1. Peter Davison 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.
60 Facts About Peter Davison
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Peter Davison subsequently played the fifth incarnation of the Doctor in Doctor Who from 1981 to 1984.
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Peter Davison was born to Claude and Sheila Moffett in Streatham, London.
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Peter Davison studied at the Central School of Speech and Drama.
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Peter Davison chose the stage name Peter Davison to avoid confusion with the actor and director Peter Moffatt, with whom Davison later worked.
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Peter 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.
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Peter Davison portrayed an alien named Elmer, who arrives on Earth along with his sister and his mother, known as "the Mama".
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In 1976, Peter 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.
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Peter Davison has appeared in several British sitcoms, including Holding the Fort and Sink or Swim, as well as appearing in dramatic roles.
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Peter 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.
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In 1980, Peter Davison signed a contract to play the fifth incarnation of the Doctor in Doctor Who for three years, succeeding Tom Baker and, at age 29, was at the time the youngest actor to have played the lead role, a record he retained for nearly thirty years until Matt Smith took the role in 2009 at age 26.
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Peter Davison was the first mixed race actor to portray the character.
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Since 1999, Peter Davison has reprised his role as the Fifth Doctor in numerous Doctor Who audio dramas for Big Finish Productions; he reprised the role of Omega in an audio drama of the same name, again sharing the role with Collier.
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Peter Davison returned to the TV series in "Time Crash", a special episode written by Steven Moffat for Children in Need; in the episode the Fifth Doctor met the Tenth Doctor, played by Davison's future son-in-law David Tennant.
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Peter Davison has been critical of some aspects of Doctor Whos original run, and has expressed great admiration for the 21st century revival.
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Peter Davison said the series had failed to write a good companion's part until Rose, when the series came back.
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In 2013, Peter Davison said he had a "slight problem" with a female Doctor, which he compared to having "a female James Bond".
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In July 2017, Peter 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".
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Peter 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".
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In 2022, Peter Davison returned to portray the Doctor on television again in "The Power of the Doctor".
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Peter Davison reprised the role again in Tales of the TARDIS.
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Peter Davison played Dr Stephen Daker, the central character in A Very Peculiar Practice.
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Peter 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.
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Peter Davison appeared in the sitcoms Fiddlers Three for ITV in 1991, and Ain't Misbehavin' in 1993 and 1995.
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Peter Davison played Jim Huxtable in the 1993 TV movie Harnessing Peacocks, based on the novel by Mary Wesley.
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In 1994, Peter Davison provided the voice of Mole in The Wind in the Willows animated special Mole's Christmas.
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Peter Davison appeared as a doctor in Heartbeat episode "A Bird in the Hand", and played Squire Gordon in the 1994 film of Black Beauty.
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Peter Davison presented Heavenly Bodies, a six-part series about astronomy.
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Peter 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.
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In 2000, Peter Davison returned to another major role as David Braithwaite in At Home with the Braithwaites.
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The first episode, Death at the Opera, saw Peter Davison appear with his future son-in-law, David Tennant.
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Peter Davison starred as Dangerous Davies in the television series The Last Detective and as Dr Bill Shore in Distant Shores, both for ITV.
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Peter 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.
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In 2009, Peter Davison appeared in Unforgiven, an ITV1 drama starring Suranne Jones.
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Peter Davison played John Ingrams, a lawyer who helps Jones' character, Ruth Slater, find her sister after her release from prison.
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In 2009, Peter 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.
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In 2010, Peter 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.
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Peter Davison appeared from the beginning of the series' fifth season, alongside fellow Doctor Who actress Freema Agyeman.
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Peter Davison appeared in an episode of the police comedy-drama New Tricks, 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.
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However, due to a scheduling clash, Peter Davison was forced to pull out of the film.
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In 2017, Peter Davison appeared in an episode of the third series of Grantchester, playing a cricket-loving solicitor.
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Peter Davison appeared with Christopher Timothy in the three-part series Great British Car Journeys for More4.
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Peter Davison 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.
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Peter Davison has appeared in several radio series, including the BBC Radio 4 comedy drama series King Street Junior.
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Peter Davison appeared in Change at Oglethorpe, and the following year he played Richard Stubbs in a six-part comedy Minor Adjustment.
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Peter 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.
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In 2008, Peter 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.
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Peter 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.
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Between July 2007 and March 2008, Peter Davison performed as King Arthur in the London production of Spamalot.
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Peter Davison played the part of Oliver Lucas in David Hare's play The Vertical Hour at the Park Theatre, London.
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In 2015, Peter Davison joined the cast of Gypsy in its West End transfer to the Savoy Theatre in London, playing the role of Herbie, alongside Imelda Staunton as Rose.
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In 2024 Peter Davison joined the cast of the musical Kiss Me, Kate at the Barbican Theatre, playing the part of the General.
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Peter 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.
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Peter 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.
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On 26 December 1978, Peter Davison married American-British actress Sandra Dickinson.
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Peter Davison married his third wife, actress and writer Elizabeth Morton, in 2003.
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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 Peter Davison, having adopted his father's stage name as his own.
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Louis Peter Davison plays the part of Victor in Tim Burton's film, Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children released in 2016, and Joel Peter Davison played Lord Heybrook in French Without Tears at the Orange Tree Theatre, Richmond.
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Peter Davison was one of 48 celebrities who signed a letter warning voters against Conservative Party policy towards the BBC.
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Peter 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".