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Doctor Who: The Day of the Doctor

as The Doctor (1) (archive footage)

2013
Doctor Who: The Aztecs

as The Doctor

1964
To Have and to Hold

as Insp. Roberts

1963
Tomorrow at Ten

as Freddie Maddox

1962
The Night We Dropped a Clanger

as Sgt. Bright

1959
Carry On Sergeant

as Sergeant Grimshawe

1958
Yangtse Incident: The Story of H.M.S. Amethyst

as Leading Seaman Leslie Frank

1957
The Hypnotist

as Inspector Ross

1957
Private's Progress

as Sgt. Sutton

1956
The Ringer

as Sam Hackett

1952
The Holly and the Ivy

as Company Sergeant Major

1954
Double Confession

as Charlie Durham

1950
The Lost People

as Barnes

1949
Brighton Rock

as Dallow

1951
Odd Man Out

as Fencie - the barman

1947
Temptation Harbour

as Jim Brown

1949
The Way Ahead

as Sgt. Ned Fletcher

1945
The Dark Tower

as Jim Towers (as Bill Hartnell)

1943
They Drive by Night

as Bus Conductor

1938
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William Hartnell William Hartnell

Birthday

1908-01-08

Place of Birth

St. Pancras, London, England, UK

Biography

William Henry Hartnell (8 January 1908 – 23 April 1975), also known as Billy Hartnell or Bill Hartnell, was an English actor. Hartnell played the first incarnation of the Doctor in Doctor Who, from 1963 to 1966. He was also known for his roles as Sergeant Grimshaw, the title character of the first Carry On film, Carry On Sergeant in 1958, and Company Sergeant Major Percy Bullimore in the sitcom The Army Game from 1957 until 1958, and again in 1960. Hartnell entered the theatre in 1925 working under Frank Benson as a general stagehand. He appeared in numerous Shakespearian plays, including The Merchant of Venice (1926), Julius Caesar (1926), As You Like It (1926), Hamlet (1926), The Tempest (1926) and Macbeth (1926). He also appeared in She Stoops to Conquer (1926), School for Scandal (1926) and Good Morning, Bill (1927), before performing in Miss Elizabeth's Prisoner (1928). This play was written by Robert Neilson Stephens and E. Lyall Swete. It featured the actress Heather McIntyre, whom he married during the following year. His first of more than sixty film appearances was in Say It With Music (1932). Hartnell continued to play comic characters until he was cast in the robust role of Sergeant Ned Fletcher in The Way Ahead (1944). From then on his career was defined by playing mainly policemen, soldiers, and thugs. Hartnell's performance in This Sporting Life was noted by Verity Lambert, the producer who was setting up a new science-fiction television series for the BBC entitled Doctor Who; and, mainly on the strength of that performance, Lambert offered him the title role.
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