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.
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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Filmography (Movies)
Doctor Who: The Fifth Doctor vs. The Daleks
Character:The Fifth Doctor
Release Date:04/12/2025
Destination: Daleks
Character:The Doctor
Release Date:04/12/2025
Doctor Who: Wish World & The Reality War
Character:The Doctor (archive footage) (uncredited)
Release Date:31/05/2025
Doctor Who at the Proms
Character:The Doctor (5) (archive footage)
Release Date:24/12/2024
Kiss Me, Kate
Character:The General
Release Date:17/11/2024
Happy Mills: The Search for Agent Thorny
Character:The Big Boss (Voice)
Release Date:29/03/2024
Blood Actually: A Murder, They Hope Mystery
Character:David
Release Date:16/12/2023
Talking Doctor Who
Character:Self / The Doctor (5) (archive footage)
Release Date:01/11/2023
Peter Davison: Uncut!
Character:Self
Release Date:01/08/2022
End of Term
Character:Leigh
Release Date:12/10/2021
Dream Horse
Character:Lord Avery
Release Date:21/05/2021
The Doctors: The Peter Davison Years
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:11/02/2020
Showman: The Life of John Nathan-Turner
Character:Himself
Release Date:23/11/2019
Peter Davison: In Conversation
Character:Self
Release Date:04/12/2018
Earthshocked
Character:
Release Date:26/11/2018
Say My Name
Character:Detective Rich Herbig
Release Date:14/10/2018
Doctor Who: Jovanka Airlines
Character:Self
Release Date:21/08/2018
The Muppets Take The O2
Character:Self
Release Date:13/07/2018
Patrick
Character:Alan Francis
Release Date:29/06/2018
You, Me and Him
Character:Teacher
Release Date:01/02/2018
Gypsy
Character:Herbie
Release Date:27/12/2015
Doctor Who: The Husbands of River Song
Character:The Doctor (5) (picture) (uncredited)
Release Date:25/12/2015
Doctor Who: The Television Centre of the Universe
Character:Self
Release Date:26/10/2015
Longleat '83: The Lost Footage
Character:
Release Date:01/10/2015
Doctor Who: The Ultimate Companion
Character:Self / The Doctor (archive footage)
Release Date:13/08/2014
Doctor Who: The Ultimate Time Lord with Peter Davison
Character:Self - Presenter / The Fifth Doctor
Release Date:01/08/2014
Doctor Who Live: The Afterparty
Character:Self
Release Date:23/11/2013
The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot
Character:Self
Release Date:23/11/2013
Doctor Who: The Day of the Doctor
Character:The Doctor (5) (archive footage)
Release Date:23/11/2013
Doctor Who: Tales from the TARDIS
Character:Self
Release Date:18/11/2013
Doctor Who at the Proms
Character:Self - Special Guest Appearance
Release Date:26/08/2013
Doctor Who Live: The Next Doctor
Character:Self
Release Date:04/08/2013
The Destinations of Doctor Who
Character:Self
Release Date:25/08/2012
The Timey-Wimey of Doctor Who
Character:Self
Release Date:18/08/2012
The Women of Doctor Who
Character:
Release Date:11/08/2012
Tales of Television Centre
Character:Self
Release Date:17/05/2012
Doctor Who: Tales Lost in Time
Character:
Release Date:31/10/2011
Driven to Distractation
Character:
Release Date:30/05/2011
Come in Number Five
Character:
Release Date:28/03/2011
Snake Charmer: The Making of 'Snakedance'
Character:
Release Date:07/03/2011
Chain Reaction
Character:
Release Date:04/10/2010
Micro Men
Character:Bank manager
Release Date:08/10/2009
Doctor Who: The Next Doctor
Character:The Doctor (5) (archive footage)
Release Date:25/12/2008
Trials and Tribulations
Character:(archive footage)
Release Date:30/09/2008
Now, Get Out of That
Character:
Release Date:29/09/2008
Celebration: Doctor Who in 1983
Character:
Release Date:03/03/2008
The Ties That Bind Us
Character:The Fifth Doctor (archive footage)
Release Date:03/03/2008
Five Doctors, One Studio
Character:
Release Date:25/01/2008
Doctor Who: Time Crash
Character:The Doctor (5)
Release Date:16/11/2007
The Dead Peasants Society
Character:DC Davies
Release Date:31/05/2007
The Man from Montevideo
Character:DC Davies
Release Date:24/05/2007
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Willesden
Character:DC Davies
Release Date:17/05/2007
Dangerous Liaisons
Character:Davies
Release Date:10/05/2007
Once Upon a Time on the Westway
Character:DC Davies
Release Date:03/05/2007
A New Body at Last
Character:
Release Date:27/01/2007
The Crowded TARDIS
Character:
Release Date:27/01/2007
Willesden Confidential
Character:DC Davies
Release Date:19/06/2005
Three Steps to Hendon
Character:DC Davies
Release Date:12/06/2005
Towpaths of Glory
Character:DC Davies
Release Date:05/06/2005
Friends Reunited
Character:DC Davies
Release Date:29/05/2005
Doctor Who: A New Dimension
Character:Self
Release Date:26/03/2005
Dangerous and the Lonely Hearts
Character:DC Davies
Release Date:05/03/2004
Benefit to Mankind
Character:DC Davies
Release Date:27/02/2004
The Long Bank Holiday
Character:Dangerous Davies
Release Date:20/02/2004
Christine
Character:Dangerous Davies
Release Date:13/02/2004
The Story of Doctor Who
Character:
Release Date:30/12/2003
Too Good to Be True
Character:Robert Lewis
Release Date:22/09/2003
Tricia
Character:Dangerous Davies
Release Date:21/02/2003
The Last Detective
Character:DC Davies
Release Date:07/02/2003
Longleat '83: The Greatest Show in the Galaxy
Character:Himself (archive footage)
Release Date:20/02/2001
The Home Whovian
Character:
Release Date:01/01/2001
Adventures in Space and Time
Character:Himself
Release Date:13/11/1999
The Kidnappers
Character:Himself
Release Date:13/11/1999
Parting Shots
Character:John
Release Date:14/05/1999
Wuthering Heights
Character:Joseph Lockwood
Release Date:11/09/1998
The Stalker's Apprentice
Character:D.I. Maurice Burt
Release Date:25/05/1998
Dear Nobody
Character:Mr. Garton
Release Date:27/02/1998
Stranger Than Fiction 3: Acting Up
Character:
Release Date:01/09/1997
PROBE: Ghosts of Winterborne
Character:Gavin Purcell
Release Date:31/10/1996
The Adventures of Toad
Character:Mole
Release Date:30/07/1996
The Adventures of Mole
Character:Mole
Release Date:24/12/1995
The Doctors: 30 Years of Time Travel and Beyond
Character:
Release Date:01/09/1995
PROBE: The Devil of Winterborne
Character:Gavin Purcell
Release Date:01/08/1995
Mole's Christmas
Character:Mouse
Release Date:25/12/1994
A Man You Don't Meet Every Day
Character:Robert
Release Date:09/11/1994
Black Beauty
Character:Squire Gordon
Release Date:29/07/1994
PROBE: The Zero Imperative
Character:Patient One
Release Date:01/01/1994
Stranger than Fiction
Character:
Release Date:01/01/1994
Harnessing Peacocks
Character:Jim Huxtable
Release Date:28/11/1993
Doctor Who: Dimensions in Time
Character:The 5th Doctor
Release Date:27/11/1993
The Airzone Solution
Character:Al Dunbar
Release Date:01/01/1993
A Very Polish Practice
Character:Stephen Daker
Release Date:06/09/1992
Doctor Who: Daleks - The Early Years
Character:Self - Host
Release Date:01/01/1992
The PanoptiCon Tapes Vol 1 - The Main Event
Character:
Release Date:01/01/1991
The PanoptiCon Tapes V
Character:
Release Date:05/01/1990
The PanoptiCon Tapes IV
Character:
Release Date:04/01/1990
The PanoptiCon Tapes III
Character:
Release Date:03/01/1990
The PanoptiCon Tapes II
Character:
Release Date:02/01/1990
The PanoptiCon Tapes VI
Character:
Release Date:01/12/1986
Who's Who
Character:
Release Date:13/08/1986
An Audience with Billy Connolly
Character:Self - Audience Member (uncredited)
Release Date:26/10/1985
Doctor Who: The Caves of Androzani
Character:The Doctor
Release Date:16/03/1984
Doctor Who: Planet of Fire
Character:The Doctor
Release Date:23/02/1984
Doctor Who: Resurrection of the Daleks
Character:The Doctor
Release Date:15/02/1984
Doctor Who: Frontios
Character:The Doctor
Release Date:03/02/1984
Doctor Who: The Awakening
Character:The Doctor
Release Date:20/01/1984
Doctor Who: Warriors of the Deep
Character:The Doctor
Release Date:13/01/1984
Doctor Who: The Five Doctors
Character:The Doctor (5)
Release Date:25/11/1983
Doctor Who: The King's Demons
Character:The Doctor
Release Date:16/03/1983
Doctor Who: Enlightenment
Character:The Doctor
Release Date:09/03/1983
Doctor Who: Terminus
Character:The Doctor
Release Date:23/02/1983
Doctor Who: Mawdryn Undead
Character:The Doctor
Release Date:09/02/1983
Doctor Who: Snakedance
Character:The Doctor
Release Date:26/01/1983
Doctor Who: Arc of Infinity
Character:The Doctor
Release Date:12/01/1983
Doctor Who: Time-Flight
Character:The Doctor
Release Date:30/03/1982
Doctor Who: Earthshock
Character:The Doctor
Release Date:16/03/1982
Doctor Who: Black Orchid
Character:The Doctor
Release Date:02/03/1982
Doctor Who: The Visitation
Character:The Doctor
Release Date:23/02/1982
Doctor Who: Kinda
Character:The Doctor
Release Date:09/02/1982
Doctor Who: Four to Doomsday
Character:The Doctor
Release Date:26/01/1982
Doctor Who: Castrovalva
Character:The Doctor
Release Date:12/01/1982
Doctor Who: Logopolis
Character:The Doctor
Release Date:21/03/1981
The Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy
Character:Dish of the Day
Release Date:09/02/1981
Print-Out
Character:Edwin Styles
Release Date:26/05/1979
Television Appearances
Tales of the Tardis
Character:The Doctor
The Big Steam Adventure
Character:Himself
Beyond Paradise
Character:Richard Baxter
The Gold
Character:Assistant Commissioner Gordon Stewart
The Gold
Character:Commissioner Gordon Stewart
The Larkins
Character:Vicar
Between the Covers
Character:Self
Life
Character:Henry Reynolds
Good Omens
Character:Job
Gentleman Jack
Character:William Priestley
The Name of the Rose
Character:Old Adso / Narrator (voice)
Vintage Roads
Character:Himself - Presenter
Liar
Character:Denis Walters
Harry Hill's Alien Fun Capsule
Character:Self
Toast of London
Character:Peter Davison
Pat & Cabbage
Character:Michael
Doctor Who: The Doctors Revisited
Character:Self
Death in Paradise
Character:Arnold Finch
Vera
Character:Matthew Wells
The Queen
Character:
Law & Order: UK
Character:Henry Sharpe
Unforgiven
Character:John Ingram
Fear, Stress & Anger
Character:Martin Chadwick
Lewis
Character:Peter Faulkner
The Complete Guide to Parenting
Character:George Huntley
Doctor Who Confidential
Character:
Distant Shores
Character:Bill Shore
Agatha Christie's Marple
Character:Hubert Curtain
New Tricks
Character:Charles Allenforth
Hardware
Character:Peter Davison
The Last Detective
Character:Detective Constable 'Dangerous' Davies
Richard & Judy
Character:Self
At Home with the Braithwaites
Character:David Braithwaite
The Nearly Complete and Utter History of Everything
Character:
Loose Women
Character:Self
Hope and Glory
Character:Neil Bruce
It's Only TV But I Like It
Character:Self
The Mrs Bradley Mysteries
Character:Inspector Christmas
Jonathan Creek
Character:Stephen Claithorne
Midsomer Murders
Character:Nicky Frazer
Ain't Misbehavin'
Character:Clive Quigley
Fiddlers Three
Character:Ralph West
Campion
Character:Albert Campion
Going Live!
Character:Self
A Very Peculiar Practice
Character:Dr Stephen Daker
Miss Marple: A Pocketful of Rye
Character:Lance Fortescue
Anna of the Five Towns
Character:Henry Mynors
Doctor Who's Who's Who
Character:Doctor Who
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Character:Dish of the Day
Magnum, P.I.
Character:Ian MacKerras
Sink or Swim
Character:Brian Webber
Holding the Fort
Character:Russell Milburn
Tales of the Unexpected
Character:Jeremy Tyler
All Creatures Great and Small
Character:Tristan Farnon
An Audience with...
Character:Self
Love for Lydia
Character:Tom Holland
Warship
Character:
Doctor Who
Character:The Doctor
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