Patrick Troughton
Known for Acting · 180 credits
- Born
- 1920-03-25
- Died
- 1987-03-28
- Place of birth
- Mill Hill, London, England, UK
- Also known as
- Patrick George Troughton
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.
Known For
TV Shows (78)
Doctor Who
1963
as The Doctor
Play for Today
1970
as Victor Marsden / Judge Barnes-Ritchie / Malcolm
Crown Court
1972
as Joseph Molloy
Minder
1979
as Joe Mancini
The Saint
1962
as Insp. Gambetti
Z-Cars
1962
Inspector Morse
1987
as George Jackson
The Wednesday Play
1964
as Lord Fountain
Playhouse
1974
as William Pierce
ITV Playhouse
1967
as Mr. Fidler
The Sweeney
1975
as Reg Crofts
The Persuaders!
1971
as Count Marceau
No Hiding Place
1959
The Adventures of Robin Hood
1955
as Constable / Sir William Fitzwalter / Seneschal / Traveller / Raoul / Sir Boland / Sir Fulke Devereaux
Space: 1999
1975
as Archon
All Creatures Great and Small
1978
as Roddy
Danger Man
1960
as Bart / Brenner
Sunday Night Theatre
1950
as Cardinal Wolsey
ITV Saturday Night Theatre
1969
as Reilly
Dr. Finlay's Casebook
1962
as Alex Dean
Angels
1975
Thriller
1973
as Lyall
The Protectors
1972
as Bela Karoleon
BBC2 Play of the Week
1977
as Rear Admiral Markham
Maigret
1960
Softly, Softly
1966
Sunday-Night Play
1960
as Narrator (voice)
Van der Valk
1972
as Father Bosch
Compact
1962
The Third Man
1959
as Luigi Carvossa
Churchill's People
1974
as Hainault
Out of the Unknown
1965
as Jimmy Reed
The Goodies
1970
as Dr. Petal
Espionage
1963
as John McBride
Doomwatch
1970
as Lyon McArthur / Alan McArthur
Sherlock Holmes
1964
The Main Chance
1969
as Frederick Owen
The Count of Monte Cristo
1956
Jason King
1971
Shine on Harvey Moon
1982
as Wilf
Dramarama
1983
as Instructor
Interpol Calling
1959
as Sukru
Survivors
1975
as John Millen
The World of Hammer
1994
as Self (archive footage)
Sir Francis Drake
1961
as Gazio
Warship
1973
International Detective
1959
as Silversmith / Bela Davos
The Adventures of William Tell
1958
as Hanzler
Colditz
1972
as Padre
Man of the World
1962
as Thiboeuf
Super Gran
1985
as Great Sporran of the Isles
The Adventures of the Scarlet Pimpernel
1955
as Sir Andrew Ffoulkes
Paul Temple
1969
Tales of the Tardis
2023
as The Doctor
Only When I Laugh
1979
as Joe Perkins
The Six Wives of Henry VIII
1970
as Duke of Norfolk
Edward and Mrs Simpson
1978
as Clement Atlee
Doctor Who: The Doctors Revisited
2013
as Self
HMS Paradise
1964
as Captain Ahab Rudlow
David Copperfield
1966
as Pawnbroker
Movies (102)
The Omen
1976
as Father Brennan
Doctor Who: The Husbands of River Song
2015
as The Doctor (2) (picture) (uncredited)
Jason and the Argonauts
1963
as Phineas
Doctor Who: The Day of the Doctor
2013
as The Doctor (2) (archive footage)
The Red Shoes
1948
as BBC Radio Announcer (voice)
Treasure Island
1950
as Roach
1984
1956
as Man on Telescreen (uncredited)
Scars of Dracula
1970
as Klove
Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger
1977
as Melanthius
Hamlet
1948
as Player King
The Gorgon
1964
as Inspector Kanof
Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell
1974
as Bodysnatcher
Escape
1948
as Jim
Richard III
1955
as Tyrell
The Phantom of the Opera
1962
as The Rat Catcher
Doctor Who at the Proms
2024
as The Doctor (2) (archive footage)
Doctor Who: The Next Doctor
2008
as The Doctor (2) (archive footage)
Doctor Who: Twice Upon a Time
2017
as The Doctor (2) (archive footage)
Doctor Who: Wish World & The Reality War
2025
as Dr. Who (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Moonraker
1958
as Captain Wilcox
The Franchise Affair
1951
as Bill Brough
Doctor Who: Day of the Daleks
1972
as The Doctor (2) (picture) (uncredited)
Waterfront
1950
as Sam (uncredited)
The Ties That Bind Us
2008
as The Second Doctor (archive footage)
The Black Knight
1954
as King Mark
Longleat '83: The Greatest Show in the Galaxy
2001
as Himself (archive footage)
Doctor Who: The Five Doctors
1983
as The Second Doctor
Amy
1984
as Lord Rothermere
Doctor Who: The Macra Terror
1967
as The Doctor
Doctor Who: The Underwater Menace
2023
as The Doctor (voice)
Doctor Who: The War Games in Colour
2024
as The Doctor (2) (archive footage)
Cardboard Cavalier
1949
as Executed Man (uncredited)
Doctor Who: Resurrection of the Daleks
1984
as The Doctor (2) (archive footage) (uncredited)
Wuthering Heights
1962
as Hindley
Doctor Who: The Ice Warriors
1967
as The Doctor
P.Q. 17
1981
as Commodore Londonderry
Doctor Who: The Underwater Menace
1967
as The Doctor
Doctor Who: The Faceless Ones
2020
as The Doctor (voice)
Doctor Who: The War Games
1969
as The Doctor
Edward & Mrs. Simpson
1978
as Clement Attlee
Talking Doctor Who
2023
as Self / The Doctor (2) (archive footage)
Doctor Who: The Faceless Ones
1967
as The Doctor
Doctor Who: The Web of Fear - Episode 3
2021
as The Doctor (voice)
Doctor Who: The Three Doctors
1973
as The Doctor
Love Letters on Blue Paper
1976
as Victor Marsden
Doctor Who: The Power of the Daleks
1966
as Dr. Who
Doctor Who: The Moonbase
1967
as The Doctor
Doctor Who: The Highlanders
1967
as The Doctor
Doctor Who: Mawdryn Undead
1983
as The Doctor (2) (archive footage)
The Viking Queen
1967
as Tristram
Reluctant Chickens
1983
as Malcolm
And Did Those Feet ?
1965
as Lord Fountain
Doctor Who: The Tomb of the Cybermen
1967
as The Doctor
Doctor Who: The Brain of Morbius
1976
as The Doctor (2) (picture) (uncredited)
Doctor Who: The Invasion
1968
as The Doctor
Doctor Who: The Dominators
1968
as The Doctor
Doctor Who: Fury from the Deep
1968
as The Doctor
White Corridors
1951
as Sailor
The Black Torment
1964
as Regis
Doctor Who: The Enemy of the World
1968
as Dr. Who/Salamander
Don't Touch Him, He Might Resent It
1970
as Mr. Fidler
A Hitch in Time
1978
as Professor Wagstaff
Badger's Green
1949
as Jim Carter
Doctor Who: The Two Doctors
1985
as The Doctor
Doctor Who: The Evil of the Daleks
1967
as The Doctor
Chance of a Lifetime
1950
as Kettle
Celebration: Doctor Who in 1983
2008
as (archival footage)
Long Term Memory
1985
as Gerald
John Diamond
1981
as Joseph K'Nee
Doctor Who: The Space Pirates
1969
as The Doctor
Devious
2009
as Second Doctor (archive footage)
The Sinking of the HMS Victoria
1977
as Rear Admiral Markham
Doctor Who: The Tenth Planet
1966
as The Doctor (2) (uncredited)
Doctor Who: The Web of Fear
1968
as The Doctor
The Woman with No Name
1950
as Colin
Longleat '83: The Lost Footage
2015
Doctor Who: The Macra Terror
2019
as The Doctor (voice)
Doctor Who: The Mind Robber
1968
as The Doctor
Doctor Who: Earthshock
1982
as The Doctor (2) (archive footage)
Nurse Will Make It Better
1975
as Lyall
Treasure Island
1977
as Israel Hands
Doctor Who: The Evil of the Daleks
2021
as The Doctor (voice)
Doctor Who: The Seeds of Death
1969
as The Doctor
Ordeal by Fire
1957
as La Hire
No Defence
1980
as Judge Barnes-Ritchie
Doctor Who: The Krotons
1969
as The Doctor
Doctor Who: The Abominable Snowmen
1967
as The Doctor
Doctor Who: The Power of the Daleks
2016
as The Doctor (Voice)
R.U.R.
1948
as Radius, a robot
30 Years in the TARDIS
1993
as Himself (archive footage)
Doctor Who: The Wheel in Space
1968
as The Doctor
Patrick Troughton in America
2003
as Self (archive footage)
Doctor Who: The Abominable Snowmen
2022
as The Doctor (voice)
The Pigman's Protege
1982
as William Pierce
Doctor Who: The Wheel in Space Mini-Episode
2018
as Dr. Who
Troughton in Tibet: Making 'The Abominable Snowmen'
2022
as Self (archive footage)
Adventures in Time and Spain
2003
as (archvie footage)
Give the Clown His Supper
1965
as Stuart
Five Doctors, One Studio
2008
Tales from the Thousand and One Nights
1981
as The Swindler
A Call on Kuprin: Part 2
1961
as Narrator (voice)
The Chopper
1971
as Jimmy Reed
About Patrick Troughton
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. With 180 credits spanning from 1948 to 2025, Patrick Troughton has appeared in 102 films and 78 TV shows.
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Most Popular Patrick Troughton Movies
- The Omen (1976) — as Father Brennan
- Doctor Who: The Husbands of River Song (2015) — as The Doctor (2) (picture) (uncredited)
- Jason and the Argonauts (1963) — as Phineas
- Doctor Who: The Day of the Doctor (2013) — as The Doctor (2) (archive footage)
- The Red Shoes (1948) — as BBC Radio Announcer (voice)
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