List of Peter Davison performances

Davison at the Magic City Comic Con in 2016

Peter Malcolm Gordon Moffett, known professionally as Peter Davison, is an English actor. He made his television acting debut in 1975 and became famous as Tristan Farnon in the 1978 BBC television adaptation of James Herriot's All Creatures Great and Small stories. He starred as the fifth incarnation of the Doctor in Doctor Who (1981–1984), at the time the youngest actor to play the role.

He has worked in the mediums of film, television, stage and audio dramas. Below are a list of his credits.

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
1993	Harnessing Peacocks	Jim Huxtable		[1]
	The Airzone Solution	Al Dunbar		[2] [3]
1994	Black Beauty	Squire Gordon		[4]
	The Zero Imperative	Patient One		[5] [ citation needed ]
	A Man You Don't Meet Every Day	Robert		[6] [ citation needed ]
1995	The Devil of Winterborne	Gavin Purcell		[7] [ citation needed ]
1996	Ghosts of Winterborne
1998	Wuthering Heights	Joseph Lockwood		[8]
	The Stalker's Apprentice	Maurice Burt		[9]
	Parting Shots	John		[10]
2014	Nerd Love	Himself		[ citation needed ]
2016	End of Term	Leigh		[11]
2017	You, Me and Him	Teacher	Cameo	[12] [ citation needed ]
2018	Patrick	Alan		[13] [ citation needed ]
	Say My Name	Rich Herbig		[14]
2020	Dream Horse	Lord Avery		[15]
TBA	Frank and Percy †		Post-production	[ citation needed ]

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
1975	The Tomorrow People	Elmer	Serial: "A Man for Emily"
1977	Love for Lydia	Tom Holland	10 episodes
1978–1990	All Creatures Great and Small	Tristan Farnon	65 episodes
1980–1982	Sink or Swim	Brian Webber	All 19 episodes
	Holding the Fort	Russell Milburn	All 20 episodes
1981	The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy	Dish of the Day	Episode: #1.5
1981–1984, 2007, 2022	Doctor Who	Fifth Doctor	76 episodes (including a minisode)
1983		Omega	Serial: Arc of Infinity
1985	Fox Tales	Various	Voice only
	Anna of the Five Towns	Henry Mynors	All 4 episodes
	Agatha Christie's Miss Marple	Lance Fortescue	Episode: "A Pocket Full of Rye"
	Magnum, P.I.	Ian Mackerras	Episode: "Déjà vu"
1986–1988	A Very Peculiar Practice	Dr Stephen Daker	15 episodes
1988	Tales of the Unexpected	Jeremy Tyler	Episode: "Wink Three Times"
1989–1990	Campion	Albert Campion	16 episodes
1991	Fiddlers Three	Ralph West	All 14 episodes
1992	Screen One	Dr Stephen Daker	Episode: "A Very Polish Practice"
	Kinsey	Bob Stacey	2 episodes
1993	Dimensions in Time	Fifth Doctor	Children in Need special
1994	Heartbeat	Doctor	Episode: "A Bird in the Hand"
1994–1995	Ain't Misbehavin'	Clive Quigley	All 12 episodes
1995	Mole's Christmas	Various	Voice only
1996	Cuts	Henry Babbacombe	TV film
1997	Dear Nobody	Mr Garton
	Scene		Episode: "A Man of Letters"
1998	Jonathan Creek	Stephen Claithorne	Episode: "Danse Macabre"
	Verdict	Michael Naylor	Episode: "Be My Valentine"
1999	Molly	Mr Greenfield	Unknown episodes
	Hope and Glory	Neil Bruce	Episode 1
	The Nearly Complete and Utter History of Everything	Ferdinand Magellan	TV film
2000	The Mrs Bradley Mysteries	Inspector Henry Christmas	3 episodes
2000–2003	At Home with the Braithwaites	David Braithwaite	26 episodes
2003	Too Good to Be True	Robert	TV film
2003–2007	The Last Detective	DC 'Dangerous' Davies	All 17 episodes
2005–2008	Distant Shores	Bill Shore	12 episodes
2006	The Complete Guide to Parenting	Professor George Huntley	5 episodes
2007	Fear, Stress and Anger	Martin Chadwick	All 6 episodes
	Agatha Christie's Marple	Hubert Curtain	Episode: "At Bertram’s Hotel"
2009	Unforgiven	John Ingrams	All 3 episodes
	Al Murray's Multiple Personality Disorder	Nazi Doctor	Episode: #1.4
	Micro Men	Bank Manager	TV film
	Midsomer Murders	Nicky Frazer	Episode: "Secrets and Spies"
	Miranda	Mr Clayton	Episode: "Teacher"
	The Queen	Denis Thatcher	Episode: "The Rival"
2010	Sherlock	Planetarium Voice	Episode: "The Great Game"
2011	New Tricks	Charles Allenforth	Episode: "The End of the Line"
2011–2014	Law & Order: UK	Henry Sharpe	27 episodes
2013	Lewis	Peter Faulkner	2 episodes
	Pat & Cabbage	Michael	4 episodes
	The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot	Himself	Also writer and director	[16]
2014	Death in Paradise	Arnold Finch	Episode: "The Wrong Man"
2014–2015	Toast of London	Himself	3 episodes
2017	Brian Pern: A Tribute	Peter Troughton	TV film
	Grantchester	Geoff Towler	Episode: #3.2	[17]
	Liar	Denis Walters	2 episodes	[18]
2019	Vera	Matthew Wells	Episode "Blind Spot"	[19]
	The Name of the Rose	Old Adso	7 episodes	[18]
2019–2022	Gentleman Jack	William Priestley	7 episodes	[18]
2020	The Trial of Christine Keeler	James Burge	2 episodes	[20]
	Thunderbirds Are Go	Higgins	Voice; Episode: "Venom"
	Life	Henry Reynolds	All 6 episodes
	Call the Midwife	Mr. Percival	Episode: "Christmas Special"
2021–2022	The Larkins	The Vicar	All 8 episodes
2022	Bloods	Alistair MacBeal	Episode: #2.6
2023	The Gold	ACP Gordon Stewart	5 episodes	[21]
	The Windsors	William IV	Coronation special
	Good Omens	Job	Episode: "The Clue"
	Tales of the TARDIS	Fifth Doctor	Episode: "Earthshock"
	Murder, They Hope	David	Episode: "Blood Actually"
2024	Beyond Paradise	Peter	3 episodes
2025	Riot Women	Graham
	Midsomer Murders	Archie Pollock	Episode: "Lawn of the Dead"

Television appearances as himself

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2018-2019	Great British Car Journeys	Himself	The first series was also known as Vintage Roads Great and Small in North America
2020–present	The Yorkshire Vet	Narrator	Also features on-screen in a couple of the specials, acting in short dramatic scenes with the vets and farmer Jean Green
2023	The Big Steam Adventure	Himself	Peter Davison, John Sergeant and steam buff Paul Middleton travel from London to Scotland using only steam power.	[22]

Theatre

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
1972	Love's Labour's Lost	Mercade	Nottingham Playhouse
	Brand	villager
	Robin Hood	Robin Hood
	The Three Musketeers	John Felton/Guard
1973	The Two Gentlemen of Verona	Speed	Young Lyceum, Edinburgh
	Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead	Alfred	Ledlanet House, Edinburgh
	Hamlet	Osric
	Woyzeck		Young Lyceum, Edinburgh
	The Three Estates	Soldier	Royal Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh
	The Taming of the Shrew	Tranio/Grumio	Open Space Theatre/Dutch tour
1974	A Narrow Road to the Deep North		Royal Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh
	Midsummer Night's Dream	Lysander	Leith Festival, Edinburgh
1980	Barefoot in the Park	Paul Bratter	Churchill Theatre, Bromley
1982	Cinderella	Buttons	Assembly Hall Theatre Tunbridge Wells
1984	Barefoot in the Park	Paul Bratter	UK tour
1986	The Owl and the Pussycat	Felix
1991	Arsenic and Old Lace	Mortimer Brewster	Chichester Festival Theatre
1992	The Decorator		Yvonne Arnaud Theatre
1992–1993	The Last Yankee	Leroy Hamilton	Young Vic Theatre and Duke of York's Theatre
1994	An Absolute Turkey	Valetin	Gielgud Theatre
1996	Dial M for Murder	Tony Wendice	UK tour
1997	Cinderella	Buttons	Arts Theatre, Cambridge
1998–1999	Chicago	Amos Hart	Adelphi Theatre
2001	Under the Doctor	Dr Jean-Pierre Moulineaux	Yvonne Arnaud Theatre and Comedy Theatre, London
2007–2008	Spamalot	King Arthur	Palace Theatre
2009–2012	Legally Blonde	Professor Calahan	Savoy Theatre
2014	The Vertical Hour	Oliver Lucas	Park Theatre
2015	Gypsy	Herbie	Savoy Theatre	[23] [ better source needed ]
2024	Kiss Me, Kate	Harrison Howell	Barbican Theatre	[24]

Audio drama

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
1985–1987	King Street Junior	Eric Brown	BBC Radio 4 Series 1 and 2
1995–1996	Change at Oglethorpe	David Clare	BBC Radio 2
1999–present	Doctor Who: The Audio Adventures	Fifth Doctor	Big Finish Productions; 156 episodes
2003–2006	Rigor Mortis	Dr. Anthony Webster	BBC Radio 4
2006	Nebulous	Professor Diplodocus
2008	The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul	Simon Draycott
2012–2013	Welcome to Our Village, Please Invade Carefully	Richard Lyons	BBC Radio 2	[25] [ better source needed ]
2018	The Diary of River Song	Fifth Doctor	Big Finish Productions; Series 3

Video games

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
1997	Destiny of the Doctors	Fifth Doctor
2015	Lego Dimensions		Archive recording sound
2023	Lies of P	Pulcinella

Web

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2020	The Doctors Say Thank You	Himself		[26]

References

Citations

1. "Harnessing Peacocks | Cast and Crew | Rotten Tomatoes". www.rottentomatoes.com. Retrieved 2026-01-29.
2. "The bizarre and hilarious world of the unofficial Doctor Who spin-offs". Radio Times . 27 November 2018. Retrieved 28 January 2026.
3. "The Airzone Solution | Cast and Crew". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 2025-11-29.
4. "Black Beauty movie review & film summary (1994) | Roger Ebert". www.rogerebert.com. Retrieved 2026-01-29.
5. O'Brien, Steve; Longridge, Chris (17 January 2018). "13 Doctor Who spin-offs you've probably never heard of". Digital Spy . Retrieved 4 December 2025.
6. "BBC - Press Office - Fear, Stress & Anger biographies". www.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 2026-01-29.
7. O'Brien, Steve; Longridge, Chris (17 January 2018). "13 Doctor Who spin-offs you've probably never heard of". Digital Spy . Retrieved 4 December 2025.
8. "Wuthering Heights | Cast and Crew". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 2026-01-29.
9. "The Stalker's Apprentice | Cast and Crew | Rotten Tomatoes". www.rottentomatoes.com. Retrieved 2026-01-29.
10. Stratton, David (1998-05-19). "Parting Shots". Variety. Retrieved 2026-01-29.
11. Hoad, Phil (2023-09-25). "End of Term review – art-school horror is fusion of slasher and country-house whodunnit". The Guardian. ISSN   0261-3077 . Retrieved 2026-01-29.
12. Ide, Wendy. "'You, Me And Him': Glasgow Review". Screen. Archived from the original on 29 January 2026. Retrieved 2026-01-29.
13. White, Adam (2018-06-28). "Patrick review: an insult to lovers of both dogs and romcoms". The Telegraph. ISSN   0307-1235. Archived from the original on 29 January 2026. Retrieved 2026-01-29.
14. "Say My Name Reviews". www.metacritic.com. Retrieved 2026-01-29.
15. "Dream Horse movie review & film summary (2021) | Roger Ebert". www.rogerebert.com. Retrieved 2026-01-29.
16. Jeffery, Morgan (26 November 2013). "'Doctor Who': The inside story on 'The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot'". Digital Spy . Archived from the original on 26 January 2025. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
17. Doran, Sarah (30 April 2017). "Yes, that is Doctor Who's Peter Davison in Grantchester". Radio Times . Retrieved 1 May 2017.
18. "Peter Davison". IMDB.
19. "Vera". ITV Press Centre. ITV . Retrieved 25 October 2019.
20. "Peter Davison". IMDB.
21. "First Look images and further casting announced for upcoming BBC Drama The Gold". bbc.co.uk/mediacentre. Retrieved 17 January 2023.
22. "The Big Steam Adventure". channel5.com. Retrieved 25 April 2023.
23. O'Hanlon, Dom (2016-06-08). "Lara Pulver and Peter Davison in Gypsy at the Savoy". London Theatre. Retrieved 2026-01-29.
24. Dillon, Luke (26 March 2024). "Peter Davison to play The General in Kiss Me, Kate London Revival". westendtheatre.com. Retrieved 27 March 2024.
25. "Doctor Who: The utter joy of The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot". Winter is Coming. 2018-11-30. Retrieved 2026-01-29.
26. Lovett, Jamie (2020-04-25). "Doctor Who: The Doctors Say Thank You to Healthcare Workers". ComicBook.com. Retrieved 2026-01-29.

Sources

• Wright, Mark, ed. (2016). "Castrovalva, Four to Doomsday and Kinda". Doctor Who: The Complete History (34). Panini Comics, Hachette Partworks: 82–87. ISSN   2057-6048.