William Hartnell
Birthday
1908/01/08
Day of death
1975/04/23 (67 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
St. Pancras, London, England, UK
Also know as
Billy Hartnell , Bill Hartnell, Уильям Хартнелл
Biography
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 u...Read more
Acting
(1958) Carry On Sergeant
as Sergeant Grimshawe
(1959) The Mouse That Roared
as Will Buckley
(1948) Brighton Rock
as Dallow
(1944) The Way Ahead
as Sgt. Ned Fletcher
(1948) Escape
as Inspector Harris
(1950) Double Confession
as Charlie Durham
(2021) Doctor Who: Galaxy 4
as The Doctor (voice)
(1947) Odd Man Out
as Fencie - the barman
(1957) Yangtse Incident: The Story of H.M.S. Amethyst
as Leading Seaman Leslie Frank
(1957) Hell Drivers
as Cartley, Hawlett Manager
(1977) That's Carry On!
as Sergeant Grimshawe
(1963) This Sporting Life
as 'Dad' Johnson
(1952) The Magic Box
as Recruiting Sergeant
(1956) Private's Progress
as Sgt. Sutton
(1946) Appointment with Crime
as Leo Martin
(1947) Temptation Harbour
as Jim Brown
(1958) Date with Disaster
as Tracey
(1943) Headline
as Dell
(1939) Murder Will Out
as Dick
(1949) Now Barabbas
as Warder Jackson
(1943) The Dark Tower
as Jim Towers (as Bill Hartnell)
(1960) And the Same to You
as Walter 'Wally' Burton
(1960) Piccadilly Third Stop
as Colonel
(1953) Will Any Gentleman...?
as Detective Inspector Martin
(1959) The Night We Dropped a Clanger
as Sgt. Bright
(1936) Midnight at Madame Tussaud's
as Stubbs
(1934) The Perfect Flaw
as Vickers
(1943) The Bells Go Down
as Brookes
(1949) The Lost People
as Barnes
(1963) Heavens Above!
as Major Fowler
(1963) The World Ten Times Over
as Dad
(2023) Talking Doctor Who
as Self / The Doctor (1) (archive footage)
(1952) The Ringer
as Sam Hackett
(2023) Doctor Who: The Daleks in Colour
as The Doctor (archive footage)
(2024) Doctor Who: The Celestial Toymaker
as The Doctor (voice)
(1956) Doublecross
as Herbert Whiteway
(1959) The Desperate Man
as Smith
(1959) Shake Hands with the Devil
as Sergeant Jenkins
(1959) Strictly Confidential
as ---
(1963) To Have and to Hold
as Insp. Roberts
(1957) The Hypnotist
as Inspector Ross
(1945) The Agitator
as Peter Pettinger (as Billy Hartnell)
(2013) Doctor Who: The Day of the Doctor
as The Doctor (1) (archive footage)
(1964) Doctor Who: The Aztecs
as The Doctor
(1936) The Crimson Circle
as ---
(1933) Follow the Lady
as Mike Martindale
(1942) Suspected Person
as Saunders
(1951) The Dark Man
as Superintendent of Police
(1960) Jackpot
as Supt. Frawley
(1942) They Flew Alone
as Scotty
(1937) Farewell Again
as Minor Role
(1964) Doctor Who: The Edge of Destruction
as Dr. Who
(1964) Doctor Who: Marco Polo
as The Doctor
(1964) Doctor Who: The Keys of Marinus
as The Doctor
(1964) Doctor Who: The Sensorites
as The Doctor
(1935) The Guv'nor
as Car Salesman
(1964) Doctor Who: The Reign of Terror
as The Doctor
(1964) Doctor Who: Planet of Giants
as The Doctor
(1964) Doctor Who: The Dalek Invasion of Earth
as The Doctor
(1965) Doctor Who: The Rescue
as The Doctor
(1965) Doctor Who: The Romans
as The Doctor
(1965) Doctor Who: The Web Planet
as The Doctor
(1965) Doctor Who: The Crusade
as The Doctor
(1965) Doctor Who: The Space Museum
as The Doctor
(1965) Doctor Who: The Chase
as The Doctor
(1965) Doctor Who: The Time Meddler
as The Doctor
(1965) Doctor Who: Galaxy 4
as The Doctor
(1965) Doctor Who: The Myth Makers
as The Doctor
(1966) Doctor Who: The Daleks' Master Plan
as The Doctor
(1966) Doctor Who: The Massacre of St Bartholomew's Eve
as The Doctor/Abbot of Amboise
(1966) Doctor Who: The Ark
as The Doctor
(1966) Doctor Who: The Celestial Toymaker
as The Doctor
(1966) Doctor Who: The Gunfighters
as The Doctor
(1966) Doctor Who: The Savages
as The Doctor
(1966) Doctor Who: The War Machines
as The Doctor
(1966) Doctor Who: The Smugglers
as The Doctor
(1973) Doctor Who: The Three Doctors
as The Doctor
(1956) Tons of Trouble
as Bert
(1941) Freedom Radio
as Radio Location Aerial Operator (uncredited)
(1940) They Came by Night
as Undetermined Role
(1944) Strawberry Roan
as Chris Lowe
(2017) Doctor Who: Twice Upon a Time
as The Doctor (1) (archive footage)
(1955) Footsteps in the Fog
as Herbert Moresby
(1952) The Holly and the Ivy
as Company Sergeant Major
(1963) Tomorrow at Ten
as Freddie Maddox
(1942) The Goose Steps Out
as German Officer at Station
(1966) Doctor Who: The Tenth Planet
as The Doctor (1)
(1963) Doctor Who: An Unearthly Child
as Dr. Who
(1964) Doctor Who: The Daleks
as Dr. Who
(1983) Doctor Who: The Five Doctors
as The Doctor (1) (archive footage)
(1945) Murder in Reverse?
as Tom Masterick
(1938) They Drive by Night
as Bus Conductor
(2006) Creation of the Daleks
as The Doctor (archive footage)
(1955) Josephine and Men
as Detective Sgt. Parsons
(1952) The Pickwick Papers
as Irate Cabman
(1943) The Peterville Diamond
as Joseph (as Bill Hartnell)
(1982) Doctor Who: Earthshock
as The Doctor (1) (archive footage)
(1942) Sabotage at Sea
as Jacob Digby
(2013) An Adventure in Space and Time
as The Doctor (1) (archive footage)
(2006) Masters of Sound
as The Doctor (archive footage)
(2006) Inside the Spaceship: The Story of the TARDIS
as The Doctor (archive footage)
(2009) The Sets of Marinus
as The Doctor (archive footage)
(2002) Remembering 'The Aztecs'
as The Doctor (archive footage)
(2012) Vision On
as The Doctor (archive footage)
(2012) Don't Lose Your Head
as The Doctor (archive footage)
(1933) The Lure
as Billy
(1936) Parisian Life
as ---
(2025) Doctor Who: The Savages
as The Doctor (voice)
(2024) Doctor Who at the Proms
as The Doctor (1) (archive footage)
(2008) Doctor Who: The Next Doctor
as The Doctor (1) (archive footage)
(2015) Doctor Who: The Husbands of River Song
as The Doctor (1) (picture)
(1957) The Army Game
as ---
(1961) Ghost Squad
as ---
(1959) No Hiding Place
as ---
(1963) Doctor Who
as The Doctor
(1965) Doctor Who: Lost in Time
as The Doctor
(2005) Doctor Who
as The Doctor (archive footage)
(2023) Tales of the Tardis
as The Doctor
(2013) Doctor Who: The Doctors Revisited
as Self
(1963) Doctor Who
as Doctor Who