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William Hartnell

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English actor (1908-1975)

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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.

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Filmography 40

Doctor Who: The Day of the Doctor2013 · ★ 8.2
An Adventure in Space and Time2013 · ★ 7.7
Odd Man Out1947 · ★ 7.3
Doctor Who: The Husbands of River Song2015 · ★ 8.0
Doctor Who: The Next Doctor2008 · ★ 7.4
The Mouse That Roared1959 · ★ 6.3
Brighton Rock1948 · ★ 6.8
This Sporting Life1963 · ★ 7.0
Doctor Who: Twice Upon a Time2017 · ★ 8.0
Hell Drivers1957 · ★ 6.7
Carry On Sergeant1958 · ★ 6.4
Footsteps in the Fog1955
The Way Ahead1944
Heavens Above!1963
The Holly and the Ivy1952
Shake Hands with the Devil1959
Private's Progress1956
That's Carry On!1977
Doctor Who: The Daleks1964
The Magic Box1952
Doctor Who: The Five Doctors1983
Escape1948
Doctor Who: The Edge of Destruction1964
Doctor Who: An Unearthly Child1963
They Drive by Night1938
Appointment with Crime1946
The Pickwick Papers1952
Double Confession1950
The Dark Tower1943
The Goose Steps Out1942
Yangtse Incident: The Story of H.M.S. Amethyst1957
Doctor Who: The Aztecs1964
Doctor Who: The Tenth Planet1966
Doctor Who: Marco Polo1964
Tomorrow at Ten1963
The Bells Go Down1943
Doctor Who: The Three Doctors1973
Doctor Who: The Keys of Marinus1964
Doctor Who: Wish World & The Reality War2025
Piccadilly Third Stop1960

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Television 8

Doctor Who1963
No Hiding Place1959
Tales of the Tardis2023
The Army Game1957
Doctor Who: The Doctors Revisited2013
Ghost Squad1961
Doctor Who: Lost in Time1965
Doctor Who: Galaxy 42021

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Connected to William 6

John WilliamsAlso in The Goose Steps Out (1942)Robert ShawAlso in Tomorrow at Ten (1963)Jean SebergAlso in The Mouse That Roared (1959)Jean SimmonsAlso in Footsteps in the Fog (1955)Dana WynterAlso in Shake Hands with the Devil (1959)Carol ReedAlso in The Way Ahead (1944)

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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).

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Country
United Kingdom
Category
Actors
Type
Actor
Status
deceased
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Lived 1908 to 1975 · aged 67
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