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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.
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- wc Gender: Male
- calendar_month Birth Date: 1908-01-08
- event Death Date 1975-04-23
- school Known for: Acting
- star Popularity: 6.5
- info Birth Place St. Pancras, London, England, UK
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smart_display Movies and TV shows by William Hartnell
6.3
Carry On Sergeant
1958-08-31
6.4
The Mouse That Roared
1959-07-17
6.9
Brighton Rock
1948-01-09
6.4
The Way Ahead
1944-06-09
5.7
Escape
1948-03-01
6.1
Double Confession
1950-04-30
0
Doctor Who: Galaxy 4
2021-11-15
7.3
Odd Man Out
1947-01-30
7.2
Yangtse Incident: The Story of H.M.S. Amethyst
1957-04-01
6.7
Hell Drivers
1957-07-23
5.8
That's Carry On!
1977-11-10
7
This Sporting Life
1963-02-07
6.3
The Magic Box
1952-01-01
6.4
Private's Progress
1956-02-17
5.9
Appointment with Crime
1946-05-13
5.1
Temptation Harbour
1947-02-27
5.3
Date with Disaster
1958-01-01
5.5
Headline
1943-11-16
0
Murder Will Out
1939-08-13
6.5
Now Barabbas
1949-05-24
6.1
The Dark Tower
1943-10-18
5.6
And the Same to You
1960-02-01
6.5
Piccadilly Third Stop
1960-09-05
5.6
Will Any Gentleman...?
1953-08-25
5.9
The Night We Dropped a Clanger
1959-10-10
6
Midnight at Madame Tussaud's
1936-12-03
0
The Perfect Flaw
1934-05-31
6.8
The Bells Go Down
1943-05-16
5.7
The Lost People
1949-08-22
6.2
Heavens Above!
1963-05-20
7
The World Ten Times Over
1963-10-31
5
Talking Doctor Who
2023-11-01
5.8
The Ringer
1952-11-24
6.3
Doctor Who: The Daleks in Colour
2023-11-23
8
Doctor Who: The Celestial Toymaker
2024-03-02
7
Doublecross
1956-02-01
5
The Desperate Man
1959-12-01
6.5
Shake Hands with the Devil
1959-06-24
4.5
Strictly Confidential
1959-01-01
5
To Have and to Hold
1963-07-01
5.3
The Hypnotist
1957-07-29
6
The Agitator
1945-01-24
8.2
Doctor Who: The Day of the Doctor
2013-11-23
7.8
Doctor Who: The Aztecs
1964-06-13
5.2
The Crimson Circle
1936-08-10
0
Follow the Lady
1933-01-01
5.5
Suspected Person
1942-06-01
6.3
The Dark Man
1951-01-22
5
Jackpot
1960-01-01
6
They Flew Alone
1942-06-29
5
Farewell Again
1937-01-05
5.6
Doctor Who: The Edge of Destruction
1964-02-15
7.2
Doctor Who: Marco Polo
1964-04-04
6
Doctor Who: The Keys of Marinus
1964-05-16
5.2
Doctor Who: The Sensorites
1964-08-01
7.3
The Guv'nor
1935-10-01
6.6
Doctor Who: The Reign of Terror
1964-09-12
7
Doctor Who: Planet of Giants
1964-11-14
7.6
Doctor Who: The Dalek Invasion of Earth
1964-12-26
6.2
Doctor Who: The Rescue
1965-01-09
7.9
Doctor Who: The Romans
1965-02-06
6.2
Doctor Who: The Web Planet
1965-03-20
6.2
Doctor Who: The Crusade
1965-04-17
6.6
Doctor Who: The Space Museum
1965-05-15
6.8
Doctor Who: The Chase
1965-06-26
7.6
Doctor Who: The Time Meddler
1965-07-24
5.7
Doctor Who: Galaxy 4
1965-10-02
7.3
Doctor Who: The Myth Makers
1965-11-06
7.8
Doctor Who: The Daleks' Master Plan
1966-01-29
7
Doctor Who: The Massacre of St Bartholomew's Eve
1966-02-26
6.8
Doctor Who: The Ark
1966-03-26
5.3
Doctor Who: The Celestial Toymaker
1966-04-23
7
Doctor Who: The Gunfighters
1966-05-21
7.3
Doctor Who: The Savages
1966-06-18
7.3
Doctor Who: The War Machines
1966-07-16
5.7
Doctor Who: The Smugglers
1966-10-01
7.2
Doctor Who: The Three Doctors
1973-01-20
5
Tons of Trouble
1956-04-09
6.3
Freedom Radio
1941-02-04
5
They Came by Night
1940-03-07
6
Strawberry Roan
1944-12-31
8
Doctor Who: Twice Upon a Time
2017-12-25
7
Footsteps in the Fog
1955-09-14
6.6
The Holly and the Ivy
1952-12-03
6.1
Tomorrow at Ten
1962-09-01
6.4
The Goose Steps Out
1942-08-01
7.9
Doctor Who: The Tenth Planet
1966-10-29
7.5
Doctor Who: An Unearthly Child
1963-11-23
7.4
Doctor Who: The Daleks
1964-02-01
7.8
Doctor Who: The Five Doctors
1983-11-25
6.5
Murder in Reverse?
1945-10-21
5.8
They Drive by Night
1938-12-01
0
Creation of the Daleks
2006-01-31
6.3
Josephine and Men
1955-11-09
6.7
The Pickwick Papers
1952-11-14
5.3
The Peterville Diamond
1943-01-11
8.1
Doctor Who: Earthshock
1982-03-16
5
Sabotage at Sea
1942-09-07
7.7
An Adventure in Space and Time
2013-11-21
0
Masters of Sound
2006-01-30
0
Inside the Spaceship: The Story of the TARDIS
2006-01-30
0
The Sets of Marinus
2009-09-21
0
Remembering 'The Aztecs'
2002-10-21
0
Vision On
2012-01-23
0
Don't Lose Your Head
2012-01-28
0
The Lure
1933-08-01
0
Parisian Life
1936-01-01
0
Doctor Who: The Savages
2025-03-24
10
Doctor Who at the Proms
2024-12-24
5
The Army Game
1957-06-19
5
Ghost Squad
1961-09-09
3.7
No Hiding Place
1959-09-16
7.9
Doctor Who
1963-11-23
0
Doctor Who: Lost in Time
1965-03-27
7.5
Doctor Who
2005-03-26
4.4
Tales of the Tardis
2023-11-01
6.4
Doctor Who: The Doctors Revisited
2013-01-27
7.9
Doctor Who
1963-11-23