
Cast
William Hartnell
Acting
Cast
William Hartnell
Known for
Acting
Born
1908-01-08
From
Saint Pancras, London, England, UK
Died
1975-04-23
Also known as Billy Hartnell , Bill Hartnell, Π£ΠΈΠ»ΡΡΠΌ Π₯Π°ΡΡΠ½Π΅Π»Π»
Biography
William Henry Hartnell (8 January 1908 β 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 The Merchant of Venice (1926), Julius Caesar (1926), As You Like It (1926), Hamlet (1926), The Tempest (1926) and Macbeth (1926). He also appeared in She Stoops to Conquer (1926), School for Scandal (1926) and Good Morning, Bill (1927), before performing in Miss Elizabeth's Prisoner (1928). This play was written by Robert Neilson Stephens and E. Lyall Swete. It featured the actress Heather McIntyre, whom he married during the following year. His first of more than sixty film appearances was in Say It With Music (1932). Hartnell continued to play comic characters until he was cast in the robust role of Sergeant Ned Fletcher in The Way Ahead (1944). From then on his career was defined by playing mainly policemen, soldiers, and thugs. Hartnell's performance in This Sporting Life was noted by Verity Lambert, the producer who was setting up a new science-fiction television series for the BBC entitled Doctor Who; and, mainly on the strength of that performance, Lambert offered him the title role.

Doctor Who: The Day of the Doctor
as The Doctor (1) (archive footage)

Doctor Who: The Husbands of River Song
as The Doctor (1) (picture) (uncredited)

An Adventure in Space and Time
as The Doctor (1) (archive footage)

Now Barabbas
as Warder Jackson

The Mouse That Roared
as Will Buckley

Hell Drivers
as Cartley, Hawlett Manager

Yangtse Incident: The Story of H.M.S. Amethyst
as Leading Seaman Leslie Frank

The Agitator
as Peter Pettinger (as Billy Hartnell)

Escape
as Inspector Harris

Doctor Who at the Proms
as The Doctor (1) (archive footage)

The Lure
as Billy

Private's Progress
as Sgt. Sutton

The Way Ahead
as Sgt. Ned Fletcher

Doctor Who: The Next Doctor
as The Doctor (1) (archive footage)

Carry On Sergeant
as Sergeant Grimshawe

Doctor Who: Wish World & The Reality War
as Dr. Who (archive footage) (uncredited)

Brighton Rock
as Dallow

The Magic Box
as Recruiting Sergeant

Doctor Who: Twice Upon a Time
as The Doctor (1) (archive footage)

Odd Man Out
as Fencie - the barman

The Pickwick Papers
as Irate Cabman

Doctor Who: The Five Doctors
as The First Doctor (archive footage)

Shake Hands with the Devil
as Sergeant Jenkins

This Sporting Life
as 'Dad' Johnson

That's Carry On!
as Sergeant Grimshawe (archive footage)

Doctor Who: Origins
as The Doctor (archive footage)

Doctor Who: Resurrection of the Daleks
as The Doctor (1) (archive footage) (uncredited)

Doctor Who: The Daleks in Colour
as The Doctor (archive footage)

The Ties That Bind Us
as The First Doctor (archive footage)

Doctor Who: The Crusade
as The Doctor

Farewell Again
as Minor Role

Doctor Who: The Edge of Destruction
as The Doctor

Doctor Who: Day of the Daleks
as The Doctor (1) (picture) (uncredited)

Footsteps in the Fog
as Herbert Moresby

Doctor Who: The Dalek Invasion of Earth
as The Doctor

Doctor Who: The Daleks
as The Doctor

Doctor Who: The Three Doctors
as The Doctor

What's a Carry On?
as Sergeant Grimshawe (archive footage) (uncredited)

Josephine and Men
as Detective Sgt. Parsons

Doctor Who: The Daleks' Master Plan
as The Doctor

The Ringer
as Sam Hackett

Murder in Reverse?
as Tom Masterick

Temptation Harbour
as Jim Brown

Doctor Who: The Keys of Marinus
as The Doctor

They Flew Alone
as Scotty

Doctor Who: An Unearthly Child
as The Doctor

Doctor Who: The Romans
as The Doctor

The Goose Steps Out
as German Officer at Station

The Lost People
as Barnes

The Night We Dropped a Clanger
as Sgt. Bright

Suspected Person
as Detective Saunders

Jackpot
as Supt. Frawley

Doctor Who: Marco Polo
as The Doctor

Appointment with Crime
as Leo Martin

Will Any Gentleman...?
as Detective Inspector Martin

Piccadilly Third Stop
as Colonel

The Holly and the Ivy
as Company Sergeant Major

They Drive by Night
as Bus Conductor

Doctor Who: The Web Planet
as The Doctor

Doctor Who: Galaxy 4
as The Doctor

And the Same to You
as Walter 'Wally' Burton

Tomorrow at Ten
as Freddie Maddox

Doctor Who: The Savages
as The Doctor (voice)

Doctor Who: Mawdryn Undead
as The Doctor (1) (archive footage)

Talking Doctor Who
as Self / The Doctor (1) (archive footage)

Doctor Who: The War Machines
as The Doctor

Doctor Who: The Power of the Daleks
as The Doctor in the mirror (uncredited)

They Came by Night
as Undetermined Role

Doctor Who: Earthshock
as The Doctor (1) (archive footage)

Doctor Who: The Ark
as The Doctor

The Sets of Marinus
as The Doctor (archive footage)

The World Ten Times Over
as Dad

Doctor Who: Planet of Giants
as The Doctor

Strictly Confidential
as Grimshaw

Heavens Above!
as Major Fowler

The Bells Go Down
as Brookes

Doctor Who: The Celestial Toymaker
as The Doctor (voice)

To Have and to Hold
as Insp. Roberts

The Crimson Circle

Tons of Trouble
as Bert

The Desperate Man
as Smith

Parisian Life

Doctor Who: The Sensorites
as The Doctor

Date with Disaster
as Tracey

Freedom Radio
as Radio Location Aerial Operator (uncredited)

Doctor Who: The Chase
as The Doctor

Strawberry Roan
as Chris Lowe

Doctor Who: The Brain of Morbius
as The Doctor (1) (picture) (uncredited)

The Dark Man
as Superintendent of Police

Doctor Who: The Time Meddler
as The Doctor

Doublecross
as Herbert Whiteway

Doctor Who: The Aztecs
as The Doctor

Doctor Who: The Smugglers
as The Doctor

Doctor Who: The Space Museum
as The Doctor

Doctor Who: The Tenth Planet
as The Doctor (1)

Doctor Who: The Rescue
as The Doctor

Double Confession
as Charlie Durham

Doctor Who: The Reign of Terror
as The Doctor

The Dark Tower
as Jim Towers (as Bill Hartnell)

Murder Will Out
as Dick

Doctor Who: The Myth Makers
as The Doctor

The Peterville Diamond
as Joseph (as Bill Hartnell)

The Guv'nor
as Car Salesman

Sabotage at Sea
as Jacob Digby

The Hypnotist
as Inspector Ross

Remembering 'The Aztecs'
as The Doctor (archive footage)

Doctor Who: The Massacre of St Bartholomew's Eve
as The Doctor / Abbot of Amboise

Doctor Who: The Celestial Toymaker
as The Doctor

Don't Lose Your Head: The Making of 'The Reign of Terror'
as The Doctor (archive footage)

Creation of the Daleks
as The Doctor (archive footage)

Headline
as Dell

Doctor Who: The Savages
as The Doctor

Mounting the Rescue
as The Doctor (1) (archive footage)

Doctor Who: The Gunfighters
as The Doctor

Midnight at Madame Tussaud's
as Stubbs

On the Run
as Tom Casey

Doctor Who: Galaxy 4
as The Doctor (voice)

Inside the Spaceship: The Story of the TARDIS
as The Doctor (archive footage)

The Perfect Flaw
as Vickers

Masters of Sound
as The Doctor (archive footage)

Follow the Lady
as Mike Martindale

Mission to the Unknown
as Dr. Who

Future Memories: Making 'The Dalek Invasion of Earth'
as The Doctor (1) (archive footage)

A Defeated People
as Commentator (voice)

Vision On
as The Doctor (archive footage)