Patrick Troughton | |
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| Born | Patrick George Troughton (1920-03-25)25 March 1920 |
| Died | 28 March 1987(1987-03-28) (aged 67) Columbus, Georgia, U.S. |
| Resting place | Cremated; Ashes scattered atBushy Park,Teddington,Greater London, England |
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| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1937–1987 |
| Known for | Second incarnation of the Doctor inDoctor Who |
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| Partner(s) | Ethel Nuens (c. 1955–1975) |
| Children | 6, includingDavid andMichael |
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Patrick George Troughton (/ˈtraʊtən/;[1] 25 March 1920 – 28 March 1987) was an English actor. He became best known for his roles in television, most notably starring as thesecond incarnation ofthe Doctor in the long-running Britishscience-fiction television seriesDoctor Who from 1966 to 1969; he reprised the role three times between 1972 and 1985. Classically trained, Troughton's early work included appearances inLaurence Olivier's filmsHamlet (1948) andRichard III (1955), and he later appeared in films includingJason and the Argonauts (1963),The Gorgon (1964),Scars of Dracula (1970) andThe Omen (1976), as well as the fantasy television seriesThe Box of Delights (1984).
Troughton was born on 25 March, 1920[2] inMill Hill, North London, England, to Alec George Troughton (1887–1953), a solicitor, and Dorothy Evelyn Offord (1886–1979), who married in 1914 inEdmonton. Patrick had an elder brother, Alec Robert (1915–1994), and a younger sister, Mary Edith (1923–2005). Troughton attendedMill Hill School[3] and continued to live in Mill Hill for most of his life. While at Mill Hill School, he acted in a production ofJ. B. Priestley'sBees on the Boat Deck in March 1937.
Troughton studied at theEmbassy School of Acting atSwiss Cottage,[2] being tutored by Eileen Thorndike. He was later awarded an acting scholarship at the Leighton Rallius Studios at theJohn Drew Memorial Theatre onLong Island,New York, in the United States.[2]
When theSecond World War broke out, he abandoned his studies in the U.S. and returned to Great Britain to enlist. During the passage across theNorth Atlantic Ocean, the ship carrying him struck asea mine off the coast of Britain, from which he escaped in a lifeboat as the vessel foundered. On arrival back in England, whilst waiting to join the Armed Forces, he briefly worked with theTonbridgeRepertory Company.[2]
In 1940, Troughton enlisted with theRoyal Navy, receiving a commission with theRoyal Navy Volunteer Reserve in November 1941.[4] He was deployed on East Coast Convoy duty from February to August 1941, and then withCoastal Forces'Motor Gun Boats based atGreat Yarmouth from November 1942 to 1945, operating in theNorth Sea andEnglish Channel. During his service with the MGBs, he was on one occasion involved in an action againstKriegsmarineE-boats which resulted in one of the enemy craft being destroyed by ramming, whilst Troughton's boat and another destroyed two more with their gunfire. His decorations included the1939–45 Star, theAtlantic Star, and he wasmentioned in dispatches "for outstanding courage, leadership and skill in many daring attacks on enemy shipping in hostile waters".[5][6] He used to wear atea cosy on his head in cold weather in the North Sea.[7]
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After demobilisation, Troughton returned to the theatre. He worked with theAmersham Repertory Company, theBristol Old Vic Company[2] and the Pilgrim Players at theMercury Theatre, Notting Hill Gate. He made his television debut in 1947. In 1948, Troughton made his cinema debut with small roles in Olivier'sHamlet, theJoseph L. Mankiewicz directedEscape (one of the stars of which wasFirst Doctor actorWilliam Hartnell),[8] and a minor role as a pirate in Disney'sTreasure Island (1950), appearing only during the attack on the heroes' hut. Television, though, was his favourite medium. In 1953, he became the first actor to play thefolk heroRobin Hood on television, starring in six half-hour episodes broadcast from 17 March to 21 April on theBBC, and titled simplyRobin Hood.[9] Troughton would also make several appearances inThe Adventures of Robin Hood starringRichard Greene. He appeared as the murderer Tyrrell in Olivier's film ofRichard III (1955). He was also Olivier's stand-in on the film and appears in many long shots as Richard.[6]
Troughton's other notable film and television roles included Kettle inChance of a Lifetime (1950), Sir Andrew Ffoulkes inThe Scarlet Pimpernel (1955), Vickers in the episode entitled "Strange Partners" inThe Invisible Man (1958, the series also featured one of his futureDoctor Who co-stars,Deborah Watling, as Sally),Phineus inJason and the Argonauts (1963),[2]Paul of Tarsus (BBC 1960, title role),Dr. Finlay's Casebook (BBC 1962, semi-regular), and Quilp inThe Old Curiosity Shop (1962–63).[10] He voicedWinston Smith in a 1965BBC Home Service radio adaptation ofNineteen Eighty-Four. Prior toDoctor Who he appeared in numerous TV shows, includingThe Count of Monte Cristo,Ivanhoe,Dial 999,Danger Man,Maigret,Compact,The Third Man,Crane,Detective,Sherlock Holmes,No Hiding Place,The Saint,Armchair Theatre,The Wednesday Play,Z-Cars,Adam Adamant Lives! andSoftly, Softly.
Troughton was offered the part of Johnny Ringo in theDoctor Who storyThe Gunfighters but turned it down.[11]
In 1966,Doctor Who producerInnes Lloyd looked for a replacement forWilliam Hartnell in the series' lead role. The continued survival of the show depended on audiences accepting another actor in the role, despite the bold decision that the replacement would not be a Hartnell lookalike or soundalike. Lloyd later stated that Hartnell had approved of the choice, saying, "There's only one man in England who can take over, and that's Patrick Troughton".[12] Lloyd chose Troughton because of his extensive and versatile experience as acharacter actor. After he was cast, Troughton considered various ways to approach the role, to differentiate his portrayal from Hartnell's amiable-yet-tetchypatriarch. Troughton's early thoughts about how he might play the Doctor included a "tough sea captain", and a piratical figure in blackface and turban.[13]Doctor Who creatorSydney Newman suggested that the Doctor could be a "cosmic hobo" in the mould ofCharlie Chaplin, and this was the interpretation eventually chosen.[14] Troughton was the first Doctor to have his face appear in the opening titles of the show. In one serial,The Enemy of the World, Troughton played two parts: as the protagonist (The Doctor) and the antagonist (Salamander).[15]
During his time on the series, Troughton tended to shun publicity and rarely gave interviews. He told one interviewer, "I think acting is magic. If I tell you all about myself it will spoil it".[16] Years later, he told another interviewer that his greatest concern was that too much publicity would limit his opportunities as a character actor after he left the role.[17]
In a rare interview with Ernest Thompson fromRadio Times, Troughton revealed that he "always liked dressing up, and would have been happy as a school teacher as children keep one young".[18] Troughton was popular with both the production team and his co-stars. Producer Lloyd credited Troughton with a "leading actor's temperament. He was a father figure to the whole company and hence could embrace it and sweep it along with him". Troughton also gained a reputation on set as a practical joker.[19]
Many of the early episodes in which Troughton appeared were amongthose discarded by the BBC. Troughton foundDoctor Who's schedule (at the time, 40 to 44 episodes per year) gruelling, and decided to leave the series in 1969, after three years in the role. This decision was also motivated in part by fear of beingtypecast.[17][20]
Troughton returned toDoctor Who three times after formally leaving the programme. The first of these occasions was inThe Three Doctors, the 1972–73 serial opening the programme's 10th series. In 1983, Troughton overcame some reluctance to reprise his role and agreed to appear in the 20th-anniversary special "The Five Doctors" at the request of series producerJohn Nathan-Turner. He also agreed to attendDoctor Whoconventions, including the show's 20th anniversary celebrations atLongleat in 1983. He also appeared around the world with Nathan-Turner. Troughton enjoyed the return to the programme so much that he readily agreed to appear one more time as theSecond Doctor, withColin Baker'sSixth Doctor inThe Two Doctors (1985). Reportedly, he also advisedFifth Doctor actorPeter Davison to limit his time in the role to three series to avoidtypecasting and the younger actor followed this advice.[21]
In 2013, the BBC commissioned adocudrama about the early days ofDoctor Who, as part of the programme's fiftieth-anniversary celebrations. Troughton appears as a character in the production, calledAn Adventure in Space and Time, portrayed by actorReece Shearsmith.[22]
In 2014's "Robot of Sherwood", a still image of Troughton from 1953 appears among the future depictions of Robin Hood displayed by theTwelfth Doctor to the outlaw.[23][24][25]
After Troughton leftDoctor Who in 1969, he appeared in various films and television roles. Film roles included Clove inScars of Dracula (1970),[8] a bodysnatcher inFrankenstein and the Monster from Hell (1973), Father Brennan inThe Omen (1976) and Melanthius inSinbad and the Eye of the Tiger (1977). Television roles included the recurring role ofThomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk, in five of the six episodes ofThe Six Wives of Henry VIII (1970) (for which he commenced rehearsals just one week after completing his final studio recording onDoctor Who), the villainous Nasca inThames Television's Aztec-themed dramaThe Feathered Serpent (1976–78), a guest-starring spot in the comedy seriesThe Goodies in the episode "The Baddies", as well as episodes ofPaul Temple,Dr. Finlay's Casebook,Doomwatch,The Persuaders!,A Family at War,Coronation Street,[26]Softly, Softly: Task Force,Colditz,Play for Today,Z-Cars,Special Branch,Sutherland's Law,The Sweeney,[26]Jason King,Survivors,Crown Court,Angels,Warship,Van der Valk,Space: 1999,The Onedin Line,All Creatures Great and Small,[27]Only When I Laugh (Series 2 Episode 9),Nanny andMinder (in a March 1984 episode titled "Windows", Season 4 Episode 9). He also portrayed Cole Hawlings in aBBC Television dramatisation of theJohn Masefield children's bookThe Box of Delights (1984).[2] In the same year he also appeared in aTwo Ronnies Christmas Special[28] playing a judge.
Troughton's health was never completely robust due to heavy drinking and smoking (he had quit smoking in the 1960s, but the damage had already been done). Later in his life he refused to accept his doctor's advice after he had developed a serious heart condition through overwork and stress. He suffered two major heart attacks, one in 1979[29] and the other in 1984,[30] both of which prevented him from working for several months afterwards. Following each of these attacks, his doctor's warnings were again ignored, as Troughton committed himself to a heavy TV and film schedule.
Troughton featured in the 1974 11-part radio adaptation ofEvelyn Waugh'sSword of Honour. In 1986, he was a regular in the first series of theLWT sitcomThe Two of Us, and guested in an episode ofSuper Gran in May 1987, which was the last role he filmed. His final television appearance was in the autumn of the same year inKnights of God, which had been filmed two years earlier. Troughton also appeared in the first episode ofCentral Independent Television'sInspector Morse, entitled "The Dead of Jericho",[8] which was originally transmitted onITV on 6 January 1987.
Troughton married his first wife, Margaret Dunlop, at the Union Church at Mill Hill on 3 September 1943.
Troughton started living a double life when, just after the birth of his third child in 1955, he chose to leave Dunlop and their three children (then aged eight, five, and a few months) to live with girlfriend Ethel Margaret "Bunny" Nuens, with whom he also went on to have three children.[31] Troughton maintained a deception of having stayed with his original family that was so successful that his own mother died unaware of the separation in 1979, 24 years after Troughton had left Dunlop. Because of the disastrous drama Troughton caused during his divorce from Dunlop, his first daughter, Joanna, vowed never to speak to her father again. Their differences remained unresolved at the time of his death in 1987.[32] While Troughton never married Nuens, in 1976 he did marry Shelagh Holdup and acquired two stepchildren.[33]
Troughton's six children are:
Troughton's grandchildren include:
On 27 March 1987, two days after his 67th birthday, Troughton was a guest at theMagnum Opus Con IIscience fiction convention inColumbus, Georgia, United States.[38]Although he had been warned by his doctors before leaving the United Kingdom not to exert himself because of his heart condition, he appeared to be in good spirits and participated vigorously in the day's panels,[39][user-generated source] and was looking forward to a belated birthday celebration which was planned for that evening, as well as screenings of all of his surviving completeDoctor Who stories, includingThe Dominators, which he was particularly eager to see again. Troughton suffered a third and finalheart attack at 7:25 am on 28 March, just after ordering breakfast from the hotel. According to the paramedics who attended the scene, he died instantly.[40][41]
Troughton was certified dead at the Medical Center (now Piedmont Columbus Regional) inColumbus, Georgia. After a local cremation, his ashes were flown back to England. During the passage to England, the ashes were mislaid temporarily. This delayed his funeral by a few weeks. His widow, Shelagh, later scattered them beneath a newly planted tree inBushy Park, a favourite place of Troughton's near to his family home inTeddington.[42]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 1948 | Escape | Jim the Shepherd | |
| Hamlet | Player King | ||
| The Red Shoes | BBC Radio Announcer | voice, uncredited | |
| 1949 | Badger's Green | Jim Carter | |
| Cardboard Cavalier | Executed Man | uncredited | |
| 1950 | Chance of a Lifetime | William Kettle | |
| Treasure Island | Roach | ||
| Waterfront | Sam | uncredited | |
| The Woman with No Name | Colin | ||
| 1951 | The Franchise Affair | Bill Brough | |
| White Corridors | Sailor | ||
| 1954 | The Black Knight | King Mark | |
| 1955 | Richard III | Tyrell | |
| 1956 | 1984 | Man on Telescreen | uncredited |
| 1957 | The Curse of Frankenstein | Mortuary attendant | uncredited (deleted scenes) |
| 1958 | The Moonraker | Captain Wilcox | |
| 1962 | The Phantom of the Opera | The Rat Catcher | |
| 1963 | Jason and the Argonauts | Phineus | |
| 1964 | The Gorgon | Inspector Kanof | |
| The Black Torment | Ostler – Regis | ||
| 1967 | The Viking Queen | Tristram | |
| 1970 | Scars of Dracula | Klove | |
| 1974 | Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell | Bodysnatcher | |
| 1976 | The Omen | Father Brennan | |
| 1977 | Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger | Melanthius | |
| 1978 | A Hitch in Time | Professor Wagstaff |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1947 | Hamlet | Horatio | TV film |
| Edward II | Baldock | ||
| 1948 | King Lear | Edmund | |
| R.U.R. | Radius, a robot | ||
| 1949 | Macbeth | Seyton | |
| 1950 | The Whole World Over | Nicolai Nekin | |
| 1950–1959 | BBC Sunday-Night Theatre | Various | 8 episodes |
| 1952 | Kidnapped | Alan Breck | 5 episodes |
| 1953 | Robin Hood | Robin Hood | 6 episodes |
| 1954 | Misalliance | Uncredited | TV film |
| Clementina | Charles Wogan | 6 episodes | |
| 1955–1960 | The Adventures of Robin Hood | Various | 9 episodes |
| 1956 | Kidnapped | Alan Breck | 5 episodes |
| The Count of Monte Cristo | The Ferret Branza Marcel | 3 episodes | |
| The Scarlet Pimpernel | Sir Andrew Ffoulkes | 15 episodes | |
| One Family | The Tarman | 2 episodes | |
| Nom-de-Plume | Korzeniowski | "The Man from the Sea" | |
| Theatre Royal | Tailor | Episode: "The Ends of Justice" | |
| The Buccaneers | Doorman at Doctor's House | Episode: "The Surgeon at San Rojo" (uncredited) | |
| 1957 | Ordeal by Fire | La Hire | TV film |
| Precious Bane | Gideon Sarn | 6 episodes | |
| Assignment Foreign Legion | Nadeau | Episode: "The Conquering Hero" | |
| 1957–1958 | Sword of Freedom | Various | 4 episodes |
| 1957–1961 | ITV Television Playhouse | 3 episodes | |
| 1958 | The Adventures of William Tell | Hanzler | Episode: "The Golden Wheel" |
| The Rebel Heiress | Roger Trevanion | TV film | |
| Queen's Champion | Don Alonzo | Episode: "The Edge of Defeat" | |
| Ivanhoe | Vignole | Episode: "The Kidnapping" | |
| The Dangerous Game | Philip Baker | Episode: "Pawns in the Game" | |
| The New Adventures of Charlie Chan | Pete Wilson | Episode: "Something Old, Something New" | |
| 1958, 1966 | Armchair Theatre | Ragnar Brovik/Pete | 2 episodes |
| 1959 | Three Golden Nobles | Mad Peter | Episode: "The Painter" |
| The History of Mr. Polly | Uncle Jim | 2 episodes | |
| H.G.Wells' Invisible Man | Vickers – Currie's Business Partner | Episode: "Strange Partners" | |
| Interpol Calling | Sukru | Episode: "The Thirteen Innocents" | |
| The Moonstone | Dark Stranger | 1 episode | |
| The Naked Lady | Bob Dyson | 2 episodes | |
| The Hill | Jesus | TV film (voice) | |
| The Scarf | Edward Collins | 3 episodes | |
| The Cabin in the Clearing | Simon Kenton | 4 episodes | |
| Dial 999 | Bill Mace Tramp George | 3 episodes | |
| The Flying Doctor | Ernie | Episode: "A Stranger in Distress" | |
| The Four Just Men | Inspector Nardi | Episode: "The Night of the Precious Stones" | |
| No Hiding Place | Blakey | Episode: "The Stalag Story" | |
| 1960 | International Detective | Silversmith | Episode: "The Marino Case" |
| Danger Man | "Bart" Bartello /Brenner | 2 episodes | |
| Paul of Tarsus | Saul Paul | 10 episodes | |
| The Four Just Men | Vito | Episode: "The Moment of Truth" | |
| The True Mystery of the Passion | Judas | TV film | |
| The Splendid Spur | Captain Luke Settle | 6 episodes | |
| The Terrible Choice | Lucifer | 2 episodes | |
| No Hiding Place | Percy Clarke | Episode: "Two Blind Mice" | |
| 1960–1962 | BBC Sunday-Night Play | Various | 3 episodes |
| 1961 | Maigret | Gaston Meurant | Episode: "Raise Your Right Hand" |
| International Detective | Bela Davos | Episode: "The Martos Case" | |
| No Hiding Place | Denger Wells | Episode: "Process of Elimination" | |
| 1961–1966 | ITV Play of the Week | Various | 6 episodes |
| 1962 | The Sword in the Web | Tournay | Episode: "The Alibi" |
| Harpers West One | Notril | 1 episode | |
| Man of the World | Thiboeuf | Episode: "Death of a Conference" | |
| Wuthering Heights | Hindley | TV film | |
| Compact | Eddie Eddie Goldsmith | Episode: "Musical Evening" Episode: "Efficiency Expert" | |
| Sir Francis Drake | Gazio | Episode: "The Bridge" | |
| Dr. Finlay's Casebook | Alex Dean | Episode: "Snap Diagnosis" | |
| 1962–63 | The Old Curiosity Shop | Daniel Quilp | 11 episodes |
| 1963 | The Sentimental Agent | Sheikh | Episode: "The Scroll of Islam" |
| Espionage | John MacBride | Episode: "He Rises on Sunday and We on Monday" | |
| No Cloak – No Dagger | Trev | ||
| Lorna Doone | JudgeJeffreys | Episode: "A Summons to London" | |
| 1963, 1966 | The Saint | Police Inspector/Inspector Guido Gambetti | 2 episodes |
| 1964 | The Indian Tales of Rudyard Kipling | Mr. Bronckhurst | Episode: "The Bronckhurst Divorce Case11" |
| Artists' Notebooks | William Hogarth | Episode: "William Hogarth (1697–1764)" | |
| HMS Paradise | Capt. Ahab Rudlow | Episode: "Thar's Gold in Them Thar Holes" | |
| Thorndyke | Frank Belfield | Episode: "The Old Lag" | |
| Smuggler's Bay | Ratsey | 5 episodes | |
| The Third Man | Luigi Carvossa | Episode: "A Question in Ice" | |
| Detective | Jasper Shrig | Episode: "The Loring Mystery" | |
| The Midnight Men | Skoder | Episode: "The Man from Miditz" | |
| Crane | Hugo Krantz | Episode: "Man Without a Past" | |
| 1964–66 | Dr. Finlay's Casebook | Miller/Mr. Miller | 5 episodes |
| 1964–1975 | Z-Cars | Various | 4 episodes |
| 1965 | No Hiding Place | Old Starr | Episode: "The Street" |
| A Tale of Two Cities | Dr. Manette[10] | 10 episodes | |
| The Wednesday Play | Lord Fountain | Episode: "And Did Those Feet?" | |
| Sherlock Holmes | Mortimer Tregennis | Episode: "Episode: The Devil's Foot" | |
| ITV Play of the Week | Manservant Tomazo | Episode: "The Misunderstanding" Episode: "The Challenging" | |
| Thirty-Minute Theatre | Stuart Pendleton | Episode: "Give the Clown His Supper" | |
| 1966 | Adam Adamant Lives! | General Mongerson | Episode: "D for Destruction" |
| Softly Softly | Bellamy | Episode: "Best Out of Three" | |
| David Copperfield | Pawnbroker | Episode: "The Long Journey" | |
| This Man Craig | Alec MacGregor | Episode: "A Wise Father" | |
| The Liars | Pipe Smoker | 1 episode | |
| 1966–69, 1972–73, 1983, 1985 | Doctor Who | Second Doctor | 128 episodes |
| 1967–68 | Ramón Salamander | Serial:The Enemy of the World | |
| 1970 | Little Women | Mr. March | 4 episodes |
| Dr. Finlay's Casebook | Jack Baird | Episode: "Dust" | |
| ITV Playhouse | Mr. Fidler | Episode: "Don't Touch Him, He Might Resent It" | |
| Paul Temple | Colonel Harp | Episode: "Swan Song for Colonel Harp" | |
| The Six Wives of Henry VIII | Duke of Norfolk | 5 episodes | |
| 1970–72 | A Family at War | Harry Porter | 9 episodes |
| 1971 | Softly, Softly: Task Force | Ernie Johnson | Episode: "Better Than Doing Porridge" |
| The Persuaders! | Count Marceau | Episode: "The Old, the New, and the Deadly" | |
| ITV Sunday Night Theatre | Reilly | Episode: "Square One" | |
| Out of the Unknown | Jimmy Reed | Episode: "The Chopper" | |
| Thirty-Minute Theatre | Justley | Episode: "Jilly" | |
| On the House | Doctor Stanley | 2 episodes | |
| Doomwatch | Lyon McArthur / Alan McArthur | Episode: "In the Dark" | |
| Owen, M.D. | Charlie Lynch | 2 Episodes: "Where There's Smoke" | |
| 1972 | Colditz | Padre | Episode: "The Traitor" |
| The Protectors | Bela Karoleon | Episode: "Brother Hood" | |
| The Main Chance | Frederick Owen | Episode: "Acting for Self" | |
| The Befrienders | Jim Goody | Episode: "Fallen Star" | |
| Jason King | Bennett | Episode: "That Isn't Me, It's Somebody Else" | |
| The Goodies | Dr. Petal | Episode: "The Baddies" | |
| 1973 | Hawkeye, the Pathfinder | Uncle Cap | 5 episodes |
| Ego Hugo | Lahorie / Biard | TV film | |
| Owen, M.D. | Victor Darlington | Episode: "You Don't Get Me" | |
| Whoops Baghdad! | Tambalane the Tartar | Episode: "Ali and the Thieves" | |
| Jackanory | Storyteller | Episode: "The Three Toymakers" | |
| 1974 | Charles Dickens' World of Christmas | ? | TV film |
| Jennie: Lady Randolph Churchill | Benjamin Disraeli | Episodes: "Lady Randolph" & "Recovery" | |
| Coronation Street | George Barton | 4 episodes | |
| Sutherland's Law | Fergusson | Episode: "Who Cares" | |
| Village Hall | Bill Lester | Episode: "The Magic Sponge" | |
| Special Branch | Professor Frederick Denny | Episode: "Alien" | |
| 1974–1975 | Crown Court | John Fisher/Joseph Molloy | 2 serials |
| 1975 | The Sweeney | Reg Crofts | Episode: "Hit and Run" |
| Churchill's People | Hainault | Episode: "Silver Giant, Wooden Dwarf" | |
| Thriller | Lyall | Episode: "Nurse Will Make It Better" | |
| 1976 | Lorna Doone | Counsellor Doone | 5 episodes |
| Angels | George Moore | Episode: "Decision" | |
| Survivors | John Millen | Episodes: "Parasites" | |
| Our Mutual Friend | Rogue Riderhood | 1 episode | |
| 1976–78 | The Feathered Serpent | Nasca | 12 episodes |
| 1976–1983 | Play for Today | Various | 4 episodes |
| 1977 | The Dick Emery Christmas Show: The Texas Connection | Potter | TV film |
| Space: 1999 | Archon | Episode: "The Dorcons" | |
| Treasure Island | Israel Hands | 4 episodes | |
| BBC2 Play of the Week | Rear Admiral Markham | Episode: "The Sinking of HMS Victoria" | |
| Van der Valk | Father Bosch | Episode: "Accidental" | |
| Yanks Go Home | Lubbock | Episode: "The Game of the Name" | |
| Warship | Robertson | Episode: "Robertson Crusoe" | |
| 1978 | Edward & Mrs. Simpson | Clement Attlee | 3 episodes |
| The Devil's Crown | William Marshal | 5 episodes | |
| Horizon | Commentator | Episode: "Light of the 21st Century" | |
| 1979 | Suez 1956 | Sir Walter Monckton | TV film |
| The Onedin Line | Uncredited | Episode: "The Suitor" | |
| The Famous Five | Mr. Stick | Episode: "Five Run Away Together"" | |
| 1980 | Only When I Laugh | Brian Perkins | Episode: "Where There's a Will" |
| All Creatures Great and Small | Roddy | Episode: "Hair of the Dog" | |
| 1981 | John Diamond | Joseph K'Nee | TV film |
| Bognor | Xavier | 6 episodes | |
| Tales from the Thousand and One Nights | The Swindler | TV film | |
| 1981–82 | Nanny | Mr. Jessop | 5 episodes |
| 1982 | Foxy Lady | J.P. Schofield | 2 episodes |
| Shine on Harvey Moon | Wilf | Episode: "The Course of True Love" | |
| BBC2 Playhouse | William Pierce | Episode: "The Pigman's Protege" | |
| King's Royal | Father Campbell | 2 episodes | |
| 1983 | Dramarama | The Instructor | Episode: "The Young Person's Guide to Getting Their Ball Back" |
| Jury | James | Episode: "Ann" | |
| The Cleopatras | Sextus | Episode: "100 BC" | |
| 1984 | The Two Ronnies | Mileaway Villager The Judge | 2 episodes |
| The Box of Delights | Cole Hawlings | 3 episodes | |
| Swallows and Amazons Forever!: The Big Six | Harry Bangate | TV film | |
| Minder | Joe Mancini | Episode: "Windows" | |
| Amy | Lord Rothermere | TV film | |
| 1985 | Summer Season | Gerald | Episode: "Long Term Memory" |
| 1986 | The Two of Us | Perce | 5 episodes |
| 1987 | Inspector Morse | George Jackson | Episode: "The Dead of Jericho" |
| Yesterday's Dreams | Jack | 4 episodes | |
| Super Gran | Great Sporran of the Isles | Episode: "Supergran and the Heir Apparent" | |
| Knights of God | Arthur | 13 episodes, (final appearance) |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1945–46 | Macbeth | Bristol Old Vic | |
| The Seagull | |||
| Twelfth Night | |||
| Keep in a Cool Place | |||
| Jenny Villiers | |||
| 1946 | Weep For the Cyclops | Bristol Old Vic Company, and Old Vic & Sadlers Wells Trust Ltd | |
| Much Ado About Nothing | Aldwych Theatre | ||
| 1950 | Eva Braun | Adolf Hitler | Gateway Theatre Club, London |
| Hitler’s Mistress | Grand Theatre, Brighton | ||
| 1963 | Night Conspirators | The Old Visitor | Wimbledon Theatre and Saville Theatre, London |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Lego Dimensions | Second Doctor | Archive audio |
For outstanding courage, leadership and skill in Light Coastal Craft in many daring attacks on enemy shipping in enemy waters
| Preceded by | Doctor Who leading actor 1966–1969 | Succeeded by |
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