Most Recent Role: George Jackson on Inspector Morse
Alias Name(s): Pat Troughton
Gender: Male
Birthplace: Mill Hill, London, England, UK
Birthday: 3-25-1920
Birth Name: Patrick George Troughton
Date of Death: 3-28-1987
Alias Name(s): Pat Troughton
Gender: Male
Birthplace: Mill Hill, London, England, UK
Birthday: 3-25-1920
Birth Name: Patrick George Troughton
Date of Death: 3-28-1987
Pat Troughton was born on March 25, 1920 and was best known for his role as the Second incarnation of the Doctor Who.
He attended Mill Hill Schooland later the Embassy School of Acting at Swiss Cottage, under Eileen Thorndike. Thanks to his natural talent for performing, Troughton won a prestigious scholarship to the Leighton Rallius Studios on Long Island in New York. However, when the...
Most Recent Appearance
The Dead of Jericho
Tuesday 6 January 1987 on ITV1
Morse gets passed over for promotion, and at the same time he is given a new working partner in the shape of Sergeant Lewis - who is not at all sure what to make of his new boss. Then Morse and Lewis face their first murder case together: Anne Staveley, a good friend of Morse's in a choral...
To date, Patrick Troughton has been the only actor to reprise the role of the Doctor in three specials.
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Troughton is the only actor to play his own "evil" twin in the Doctor Who Series. In the episode Enemy of the World he plays both the Doctor and his nemesis, the evil Salamander.
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When William Hartnell regenerated into Patrick Troughton, Troughton was seen briefly at the end of Doctor Who: The Tenth Planet Episode 4.
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Patrick Troughton's favourite role was playing the Second Doctor in Doctor Who.
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Troughton died while at a convention in Georgia in the United States in 1987.
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Patrick Troughton: (On playing the Doctor) It was the happiest time of my professional life.
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Patrick Troughton: (On playing the Doctor) How did I feel about taking on the role? To begin with, I thought it would last about six weeks after Billy Hartnell had finished. My children and I had been fans of the programme and I loved the way he had played the Doctor. But I knew I couldn't possibly do it like that.
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Patrick Troughton: I've done a lot of swashbuckling in my time - ever since Joy Harington gave me my first real television chance in Kidnapped.
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Patrick Troughton: I have been asked what impact the part of the Doctor had on my career and I can honestly say none. For luckily I got out in time before I was too typecast.
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Patrick Troughton: If I had not been an actor I would quite like to have been a teacher. Children keep one young.
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Edward and Mrs Simpson
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Foxy Lady
J. P. Schofield |
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The Scarlet Pimpernel (1956)
Sir Andrew Ffoulkes |
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Bognor
Xavier |
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Dr. Who |
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Dr. Finlay's Casebook
Alex Dean |
The Adventures of Robin Hood
Constable |
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The Nanny (1981)
Mr Jessop |
The Six Wives of Henry VIII (1970)
Thomas Howard, Duke of Norfolk |
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Adam Adamant Lives!
D for Destruction General Mongerson |
Angels
Decision |
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Assignment Foreign Legion
The Conquering Hero Nedeau |
Crane
Man without a Past Hugo Krantz |
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Crown Court
Pot Of Basil : Part 1 John Fisher |
Danger Man
Bury the Dead Bart |
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"Personal favorite"Perfect Patrick Troughton is best known for his role as the Doctor. William Hartnell was leaving Doctor Who, and Hartnell himself said, "If there is one man in England who can play Doctor Who, it is Patrick Troughton!" Continue » Posted Apr 26, 2007 11:11 am PST |
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