William Hartnell
Acting
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…
Filmography
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Doctor Who: Wish World & The Reality War
2025
Doctor Who: The Savages
2025
Doctor Who at the Proms
2024
Doctor Who: The Celestial Toymaker
2024
Doctor Who: The Daleks in Colour
2023
Talking Doctor Who
2023
Tales of the Tardis
2023
Doctor Who: Galaxy 4
2021
Doctor Who: Galaxy 4
2021
Mission to the Unknown
2019
Doctor Who: Twice Upon a Time
2017
Doctor Who: The Husbands of River Song
2015
Doctor Who: The Day of the Doctor
2013
An Adventure in Space and Time
2013
Doctor Who: The Doctors Revisited
2013
Don't Lose Your Head: The Making of 'The Reign of Terror'
2012
Vision On
2012
The Sets of Marinus
2009
Mounting the Rescue
2009
Doctor Who: The Next Doctor
2008
The Ties That Bind Us
2008
Creation of the Daleks
2006
Masters of Sound
2006
Inside the Spaceship: The Story of the TARDIS
2006
Doctor Who: Origins
2006
Future Memories: Making 'The Dalek Invasion of Earth'
2003
Remembering 'The Aztecs'
2002
What's a Carry On?
1998
Doctor Who: Resurrection of the Daleks
1984
Doctor Who: The Five Doctors
1983
Doctor Who: Mawdryn Undead
1983
Doctor Who: Earthshock
1982
That's Carry On!
1977
Doctor Who: The Brain of Morbius
1976
Doctor Who: The Three Doctors
1973
Doctor Who: Day of the Daleks
1972
Doctor Who: The Power of the Daleks
1966
Doctor Who: The Tenth Planet
1966
Doctor Who: The Smugglers
1966
Doctor Who: The War Machines
1966
Doctor Who: The Savages
1966
Doctor Who: The Gunfighters
1966
Doctor Who: The Celestial Toymaker
1966
Doctor Who: The Ark
1966
Doctor Who: The Massacre of St Bartholomew's Eve
1966
Doctor Who: The Daleks' Master Plan
1965
Doctor Who: The Myth Makers
1965
Doctor Who: Galaxy 4
1965
Doctor Who: The Time Meddler
1965
Doctor Who: The Chase
1965
Doctor Who: The Space Museum
1965
Doctor Who: The Crusade
1965
Doctor Who: Lost in Time
1965
Doctor Who: The Web Planet
1965
Doctor Who: The Romans
1965
Doctor Who: The Rescue
1965
Doctor Who: The Dalek Invasion of Earth
1964
Doctor Who: Planet of Giants
1964
Doctor Who: The Reign of Terror
1964
Doctor Who: The Sensorites
1964
Doctor Who: The Aztecs
1964
Doctor Who: The Keys of Marinus
1964
Doctor Who: Marco Polo
1964
Doctor Who: The Edge of Destruction
1964
Doctor Who: The Daleks
1964
Doctor Who: An Unearthly Child
1963
Doctor Who
1963
The World Ten Times Over
1963
To Have and to Hold
1963
Tomorrow at Ten
1963
Heavens Above!
1963
This Sporting Life
1963
Ghost Squad
1961
Piccadilly Third Stop
1960
And the Same to You
1960
Jackpot
1960
The Desperate Man
1959
The Night We Dropped a Clanger
1959
No Hiding Place
1959
The Mouse That Roared
1959