Patrick Troughton
Biography
The English actor Patrick Troughton trained classically at the Embassy School of Acting and served in the Royal Navy during the Second World War before returning to the stage. He first appeared on television in 1947, and his early screen work took in small parts in two Laurence Olivier Shakespeare films, Hamlet (1948) and Richard III (1955). In 1953 he became the first performer to play Robin Hood on television, and Jason and the Argonauts (1963) followed, with Troughton as Phineus. He became best known for playing the second Doctor in Doctor Who, a part he held for three years until 1969 and returned to three times, among them The Five Doctors (1983) and The Two Doctors (1985). Afterwards came Scars of Dracula (1970), Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell (1974), The Omen (1976) and Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger (1977), plus the fantasy serial The Box of Delights (1984).
67years old at death
- Born Mill Hill
- Died Columbus
- Star sign: AriesThe sign runs March 21 to April 19
- Patrick George Troughton (birth name)
Movie Career
- Films
- 13
- Career span
- 67 years1948 to 2015
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A first
Troughton took on the role of Robin Hood for television in 1953, the first actor to do so. He appeared in six half-hour episodes of the BBC series Robin Hood, shown from 17 March to 21 April.
A role that slipped away
Patrick Troughton was offered the part of Johnny Ringo in The Gunfighters, a Doctor Who story from 1966, but he declined the role.
A first
Troughton played the Doctor, and he was the first one whose face showed up in the opening titles of the show. Doctor Who's creator, Sydney Newman, had suggested the Doctor could be a cosmic hobo like Charlie Chaplin.
First role
Troughton's first film work came in 1948, when he took small parts in Hamlet, directed by Laurence Olivier, and in Escape, a Joseph L. Mankiewicz film that featured William Hartnell, later the First Doctor.
Patrick Troughton movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Most often with
Don Chaffey directed two of these films, Laurence Olivier two and Terence Fisher two. Three actors appear in four of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
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Don ChaffeyDirector, 2 films, 1963 to 1967
All films by Don Chaffey
All films by Laurence Olivier
Terence FisherDirector, 2 films, 1962 to 1974
All films by Terence Fisher
Also two films together8 more actors
- Michael GoughThe Phantom of the Opera (1962) and Richard III (1955)
- Laurence OlivierRichard III (1955) and Hamlet (1948)
- David TennantDoctor Who: The Day of the Doctor (2013) and Doctor Who: The Next Doctor (2008)
- Niall MacGinnisThe Viking Queen (1967) and Jason and the Argonauts (1963)
- Peter CapaldiDoctor Who: The Husbands of River Song (2015) and Doctor Who: The Day of the Doctor (2013)
- John LaurieRichard III (1955) and Hamlet (1948)
- Michael GwynnScars of Dracula (1970) and Jason and the Argonauts (1963)
- Russell ThorndikeRichard III (1955) and Hamlet (1948)
When several people share the same number of films, the ones with the most films on Netflix are in the chart.
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