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William Hartnell

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

08/01/1908

Day of Death

23/04/1975
(67) years old

Place of Birth

Saint Pancras, London, England, UK

William Hartnell

Biography

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 C... Read More

Known For

Doctor Who: Wish World & The Reality War

Doctor Who: The Savages

Doctor Who at the Proms

Doctor Who: The Celestial Toymaker

Doctor Who: The Daleks in Colour

Talking Doctor Who

Doctor Who: Galaxy 4

Doctor Who: Twice Upon a Time

Doctor Who: The Husbands of River Song

Filmography

Cast

2025

Doctor Who: Wish World & The Reality War

as Dr. Who (archive footage) (uncredited)

2025

Doctor Who: The Savages

as The Doctor (voice)

2024

Doctor Who at the Proms

as The Doctor (1) (archive footage)

2024

Doctor Who: The Celestial Toymaker

as The Doctor (voice)

2023

Doctor Who: The Daleks in Colour

as The Doctor (archive footage)

2023

Talking Doctor Who

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

2023

Tales of The TARDIS: The Three Doctors

as The Doctor

2021

Doctor Who: Galaxy 4

as The Doctor (voice)

2017

Doctor Who: Twice Upon a Time

as The Doctor (1) (archive footage)

2015

Doctor Who: The Husbands of River Song

as The Doctor (1) (picture) (uncredited)

2013

Doctor Who: The Day of the Doctor

as The Doctor (1) (archive footage)

2013

An Adventure in Space and Time

as The Doctor (1) (archive footage)

2012

Don't Lose Your Head

as The Doctor (archive footage)

2012

Vision On

as The Doctor (archive footage)

2009

The Sets of Marinus

as The Doctor (archive footage)

2009

Mounting the Rescue

as The Doctor (1) (archive footage)

2008

Doctor Who: The Next Doctor

as The Doctor (1) (archive footage)

2008

The Ties That Bind Us

as The First Doctor (archive footage)

2006

Creation of the Daleks

as The Doctor (archive footage)

2006

Masters of Sound

as The Doctor (archive footage)

2006

Inside the Spaceship: The Story of the T...

as The Doctor (archive footage)

2006

Doctor Who: Origins

as The Doctor (archive footage)

2003

Future Memories: Making 'The Dalek Invas...

as The Doctor (1) (archive footage)

2002

Remembering 'The Aztecs'

as The Doctor (archive footage)

1984

Doctor Who: Resurrection of the Daleks

as The Doctor (1) (archive footage) (uncred...

1983

Doctor Who: The Five Doctors

as The Doctor (1) (archive footage)

1983

Doctor Who: Mawdryn Undead

as The Doctor (1) (archive footage)

1982

Doctor Who: Earthshock

as The Doctor (1) (archive footage)

1977

That's Carry On!

as Sergeant Grimshawe

1976

Doctor Who: The Brain of Morbius

as The Doctor (1) (picture) (uncredited)

1973

Doctor Who: The Three Doctors

as The Doctor

1972

Doctor Who: Day of the Daleks

as The Doctor (1) (picture) (uncredited)

1966

Doctor Who: The Power of the Daleks

as The Doctor in the mirror (uncredited)

1966

Doctor Who: The Tenth Planet

as The Doctor (1)

1966

Doctor Who: The Smugglers

as The Doctor

1966

Doctor Who: The War Machines

as The Doctor

1966

Doctor Who: The Savages

as The Doctor

1966

Doctor Who: The Gunfighters

as The Doctor

1966

Doctor Who: The Celestial Toymaker

as The Doctor

1966

Doctor Who: The Ark

as The Doctor

1966

Doctor Who: The Massacre of St Bartholom...

as The Doctor / Abbot of Amboise

1966

Doctor Who: The Daleks' Master Plan

as The Doctor

1965

Doctor Who: The Myth Makers

as The Doctor

1965

Doctor Who: Galaxy 4

as The Doctor

1965

Doctor Who: The Time Meddler

as The Doctor

1965

Doctor Who: The Chase

as The Doctor

1965

Doctor Who: The Space Museum

as The Doctor

1965

Doctor Who: The Crusade

as The Doctor

1965

Doctor Who: The Web Planet

as The Doctor

1965

Doctor Who: The Romans

as The Doctor

1965

Doctor Who: The Rescue

as The Doctor

1964

Doctor Who: The Dalek Invasion of Earth

as The Doctor

1964

Doctor Who: Planet of Giants

as The Doctor

1964

Doctor Who: The Reign of Terror

as The Doctor

1964

Doctor Who: The Sensorites

as The Doctor

1964

Doctor Who: The Aztecs

as The Doctor

1964

Doctor Who: The Keys of Marinus

as The Doctor

1964

Doctor Who: Marco Polo

as The Doctor

1964

Doctor Who: The Edge of Destruction

as Dr. Who

1964

Doctor Who: The Daleks

as Dr. Who

1963

Doctor Who: An Unearthly Child

as Dr. Who

1963

The World Ten Times Over

as Dad

1963

To Have and to Hold

as Insp. Roberts

1963

Tomorrow at Ten

as Freddie Maddox

1963

Heavens Above!

as Major Fowler

1963

This Sporting Life

as 'Dad' Johnson

1960

Piccadilly Third Stop

as Colonel

1960

And the Same to You

as Walter 'Wally' Burton

1960

Jackpot

as Supt. Frawley

1959

The Desperate Man

as Smith

1959

The Night We Dropped a Clanger

as Sgt. Bright

1959

The Mouse That Roared

as Will Buckley

1959

Shake Hands with the Devil

as Sergeant Jenkins

1959

Strictly Confidential

as Grimshaw

1958

Carry On Sergeant

as Sergeant Grimshawe

1958

Date with Disaster

as Tracey

1957

The Hypnotist

as Inspector Ross

1957

Hell Drivers

as Cartley, Hawlett Manager

1957

Yangtse Incident: The Story of H.M.S. Am...

as Leading Seaman Leslie Frank

1956

Tons of Trouble

as Bert

1956

Private's Progress

as Sgt. Sutton

1956

Doublecross

as Herbert Whiteway

1955

Josephine and Men

as Detective Sgt. Parsons

1955

Footsteps in the Fog

as Herbert Moresby

1953

Will Any Gentleman...?

as Detective Inspector Martin

1952

The Holly and the Ivy

as Company Sergeant Major

1952

The Ringer

as Sam Hackett

1952

The Pickwick Papers

as Irate Cabman

1952

The Magic Box

as Recruiting Sergeant

1951

The Dark Man

as Superintendent of Police

1950

Double Confession

as Charlie Durham

1949

The Lost People

as Barnes

1949

Now Barabbas

as Warder Jackson

1948

Escape

as Inspector Harris

1948

Brighton Rock

as Dallow

1947

Temptation Harbour

as Jim Brown

1947

Odd Man Out

as Fencie - the barman

1946

Appointment with Crime

as Leo Martin

1945

Murder in Reverse?

as Tom Masterick

1945

The Agitator

as Peter Pettinger (as Billy Hartnell)

1944

Strawberry Roan

as Chris Lowe

1944

The Way Ahead

as Sgt. Ned Fletcher

1943

Headline

as Dell

1943

The Dark Tower

as Jim Towers (as Bill Hartnell)

1943

The Bells Go Down

as Brookes

1943

The Peterville Diamond

as Joseph (as Bill Hartnell)

1942

Sabotage at Sea

as Jacob Digby

1942

The Goose Steps Out

as German Officer at Station

1942

They Flew Alone

as Scotty

1942

Suspected Person

as Detective Saunders

1941

Freedom Radio

as Radio Location Aerial Operator (uncredit...

1940

They Came by Night

as Undetermined Role

1939

Murder Will Out

as Dick

1938

They Drive by Night

as Bus Conductor

1937

Farewell Again

as Minor Role

1936

Midnight at Madame Tussaud's

as Stubbs

1936

The Crimson Circle

1936

Parisian Life

1935

The Guv'nor

as Car Salesman

1934

The Perfect Flaw

as Vickers

1933

The Lure

as Billy

1933

Follow the Lady

as Mike Martindale