Peter Davison

Peter Davison
Davison in 2016
Born
Peter Malcolm Gordon Moffett

(1951-04-13) 13 April 1951 (age 73)
Streatham, London, England
Alma materRoyal Central School of Speech and Drama
Occupation
  • Actor
Years active1975–present
Spouses
  • Diane J. Russell
    (m. 1973; div. 1975)
  • (m. 1978; div. 1994)
  • (m. 2003)
Children3, including Georgia Tennant
RelativesDavid Tennant (son-in-law)
Ty Tennant (grandson)
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Peter Malcolm Gordon Moffett[1] (born 13 April 1951), known professionally as Peter Davison, is an English actor. He made his television acting debut in 1975 and became famous in 1978 as Tristan Farnon in the BBC's television adaptation of James Herriot's All Creatures Great and Small stories. He subsequently played the fifth incarnation of the Doctor in Doctor Who from 1981 to 1984.

Davison's other starring roles included the sitcoms Holding the Fort (1980–1982) and Sink or Swim (1980–1982), Dr. Stephen Daker in A Very Peculiar Practice (1986–1988), and Albert Campion in Campion (1989–1990). He also played David Braithwaite in At Home with the Braithwaites (2000–2003), "Dangerous" Davies in The Last Detective (2003–2007), and Henry Sharpe in Law & Order: UK (2011–2014).

  1. ^ GRO Register of Births: JUN 1951, 5c 47, Battersea, Peter M. G. Moffett, mother's maiden surname Hallett