William Hartnell
Born in Saint Pancras, London, England, UK — Jan 08 1908• Died Apr 23 1975
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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 num…
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Doctor Who
The Doctor
No Hiding Place
Tales of the Tardis
The Doctor
Ghost Squad
The Army Game
Sergeant Major Percy Bullimore
Doctor Who: The Day of the Doctor
The Doctor (1) (archive footage)
Doctor Who: The Doctors Revisited
Self
The Way Ahead
Sgt. Ned Fletcher
Shake Hands with the Devil
Sergeant Jenkins
Odd Man Out
Fencie - the barman
Doctor Who at the Proms
The Doctor (1) (archive footage)
Doctor Who: Marco Polo
The Doctor
An Adventure in Space and Time
The Doctor (1) (archive footage)
Hell Drivers
Cartley, Hawlett Manager
This Sporting Life
'Dad' Johnson
What's a Carry On?
Sergeant Grimshawe (archive footage) (uncredited)
Doctor Who: The Husbands of River Song
The Doctor (1) (picture) (uncredited)
The Mouse That Roared
Will Buckley
They Flew Alone
Scotty
Doctor Who: Wish World & The Reality War
Dr. Who (archive footage) (uncredited)
Doctor Who: Lost in Time
The Doctor
Heavens Above!
Major Fowler
The Goose Steps Out
German Officer at Station
That's Carry On!
Sergeant Grimshawe (archive footage)
The Guv'nor
Car Salesman
Carry On Sergeant
Sergeant Grimshawe
Date with Disaster
Tracey
Talking Doctor Who
Self / The Doctor (1) (archive footage)
Doctor Who: The Chase
The Doctor
The Magic Box
Recruiting Sergeant
The Ringer
Sam Hackett
Freedom Radio
Radio Location Aerial Operator (uncredited)
Doctor Who: Origins
The Doctor (archive footage)
Doctor Who: Resurrection of the Daleks
The Doctor (1) (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Holly and the Ivy
Company Sergeant Major
Footsteps in the Fog
Herbert Moresby
The Hypnotist
Inspector Ross
And the Same to You
Walter 'Wally' Burton
The Desperate Man
Smith
Doctor Who: The Reign of Terror
The Doctor
Doctor Who: Galaxy 4
Doctor Who
Doctor Who: The Next Doctor
The Doctor (1) (archive footage)
The Lost People
Barnes
The Bells Go Down
Brookes
Doctor Who: Twice Upon a Time
The Doctor (1) (archive footage)
Now Barabbas
Warder Jackson
The Agitator
Peter Pettinger (as Billy Hartnell)
Private's Progress
Sgt. Sutton
Doctor Who: The Romans
The Doctor
Escape
Inspector Harris
Brighton Rock
Dallow
Josephine and Men
Detective Sgt. Parsons
The Pickwick Papers
Irate Cabman
Murder in Reverse?
Tom Masterick
Farewell Again
Minor Role
Doctor Who: The Daleks in Colour
The Doctor (archive footage)
Jackpot
Supt. Frawley
Murder Will Out
Dick
Doctor Who: The Massacre of St Bartholomew's Eve
The Doctor / Abbot of Amboise
Doctor Who: Planet of Giants
The Doctor
Doctor Who: The Crusade
The Doctor
Doctor Who: The Brain of Morbius
The Doctor (1) (picture) (uncredited)
Doctor Who: The Space Museum
The Doctor
Doctor Who: The Myth Makers
The Doctor
Doctor Who: Day of the Daleks
The Doctor (1) (picture) (uncredited)
Doctor Who: The Five Doctors
The First Doctor (archive footage)
The Dark Tower
Jim Towers (as Bill Hartnell)
Doctor Who: The Daleks' Master Plan
The Doctor
Temptation Harbour
Jim Brown
Doctor Who: The Power of the Daleks
The Doctor in the mirror (uncredited)
Tons of Trouble
Bert
To Have and to Hold
Insp. Roberts
Suspected Person
Detective Saunders
Parisian Life
Doctor Who: The Dalek Invasion of Earth
The Doctor
Doctor Who: The War Machines
The Doctor
Doctor Who: The Daleks
Dr. Who
Piccadilly Third Stop
Colonel
Doctor Who: The Tenth Planet
The Doctor (1)
Doctor Who: An Unearthly Child
Dr. Who
The Dark Man
Superintendent of Police
Headline
Dell
Yangtse Incident: The Story of H.M.S. Amethyst
Leading Seaman Leslie Frank
Doctor Who: The Edge of Destruction
Dr. Who
Tomorrow at Ten
Freddie Maddox
Doctor Who: The Sensorites
The Doctor
The Ties That Bind Us
The First Doctor (archive footage)
Doctor Who: The Smugglers
The Doctor
Doctor Who: The Keys of Marinus
The Doctor
The Night We Dropped a Clanger
Sgt. Bright
Doctor Who: The Gunfighters
The Doctor
Sabotage at Sea
Jacob Digby
Doctor Who: Mawdryn Undead
The Doctor (1) (archive footage)
The World Ten Times Over
Dad
Doctor Who: The Ark
The Doctor
Double Confession
Charlie Durham
Strictly Confidential
Grimshaw
Strawberry Roan
Chris Lowe
The Crimson Circle
Doublecross
Herbert Whiteway
They Drive by Night
Bus Conductor
Doctor Who: The Savages
The Doctor (voice)
Will Any Gentleman...?
Detective Inspector Martin
Doctor Who: The Aztecs
The Doctor
Doctor Who: The Celestial Toymaker
The Doctor
Creation of the Daleks
The Doctor (archive footage)
Doctor Who: The Web Planet
The Doctor
The Peterville Diamond
Joseph (as Bill Hartnell)
On the Run
Tom Casey
Doctor Who: The Time Meddler
The Doctor
Appointment with Crime
Leo Martin
Doctor Who: The Three Doctors
The Doctor
Doctor Who: Earthshock
The Doctor (1) (archive footage)
They Came by Night
Undetermined Role
Doctor Who: The Rescue
The Doctor
Doctor Who: The Celestial Toymaker
The Doctor (voice)
Don't Lose Your Head: The Making of 'The Reign of Terror'
The Doctor (archive footage)
Doctor Who: The Savages
The Doctor
The Lure
Billy
Midnight at Madame Tussaud's
Stubbs
Vision On
The Doctor (archive footage)
Inside the Spaceship: The Story of the TARDIS
The Doctor (archive footage)
The Perfect Flaw
Vickers
The Sets of Marinus
The Doctor (archive footage)
Remembering 'The Aztecs'
The Doctor (archive footage)
Masters of Sound
The Doctor (archive footage)
Doctor Who: Galaxy 4
The Doctor (voice)
A Defeated People
Commentator (voice)
Future Memories: Making 'The Dalek Invasion of Earth'
The Doctor (1) (archive footage)
Follow the Lady
Mike Martindale
Doctor Who: Galaxy 4
The Doctor
Mounting the Rescue
The Doctor (1) (archive footage)