William Hartnell
William Henry Hartnell was an English actor, who is best known for portraying the first incarnation of the Doctor, in the long-running British science-fiction television series Doctor Who from 1963 to 1966; he reprised the role in 1972–1973. In film, Hartnell notably appeared in Brighton Rock (1949), The Mouse That Roared (1959) and This Sporting Life (1963). He was associated with military roles, playing Company Sergeant Major Percy Bullimore in the ITV sitcom The Army Game and Sergeant Grimshaw, the title character in the first Carry On film Carry On Sergeant (1958).
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Doctor Who: The Celestial Toymaker
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2024
Talking Doctor Who
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2023
Doctor Who: Galaxy 4
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2021
Mission to the Unknown
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2019
Doctor Who: Twice Upon a Time
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2017
Doctor Who: The Husbands of River Song
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2015
Doctor Who: The Day of the Doctor
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2013
Doctor Who: The Next Doctor
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2008
Doctor Who: The Five Doctors
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1983
Doctor Who: Mawdryn Undead
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1983
Doctor Who: Earthshock
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1982
Doctor Who: The Brain of Morbius
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1976
Doctor Who: The Tenth Planet
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1966
Doctor Who: The Smugglers
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1966
Doctor Who: The War Machines
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1966
Doctor Who: The Savages
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1966
Doctor Who: The Gunfighters
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1966
Doctor Who: The Celestial Toymaker
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1966
Doctor Who: The Ark
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1966
Doctor Who: The Massacre of St Bartholomew's Eve
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1966
Doctor Who: The Daleks' Master Plan
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1965
Doctor Who: The Myth Makers
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1965
Doctor Who: Galaxy 4
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1965
Doctor Who: The Time Meddler
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1965
Doctor Who: The Chase
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1965
Doctor Who: The Space Museum
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1965
Doctor Who: The Crusade
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1965
Doctor Who: The Web Planet
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1965
Doctor Who: The Romans
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1965
Doctor Who: The Rescue
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1965
Doctor Who: The Dalek Invasion of Earth
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1964
Doctor Who: Planet of Giants
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1964
Doctor Who: The Reign of Terror
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1964
Doctor Who: The Sensorites
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1964
Doctor Who: The Aztecs
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1964
Doctor Who: The Keys of Marinus
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1964
Doctor Who: Marco Polo
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1964
Doctor Who: The Edge of Destruction
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1964
Doctor Who: The Daleks
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1964
Doctor Who: An Unearthly Child
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1963
The World Ten Times Over
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1963
Heavens Above!
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1963
This Sporting Life
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1963
Jackpot
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1960
The Night We Dropped a Clanger
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1959
The Mouse That Roared
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1959
Shake Hands with the Devil
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1959
Carry On Sergeant
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1958
The Hypnotist
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1957
Hell Drivers
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1957
Yangtse Incident: The Story of H.M.S. Amethyst
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1957
Private's Progress
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1956
Footsteps in the Fog
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1955
The Holly and the Ivy
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1952
The Ringer
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1952
The Pickwick Papers
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1952
The Dark Man
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1951
Escape
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1948
Brighton Rock
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1948
Odd Man Out
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1947
Murder in Reverse
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1945
The Way Ahead
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1944
The Bells Go Down
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1943
They Drive by Night
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1938
The Guv'nor
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1935
