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Patrick Troughton

Acting · 1920–1987 · Mill Hill, London, England, UK

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.

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Filmography

2025Doctor Who: Wish World & The Reality WarDr. Who (archive footage) (uncredited)
2024Doctor Who at the PromsThe Doctor (2) (archive footage)
2024Doctor Who: The War Games in ColourThe Doctor (2) (archive footage)
2023Doctor Who: The Underwater MenaceThe Doctor (voice)
2023Talking Doctor WhoSelf / The Doctor (2) (archive footage)
2023Tales of the TardisThe Doctor
2022Doctor Who: The Abominable SnowmenThe Doctor (voice)
2022Troughton in Tibet: Making 'The Abominable Snowmen'Self (archive footage)
2021Doctor Who: The Evil of the DaleksThe Doctor (voice)
2021Doctor Who: The Web of Fear - Episode 3The Doctor (voice)
2021Doctor Who: Fury from the DeepThe Doctor (voice)
2020Doctor Who: The Faceless OnesThe Doctor (voice)
2019Doctor Who: The Macra TerrorThe Doctor (voice)
2018Doctor Who: The Wheel in Space Mini-EpisodeDr. Who
2017Doctor Who: Twice Upon a TimeThe Doctor (2) (archive footage)
2016Doctor Who: The Power of the DaleksThe Doctor (Voice)
2015Doctor Who: The Husbands of River SongThe Doctor (2) (picture) (uncredited)
2015Longleat '83: The Lost Footage
2013Doctor Who: The Day of the DoctorThe Doctor (2) (archive footage)
2013Doctor Who: The Doctors RevisitedSelf
2009DeviousSecond Doctor (archive footage)
2008Doctor Who: The Next DoctorThe Doctor (2) (archive footage)
2008Celebration: Doctor Who in 1983(archival footage)
2008The Ties That Bind UsThe Second Doctor (archive footage)
2008Five Doctors, One Studio
2003Adventures in Time and Spain(archvie footage)
2003Patrick Troughton in AmericaSelf (archive footage)
2001Longleat '83: The Greatest Show in the GalaxyHimself (archive footage)
1994The World of HammerSelf (archive footage)
199330 Years in the TARDISHimself (archive footage)
1987Knights of GodArthur
1987Yesterday's DreamsJack
1987Inspector MorseGeorge Jackson
1987Doctor Who Then & NowDoctor Who
1986The Two of UsPerce
1985Long Term MemoryGerald
1985Doctor Who: The Two DoctorsThe Doctor
1985Super GranGreat Sporran of the Isles
1984The Box of DelightsCole Hawlings
1984Doctor Who: Resurrection of the DaleksThe Doctor (2) (archive footage) (uncredited)
1984AmyLord Rothermere
1983Doctor Who: The Five DoctorsThe Second Doctor
1983DramaramaInstructor
1983Reluctant ChickensMalcolm
1983Doctor Who: Mawdryn UndeadThe Doctor (2) (archive footage)
1982Foxy Lady
1982Doctor Who: EarthshockThe Doctor (2) (archive footage)
1982The Pigman's ProtegeWilliam Pierce
1982Shine on Harvey MoonWilf
1981Tales from the Thousand and One NightsThe Swindler
1981John DiamondJoseph K'Nee
1981P.Q. 17Commodore Londonderry
1980No DefenceJudge Barnes-Ritchie
1979MinderJoe Mancini
1979Only When I LaughJoe Perkins
1978Edward and Mrs SimpsonClement Atlee
1978Edward & Mrs. SimpsonClement Attlee
1978A Hitch in TimeProfessor Wagstaff
1978All Creatures Great and SmallRoddy
1977Treasure IslandIsrael Hands
1977The Sinking of the HMS VictoriaRear Admiral Markham
1977BBC2 Play of the WeekRear Admiral Markham
1977Sinbad and the Eye of the TigerMelanthius
1976Yanks Go Home
1976Lorna Doone
1976The OmenFather Brennan
1976The Feathered SerpentNasca
1976Love Letters on Blue PaperVictor Marsden
1976Doctor Who: The Brain of MorbiusThe Doctor (2) (picture) (uncredited)
1975Space: 1999Archon
1975Angels
1975SurvivorsJohn Millen
1975The Love SchoolFrederick Stephens
1975Nurse Will Make It BetterLyall
1975The SweeneyReg Crofts
1974Churchill's PeopleHainault
1974Jennie: Lady Randolph Churchill
1974Frankenstein and the Monster from HellBodysnatcher
1974PlayhouseWilliam Pierce
1973Hawkeye, the PathfinderUncle Cap
1973Warship
1973ThrillerLyall
1973Whoops BaghdadTamberlane the Terrible
1973Doctor Who: The Three DoctorsThe Doctor
1972ColditzPadre
1972Crown Court
1972The ProtectorsBela Karoleon
1972Van der ValkFather Bosch
1972Doctor Who: Day of the DaleksThe Doctor (2) (picture) (uncredited)
1971The Persuaders!Count Marceau
1971Jason King
1971The ChopperJimmy Reed
1970Scars of DraculaKlove
1970The GoodiesDr. Petal
1970Little WomenRobert March
1970Play for TodayVictor Marsden
1970On the HouseDoctor Stanley
1970Don't Touch Him, He Might Resent ItMr. Fidler
1970DoomwatchLyon McArthur / Alan McArthur
1970The Six Wives of Henry VIIIDuke of Norfolk
1969Paul Temple
1969Doctor Who: The War GamesThe Doctor
1969The Main ChanceFrederick Owen
1969Doctor Who: The Space PiratesThe Doctor
1969Doctor Who: The Seeds of DeathThe Doctor
1969Doctor Who: The KrotonsThe Doctor
1969ITV Saturday Night TheatreReilly
1968Doctor Who: The InvasionThe Doctor
1968Doctor Who: The Mind RobberThe Doctor
1968Doctor Who: The DominatorsThe Doctor
1968Doctor Who: The Wheel in SpaceThe Doctor
1968Doctor Who: Fury from the DeepThe Doctor
1968Doctor Who: The Web of FearThe Doctor
1968Doctor Who: The Enemy of the WorldDr. Who/Salamander
1967Doctor Who: The Ice WarriorsThe Doctor
1967Doctor Who: The Abominable SnowmenThe Doctor
1967ITV PlayhouseMr. Fidler
1967Doctor Who: The Tomb of the CybermenThe Doctor
1967Doctor Who: The Evil of the DaleksThe Doctor
1967Doctor Who: The Faceless OnesThe Doctor
1967Doctor Who: The Macra TerrorThe Doctor
1967The Viking QueenTristram
1967Doctor Who: The MoonbaseThe Doctor
1967Doctor Who: The Underwater MenaceThe Doctor
1967Doctor Who: The HighlandersThe Doctor
1966Doctor Who: The Power of the DaleksDr. Who
1966Doctor Who: The Tenth PlanetThe Doctor (2) (uncredited)
1966David CopperfieldPawnbroker
1966Softly, Softly
1965Give the Clown His SupperStuart
1965Thirty-Minute TheatreStuart Pendleton
1965Out of the UnknownJimmy Reed
1965And Did Those Feet ?Lord Fountain
1965Doctor Who: Lost in TimeThe Doctor
1964The Black TormentRegis
1964The GorgonInspector Kanof
1964The Wednesday PlayLord Fountain
1964HMS ParadiseCaptain Ahab Rudlow
1964Smuggler's BayRatsey
1964Sherlock Holmes
1963Doctor Who
1963EspionageJohn McBride
1963No Cloak - No DaggerTrev
1963Jason and the ArgonautsPhineas
1962The Old Curiosity Shop
1962The SaintInsp. Gambetti
1962Man of the WorldThiboeuf
1962Dr. Finlay's Casebook
1962The Phantom of the OperaThe Rat Catcher
1962Wuthering HeightsHindley
1962Z-Cars
1962Compact
1961Sir Francis DrakeGazio
1961A Call on Kuprin: Part 2Narrator (voice)
1960Maigret
1960Sunday-Night PlayNarrator (voice)
1960Danger ManBart
1959International DetectiveSilversmith
1959The Third ManLuigi Carvossa
1959No Hiding Place
1959Interpol CallingSukru
1958The Adventures of William TellHanzler
1958The MoonrakerCaptain Wilcox
1957Ordeal by FireLa Hire
19561984Man on Telescreen (uncredited)
1956The Count of Monte Cristo
1955Richard IIITyrell
1955The Adventures of the Scarlet PimpernelSir Andrew Ffoulkes
1955The Adventures of Robin HoodConstable
1954The Black KnightKing Mark
1953Robin Hood
1951The Franchise AffairBill Brough
1951White CorridorsSailor
1950The Woman with No NameColin
1950WaterfrontSam (uncredited)
1950Treasure IslandRoach
1950Chance of a LifetimeKettle
1950Sunday Night TheatreCardinal Wolsey
1949Cardboard CavalierExecuted Man (uncredited)
1949Badger's GreenJim Carter
1948HamletPlayer King
1948The Red ShoesBBC Radio Announcer (voice)
1948R.U.R.Radius, a robot
1948EscapeJim

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