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