Cast & creator
Patrick Troughton
Best known for Doctor Who, Doctor Who, Play for Today
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.
Also known as: Patrick George Troughton
102
film credits
100
television credits
202
1948–2025 · acting roles
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Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (202)
Showing 202 of 202 credits
Doctor Who
1963Doctor Who
The Doctor
1963
Play for Today
Victor Marsden
1970Play for Today
Judge Barnes-Ritchie
1970Play for Today
Malcolm
1970
The Wednesday Play
Lord Fountain
1964
Crown Court
1972Crown Court
Joseph Molloy
1972
Minder
Joe Mancini
1979
The Saint
Insp. Gambetti
1962
ITV Playhouse
Mr. Fidler
1967
Z-Cars
1962
Playhouse
William Pierce
1974
Thirty-Minute Theatre
Stuart Pendleton
1965Thirty-Minute Theatre
Justley
1965
No Hiding Place
1959
Inspector Morse
George Jackson
1987
The Adventures of Robin Hood
Constable
1955The Adventures of Robin Hood
Sir William Fitzwalter
1955The Adventures of Robin Hood
Seneschal
1955The Adventures of Robin Hood
Traveller
1955The Adventures of Robin Hood
Raoul
1955The Adventures of Robin Hood
Sir Boland
1955The Adventures of Robin Hood
Sir Fulke Devereaux
1955The Adventures of Robin Hood
Constable (uncredited)
1955
All Creatures Great and Small
Roddy
1978
Space: 1999
Archon
1975
Compact
1962
ITV Saturday Night Theatre
Reilly
1969
Sunday Night Theatre
Cardinal Wolsey
1950
The Sweeney
Reg Crofts
1975
Danger Man
Bart
1960Danger Man
Brenner
1960
Dr. Finlay's Casebook
1962Dr. Finlay's Casebook
Alex Dean
1962Sunday-Night Play
Narrator (voice)
1960
Maigret
1960
The Persuaders!
Count Marceau
1971
Van der Valk
Father Bosch
1972
Angels
1975
BBC2 Play of the Week
Rear Admiral Markham
1977
Churchill's People
Hainault
1974
The Third Man
Luigi Carvossa
1959
Thriller
Lyall
1973
The Protectors
Bela Karoleon
1972
Shine on Harvey Moon
Wilf
1982
Out of the Unknown
Jimmy Reed
1965
Softly, Softly
1966
Espionage
John McBride
1963
Interpol Calling
Sukru
1959
The Goodies
Dr. Petal
1970
Dramarama
Instructor
1983
The Main Chance
Frederick Owen
1969
Doomwatch
Lyon McArthur / Alan McArthur
1970
The World of Hammer
Self (archive footage)
1994
The Adventures of William Tell
Hanzler
1958
The Count of Monte Cristo
1956
Jason King
1971
The Famous Five
Mr. Stick
1978
Sir Francis Drake
Gazio
1961
Man of the World
Thiboeuf
1962
The Omen
Father Brennan
1976
Survivors
John Millen
1975International Detective
Silversmith
1959International Detective
Bela Davos
1959
The Adventures of the Scarlet Pimpernel
Sir Andrew Ffoulkes
1955
Paul Temple
1969
Warship
1973
Super Gran
Great Sporran of the Isles
1985
The Red Shoes
BBC Radio Announcer (voice)
1948
Colditz
Padre
1972
Tales of the Tardis
The Doctor
2023
Sherlock Holmes
1964
Only When I Laugh
Joe Perkins
1979
Jason and the Argonauts
Phineas
1963
Jennie: Lady Randolph Churchill
1974
Edward and Mrs Simpson
Clement Atlee
1978
The Six Wives of Henry VIII
Duke of Norfolk
1970HMS Paradise
Captain Ahab Rudlow
1964
Little Women
Robert March
1970
The Box of Delights
Cole Hawlings
1984
Treasure Island
Roach
1950
Doctor Who: The Day of the Doctor
The Doctor (2) (archive footage)
2013
Yanks Go Home
Lubbock
1976
Doctor Who: The Doctors Revisited
Self
2013
The Two of Us
Perce
1986
Knights of God
Arthur
1987
Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger
Melanthius
1977
The Love School
Frederick Stephens
1975
Whoops Baghdad
Tamberlane the Terrible
1973
Village Hall
Bill Lester
1974David Copperfield
Pawnbroker
1966The Old Curiosity Shop
Daniel Quilp
1962On the House
Doctor Stanley
1970
Scars of Dracula
Klove
1970
The Phantom of the Opera
The Rat Catcher
1962
Hamlet
Player King
1948
Doctor Who: Twice Upon a Time
The Doctor (2) (archive footage)
2017
Doctor Who: Fury from the Deep
The Doctor (voice)
2021
1984
Man on Telescreen (uncredited)
1956
Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell
Bodysnatcher
1974Yesterday's Dreams
Jack
1987
Richard III
Tyrell
1955
Doctor Who: Resurrection of the Daleks
The Doctor (2) (archive footage) (uncredited)
1984
The Gorgon
Inspector Kanof
1964A Tale of Two Cities
Dr. Manette
1965
Doctor Who: Wish World & The Reality War
Dr. Who (archive footage) (uncredited)
2025
The Feathered Serpent
Nasca
1976
Doctor Who: Lost in Time
The Doctor
1965
Doctor Who: The Husbands of River Song
The Doctor (2) (picture) (uncredited)
2015
Doctor Who at the Proms
The Doctor (2) (archive footage)
2024
Doctor Who: The War Games
The Doctor
1969
Robin Hood
1953
The Ties That Bind Us
The Second Doctor (archive footage)
2008
Doctor Who at the Proms
The Doctor (2) (archive footage) (uncredited)
2013
Doctor Who: The Next Doctor
The Doctor (2) (archive footage)
2008
Doctor Who: The War Games in Colour
The Doctor (2) (archive footage)
2024Foxy Lady
1982
Doctor Who: The Mind Robber
The Doctor
1968
Doctor Who: The Two Doctors
The Doctor
1985
Doctor Who: The Krotons
The Doctor
1969
Doctor Who: The Five Doctors
The Second Doctor
1983
Doctor Who: The Moonbase
The Doctor
1967
Doctor Who: The Brain of Morbius
The Doctor (2) (picture) (uncredited)
1976
Doctor Who: The Wheel in Space
The Doctor
1968
Doctor Who: The Enemy of the World
Dr. Who/Salamander
1968
Doctor Who Then & Now
Doctor Who
1987
Doctor Who: Fury from the Deep
The Doctor
1968
Doctor Who: Day of the Daleks
The Doctor (2) (picture) (uncredited)
1972
Doctor Who: The Three Doctors
The Doctor
1973
30 Years in the TARDIS
Himself (archive footage)
1993
Doctor Who: The Invasion
The Doctor
1968
Doctor Who: Mawdryn Undead
The Doctor (2) (archive footage)
1983
Doctor Who: The Tenth Planet
The Doctor (2) (uncredited)
1966
The Chopper
Jimmy Reed
1971
Doctor Who: The Tomb of the Cybermen
The Doctor
1967
Doctor Who: The Macra Terror
The Doctor
1967
The Black Knight
King Mark
1954
Doctor Who: The Abominable Snowmen
The Doctor
1967Hawkeye, the Pathfinder
Uncle Cap
1973
Doctor Who: The Ice Warriors
The Doctor
1967
Doctor Who: The Space Pirates
The Doctor
1969
Doctor Who: The Underwater Menace
The Doctor (voice)
2023
Talking Doctor Who
Self / The Doctor (2) (archive footage)
2023
Reluctant Chickens
Malcolm
1983
Chance of a Lifetime
Kettle
1950No Cloak - No Dagger
Trev
1963
Doctor Who: The Faceless Ones
The Doctor
1967Five Doctors, One Studio
2008
The Viking Queen
Tristram
1967
Doctor Who: The Underwater Menace
The Doctor
1967
Nurse Will Make It Better
Lyall
1975
Doctor Who: The Web of Fear
The Doctor
1968
Doctor Who: The Evil of the Daleks
The Doctor
1967
Doctor Who: The Power of the Daleks
Dr. Who
1966
And Did Those Feet ?
Lord Fountain
1965
Doctor Who: The Abominable Snowmen
The Doctor (voice)
2022
Doctor Who: The Dominators
The Doctor
1968
Celebration: Doctor Who in 1983
(archival footage)
2008
Doctor Who: The Seeds of Death
The Doctor
1969
A Hitch in Time
Professor Wagstaff
1978
White Corridors
Sailor
1951
Doctor Who: The Evil of the Daleks
The Doctor (voice)
2021
Doctor Who: The Highlanders
The Doctor
1967
The Moonraker
Captain Wilcox
1958
Edward & Mrs. Simpson
Clement Attlee
1978Smuggler's Bay
Ratsey
1964
Doctor Who: The Macra Terror
The Doctor (voice)
2019
The Pigman's Protege
William Pierce
1982Give the Clown His Supper
Stuart
1965
The Black Torment
Regis
1964
Waterfront
Sam (uncredited)
1950
Love Letters on Blue Paper
Victor Marsden
1976
Doctor Who: The Web of Fear - Episode 3
The Doctor (voice)
2021
The Sinking of the HMS Victoria
Rear Admiral Markham
1977
The Woman with No Name
Colin
1950
Doctor Who: The Faceless Ones
The Doctor (voice)
2020
Longleat '83: The Lost Footage
2015
Longleat '83: The Greatest Show in the Galaxy
Himself (archive footage)
2001
Escape
Jim
1948
Wuthering Heights
Hindley
1962
Doctor Who: The Power of the Daleks
The Doctor (Voice)
2016
Tales from the Thousand and One Nights
The Swindler
1981
Adventures in Time and Spain
(archvie footage)
2003
Cardboard Cavalier
Executed Man (uncredited)
1949
P.Q. 17
Commodore Londonderry
1981Don't Touch Him, He Might Resent It
Mr. Fidler
1970
Lorna Doone
1976
Doctor Who: Earthshock
The Doctor (2) (archive footage)
1982
Troughton in Tibet: Making 'The Abominable Snowmen'
Self (archive footage)
2022
Patrick Troughton in America
Self (archive footage)
2003Badger's Green
Jim Carter
1949A Call on Kuprin: Part 2
Narrator (voice)
1961
Amy
Lord Rothermere
1984
John Diamond
Joseph K'Nee
1981
Ordeal by Fire
La Hire
1957
No Defence
Judge Barnes-Ritchie
1980
Long Term Memory
Gerald
1985
The Franchise Affair
Bill Brough
1951
Devious
Second Doctor (archive footage)
2009
Treasure Island
Israel Hands
1977
R.U.R.
Radius, a robot
1948