# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-hartnell
# Generated: 2026-08-13T07:37:26.589Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-hartnell"
name: "William Hartnell"
slug: "william-hartnell"
description: "William Henry Hartnell was an English actor, who is best known for portraying the first incarnation of the Doctor in the long-running BBC science fiction television series Doctor Who from 1963 to 1966; he reprised the role in 1972–1973. In film, Hartnell notably appeared in Brighton Rock (1949), The Mouse That Roared (1959) and This Sporting Life (1963). He was associated with military roles, playing Company Sergeant Major Percy Bullimore in the ITV sitcom The Army Game and Sergeant Grimshaw, the title character in the first Carry On film Carry On Sergeant (1958)."
tagline: "English actor (1908–1975)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/William_Hartnell%2C_1946_(halftone_filtered).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "GB"
category:
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  slug: "actors"
profileType:
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  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1908-01-08"
deathDate: "1975-04-23"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  historical:           24.13782
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  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump