William Hartnell

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.

Geburtstag: 08.01.1908

Todestag: 23.04.1975

Geburtsort: St. Pancras, London, England, UK

Anzahl der Filme, die wir schon mit William Hartnell gesehen haben: 1

Anzahl aller Filme, in denen William Hartnell mitgespielt hat: 108

2025
  • Doctor Who: The Savages
    Rolle: The Doctor (voice)
2024
  • Doctor Who: The Celestial Toymaker
    Rolle: The Doctor (voice)
2023
  • Doctor Who: The Daleks in Colour
    Rolle: The Doctor (archive footage)
  • Talking Doctor Who
    Rolle: Self / The Doctor (1) (archive footage)
2021
  • Doctor Who: Galaxy 4
    Rolle: The Doctor (voice)
2017
  • Doctor Who: Twice Upon a Time
    Rolle: The Doctor (1) (archive footage)
2013
  • Doctor Who: The Day of the Doctor
    Rolle: The Doctor (1) (archive footage)
  • An Adventure in Space and Time
    Rolle: The Doctor (1) (archive footage)
2012
  • Don't Lose Your Head
    Rolle: The Doctor (archive footage)
  • Vision On
    Rolle: The Doctor (archive footage)
2009
  • The Sets of Marinus
    Rolle: The Doctor (archive footage)
2006
  • Creation of the Daleks
    Rolle: The Doctor (archive footage)
  • Masters of Sound
    Rolle: The Doctor (archive footage)
  • Inside the Spaceship: The Story of the TARDIS
    Rolle: The Doctor (archive footage)
2002
  • Remembering 'The Aztecs'
    Rolle: The Doctor (archive footage)
1983
  • Doctor Who: The Five Doctors
    Rolle: The Doctor (1) (archive footage)
1982
  • Doctor Who: Earthshock
    Rolle: The Doctor (1) (archive footage)
1977
  • That's Carry On!
    Rolle: Sergeant Grimshawe
1973
  • Doctor Who: The Three Doctors
    Rolle: The Doctor
1966
  • Doctor Who: The Tenth Planet
    Rolle: The Doctor (1)
  • Doctor Who: The Smugglers
    Rolle: The Doctor
  • Doctor Who: The War Machines
    Rolle: The Doctor
  • Doctor Who: The Savages
    Rolle: The Doctor
  • Doctor Who: The Gunfighters
    Rolle: The Doctor
  • Doctor Who: The Celestial Toymaker
    Rolle: The Doctor
  • Doctor Who: The Ark
    Rolle: The Doctor
  • Doctor Who: The Massacre of St Bartholomew's Eve
    Rolle: The Doctor/Abbot of Amboise
  • Doctor Who: The Daleks' Master Plan
    Rolle: The Doctor
1965
  • Doctor Who: The Myth Makers
    Rolle: The Doctor
  • Doctor Who: Galaxy 4
    Rolle: The Doctor
  • Doctor Who: The Time Meddler
    Rolle: The Doctor
  • Doctor Who: The Chase
    Rolle: The Doctor
  • Doctor Who: The Space Museum
    Rolle: The Doctor
  • Doctor Who: The Crusade
    Rolle: The Doctor
  • Doctor Who: The Web Planet
    Rolle: The Doctor
  • Doctor Who: The Romans
    Rolle: The Doctor
  • Doctor Who: The Rescue
    Rolle: The Doctor
1964
  • Doctor Who: The Dalek Invasion of Earth
    Rolle: The Doctor
  • Doctor Who: Planet of Giants
    Rolle: The Doctor
  • Doctor Who: The Reign of Terror
    Rolle: The Doctor
  • Doctor Who: The Sensorites
    Rolle: The Doctor
  • Doctor Who: The Aztecs
    Rolle: The Doctor
  • Doctor Who: The Keys of Marinus
    Rolle: The Doctor
  • Doctor Who: Marco Polo
    Rolle: The Doctor
  • Doctor Who: The Edge of Destruction
    Rolle: Dr. Who
  • Doctor Who: The Daleks
    Rolle: Dr. Who
1963
  • Doctor Who: An Unearthly Child
    Rolle: Dr. Who
  • The World Ten Times Over
    Rolle: Dad
  • To Have and to Hold
    Rolle: Insp. Roberts
  • Heavens Above!
    Rolle: Major Fowler
  • This Sporting Life
    Rolle: 'Dad' Johnson
1962
  • Tomorrow at Ten
    Rolle: Freddie Maddox
1960
  • Piccadilly Third Stop
    Rolle: Colonel
  • And the Same to You
    Rolle: Walter 'Wally' Burton
  • Jackpot
    Rolle: Supt. Frawley
1959
  • The Desperate Man
    Rolle: Smith
  • The Night We Dropped a Clanger
    Rolle: Sgt. Bright
  • The Mouse That Roared
    Rolle: Will Buckley
  • Shake Hands with the Devil
    Rolle: Sergeant Jenkins
  • Strictly Confidential
    Rolle:
1958
  • Carry On Sergeant
    Rolle: Sergeant Grimshawe
  • Date with Disaster
    Rolle: Tracey
1957
  • The Hypnotist
    Rolle: Inspector Ross
  • Hell Drivers
    Rolle: Cartley, Hawlett Manager
  • Yangtse Incident: The Story of H.M.S. Amethyst
    Rolle: Leading Seaman Leslie Frank
1956
  • Tons of Trouble
    Rolle: Bert
  • Private's Progress
    Rolle: Sgt. Sutton
  • Doublecross
    Rolle: Herbert Whiteway
1955
  • Josephine and Men
    Rolle: Detective Sgt. Parsons
  • Footsteps in the Fog
    Rolle: Herbert Moresby
1953
  • Will Any Gentleman...?
    Rolle: Detective Inspector Martin
1952
  • The Holly and the Ivy
    Rolle: Company Sergeant Major
  • The Ringer
    Rolle: Sam Hackett
  • The Pickwick Papers
    Rolle: Irate Cabman
  • The Magic Box
    Rolle: Recruiting Sergeant
1951
  • The Dark Man
    Rolle: Superintendent of Police
1950
  • Double Confession
    Rolle: Charlie Durham
1949
  • The Lost People
    Rolle: Barnes
  • Now Barabbas
    Rolle: Warder Jackson
1948
  • Escape
    Rolle: Inspector Harris
  • Brighton Rock
    Rolle: Dallow
1947
  • Temptation Harbour
    Rolle: Jim Brown
  • Odd Man Out
    Rolle: Fencie - the barman
1946
  • Appointment with Crime
    Rolle: Leo Martin
1945
  • Murder in Reverse?
    Rolle: Tom Masterick
  • The Agitator
    Rolle: Peter Pettinger (as Billy Hartnell)
1944
  • Strawberry Roan
    Rolle: Chris Lowe
  • The Way Ahead
    Rolle: Sgt. Ned Fletcher
1943
  • Headline
    Rolle: Dell
  • The Dark Tower
    Rolle: Jim Towers (as Bill Hartnell)
  • The Bells Go Down
    Rolle: Brookes
  • The Peterville Diamond
    Rolle: Joseph (as Bill Hartnell)
1942
  • Sabotage at Sea
    Rolle: Jacob Digby
  • The Goose Steps Out
    Rolle: German Officer at Station
  • They Flew Alone
    Rolle: Scotty
  • Suspected Person
    Rolle: Saunders
1941
  • Freedom Radio
    Rolle: Radio Location Aerial Operator (uncredited)
1940
  • They Came by Night
    Rolle: Undetermined Role
1939
  • Murder Will Out
    Rolle: Dick
1938
  • They Drive by Night
    Rolle: Bus Conductor
1937
  • Farewell Again
    Rolle: Minor Role
1936
  • Midnight at Madame Tussaud's
    Rolle: Stubbs
  • The Crimson Circle
    Rolle:
  • Parisian Life
    Rolle:
1935
  • The Guv'nor
    Rolle: Car Salesman
1934
  • The Perfect Flaw
    Rolle: Vickers
1933
  • The Lure
    Rolle: Billy
  • Follow the Lady
    Rolle: Mike Martindale