Cast & creator
Peter Davison
Best known for Midsomer Murders, Midsomer Murders, Doctor Who
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.
Also known as: Peter Malcolm Gordon Moffett, پیتر دیویسون
130
film credits
66
television credits
194
1963–2026 · acting roles
6.9
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (196)
Showing 196 of 196 credits
Midsomer Murders
Nicky Frazer
1997Midsomer Murders
Archie Pollock
1997
Doctor Who
The Doctor
1963
Death in Paradise
Arnold Finch
2011
Magnum, P.I.
Ian MacKerras
1980
Vera
Matthew Wells
2011
Lewis
Peter Faulkner
2007
Loose Women
Self
1999
Richard & Judy
Self
2001
Agatha Christie's Marple
Hubert Curtain
2004
New Tricks
Charles Allenforth
2004
All Creatures Great and Small
Tristan Farnon
1978
Tales of the Unexpected
Jeremy Tyler
1979
Good Omens
Job
2019
An Audience with...
Self
1978
Law & Order: UK
Henry Sharpe
2009
Beyond Paradise
Richard Baxter
2023
Jonathan Creek
Stephen Claithorne
1997
Going Live!
Self
1987
Doctor Who Confidential
2005
The Gold
Assistant Commissioner Gordon Stewart
2023The Gold
Commissioner Gordon Stewart
2023
Screen One
Dr. Stephen Daker
1989
Liar
Denis Walters
2017
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Dish of the Day
1981
Gentleman Jack
William Priestley
2019
Remembers…
Self
2022
The Name of the Rose
Old Adso / Narrator (voice)
2019
Campion
Albert Campion
1989
Toast of London
Peter Davison
2013
Doctor Who: Behind the Sofa
Self
2018
At Home with the Braithwaites
David Braithwaite
2000
The Last Detective
Detective Constable 'Dangerous' Davies
2003
Warship
1973
The Larkins
Vicar
2021
Between the Covers
Self
2020It's Only TV But I Like It
Self
1999
Hardware
Peter Davison
2003
Harry Hill's Alien Fun Capsule
Self
2017
Miss Marple: A Pocketful of Rye
Lance Fortescue
1985
A Very Peculiar Practice
Dr Stephen Daker
1986
Tales of the Tardis
The Doctor
2023
Miss Marple
Lance Fortescue
1984
Dream Horse
Lord Avery
2021
Life
Henry Reynolds
2020
Black Beauty
Squire Gordon
1994The Complete Guide to Parenting
George Huntley
2006
Fiddlers Three
Ralph West
1991
Unforgiven
John Ingram
2009
The Queen
2009
The Mrs Bradley Mysteries
Inspector Christmas
1998
Doctor Who: The Doctors Revisited
Self
2013
Doctor Who: The Day of the Doctor
The Doctor (5) (archive footage)
2013
Distant Shores
Bill Shore
2005
Love for Lydia
Tom Holland
1977Verdict
Michael Naylor
1998
Ain't Misbehavin'
Clive Quigley
1994
The Nearly Complete and Utter History of Everything
2000
Hope and Glory
Neil Bruce
1999
Sink or Swim
Brian Webber
1980
Anna of the Five Towns
Henry Mynors
1985
Patrick
Alan Francis
2018
Pat & Cabbage
Michael
2013
The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot
Self
2013The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot
Director
2013The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot
Writer
2013
Doctor Who: Wish World & The Reality War
The Doctor (archive footage) (uncredited)
2025
Doctor Who's Who's Who
Doctor Who
1985
Doctor Who at the Proms
The Doctor (5) (archive footage)
2024
The Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy
Dish of the Day
1981
Sugar Free Farm
Self
2016
Doctor Who: The Visitation
The Doctor
1982Holding the Fort
Russell Milburn
1980
Doctor Who: Logopolis
The Doctor
1981
You, Me and Him
Teacher
2018
Doctor Who: A New Dimension
Self
2005
Jeremy Hardy Gives Good Sex
1995
Doctor Who: Resurrection of the Daleks
The Doctor
1984
Doctor Who: The Five Doctors
The Fifth Doctor
1983
The Big Night In
Self
2020Too Good to Be True
Robert Lewis
2003
PROBE: The Zero Imperative
Patient One
1994
Doctor Who: Dimensions in Time
The 5th Doctor
1993
Doctor Who: The Husbands of River Song
The Doctor (5) (picture) (uncredited)
2015
Doctor Who: The Next Doctor
The Doctor (5) (archive footage)
2008
Doctor Who: The Awakening
The Doctor
1984
Print-Out
Edwin Styles
1979
Talking Doctor Who
Self / The Doctor (5) (archive footage)
2023
Doctor Who: The Ultimate Companion
Self / The Doctor (archive footage)
2014
Doctor Who: The Caves of Androzani
The Doctor
1984
An Audience with Billy Connolly
Self - Audience Member (uncredited)
1985
Fear, Stress & Anger
Martin Chadwick
2007
Doctor Who: Mawdryn Undead
The Doctor
1983
Doctor Who: Tales Lost in Time
2011
PROBE: The Devil of Winterborne
Gavin Purcell
1995
The Big Steam Adventure
Himself
2023
Frank and Percy
2026
Doctor Who: Arc of Infinity
The Doctor
1983
Vintage Roads
Himself - Presenter
2018
Doctor Who: Four to Doomsday
The Doctor
1982
The Adventures of Mole
Mole
1995
PROBE: Ghosts of Winterborne
Gavin Purcell
1996
The Stalker's Apprentice
D.I. Maurice Burt
1998
The Ties That Bind Us
The Fifth Doctor (archive footage)
2008
The Adventures of Toad
Mole
1996
Doctor Who: Kinda
The Doctor
1982
Tales of Television Centre
Self
2012
Doctor Who: The King's Demons
The Doctor
1983
Doctor Who: Time-Flight
The Doctor
1982
Doctor Who: Tales from the TARDIS
Self
2013
Adventures in Space and Time
Himself
1999
Doctor Who: Time Crash
The Doctor (5)
2007
The Story of Doctor Who
2003
Blood Actually: A Murder, They Hope Mystery
David
2023
The PanoptiCon Tapes VI
1986
Come in Number Five
2011
Doctor Who at the Proms
Self - Special Guest Appearance / The Doctor (5) (archive footage)
2013
The PanoptiCon Tapes Vol 1 - The Main Event
1991
Wuthering Heights
Joseph Lockwood
1998
Three Steps to Hendon
DC Davies
2005
Doctor Who: The Ultimate Time Lord with Peter Davison
Self - Presenter / The Fifth Doctor
2014
The Destinations of Doctor Who
Self
2012
The PanoptiCon Tapes IV
1990
Doctor Who: Planet of Fire
The Doctor
1984
Doctor Who: Snakedance
The Doctor
1983
The Dead Peasants Society
DC Davies
2007
Parting Shots
John
1999Once Upon a Time on the Westway
DC Davies
2007
Once Upon a Time Lord
Self
1983
Doctor Who: Warriors of the Deep
The Doctor
1984
The PanoptiCon Tapes III
1990
A Man You Don't Meet Every Day
Robert
1994
Doctor Who: Daleks - The Early Years
Self - Host
1992
Who's Who
1986
A New Body at Last
2007
The Last Detective
DC Davies
2003
Doctor Who Live: The Next Doctor
Self
2013The Women of Doctor Who
2012
Celebration: Doctor Who in 1983
2008
A Very Polish Practice
Stephen Daker
1992Friends Reunited
DC Davies
2005
Doctor Who: The Fifth Doctor vs. The Daleks
The Fifth Doctor
2025
Doctor Who: Jovanka Airlines
Self
2018
Longleat '83: The Lost Footage
2015Five Doctors, One Studio
2008
Doctor Who: Black Orchid
The Doctor
1982
The PanoptiCon Tapes II
1990
Too Good to Be True
Robert Lewis
2003
Earthshocked
2018
The Long Bank Holiday
Dangerous Davies
2004
Kiss Me, Kate
The General
2024Dangerous and the Lonely Hearts
DC Davies
2004The Muppets Take The O2
Self
2018
Doctor Who: Frontios
The Doctor
1984A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Willesden
DC Davies
2007
Cuts
Henry Babbacombe
1996
The Doctors: 30 Years of Time Travel and Beyond
1995
Doctor Who: Castrovalva
The Doctor
1982
Dangerous Liaisons
Davies
2007
Now, Get Out of That
2008Benefit to Mankind
DC Davies
2004
Showman: The Life of John Nathan-Turner
Himself
2019
Doctor Who Live: The Afterparty
Self
2013The Man from Montevideo
DC Davies
2007
Snake Charmer: The Making of 'Snakedance'
2011
Doctor Who: Terminus
The Doctor
1983
Doctor Who: The Television Centre of the Universe
Self
2015The Timey-Wimey of Doctor Who
Self
2012
Tricia
Dangerous Davies
2003
Longleat '83: The Greatest Show in the Galaxy
Himself (archive footage)
2001
Peter Davison: In Conversation
Self
2018
Stranger Than Fiction 3: Acting Up
1997
The PanoptiCon Tapes V
1990
The Doctors: The Peter Davison Years
Self (archive footage)
2020
Say My Name
Detective Rich Herbig
2018Willesden Confidential
DC Davies
2005
Micro Men
Bank manager
2009
The Airzone Solution
Al Dunbar
1993
Harnessing Peacocks
Jim Huxtable
1993
Doctor Who: Earthshock
The Doctor
1982Towpaths of Glory
DC Davies
2005
Gypsy
Herbie
2015
Doctor Who: Enlightenment
The Doctor
1983
Mole's Christmas
Mouse
1994
Driven to Distractation
2011
The Home Whovian
2001
Christine
Dangerous Davies
2004
Trials and Tribulations
(archive footage)
2008
The Kidnappers
Himself
1999
Dear Nobody
Mr. Garton
1998
End of Term
Leigh
2021
Peter Davison: Uncut!
Self
2022
Stranger than Fiction
1994
Chain Reaction
2010
Happy Mills: The Search for Agent Thorny
The Big Boss (Voice)
2024