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)