William Hartnell

🎂 Data nașterii: 1908-01-08 (Saint Pancras, London, England, UK)

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 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.

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William Hartnell

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Carry On Sergeant

The Mouse That Roared

Brighton Rock

The Way Ahead

Escape

Double Confession

Doctor Who: Galaxy 4

Odd Man Out

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

Hell Drivers

That's Carry On!

Viața sportivă

The Magic Box

Private's Progress

Appointment with Crime

Temptation Harbour

Date with Disaster

Headline

Murder Will Out

Now Barabbas

The Dark Tower

And the Same to You

Piccadilly Third Stop

Will Any Gentleman...?

The Night We Dropped a Clanger

Midnight at Madame Tussaud's

The Perfect Flaw

The Bells Go Down

The Lost People

Heavens Above!

Talking Doctor Who

The World Ten Times Over

The Ringer

Doctor Who: The Daleks in Colour

Doctor Who: The Celestial Toymaker

Doublecross

The Desperate Man

Shake Hands with the Devil

Strictly Confidential

To Have and to Hold

The Hypnotist

The Agitator

Doctor Who: The Day of the Doctor

Doctor Who: The Aztecs

The Crimson Circle

Follow the Lady

Suspected Person

The Dark Man

Jackpot

They Flew Alone

Farewell Again

Doctor Who: The Edge of Destruction

Doctor Who: Marco Polo

Doctor Who: The Keys of Marinus

Doctor Who: The Sensorites

The Guv'nor

Doctor Who: The Reign of Terror

Doctor Who: The Dalek Invasion of Earth

Doctor Who: Planet of Giants

Doctor Who: The Rescue

Doctor Who: The Crusade

Doctor Who: The Web Planet

Doctor Who: The Romans

Doctor Who: The Space Museum

Doctor Who: The Chase

Doctor Who: The Time Meddler

Doctor Who: Galaxy 4

Doctor Who: The Daleks' Master Plan

Doctor Who: The Myth Makers

Doctor Who: The Ark

Doctor Who: The Gunfighters

Doctor Who: The Smugglers

Doctor Who: The Massacre of St Bartholomew's Eve

Doctor Who: The Savages

Doctor Who: The Celestial Toymaker

Doctor Who: The War Machines

Doctor Who: The Three Doctors

Tons of Trouble