Personal Info
Birth date
1920-03-25 (105 Years)
Day of death
1987-03-28
Gender
Male
Known for
Acting
Place of birth
Mill Hill, London, England, UK
Also known as
-Patrick Troughton
Biography
Patrick George Troughton (25 March 1920 – 28 March 1987) was an English actor. He was classically trained for the stage but became most widely known for his roles in television and film. His work included appearances in several fantasy, science fiction and horror films, and playing the second incarnation of the Doctor in the long-running British science-fiction television series Doctor Who from 1966 to 1969; he reprised the role in 1972-1973, 1983 and 1985.
Filmography
Space: 1999
7.1
Overview:
The crew of Moonbase Alpha must struggle to survive when a massive explosion throws the Moon from orbit into deep space.Doctor Who
7.867
Overview:
The adventures of The Doctor, a time-traveling humanoid alien known as a Time Lord. He explores the universe in his TARDIS, a sentient time-traveling spaceship. Its exterior appears as a blue British police box, which was a common sight in Britain in 1963 when the series first aired. Along with a succession of companions, The Doctor faces a variety of foes while working to save civilizations, help ordinary people, and right many wrongs.Play for Today
6.333
Overview:
Play for Today is a British television anthology drama series, produced by the BBC and transmitted on BBC1 from 1970 to 1984. During the run, more than three hundred programmes, featuring original television plays, and adaptations of stage plays and novels, were transmitted. The individual episodes were between fifty and a hundred minutes in duration.The Saint
7.312
Overview:
Simon Templar is The Saint, a handsome, sophisticated, debonair, modern-day Robin Hood who recovers ill-gotten wealth and redistributes it to those in need.The Adventures of Robin Hood
6.1
Overview:
The legendary character Robin Hood and his band of merry men in Sherwood Forest and the surrounding vicinity. While some episodes dramatised the traditional Robin Hood tales, most episodes were original dramas created by the show's writers and producers.Minder
6.833
Overview:
Roguish comedy drama following the misadventures of small-time crook Arthur Daley.No Hiding Place
3.7
Overview:
No Hiding Place is a British television series that was produced at Wembley Studios by Associated-Rediffusion for the ITV network between 16 September 1959 and 22 June 1967. It was the sequel to the series Murder Bag and Crime Sheet, all starring Raymond Francis as Detective Superintendent, later Detective Chief Superintendent Tom Lockhart.Compact
3
Overview:
Compact was a British television soap opera shown by the BBC between 1962 and 1965. The series was created by Hazel Adair and Peter Ling, who together went on to devise Crossroads. In contrast to the kitchen sink realism of Coronation Street, Compact was a distinctly middle-class serial, set in the more "sophisticated" arena of magazine publishing. An early "avarice" soap, it took the viewer into the business workplace, and aligned the professional lives of the characters with more personal storylines. The show was scheduled for broadcast on Tuesdays and Thursdays, thus avoiding a clash with ITV's Coronation Street on Mondays and Wednesdays. When Compact began, the editor was a woman, Joanne Minster, yet it was not long before she was replaced by Ian Harmon, the son of the magazine's owner. Despite being largely criticised by reviewers, Compact was popular with the general public, and in 1964 a regular omnibus edition was introduced, broadcast on Sundays. Morris Barry, a some-time actor and BBC director – he directed several Doctor Who stories in the 1960s – took over as producer and was given a brief to spice the series up in view of the criticism it had received from the national press. But the BBC, never comfortable with the concept of soap opera, quietly dropped the series in 1965.Z-Cars
7
Overview:
Z-Cars or Z Cars is a British television drama series centred on the work of mobile uniformed police in the fictional town of Newtown, based on Kirkby, Merseyside. Produced by the BBC, it debuted in January 1962 and ran until September 1978.The Goodies
7.5
Overview:
A British television comedy series of the 1970s and early 1980s, combining surreal sketches and situation comedy.The Wednesday Play
4.5
Overview:
An anthology series of television plays which aired on BBC1 from October 1964 to May 1970. The plays were usually written for television, although adaptations from other sources also featured.Playhouse
7
Overview:
A one-hour anthology television series of one-off contemporary and classic dramas produced by the BBC.The Sweeney
7.75
Overview:
Jack Regan, an unethical officer of the Flying Squad, uses unorthodox methods to pursue criminals with the help of his partner, George Carter.Softly, Softly
5
Overview:
Softly, Softly is a British television drama series, produced by the BBC and screened on BBC 1 from January 1966. It centred around the work of regional crime squads, plain-clothes CID officers based in the fictional region of Wyvern, supposedly in the Bristol area of England.Sunday-Night Play
NYR
Overview:
BBC anthology drama series that ran over four seasons and replaced the previous BBC Sunday Night Theatre series.The Persuaders!
7.6
Overview:
An English aristocrat and an American millionaire come together to tackle crime.Angels
3.7
Overview:
Angels is a BBC medical soap-opera which launched on 1st September 1975 and was the blue print for such medical soaps as Casualty, Holby City, plus daytime soap, Doctors. The medical soap focuses on different departments within Heath Green Hospital and was a highly successful continuing drama.Maigret
6.9
Overview:
BBC series based on the novels by Georges Simenon which starred Rupert Davies as Inspector Maigret, a French police detective who preferred to watch and listen in order to solve crimes. The series ran from 1960-63 on British television.The Adventures of William Tell
6.3
Overview:
The Adventures of William Tell is a British swashbuckler adventure series, first broadcast on the ITV network in 1958, and produced by ITC Entertainment.Sunday Night Theatre
3.5
Overview:
Sunday Night Theatre was a long-running series of televised live television plays screened by BBC Television from early 1950 until 1959. The productions for the first five years or so of the run were re-staged live the following Thursday, partly because of technical limitations in this era, and the theatrical basis of early television drama. Some of the earliest collaborations between Rudolph Cartier and Nigel Neale were produced for this series, including Arrow to the Heart and Nineteen Eighty-Four. The Sunday night drama slot was subsequently renamed The Sunday-Night Play which ran for four seasons between 1960 and 1963. ITV transmitted its own unrelated run of Sunday Night Theatre between 1971 and 1974.Jason King
7.3
Overview:
Jason King - a suavely sophisticated former secret agent turned novelist - travels the world searching for material to fill his books, encountering an endless parade of glamorous women, exotic locales, menacing villains and daring intrigue! Before Austin Powers swung into action, Jason King set the standard for the hip crime-fighting international playboy!Thriller
6.6
Overview:
Thriller is a British television series, originally broadcast in the UK from 1973 to 1976. It is an anthology series: each episode has a self-contained story and its own cast. As the title suggests, each story is a thriller of some variety, from tales of the supernatural to down-to-earth whodunits.Crown Court
5.4
Overview:
Crown Court is an afternoon television courtroom drama produced by Granada Television for the ITV network that ran from 1972, when the Crown Court system replaced Assize courts and Quarter sessions in the legal system of England and Wales, to 1984.Interpol Calling
6.7
Overview:
The adventures of Interpol policemen Duval and Mornay as they fought against international drug-running, homicide, robbery and forgery.The Protectors
5.6
Overview:
The Protectors is a British television series, an action thriller created by Gerry Anderson. It was Anderson's second TV series using live actors as opposed to electronic marionettes, and also his second to be firmly set in contemporary times. It was also the only Gerry Anderson produced television series that was not of the fantasy or science fiction genres. It was produced by Lew Grade's ITC Entertainment production company. Despite not featuring marionettes or any real science fiction elements, The Protectors became one of Anderson's most popular productions, easily winning a renewal for a second season. A third season was in the planning stages when the show's major sponsor pulled out, forcing its cancellation. The Protectors first aired in 1972 and 1973, and ran to 52 episodes over two series, each 25 minutes long - making it one of the last series of this type to be produced in a half-hour format. It starred Robert Vaughn as Harry Rule, Nyree Dawn Porter as the Contessa Caroline di Contini, and Tony Anholt as Paul Buchet. Episodes often featured prominent guest actors.Shine on Harvey Moon
7.583
Overview:
Shine on Harvey Moon! is a British comedy-drama series made by Central Television for ITV from 8 January 1982 to 23 August 1985 and briefly revived in 1995 by Meridian. This generally light-hearted series was created by comedy writers Laurence Marks and Maurice Gran. The series is set in the East End of London shortly after the Second World War. Upon being demobbed RAF serviceman Harvey Moon, played by Kenneth Cranham, returns home and finds his family involved in various troubles. His wife Rita, played by Maggie Steed, is not interested in resuming their relationship, and works in a seedy nightclub frequented by American servicemen. He becomes involved with the Labour Party and the union movement. The name of the series is a wordplay on the title of the popular 1908 song 'Shine On, Harvest Moon'. The first series was commissioned and recorded by ATV at their Elstree studios with the remaining series filmed at newly constructed facilities in Nottingham.All Creatures Great and Small
7.7
Overview:
The trials and misadventures of the staff at a country veterinary office in Yorkshire. James Herriot, a young animal surgeon, moves to a small Yorkshire town to begin his first job.International Detective
7
Overview:
The global adventures of Ken Franklin, ace operative of the William J. Burns Detective Agency, qualify as a pop-culture curio if only for star Arthur---later Art---Fleming, who hosted the original `Jeopardy!'Danger Man
7.175
Overview:
Danger Man is a British television series which was broadcast between 1960 and 1962, and again between 1964 and 1968. The series featured Patrick McGoohan as secret agent John Drake. Ralph Smart created the programme and wrote many of the scripts. Danger Man was financed by Lew Grade's ITC Entertainment.Acting
2025Doctor Who: Wish World & The Reality War as Dr. Who (archive footage) (uncredited)
2024Doctor Who at the Proms as The Doctor (2) (archive footage)
2024Doctor Who: The War Games in Colour as The Doctor (2) (archive footage)
2023Doctor Who: The Underwater Menace as The Doctor (voice)
2023Talking Doctor Who as Self / The Doctor (2) (archive footage)
2023Tales of the Tardis (2 Episodes) as The Doctor
2022Doctor Who: The Abominable Snowmen as The Doctor (voice)
2022Troughton in Tibet: Making 'The Abominable Snowmen' as Self (archive footage)
2021Doctor Who: The Evil of the Daleks as The Doctor (voice)
2021Doctor Who: The Web of Fear - Episode 3 as The Doctor (voice)
2021Doctor Who: Fury from the Deep (6 Episodes) as The Doctor (voice)
2020Doctor Who: The Faceless Ones as The Doctor (voice)
2019Doctor Who: The Macra Terror as The Doctor (voice)
2017Doctor Who: Twice Upon a Time as The Doctor (2) (archive footage)
2016Doctor Who: The Power of the Daleks as The Doctor (Voice)
2015Doctor Who: The Husbands of River Song as The Doctor (2) (picture) (uncredited)
2015Longleat '83: The Lost Footage as Unknown
2013Doctor Who: The Day of the Doctor as The Doctor (2) (archive footage)
2013Doctor Who: The Doctors Revisited (11 Episodes) as Self
2009Devious as Second Doctor (archive footage)
2008Doctor Who: The Next Doctor as The Doctor (2) (archive footage)
2008Celebration: Doctor Who in 1983 as (archival footage)
2008The Ties That Bind Us as The Second Doctor (archive footage)
2004The Evil of the Daleks Episode 2: Commentary as The Doctor
2003Patrick Troughton in America as Self (archive footage)
2002Myth Makers 53: Patrick Troughton as Self (Archive)
2001Longleat '83: The Greatest Show in the Galaxy as Himself (archive footage)
199330 Years in the TARDIS as Himself (archive footage)
1987Knights of God (13 Episodes) as Unknown
1987Yesterday's Dreams (1 Episode) as Jack
1987Inspector Morse (1 Episode) as George Jackson
1987Doctor Who Then & Now (1 Episode) as Doctor Who
1986The Two of Us (30 Episodes) as Unknown
1985Doctor Who: The Two Doctors as The Doctor
1985Super Gran (1 Episode) as Great Sporran of the Isles
1984The Box of Delights (3 Episodes) as Cole Hawlings
1984Doctor Who: Resurrection of the Daleks as The Doctor (2) (archive footage) (uncredited)
1984Amy as Lord Rothermere
1983Doctor Who: The Five Doctors as The Doctor (2)
1983Reluctant Chickens as Malcolm
1983Doctor Who: Mawdryn Undead as The Doctor (2) (archive footage)
1983The Cleopatras (8 Episodes) as Sextus
1982Foxy Lady (12 Episodes) as Unknown
1982Doctor Who: Earthshock as The Doctor (2) (archive footage)
1982The Pigman's Protege as William Pierce
1982Shine on Harvey Moon (1 Episode) as Wilf
1981Tales from the Thousand and One Nights as The Swindler
1981John Diamond as Joseph K'Nee
1981P.Q. 17 as Commodore Londonderry
1980No Defence as Judge Barnes-Ritchie
1979Minder (1 Episode) as Joe Mancini
1978Edward and Mrs Simpson (3 Episodes) as Clement Atlee
1978Edward & Mrs. Simpson as Clement Attlee
1978A Hitch in Time as Professor Wagstaff
1978The Devil's Crown (4 Episodes) as Unknown
1978All Creatures Great and Small (1 Episode) as Roddy
1977The Sinking of the HMS Victoria as Rear Admiral Markham
1977BBC2 Play of the Week (1 Episode) as Rear Admiral Markham
1977Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger as Melanthius
1976Yanks Go Home (1 Episode) as Unknown
1976Lorna Doone (5 Episodes) as Unknown
1976The Omen as Father Brennan
1976The Feathered Serpent (12 Episodes) as Nasca
1976Love Letters on Blue Paper as Victor Marsden
1976Doctor Who: The Brain of Morbius as The Doctor (2) (picture) (uncredited)
1975Space: 1999 (1 Episode) as Archon
1975Angels (1 Episode) as Unknown
1975Survivors (1 Episode) as John Millen
1975The Love School (3 Episodes) as Frederick Stephens
1975Nurse Will Make It Better as Lyall
1975The Sweeney (1 Episode) as Reg Crofts
1974Jennie: Lady Randolph Churchill (2 Episodes) as Unknown
1974Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell as Bodysnatcher
1974Playhouse (1 Episode) as William Pierce
1973Warship (1 Episode) as Unknown
1973Thriller (1 Episode) as Lyall
1973Whoops Baghdad (1 Episode) as Tamberlane the Terrible
1973Doctor Who: The Three Doctors as The Doctor
1972Colditz (1 Episode) as Padre
1972Crown Court (1, 3 Episode) as Unknown, Joseph Molloy
1972The Protectors (1 Episode) as Bela Karoleon
1972Van der Valk (1 Episode) as Father Bosch
1972Doctor Who: Day of the Daleks as The Doctor (2) (picture) (uncredited)
1971The Persuaders! (1 Episode) as Count Marceau
1971Jason King (1 Episode) as Unknown
1970Scars of Dracula as Klove
1970The Goodies (1 Episode) as Dr. Petal
1970Play for Today (2, 1, 1 Episode) as Victor Marsden, Judge Barnes-Ritchie, Malcolm
1970On the House (2 Episodes) as Doctor Stanley
1970Don't Touch Him, He Might Resent It as Mr. Fidler
1970Doomwatch (1 Episode) as Lyon McArthur / Alan McArthur
1970The Six Wives of Henry VIII (5 Episodes) as Duke of Norfolk
1969Paul Temple (1 Episode) as Unknown
1969Doctor Who: The War Games as The Doctor
1969The Main Chance (1 Episode) as Frederick Owen
1969Doctor Who: The Space Pirates as The Doctor
1969Doctor Who: The Seeds of Death as The Doctor
1969Doctor Who: The Krotons as The Doctor
1968Doctor Who: The Invasion as The Doctor
1968Doctor Who: The Mind Robber as The Doctor
1968Doctor Who: The Dominators as The Doctor
1968Doctor Who: The Wheel in Space as The Doctor
1968Doctor Who: Fury from the Deep as The Doctor
1968Doctor Who: The Web of Fear as The Doctor
1968Doctor Who: The Enemy of the World as Dr. Who/Salamander
1967Doctor Who: The Ice Warriors as The Doctor
1967Doctor Who: The Abominable Snowmen as The Doctor
1967Doctor Who: The Tomb of the Cybermen as The Doctor
1967Doctor Who: The Evil of the Daleks as The Doctor
1967Doctor Who: The Faceless Ones as The Doctor
1967Doctor Who: The Macra Terror as The Doctor
1967The Viking Queen as Tristram
1967Doctor Who: The Moonbase as The Doctor
1967Doctor Who: The Underwater Menace as The Doctor
1967Doctor Who: The Highlanders as The Doctor
1966Doctor Who: The Power of the Daleks as Dr. Who
1966Doctor Who: The Tenth Planet as The Doctor (2) (uncredited)
1966David Copperfield (1 Episode) as Pawnbroker
1966The Liars (13 Episodes) as Pipe Smoker
1966Softly, Softly (2 Episodes) as Unknown
1965And Did Those Feet ? as Lord Fountain
1965Doctor Who: Lost in Time (3 Episodes) as The Doctor
1964The Black Torment as Regis
1964The Gorgon as Inspector Kanof
1964The Wednesday Play (1 Episode) as Unknown
1964HMS Paradise (1 Episode) as Captain Ahab Rudlow
1964Sherlock Holmes (1 Episode) as Unknown
1963Doctor Who (0, 134 Episode) as Unknown, The Doctor
1963The Sentimental Agent (1 Episode) as Unknown
1963Jason and the Argonauts as Phineas
1962The Old Curiosity Shop (13 Episodes) as Unknown
1962The Saint (2 Episodes) as Insp. Gambetti
1962Dr. Finlay's Casebook (7 Episodes) as Unknown
1962The Phantom of the Opera as The Rat Catcher
1962Wuthering Heights as Hindley
1962Z-Cars (4 Episodes) as Unknown
1962Compact (372 Episodes) as Unknown
1961Sir Francis Drake (1 Episode) as Gazio
1960Maigret (1 Episode) as Unknown
1960Sunday-Night Play (1 Episode) as Narrator (voice)
1960Danger Man (2 Episodes) as Unknown
1959International Detective (1, 1 Episode) as Silversmith, Bela Davos
1959The Third Man (1 Episode) as Luigi Carvossa
1959No Hiding Place (4 Episodes) as Unknown
1959Interpol Calling (1 Episode) as Sukru
1958The Adventures of William Tell (1 Episode) as Hanzler
1958The Moonraker as Captain Wilcox
1957Ordeal by Fire as La Hire
19561984 as Man on Telescreen (uncredited)
1956The Count of Monte Cristo (3 Episodes) as Unknown
1955Richard III as Tyrell
1955The Adventures of the Scarlet Pimpernel (15 Episodes) as Sir Andrew Ffoulkes
1955The Adventures of Robin Hood (1, 2, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1 Episode) as Constable, Seneschal, Sir Boland, Traveller, Sir William Fitzwalter, Raoul, Sir Fulke Devereaux
1954The Black Knight as King Mark
1953Robin Hood (6 Episodes) as Unknown
1951The Franchise Affair as Bill Brough
1951White Corridors as Sailor
1950The Woman with No Name as Colin
1950Waterfront as Sam (uncredited)
1950Treasure Island as Roach
1950Chance of a Lifetime as Kettle
1950Sunday Night Theatre (1 Episode) as Cardinal Wolsey
1949Cardboard Cavalier as Executed Man (uncredited)
1948Hamlet as Player King
1948The Red Shoes as BBC Radio Announcer (voice)
1948R.U.R. as Radius, a robot
1948Escape as Jim