Peter Davison
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Peter Malcolm Gordon Moffett<ref>GRO Register of Births: JUN 1951, 5c 47, Battersea, Peter M. G. Moffett, mother's maiden surname Hallett</ref> (born 13 April 1951), known professionally as Peter Davison, is an English actor. He made his television acting debut in 1975 and became famous in 1978 as Tristan Farnon in the BBC's television adaptation of James Herriot's All Creatures Great and Small stories. He subsequently played the fifth incarnation of the Doctor in Doctor Who from 1981 to 1984.
Davison's other starring roles included the sitcoms Holding the Fort (1980–1982) and Sink or Swim (1980–1982), Dr. Stephen Daker in A Very Peculiar Practice (1986–1988), and Albert Campion in Campion (1989–1990). He also played David Braithwaite in At Home with the Braithwaites (2000–2003), "Dangerous" Davies in The Last Detective (2003–2007), and Henry Sharpe in Law & Order: UK (2011–2014).
Early lifeEdit
Davison was born to Claude and Sheila Moffett<ref>This Is Your Life, Thames Television (1982)</ref> in Streatham,<ref name=Sweeting>Template:Cite newsTemplate:Cbignore</ref> London. Claude was from British Guiana (now Guyana), and worked as a radio engineer before opening a grocer's shop, while Sheila worked in intelligence during World War II before becoming a housewife.<ref>Peter Davison: ‘Pedigree Chum enabled me to buy my flat’</ref> Davison had three sisters: Shirley, Pamela and Barbara.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> While in Streatham, he attended Granton Primary School. The family then moved to Knaphill in Surrey.<ref name="mirror">Template:Cite news</ref> During this time, Davison was a member of an amateur theatre company called the Byfleet Players.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Before becoming an actor, Davison gained one O-level in English Language<ref name="Life Outside The Box">Template:Cite book</ref> at Winston Churchill School, St John's, Woking, Surrey, and then had several odd jobs, including a stint as a mortuary attendant and a Hoffman Press operator.<ref name="mirror" /> Early aspirations at a teacher-training college or his father's plan for a job at a building society vanished.<ref name="Life Outside The Box"/>
Davison studied at the Central School of Speech and Drama.<ref name=Sweeting /> His first job was as an actor and assistant stage manager at the Nottingham Playhouse.<ref name="mirror" /> He chose the stage name Peter Davison to avoid confusion with the actor and director Peter Moffatt, with whom Davison later worked. He only uses Davison professionally.
CareerEdit
Davison's first television work was a 1975 episode of the children's science fiction television programme The Tomorrow People, alongside American actress Sandra Dickinson, whom he married on 26 December 1978. Davison portrayed an alien named Elmer, who arrives on Earth along with his sister (played by Dickinson) and his mother, known as "the Mama" (played by Margaret Burton).Template:Citation neededIn the mid-1970s, during a lull in his acting career, Davison spent 18 months working in a tax office in Twickenham.<ref name=McGown>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> In 1976, Davison was offered a prominent role in the 13-part TV series Love for Lydia opposite Jeremy Irons; the series was broadcast on ITV the following year.
Davison has also appeared in several British sitcoms, including Holding the Fort (1980–82) and Sink or Swim (1980–82), as well as appearing in dramatic roles.<ref name=McGown />
All Creatures Great and Small (1978–1990)Edit
In 1978, Davison's performance as the youthfully mischievous Tristan Farnon in All Creatures Great and Small made him a household name.<ref name = "mirror" /><ref group="nb">"I don't know how much it changed my life. It creeps up on you really. You become used to it quickly, I think. I wasn't aware of it suddenly changing my life, although I had a bit more money to spend on rubbish. I bought a house, but the money was rubbish because I was a BBC newcomer, though nobody's money was very good, except probably Robert Hardy's. I remember after the third series I bought a car, which was a Renault 18. I thought it was pretty flash, and I went to this garage to fill up with petrol, and the guy said, 'Aren't you that bloke off the vet series?' I said yes I was, and he said, 'Why are you driving that piece of shit?'"</ref><ref name=Crocker>All Memories Great & Small, Oliver Crocker (2016; MIWK) Template:Page needed</ref> Davison was absent for 24 episodes in the second run of the series, including the majority of series five and six, due to other acting commitments.<ref name=Crocker/><ref group="nb">He noted that he missed second half of series five because of recording A Very Peculiar Practice and missed series six due to joining the cast of Campion. "I didn't ever want to leave the series, it's just that other programmes came up and I wanted to do them," he explained in 2016.</ref><ref group="nb">"I was incredibly lucky to move onto the things I did. There was no plan to it; it's just good fortune, being in the right place at the right time. But in the end, when I'd finished Campion and A Very Peculiar Practice, All Creatures was still going and I never had any problem coming back." "Only days after finishing A Very Peculiar Practice, I was back in Yorkshire to film a second All Creatures Christmas Special," remembered Davison. "I can't remember when the idea of making another series of the show came up, but it was probably long before anyone mentioned it to the actors. Not that we raised too many eyebrows; I felt I had done enough other work to prove to myself that Tristan hadn't hindered my prospects. Quite the reverse, as Doctor Who had proved: Tristan was a stepping stone to other parts. By the end of 1986, it was agreed that the original cast, minus Carol Drinkwater, would re-assemble to film another series," continued Davison. "The date was set for the spring of the following year, dangerously close to the date set for a second series of A Very Peculiar Practice."</ref>Template:Page needed<ref name=davison>Is There Life Outside The Box?: An Actor Despairs, Peter Davison (John Blake; 2017)</ref>Template:Page needed
Doctor Who (1981–1984 and later revivals)Edit
{{#invoke:Labelled list hatnote|labelledList|Main article|Main articles|Main page|Main pages}} In 1980, Davison signed a contract to play the fifth incarnation of the Doctor in Doctor Who for three years, succeeding Tom Baker (the Fourth Doctor) and, at age 29, was at the time the youngest actor to have played the lead role,<ref name="outside">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> a record he retained for nearly thirty years until Matt Smith (the Eleventh Doctor) took the role in 2009 at age 26. He was also the first mixed race actor to portray the character.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Attracting such a high-profile actor as Davison was as much of a coup for the programme as getting the role was for him, but he did not renew his contract because he feared being typecast.<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref> Patrick Troughton (who had played the Second Doctor and whom Davison had watched on the programme as a teenager) recommended to Davison that he leave the role after three years, and Davison followed his advice.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> The Fifth Doctor encountered many of the Doctor's best-known adversaries, including the Cybermen in Earthshock (1982) and the Daleks and Davros in Resurrection of the Daleks (1984). In the 1983 serial Arc of Infinity, in addition to portraying the Fifth Doctor, Davison portrayed the human form of Omega, sharing the role with Ian Collier.<ref group="nb">Since leaving Doctor Who, Davison has returned to the franchise several times. He presented the special videotape documentary release Daleks – The Early Years (1993), showcasing selected episodes of missing Dalek stories from both the First and Second Doctor's eras. Davison returned to play the Fifth Doctor in the 1993 multi-doctor charity special Dimensions in Time and in the 1997 video game Destiny of the Doctors.</ref>
Since 1999, Davison has reprised his role as the Fifth Doctor in numerous Doctor Who audio dramas for Big Finish Productions; he also reprised the role of Omega in an audio drama of the same name, again sharing the role with Collier. He returned to the TV series in "Time Crash", a special episode written by Steven Moffat for Children in Need; in the episode (2007) the Fifth Doctor met the Tenth Doctor, played by Davison's future son-in-law David Tennant.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> <ref group="nb">Tennant later presented a documentary, Come in Number Five, which examined Davison's tenure in some detail, and which was included as a special feature on the 2011 DVD re-release of Resurrection of the Daleks. It is one of many DVD releases of his serials in which Davison has appeared as an in-vision interviewee or in DVD commentary recordings.</ref><ref group="nb">Although he did not appear in the 50th anniversary special, he wrote and directed The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot, an affectionate and comedic fictionalised account of Colin Baker, Sylvester McCoy and himself attempting to get parts in the Anniversary Special, featuring cameos from numerous Doctor Who cast, crew, and famous fans.</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}Template:Cbignore</ref>
Davison has been critical of some aspects of Doctor WhoTemplate:'s original run, and has expressed great admiration for the 21st century revival. In 2008, he spoke unfavourably of some of the writing for the series during his tenure, saying some of the scripts had been "suspect" and "knocked off" by authors who had not been science fiction fans, which he contrasted with the revived series and Big Finish audio productions.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> In 2013, he also praised the frisson between the Doctor and companions in the revived series, and argued that the previous series had struggled to "write a good companion's part" because "they never once thought it was a good idea to put any frisson or sexual tension – even in its most innocent form – between the Doctor and companion". Davison said the series had failed to write a good companion's part until Rose, when the series came back.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Interviewed in 2013, Davison stated that The Caves of Androzani, The Visitation and Earthshock were his favourite serials from his time on the series, and that Time-Flight was the biggest disappointment because of a lack of budget.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
In 2013, Davison said he had a "slight problem" with a female Doctor, which he compared to having "a female James Bond".<ref>Template:Cite newsTemplate:Cbignore</ref> In July 2017, Davison reacted positively to the casting of Jodie Whittaker as the Thirteenth Doctor, but said he was sad about "the loss of a role model for boys".<ref>Template:Cite newsTemplate:Cbignore</ref> Davison closed his Twitter account following the backlash to his comments, saying the "toxicity" from the series’ viewers on both sides of the dispute had been "sobering".<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
In 2022, Davison returned to portray the Doctor on television again in "The Power of the Doctor". He reprised the role again in Tales of the TARDIS.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
1984–presentEdit
After Davison left Doctor Who in 1984, he took a role in Anna of the Five Towns, a period drama. In 1985, he appeared in an All Creatures Great and Small Christmas special, and a feature-length episode of the American show Magnum, P.I. ("Deja Vu"), set in the UK. Davison played Dr Stephen Daker, the central character in A Very Peculiar Practice (1986–88). Written by Andrew Davies, it concerns a university's health centre; Daker is the centre's only effective physician. The black comedy-drama ran for two series and had a sequel with A Very Polish Practice in 1992, a television film mainly set in a post-communist Polish hospital. In 1986 he appeared as Lance Fortescue in an episode of the BBC's Miss Marple ("A Pocketful of Rye").
Davison reprised his role as Tristan Farnon in four more series of All Creatures Great and Small between 1988 and 1990, although he was absent from 24 episodes of the final three to play the lead in Campion, a series based on the period whodunnits of Margery Allingham. He appeared in the sitcoms Fiddlers Three for ITV in 1991, and Ain't Misbehavin' in 1993 and 1995. He played Jim Huxtable in the 1993 TV movie Harnessing Peacocks, based on the novel by Mary Wesley.
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In 1994, Davison provided the voice of Mole in The Wind in the Willows animated special Mole's Christmas. He also appeared as a doctor in Heartbeat episode "A Bird in the Hand", and played Squire Gordon in the 1994 film of Black Beauty.<ref name="denofgeek.com">Dr Who: films of Peter Davison, Colin Baker, Sylvester McCoy | Den of Geek</ref> Davison presented Heavenly Bodies, a six-part series about astronomy (1995).<ref group="nb">This led to him being featured on the cover of Practical Astronomy magazine..</ref><ref>Practical Astronomy, Volume 1, number 5, dated March 1995</ref> Davison guest starred in the sixth episode of the crime drama Jonathan Creek in 1998 as the son-in-law of a horror writer who was shot dead on Halloween. The following year he played the outgoing head teacher in the television series Hope and Glory, and appeared in Parting Shots, the last film to be directed by Michael Winner.<ref name="denofgeek.com"/>
In 2000, Davison returned to another major role as David Braithwaite in At Home with the Braithwaites. During convention appearances in 2013, Davison cited this as his favourite among the roles he has played. Also in 2000, he appeared in the recurring role of Inspector Christmas in several episodes of Diana Rigg's Mrs Bradley Mysteries. The first episode, Death at the Opera, saw Davison appear with his future son-in-law (and future Doctor Who actor), David Tennant.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Davison starred as Dangerous Davies in the television series The Last Detective (2003–2007) and as Dr Bill Shore in Distant Shores (2005–2008), both for ITV. In 2006, he appeared as Professor George Huntley in The Complete Guide to Parenting, and appeared as himself in the TV series Hardware. Davison starred as Martin Chadwick, one half of an overworked couple coping with two irresponsible daughters and his senile mother at home, in the BBC Two comedy Fear, Stress and Anger (2007). The show also starred his daughter Georgia Tennant. Later in 2007, he played Hubert Curtain in an episode of ITV's Agatha Christie's Marple ("At Bertram's Hotel").
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In 2009, Davison appeared in Unforgiven, an ITV1 drama starring Suranne Jones. Davison played John Ingrams, a lawyer who helps Jones' character, Ruth Slater, find her sister after her release from prison.<ref name="itv-unforgiven">Template:Cite news</ref> In July 2009, he appeared in an episode of Midsomer Murders,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> and made a guest appearance as a teacher in the sitcom Miranda (2009).<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> In 2009, Davison had a small role as a bank manager in Micro Men, a drama about the rise of the British home computer market in the late 1970s and early 1980s. In 2009, he played Denis Thatcher in The Queen, a docudrama on Channel 4.<ref name=Sweeting />
In 2010, Davison was announced as joining the regular cast of the UK version of Law and Order as Henry Sharpe, the Director of the London Crown Prosecution Service (CPS). Davison appeared from the beginning of the series' fifth season, alongside fellow Doctor Who actress Freema Agyeman. He appeared in an episode of the police comedy-drama New Tricks (2011), and in 2013 he played divorcee Michael in the comedy series Pat and Cabbage, as well as appearing in an episode of the ITV detective series Lewis.
Davison had been lined up to appear in writer/director Daisy Aitkens' first feature-length film You, Me and Him(2016). However, due to a scheduling clash, Davison was forced to pull out of the film. The film stars his son-in-law David Tennant, and is co-produced by Davison's daughter, Georgia.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> In 2017, Davison appeared in an episode of the third series of Grantchester, playing a cricket-loving solicitor.<ref name="Anderton">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Davison appeared with Christopher Timothy in the three-part series Great British Car Journeys(2018)<ref name="Great British Car Journeys - All 4">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> (known internationally as Vintage Roads Great & Small) for More4. In the first series the pair travelled in a Morgan 4/4 on three trips from London to Land's End, from Loch Ness to The Isle of Skye and from Cardiff to Snowdonia.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The series was recommissioned by Channel 4 for a second series on More4 (2019).<ref name="Great British Car Journeys - All 4"/><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> He narrated the tenth season of Channel 5's documentary series, The Yorkshire Vet, which follows a number of veterinarians working in Weatherby, Kirkbymoorside and Huddersfield.Template:Refn
RadioEdit
Davison has appeared in several radio series, including the BBC Radio 4 comedy drama series King Street Junior (1985). He appeared in Change at Oglethorpe (1995), and the following year he played Richard Stubbs in a six-part comedy Minor Adjustment. Davison played Dr Anthony Webster in the comedy series Rigor Mortis on Radio 4 in 2003 and 2006, and made a guest appearance in the first episode of the second series of the BBC Radio 4 science fiction comedy series Nebulous (2006). In 2008, Davison voiced Simon Draycott in the radio adaptation of The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul, and between 2012 and 2013 he played Richard Lyons in the BBC Radio 2 comedy Welcome to Our Village, Please Invade Carefully.
Theatre rolesEdit
Davison appeared in Neil Simon's Barefoot in the Park (at the Apollo Theatre alongside his then wife, Sandra Dickinson (1984). In 1991, he appeared in Arsenic and Old Lace at the Chichester Festival Theatre. Further theatre appearances during the 1990s include: The Last Yankee, by Arthur Miller at the Young Vic Theatre and later the Duke of York's Theatre, London in 1993, and Vatelin in An Absolute Turkey, by Georges Feydeau, at the Gielgud Theatre in 1994. In 1996 he played the role of Tony Wendice in the theatrical production of Dial M for Murder. Davison appeared as Amos Hart in Chicago at the Adelphi Theatre in 1999, and played Dr Jean-Pierre Moulineaux, in Under the Doctor at the Churchill Theatre, Bromley and later at the Comedy Theatre, London (2001).
Between July 2007 and March 2008, Davison performed as King Arthur in the London production of Spamalot.<ref name=Sweeting /> Throughout 2010 and 2011, Davison appeared as Professor Callahan in the West End production of Legally Blonde, which opened at the Savoy Theatre.<ref>"Casting Complete for London's Legally Blonde The Musical" Template:Webarchive, Playbill, 10 September 2009</ref>
Davison played the part of Oliver Lucas in David Hare's play The Vertical Hour at the Park Theatre, London (2014).<ref name=Coveney>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> In 2015, Davison joined the cast of Gypsy in its West End transfer to the Savoy Theatre in London, playing the role of Herbie,<ref name=Sweeting /> alongside Imelda Staunton as Rose.
In 2024 Davison joined the cast of the musical Kiss Me, Kate at the Barbican Theatre, playing the part of the General.<ref name=Dillon />
Other workEdit
Davison and his wife composed and performed the theme tunes to Button Moon, a children's programme broadcast in the 1980s, and Mixed Blessings, a sitcom broadcast on ITV in 1978.<ref name=McGown /> Davison subsequently appeared alongside Dickinson as the Dish of the Day in the television version of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy in 1981.
Davison was the subject of This Is Your Life in 1982 when he was surprised by Eamonn Andrews while filming a promotional piece for Doctor Who in Trafalgar Square in London.Template:Citation needed
Davison lent his name to be used to endorse two science-fiction anthology books published by Hutchinson: Peter Davison's Book of Alien Monsters released in 1982<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> and Peter Davison's Book of Alien Planets released in 1983.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Personal lifeEdit
Davison has been married three times. His 1973 marriage to Diane J. Russell ended with divorce in 1975.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
On 26 December 1978, Davison married American-British actress Sandra Dickinson. The couple divorced in 1994. Davison's daughter from his second marriage is actress Georgia Tennant, then Georgia Moffett (born 1984). In December 2011, she married actor David Tennant, who played the Tenth and Fourteenth Doctors.
Davison married his third wife, actress and writer Elizabeth Morton, in 2003. The couple live in Twickenham and have two sons, Louis (born 1999) and Joel (born 2001). They both appeared in The Five(ish) Doctors playing themselves. Louis Moffett made his professional theatrical acting debut aged 14, playing Prince Edward in the 2014 Trafalgar Studios stage production of Richard III, credited as Louis Davison, having adopted his father's stage name as his own.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> His brother Joel also made his theatrical debut aged 13 in the summer of 2014, playing Jack in The Widowing of Mrs Holroyd at the Orange Tree Theatre, Richmond.<ref name="Loxton">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Louis Davison plays the part of Victor in Tim Burton's film, Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children released in 2016,<ref name="Ulloa">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> and Joel Davison played Lord Heybrook in French Without Tears at the Orange Tree Theatre, Richmond.<ref name="RBM">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Louis has appeared as Parker Whitfield in BBC One's Holby City, and as King Edmund Ironside in Netflix's Vikings: Valhalla.
Davison's autobiography, Is There Life Outside the Box?: An Actor Despairs, was published in 2016.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Political viewsEdit
In April 2010, Davison declared his support for the Labour Party at the general election of that year.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> In the election campaign, Davison narrated one of Labour's election broadcasts.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Davison was also one of 48 celebrities who signed a letter warning voters against Conservative Party policy towards the BBC.<ref>Template:Cite newsTemplate:Cbignore</ref>
Davison publicly supported the UK's membership of the European Union in the 2016 EU referendum, describing Brexit supporters as "mad old farts who want to return the country to an age that never existed".<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
FilmographyEdit
FilmEdit
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | Harnessing Peacocks | Jim Huxtable | |
| The Airzone Solution | Al Dunbar | ||
| 1994 | Black Beauty | Squire Gordon | |
| The Zero Imperative | Patient One | ||
| A Man You Don't Meet Every Day | Robert | ||
| 1995 | The Devil of Winterborne | Gavin Purcell | |
| 1996 | Ghosts of Winterborne | ||
| 1998 | Wuthering Heights | Joseph Lockwood | |
| The Stalker's Apprentice | Maurice Burt | ||
| Parting Shots | John | ||
| 2014 | Nerd Love | Himself | |
| 2016 | End of Term | Leigh | |
| 2017 | You, Me and Him | Teacher | |
| 2018 | Patrick | Alan | |
| Say My Name | Rich Herbig | ||
| 2020 | Dream Horse | Lord Avery |
TelevisionEdit
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1975 | The Tomorrow People | Elmer | Serial: "A Man for Emily" | |
| 1977 | Love for Lydia | Tom Holland | 10 episodes | |
| 1978–1990 | All Creatures Great and Small | Tristan Farnon | 65 episodes | |
| 1980–1982 | Sink or Swim | Brian Webber | All 19 episodes | |
| Holding the Fort | Russell Milburn | All 20 episodes | ||
| 1981 | The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy | Dish of the Day | Episode: #1.5 | |
| 1981–1984, 2007, 2022 | Doctor Who | Fifth Doctor | 76 episodes (including a minisode) | |
| 1983 | Omega | Serial: Arc of Infinity | ||
| 1985 | Fox Tales | Various | Voice only | |
| Anna of the Five Towns | Henry Mynors | All 4 episodes | ||
| Agatha Christie's Miss Marple | Lance Fortescue | Episode: "A Pocket Full of Rye" | ||
| Magnum, P.I. | Ian Mackerras | Episode: "Déjà vu" | ||
| 1986–1988 | A Very Peculiar Practice | Dr Stephen Daker | 15 episodes | |
| 1988 | Tales of the Unexpected | Jeremy Tyler | Episode: "Wink Three Times" | |
| 1989–1990 | Campion | Albert Campion | 16 episodes | |
| 1991 | Fiddlers Three | Ralph West | All 14 episodes | |
| 1992 | Screen One | Dr Stephen Daker | Episode: "A Very Polish Practice" | |
| Kinsey | Bob Stacey | 2 episodes | ||
| 1993 | Dimensions in Time | Fifth Doctor | Children in Need special | |
| 1994 | Heartbeat | Doctor | Episode: "A Bird in the Hand" | |
| 1994–1995 | Ain't Misbehavin' | Clive Quigley | All 12 episodes | |
| 1995 | Mole's Christmas | Various | Voice only | |
| 1996 | Cuts | Henry Babbacombe | TV film | |
| 1997 | Dear Nobody | Mr Garton | ||
| Scene | Episode: "A Man of Letters" | |||
| 1998 | Jonathan Creek | Stephen Claithorne | Episode: "Danse Macabre" | |
| Verdict | Michael Naylor | Episode: "Be My Valentine" | ||
| 1999 | Molly | Mr Greenfield | Unknown episodes | |
| Hope and Glory | Neil Bruce | Episode 1 | ||
| The Nearly Complete and Utter History of Everything | Ferdinand Magellan | TV film | ||
| 2000 | The Mrs Bradley Mysteries | Inspector Henry Christmas | 3 episodes | |
| 2000–2003 | At Home with the Braithwaites | David Braithwaite | 26 episodes | |
| 2003 | Too Good to Be True | Robert | TV film | |
| 2003–2007 | The Last Detective | DC 'Dangerous' Davies | All 17 episodes | |
| 2005–2008 | Distant Shores | Bill Shore | 12 episodes | |
| 2006 | The Complete Guide to Parenting | Professor George Huntley | 5 episodes | |
| 2007 | Fear, Stress and Anger | Martin Chadwick | All 6 episodes | |
| Agatha Christie's Marple | Hubert Curtain | Episode: "At Bertram’s Hotel" | ||
| 2009 | Unforgiven | John Ingrams | All 3 episodes | |
| Al Murray's Multiple Personality Disorder | Nazi Doctor | Episode: #1.4 | ||
| Micro Men | Bank Manager | TV film | ||
| Midsomer Murders | Nicky Frazer | Episode: "Secrets and Spies" | ||
| Miranda | Mr Clayton | Episode: "Teacher" | ||
| The Queen | Denis Thatcher | Episode: "The Rival" | ||
| 2010 | Sherlock | Planetarium Voice | Episode: "The Great Game" | |
| 2011 | New Tricks | Charles Allenforth | Episode: "The End of the Line" | |
| 2011–2014 | Law & Order: UK | Henry Sharpe | 27 episodes | |
| 2013 | Lewis | Peter Faulkner | 2 episodes | |
| Pat & Cabbage | Michael | 4 episodes | ||
| The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot | Himself | Also writer and director | ||
| 2014 | Death in Paradise | Arnold Finch | Episode: "The Wrong Man" | |
| 2014–2015 | Toast of London | Himself | 3 episodes | |
| 2017 | Brian Pern: A Tribute | Peter Troughton | TV film | |
| Grantchester | Geoff Towler | Episode: #3.2<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref> | ||
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| 2019 | Vera | Matthew Wells | citation | CitationClass=web
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| The Name of the Rose | Old Adso | 7 episodes <ref name=autogenerated1 /> | ||
| 2019–2022 | Gentleman Jack | William Priestley | 7 episodes <ref name=autogenerated1 /> | |
| 2020 | The Trial of Christine Keeler | James Burge | citation | CitationClass=web
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| Thunderbirds Are Go | Higgins | Voice; Episode: "Venom" | ||
| Life | Henry Reynolds | All 6 episodes | ||
| Call the Midwife | Mr. Percival | Episode: "Christmas Special" | ||
| 2021–2022 | The Larkins | The Vicar | All 8 episodes | |
| 2022 | Bloods | Alistair MacBeal | Episode: #2.6 | |
| 2023 | The Gold | ACP Gordon Stewart | citation | CitationClass=web
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| The Windsors | William IV | Coronation special | ||
| Good Omens | Job | Episode: "The Clue" | ||
| Tales of the TARDIS | Fifth Doctor | Episode: "Earthshock" | ||
| Murder, They Hope | David | Episode: "Blood Actually" | ||
| 2024 | Beyond Paradise | Peter | 3 episodes | |
| 2025 | Riot Women |
Non-acting televisionEdit
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-2019 | Great British Car Journeys | Himself | The first series was also known as Vintage Roads Great and Small in North America<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation | CitationClass=web
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| 2020–present | The Yorkshire Vet | Narrator | Also features on-screen in a couple of the specials, acting in short dramatic scenes with the vets and farmer Jean Green | ||
| 2023 | The Big Steam Adventure | Himself | Peter Davison, John Sergeant and steam buff Paul Middleton travel from London to Scotland using only steam power.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation | CitationClass=web
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TheatreEdit
Radio and audio dramaEdit
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1985–1987 | King Street Junior | Eric Brown | BBC Radio 4 Series 1 and 2 |
| 1995–1996 | Change at Oglethorpe | David Clare | BBC Radio 2 |
| 1999–present | Doctor Who: The Audio Adventures | Fifth Doctor | Big Finish Productions; 156 episodes |
| 2003–2006 | Rigor Mortis | Dr. Anthony Webster | BBC Radio 4 |
| 2006 | Nebulous | Professor Diplodocus | |
| 2008 | The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul | Simon Draycott | |
| 2012–2013 | Welcome to Our Village, Please Invade Carefully | Richard Lyons | BBC Radio 2 |
| 2018 | The Diary of River Song | Fifth Doctor | Big Finish Productions; Series 3 |
Video gamesEdit
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | Destiny of the Doctors | Fifth Doctor | |
| 2015 | Lego Dimensions | Archive recording sound | |
| 2023 | Lies of P | Pulcinella |
WebEdit
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | Template:Tooltip |
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| 2020 | The Doctors Say Thank You | Himself |
BooksEdit
NotesEdit
ReferencesEdit
External linksEdit
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- Peter Davison Biography – British Film Institute
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- Chicago TARDIS 2011 – Peter Davison Interview on The Omega Podcast