Peter Davison

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Recent Role:
Henry Sharpe on Law & Order: UK
Gender:
Male
Born:
4-13-1951
Birthplace:
Streatham, London
Birth Name:
Peter Moffatt
AKA:
Peter Davidson
In 1961, Peter, parents Sheila and Claude, and his sisters Barbara, Shirley and Pamela, moved to Woking. Davison first became interested in acting at school when he took part in school plays. He then joined the Byfleet Players, an amateur dramatic society.

Peter left school at 16 with three O levels and took jobs varying from hospital porter to file clerk in the Tax Office. He was accepted into the Central School of Speech and Drama, where he stayed until 1972.

Upon leaving Drama school, Peter worked for three years in repertory theatre. He met Sandra Dickinson



… More during a run of A Midsummer Night's Dream at the Edinburgh Festival in 1975 and they married in 1978. His daughter, Georgia Elizabeth, was born in 1984 and he split with Dickinson in 1993.

In addition to acting, Peter Davison has also dabbled in songwriting and has provided the themes to Button Moon and My Hero. Davison is currently living with partner Elizabeth Morton and they have two sons, Louis and Joel.

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    Peter Davison is famous for playing Tristan on All Creatures Great and Small. After that show, Davison was a household name in the United States as The Fifth Doctor on Doctor Who. Tom Baker left the show and regenerated into Peter Davison. Davison was hide show

    the Doctor for 3 years. Davison never liked Mathew Waterhouse or Janet Fielding. Tom Baker never liked Mathew Waterhouse or Janet Fielding either. Davison said that he preferred Sarah Sutton (Nyssa) to be his companion. Case in point: in the four-part Doctor Who adventure, Arc of Infinity, Nyssa traveled to Gallifrey with the Doctor. Nyssa helped the Doctor and Tegan defeat Omega (Ian Collier.) In The Five Doctors 90 minute movie special, Davison followed the advice of Patrick Troughton (Doctor #2) and left the show after 3 years so he wouldn't be typecast. Davison and Troughton became good buddies on the set. Davison regretted leaving Doctor Who. He wanted to return, but the role of the Doctor went to Colin Baker. Davison also appeared in Magnum, P.I. He wrote music for tv shows.

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