Patrick Troughton

Acting · Born 1920-03-25 · Mill Hill, London, England, UK

Biography

Patrick George Troughton (25 March 1920 – 28 March 1987) was an English actor. He was classically trained for the stage but became most widely known for his roles in television and film. His work included appearances in several fantasy, science fiction and horror films, and playing the second incarnation of the Doctor in the long-running British science-fiction television series Doctor Who from 1966 to 1969; he reprised the role in 1972-1973, 1983 and 1985.

Known for

• Doctor Who: Wish World & The Reality War (2025)
• Doctor Who: The War Games in Colour (2024)
• Doctor Who at the Proms (2024)
• Talking Doctor Who (2023)
• Doctor Who: The Underwater Menace (2023)
• Troughton in Tibet: Making 'The Abominable Snowmen' (2022)
• Doctor Who: The Web of Fear - Episode 3 (2021)
• Doctor Who: The Wheel in Space Mini-Episode (2018)
• Doctor Who: Twice Upon a Time (2017)
• Longleat '83: The Lost Footage (2015)
• Doctor Who: The Husbands of River Song (2015)
• Doctor Who: The Day of the Doctor (2013)
• Devious (2009)
• Celebration: Doctor Who in 1983 (2008)
• Doctor Who: The Next Doctor (2008)
• The Ties That Bind Us (2008)
• Five Doctors, One Studio (2008)
• Patrick Troughton in America (2003)
• Adventures in Time and Spain (2003)
• Longleat '83: The Greatest Show in the Galaxy (2001)
• 30 Years in the TARDIS (1993)
• Doctor Who: The Two Doctors (1985)
• Long Term Memory (1985)
• Amy (1984)