purcell
Harnessing Peacocks (1993)
as Jim Huxtable
Doctor Who Live: The Next Doctor (2013)
as Self
The PanoptiCon Tapes VI (1986)
Actor
Doctor Who: The Ultimate Companion (2014)
as Self / The Doctor (archive footage)
Say My Name (2018)
as Detective Rich Herbig
Snake Charmer: The Making of 'Snakedance' (2011)
Actor
The Adventures of Mole (1995)
as Mole
Mole's Christmas (1994)
as Mouse
Come in Number Five (2011)
Actor
Once Upon a Time on the Westway (2007)
as DC Davies
Doctor Who: Dimensions in Time (1993)
as The 5th Doctor
Doctor Who: Enlightenment (1983)
as The Doctor
Once Upon a Time Lord (1983)
as Self
The Destinations of Doctor Who (2012)
as Self
The Story of Doctor Who (2003)
Actor
Doctor Who: Black Orchid (1982)
as The Doctor
The Timey-Wimey of Doctor Who (2012)
as Self
The PanoptiCon Tapes V (1990)
Actor
The Kidnappers (1999)
as Himself
Doctor Who: Earthshock (1982)
as The Doctor
Blood Actually: A Murder, They Hope Mystery (2023)
as David
The Long Bank Holiday (2004)
as Dangerous Davies
Doctor Who: Arc of Infinity (1983)
as The Doctor
A New Body at Last (2007)
Actor
Doctor Who Live: The Afterparty (2013)
as Self
The Doctors: 30 Years of Time Travel and Beyond (1995)
Actor
Doctor Who: Terminus (1983)
as The Doctor
Friends Reunited (2005)
as DC Davies
Doctor Who: The Five Doctors (1983)
as The Fifth Doctor
The PanoptiCon Tapes II (1990)
Actor
A Man You Don't Meet Every Day (1994)
as Robert
Doctor Who: Four to Doomsday (1982)
as The Doctor
Doctor Who: The Visitation (1982)
as The Doctor
Longleat '83: The Greatest Show in the Galaxy (2001)
as Himself (archive footage)
Doctor Who: Mawdryn Undead (1983)
as The Doctor
Too Good to Be True (2003)
as Robert Lewis
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Willesden (2007)
as DC Davies
Dangerous and the Lonely Hearts (2004)
as DC Davies
Doctor Who: The Ultimate Time Lord with Peter Davison (2014)
as Self - Presenter / The Fifth Doctor
Doctor Who: The King's Demons (1983)
as The Doctor
Doctor Who: Warriors of the Deep (1984)
as The Doctor
The Crowded TARDIS (2007)
Actor
Tales of Television Centre (2012)
as Self
The PanoptiCon Tapes III (1990)
Actor
Happy Mills: The Search for Agent Thorny (2024)
as The Big Boss (Voice)
The Man from Montevideo (2007)
as DC Davies
Christine (2004)
as Dangerous Davies
Longleat '83: The Lost Footage (2015)
Actor
Peter Davison: Uncut! (2022)
as Self
End of Term (2021)
as Leigh
Stranger Than Fiction 3: Acting Up (1997)
Actor
Dangerous Liaisons (2007)
as Davies
The Home Whovian (2001)
Actor
Chain Reaction (2010)
Actor
Towpaths of Glory (2005)
as DC Davies
The Doctors: The Peter Davison Years (2020)
as Self (archive footage)
Doctor Who: Daleks - The Early Years (1992)
as Self - Host
Doctor Who: The Caves of Androzani (1984)
as The Doctor
Doctor Who: Planet of Fire (1984)
as The Doctor
The Stalker's Apprentice (1998)
as D.I. Maurice Burt
Tricia (2003)
as Dangerous Davies
Now, Get Out of That (2008)
Actor
Trials and Tribulations (2008)
as (archive footage)
Driven to Distractation (2011)
Actor
Showman: The Life of John Nathan-Turner (2019)
as Himself
Dear Nobody (1998)
as Mr. Garton
Peter Davison: In Conversation (2018)
as Self
Doctor Who: The Television Centre of the Universe (2015)
as Self
Celebration: Doctor Who in 1983 (2008)
Actor