William Hartnell
1908-01-08 ( 117 years old ) in St. 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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Doctor Who: The Savages 2025-03-24
Doctor Who at the Proms 2024-12-24
Doctor Who: The Celestial Toymaker 2024-03-02
Doctor Who: The Daleks in Colour 2023-11-23
Talking Doctor Who 2023-11-01
Doctor Who: Galaxy 4 2021-11-15
Doctor Who: Twice Upon a Time 2017-12-25
Doctor Who: The Husbands of River Song 2015-12-25
Doctor Who: The Day of the Doctor 2013-11-23
An Adventure in Space and Time 2013-11-21
Don't Lose Your Head 2012-01-28
Vision On 2012-01-23
The Sets of Marinus 2009-09-21
Doctor Who: The Next Doctor 2008-12-25
Creation of the Daleks 2006-01-31
Masters of Sound 2006-01-30
Inside the Spaceship: The Story of the TARDIS 2006-01-30
Remembering 'The Aztecs' 2002-10-21
Doctor Who: Resurrection of the Daleks 1984-02-15
Doctor Who: The Five Doctors 1983-11-25
Doctor Who: Mawdryn Undead 1983-02-09
Doctor Who: Earthshock 1982-03-16
That's Carry On! 1977-11-10
Doctor Who: The Brain of Morbius 1976-01-24
Doctor Who: The Three Doctors 1973-01-20
Doctor Who: Day of the Daleks 1972-01-22
Doctor Who: The Power of the Daleks 1966-11-05
Doctor Who: The Tenth Planet 1966-10-29
Doctor Who: The Smugglers 1966-10-01
Doctor Who: The War Machines 1966-07-16
Doctor Who: The Savages 1966-06-18
Doctor Who: The Gunfighters 1966-05-21
Doctor Who: The Celestial Toymaker 1966-04-23
Doctor Who: The Ark 1966-03-26
Doctor Who: The Massacre of St Bartholomew's Eve 1966-02-26
Doctor Who: The Daleks' Master Plan 1966-01-29
Doctor Who: The Myth Makers 1965-11-06
Doctor Who: Galaxy 4 1965-10-02
Doctor Who: The Time Meddler 1965-07-24
Doctor Who: The Chase 1965-06-26
Doctor Who: The Space Museum 1965-05-15
Doctor Who: The Crusade 1965-04-17
Doctor Who: The Web Planet 1965-03-20
Doctor Who: The Romans 1965-02-06
Doctor Who: The Rescue 1965-01-09
Doctor Who: The Dalek Invasion of Earth 1964-12-26
Doctor Who: Planet of Giants 1964-11-14
Doctor Who: The Reign of Terror 1964-09-12
Doctor Who: The Sensorites 1964-08-01
Doctor Who: The Aztecs 1964-06-13
Doctor Who: The Keys of Marinus 1964-05-16
Doctor Who: Marco Polo 1964-04-04
Doctor Who: The Edge of Destruction 1964-02-15
Doctor Who: The Daleks 1964-02-01
Doctor Who: An Unearthly Child 1963-11-23
The World Ten Times Over 1963-10-31
To Have and to Hold 1963-07-01
Tomorrow at Ten 1963-06-23
Heavens Above! 1963-05-20
This Sporting Life 1963-02-07
Piccadilly Third Stop 1960-09-05
And the Same to You 1960-02-01
Jackpot 1960-01-01
The Desperate Man 1959-12-01
The Night We Dropped a Clanger 1959-10-10
The Mouse That Roared 1959-07-17
Shake Hands with the Devil 1959-06-24
Strictly Confidential 1959-01-01
Carry On Sergeant 1958-08-31
Date with Disaster 1958-01-01
The Hypnotist 1957-07-29
Hell Drivers 1957-07-23
Yangtse Incident: The Story of H.M.S. Amethyst 1957-04-01
Tons of Trouble 1956-04-09
Private's Progress 1956-02-17
Doublecross 1956-02-01
Josephine and Men 1955-11-09
Footsteps in the Fog 1955-09-14
Will Any Gentleman...? 1953-08-25
The Holly and the Ivy 1952-12-03
The Ringer 1952-11-24
The Pickwick Papers 1952-11-14
The Magic Box 1952-01-01
The Dark Man 1951-01-22
Double Confession 1950-04-30
The Lost People 1949-08-22
Now Barabbas 1949-05-24
Escape 1948-03-01
Brighton Rock 1948-01-09
Temptation Harbour 1947-02-27
Odd Man Out 1947-01-30
Appointment with Crime 1946-05-13
Murder in Reverse? 1945-10-21
The Agitator 1945-01-24
Strawberry Roan 1944-12-31
The Way Ahead 1944-06-09
Headline 1943-11-16
The Dark Tower 1943-10-18
The Bells Go Down 1943-05-16
The Peterville Diamond 1943-01-11
Sabotage at Sea 1942-09-07
The Goose Steps Out 1942-08-01
They Flew Alone 1942-06-29
Suspected Person 1942-06-01
Freedom Radio 1941-02-04
They Came by Night 1940-03-07
Murder Will Out 1939-08-13
They Drive by Night 1938-12-01
Farewell Again 1937-01-05
Midnight at Madame Tussaud's 1936-12-03
The Crimson Circle 1936-08-10
Parisian Life 1936-01-01
The Guv'nor 1935-10-01
The Perfect Flaw 1934-05-31
The Lure 1933-08-01
Follow the Lady 1933-01-01

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