List of Peter Davison performances
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Peter Malcolm Gordon Moffett, known professionally as Peter Davison, is an English actor. He made his television acting debut in 1975 and became famous as Tristan Farnon in the 1978 BBC television adaptation of James Herriot's All Creatures Great and Small stories. He starred as the fifth incarnation of the Doctor in Doctor Who (1981–1984), at the time the youngest actor to play the role.
He has worked in the mediums of film, television, stage and audio dramas. Below are a list of his credits.
Film
Television
Television appearances as himself
Theatre
Audio drama
Video games
Web
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Sources
Wright, Mark, ed. (2016). "Castrovalva, Four to Doomsday and Kinda". Doctor Who: The Complete History (34). Panini Comics, Hachette Partworks: 82–87.
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