Patrick Troughton

Patrick Troughton
Troughton at a Doctor Who convention in Baltimore, Maryland, c. 1984
Born	Patrick George Troughton (1920-03-25)25 March 1920 Mill Hill, Middlesex, England
Died	28 March 1987(1987-03-28) (aged 67) Columbus, Georgia, U.S.
Resting place	Cremated; Ashes scattered at Bushy Park, Teddington, Greater London, England
Alma mater	Embassy School of Acting Leighton Rallius Studios
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1937–1987
Known for	Second incarnation of the Doctor in Doctor Who
Spouses	Margaret Dunlop ​ ​ (m. 1943; div. 1955)​ Shelagh Holdup ​ (m. 1976)​
Partner	Ethel Nuens (c. 1955–1975)
Children	6, including David and Michael
Relatives	Sam Troughton (grandson) Jim Troughton (grandson) William Troughton (grandson) Harry Melling (grandson)

Patrick George Troughton (/ˈtraʊtən/;^[1] 25 March 1920 – 28 March 1987) was an English actor best known for his roles in television and film. He played the second incarnation of the Doctor in the long-running British science-fiction television series Doctor Who from 1966 to 1969; he reprised the role from 1972 to 1973 and in 1983 and 1985. His other work includes appearances in several fantasy, science fiction and horror productions including The Omen (1976) and The Box of Delights (1984).

Early life

Troughton was born on 25 March 1920^[2] in Mill Hill, Middlesex, England, to Alec George Troughton (1887–1953), a solicitor, and Dorothy Evelyn Offord (1886–1979), who married in 1914 in Edmonton. Patrick had an elder brother, Alec Robert (1915–1994), and a younger sister, Mary Edith (1923–2005). Troughton attended Mill Hill School^[3] and continued to live in Mill Hill for most of his life. While at Mill Hill School, he acted in a production of J. B. Priestley's Bees on the Boat Deck in March 1937.

Troughton studied at the Embassy School of Acting at Swiss Cottage,^[2] being tutored by Eileen Thorndike. He was later awarded an acting scholarship at the Leighton Rallius Studios at the John Drew Memorial Theatre on Long Island, New York, in the United States.^[2]

When the Second World War broke out, he abandoned his studies in the U.S. and returned to Great Britain to enlist. During the passage across the North Atlantic Ocean, the ship carrying him struck a sea mine off the coast of Britain, from which he escaped in a lifeboat as the vessel foundered. On arrival back in England, whilst waiting to join the Armed Forces, he briefly worked with the Tonbridge Repertory Company.^[2]

In 1940, Troughton enlisted with the Royal Navy, receiving a commission with the Royal Navy Volunteer Reserve in November 1941.^[4] He was deployed on East Coast Convoy duty from February to August 1941, and then with Coastal Forces' Motor Gun Boats based at Great Yarmouth from November 1942 to 1945, operating in the North Sea and English Channel. During his service with the MGBs, he was on one occasion involved in an action against Kriegsmarine E-boats which resulted in one of the enemy craft being destroyed by ramming, whilst Troughton's boat and another destroyed two more with their gunfire. His decorations included the 1939–45 Star, the Atlantic Star, and he was mentioned in dispatches "for outstanding courage, leadership and skill in many daring attacks on enemy shipping in hostile waters".^[5][6] He used to wear a tea cosy on his head in cold weather in the North Sea.^[7]

Career

Early career

Troughton in a promotional photograph for R.U.R. in Radio Times, February 1948

After demobilisation, Troughton returned to the theatre. He worked with the Amersham Repertory Company, the Bristol Old Vic Company^[2] and the Pilgrim Players at the Mercury Theatre, Notting Hill Gate. He made his television debut in 1947. In 1948, Troughton made his cinema debut with small roles in Olivier's Hamlet, the Joseph L. Mankiewicz directed Escape (one of the stars of which was William Hartnell),^[8] and a minor role as a pirate in Disney's Treasure Island (1950), appearing only during the attack on the heroes' hut. Television, though, was his favourite medium. In 1953, he became the first actor to play the folk hero Robin Hood on television, starring in six half-hour episodes broadcast from 17 March to 21 April on the BBC, and titled simply Robin Hood.^[9] Troughton would also make several appearances in The Adventures of Robin Hood starring Richard Greene. He appeared as the murderer Tyrrell in Olivier's film of Richard III (1955). He was also Olivier's understudy on the film and appears in many long shots as Richard.^[6]

Troughton's other notable film and television roles included Kettle in Chance of a Lifetime (1950), Sir Andrew Ffoulkes in The Scarlet Pimpernel (1955), Vickers in the episode entitled "Strange Partners" in The Invisible Man (1958, the series also featured one of his future Doctor Who co-stars, Deborah Watling, as Sally), Phineus in Jason and the Argonauts (1963),^[2] Paul of Tarsus (BBC 1960, title role), Dr. Finlay's Casebook (BBC 1962, semi-regular), and Quilp in The Old Curiosity Shop (1962–63).^[10] He voiced Winston Smith in a 1965 BBC Home Service radio adaptation of Nineteen Eighty-Four. Prior to Doctor Who he appeared in numerous TV shows, including The Count of Monte Cristo, Ivanhoe, Dial 999, Danger Man, Maigret, Compact, The Third Man, Crane, Detective, Sherlock Holmes, No Hiding Place, The Saint, Armchair Theatre, The Wednesday Play, Z-Cars, Adam Adamant Lives! and Softly, Softly.

Troughton was offered the part of Johnny Ringo in the Doctor Who story The Gunfighters but turned it down.^[11]

Doctor Who

In 1966, Doctor Who producer Innes Lloyd looked for a replacement for William Hartnell in the series' lead role. The continued survival of the show depended on audiences accepting another actor in the role, despite the bold decision that the replacement would not be a Hartnell lookalike or soundalike. Lloyd later stated that Hartnell had approved of the choice, saying, "There's only one man in England who can take over, and that's Patrick Troughton".^[12] Lloyd chose Troughton because of his extensive and versatile experience as a character actor. After he was cast, Troughton considered various ways to approach the role, to differentiate his portrayal from Hartnell's amiable-yet-tetchy patriarch. Troughton's early thoughts about how he might play the Doctor included a "tough sea captain", and a piratical figure in blackface and turban.^[13] Doctor Who creator Sydney Newman suggested that the Doctor could be a "cosmic hobo" in the mould of Charlie Chaplin, and this was the interpretation eventually chosen.^[14] Troughton was the first Doctor to have his face appear in the opening titles of the show. In one serial, The Enemy of the World, Troughton played two parts: as the protagonist (The Doctor) and the antagonist (Salamander).^[15]

During his time on the series, Troughton tended to shun publicity and rarely gave interviews. He told one interviewer, "I think acting is magic. If I tell you all about myself it will spoil it".^[16] Years later, he told another interviewer that his greatest concern was that too much publicity would limit his opportunities as a character actor after he left the role.^[17]

In a rare interview with Ernest Thompson from Radio Times, Troughton revealed that he "always liked dressing up, and would have been happy as a school teacher as children keep one young".^[18] Troughton was popular with both the production team and his co-stars. Producer Lloyd credited Troughton with a "leading actor's temperament. He was a father figure to the whole company and hence could embrace it and sweep it along with him". Troughton also gained a reputation on set as a practical joker.^[19]

Many of the early episodes in which Troughton appeared were among those discarded by the BBC. Troughton found Doctor Who's schedule (at the time, 40 to 44 episodes per year) gruelling, and decided to leave the series in 1969, after three years in the role. This decision was also motivated in part by fear of being typecast.^[17][20]

Troughton at a convention in Minneapolis–Saint Paul in October 1986

Troughton returned to Doctor Who three times after formally leaving the programme. The first of these occasions was in The Three Doctors, the 1972–73 serial opening the programme's 10th series. In 1983, Troughton overcame some reluctance to reprise his role and agreed to appear in the 20th-anniversary special "The Five Doctors" at the request of series producer John Nathan-Turner. He also agreed to attend Doctor Who conventions, including the show's 20th anniversary celebrations at Longleat in 1983. He also appeared around the world with Nathan-Turner. Troughton enjoyed the return to the programme so much that he readily agreed to appear one more time as the Second Doctor, with Colin Baker's Sixth Doctor in The Two Doctors (1985). Reportedly, he also advised Fifth Doctor actor Peter Davison to limit his time in the role to three series to avoid typecasting and the younger actor followed this advice.^[21]

In 2013, the BBC commissioned a docudrama about the early days of Doctor Who, as part of the programme's fiftieth-anniversary celebrations. Troughton appears as a character in the production, called An Adventure in Space and Time, portrayed by actor Reece Shearsmith.^[22]

In 2014's "Robot of Sherwood", a still image of Troughton from 1953 appears among the future depictions of Robin Hood displayed by the Twelfth Doctor to the outlaw.^[23][24][25]

Later career

Troughton (left) with Gregory Peck in a publicity still for the 1976 film The Omen

After Troughton left Doctor Who in 1969, he appeared in various films and television roles. Film roles included Clove in Scars of Dracula (1970),^[8] a bodysnatcher in Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell (1973), Father Brennan in The Omen (1976) and Melanthius in Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger (1977). Television roles included the recurring role of Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk, in five of the six episodes of The Six Wives of Henry VIII (1970) (for which he commenced rehearsals just one week after completing his final studio recording on Doctor Who), the villainous Nasca in Thames Television's Aztec-themed drama The Feathered Serpent (1976–78), a guest-starring spot in the comedy series The Goodies in the episode "The Baddies", as well as episodes of Paul Temple, Dr. Finlay's Casebook, Doomwatch, The Persuaders!, A Family at War, Coronation Street,^[26] Softly, Softly: Task Force, Colditz, Play for Today, Z-Cars, Special Branch, Sutherland's Law, The Sweeney,^[26] Jason King, Survivors, Crown Court, Angels, Warship, Van der Valk, Space: 1999, The Onedin Line, All Creatures Great and Small,^[27] Only When I Laugh (Series 2 Episode 9), Nanny and Minder (in a March 1984 episode titled "Windows", Season 4 Episode 9). He also portrayed Cole Hawlings in a BBC Television dramatisation of the John Masefield children's book The Box of Delights (1984).^[2] In the same year he also appeared in a Two Ronnies Christmas Special^[28] playing a judge.

Troughton's health was never completely robust due to heavy drinking and smoking (he had quit smoking in the 1960s, but the damage had already been done). Later in his life he refused to accept his doctor's advice after he had developed a serious heart condition through overwork and stress. He suffered two major heart attacks, one in 1979^[29] and the other in 1984,^[30] both of which prevented him from working for several months afterwards. Following each of these attacks, his doctor's warnings were again ignored, as Troughton committed himself to a heavy TV and film schedule.

He featured in the 1974 11-part radio adaptation of Evelyn Waugh's Sword of Honour. In 1986, he was a regular in the first series of the LWT sitcom The Two of Us, and guested in an episode of Super Gran in May 1987, which was the last role he filmed. His final television appearance was in the autumn of the same year in Knights of God, which had been filmed two years earlier. Troughton also appeared in the first episode of Central Independent Television's Inspector Morse, entitled "The Dead of Jericho",^[8] which was originally transmitted on ITV on 6 January 1987.

Personal life

Troughton married his first wife, Margaret Dunlop, at the Union Church at Mill Hill on 3 September 1943.

Troughton started living a double life when, just after the birth of his third child in 1955, he chose to leave Dunlop and their three children (then aged eight, five, and a few months) to live with girlfriend Ethel Margaret "Bunny" Nuens, with whom he also went on to have three children.^[31] Troughton maintained a deception of having stayed with his original family that was so successful that his own mother died unaware of the separation in 1979, 24 years after Troughton had left Dunlop. Because of the disastrous drama Troughton caused during his divorce from Dunlop, his first daughter, Joanna, vowed never to speak to her father again. Their differences remained unresolved at the time of his death in 1987.^[32] While Troughton never married Nuens, in 1976 he did marry Shelagh Holdup and acquired two stepchildren.^[33]

Troughton's six children are:

• Joanna Troughton (born 1947, to Troughton and Dunlop), author and illustrator of children's books^[34]
• David Troughton (born 1950, to Troughton and Dunlop), actor^[35]
• Michael Troughton (born 1955, to Troughton and Dunlop), actor^[34]
• Jane Troughton (born 1956, to Troughton and Nuens)
• Peter Troughton (born 1957, to Troughton and Nuens)
• Mark Troughton (born 1959, to Troughton and Nuens)

Troughton's grandchildren include:

• Sam Troughton (son of David Troughton), an actor, known for Robin Hood.^[34]
• Jim Troughton (son of David Troughton), played professional cricket for England and Warwickshire^[36]
• William Troughton (son of David Troughton), an actor who plays Tom Archer in The Archers^[37]
• Harry Melling (son of Joanna Troughton), an actor, known for Dudley Dursley^[34]

Death

On 27 March 1987, two days after his 67th birthday, Troughton was a guest at the Magnum Opus Con II science fiction convention in Columbus, Georgia, United States.^[38] Although he had been warned by his doctors before leaving the United Kingdom not to exert himself because of his heart condition, he appeared to be in good spirits and participated vigorously in the day's panels,^[39] and was looking forward to a belated birthday celebration which was planned for that evening, as well as screenings of all of his surviving complete Doctor Who stories, including The Dominators, which he was particularly eager to see again. Troughton suffered a third and final heart attack at 7:25 am on 28 March, just after ordering breakfast from the hotel. According to the paramedics who attended the scene, he died instantly.^[40][41]

Troughton was certified dead at the Medical Center (now Piedmont Columbus Regional) in Columbus, Georgia. After a local cremation, his ashes were flown back to England. During the passage to England, the ashes were mislaid temporarily. This delayed his funeral by a few weeks. His widow, Shelagh, later scattered them beneath a newly planted tree in Bushy Park, a favourite place of Troughton's near to his family home in Teddington.^[42]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1948	Escape	Jim the Shepherd
	Hamlet	Player King
	The Red Shoes	BBC Radio Announcer	voice, uncredited
1949	Badger's Green	Jim Carter
	Cardboard Cavalier	Executed Man	uncredited
1950	Chance of a Lifetime	William Kettle
	Treasure Island	Roach
	Waterfront	Sam	uncredited
	The Woman with No Name	Colin
1951	The Franchise Affair	Bill Brough
	White Corridors	Sailor
1954	The Black Knight	King Mark
1955	Richard III	Tyrell
1956	1984	Man on Telescreen	uncredited
1957	The Curse of Frankenstein	Mortuary attendant	uncredited (deleted scenes)
1958	The Moonraker	Captain Wilcox
1962	The Phantom of the Opera	The Rat Catcher
1963	Jason and the Argonauts	Phineus
1964	The Gorgon	Inspector Kanof
	The Black Torment	Ostler – Regis
1967	The Viking Queen	Tristram
1970	Scars of Dracula	Klove
1974	Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell	Bodysnatcher
1976	The Omen	Father Brennan
1977	Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger	Melanthius
1978	A Hitch in Time	Professor Wagstaff

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1947	Hamlet	Horatio	TV film
	Edward II	Baldock
1948	King Lear	Edmund
	R.U.R.	Radius, a robot
1949	Macbeth	Seyton
1950	The Whole World Over	Nicolai Nekin
	BBC Sunday-Night Theatre	Ptolemy Downing	Episode: "Adventure Story" Episode: "The Family Reunion"
1952	Kidnapped	Alan Breck	5 episodes
	BBC Sunday-Night Theatre	Capt. Johnnie Brown	Episode: "Lines of Communication"
1953	Robin Hood	Robin Hood	6 episodes
1954	Misalliance	Uncredited	TV film
	Clementina	Charles Wogan	6 episodes
1955	BBC Sunday-Night Theatre	Sanchez	Episode: "Midsummer Fire"
1956	Kidnapped	Alan Breck	TV film
	The Count of Monte Cristo	The Ferret Branza Marcel	Episode: "The Island" Episode: "The Portuguese Affair" Episode: "Marseilles"
	The Scarlet Pimpernel	Sir Andrew Ffoulkes	15 episodes
	One Family	The Tarman	2 episodes
	Theatre Royal	Tailor	Episode: "The Ends of Justice"
	BBC Sunday-Night Theatre	Cardinal Wolsey	Episode: "The White Falcon"
	The Adventures of Robin Hood	Constable	Episode: "The Friar's Pilgrimage"
1957	Ordeal by Fire	La Hire	TV film
	Precious Bane	Gideon Sarn	6 episodes
	Assignment Foreign Legion	Nadeau	Episode: "The Conquering Hero"
	The Adventures of Robin Hood	Seneschal Raoul Traveller Seneschal Sir William Fitzwalter	Episode: "Food for Thought" Episode: "The Bandit of Brittany" Episode: "The Shell Game" Episode: "The Blackbird" Episode: "The Dream"
	Sword of Freedom	Bastiano Duke Di Luca Cecci	Episode: "Vespucci" Episode: "The Tower" Episode: "The Ambassador"
1958	The Adventures of William Tell	Hanzler	Episode: "The Golden Wheel"
	The Rebel Heiress	Roger Trevanion	TV film
	Queen's Champion	Don Alonzo	Episode: "The Edge of Defeat"
	Ivanhoe	Vignole	Episode: "The Kidnapping"
	The Dangerous Game	Philip Baker	Episode: "Pawns in the Game"
	The New Adventures of Charlie Chan	Pete Wilson	Episode: "Something Old, Something New"
	Sword of Freedom	Teofilo	Episode: "The School"
	The Adventures of Robin Hood	Sir Boland	Episode: "Elixir of Youth"
	Armchair Theatre	Ragnar Brovik	Episode: "The Master Builder"
1959	Three Golden Nobles	Mad Peter	Episode: "The Painter"
	The History of Mr. Polly	Uncle Jim	2 episodes
	H.G.Wells' Invisible Man	Vickers – Currie's Business Partner	Episode: "Strange Partners"
	Interpol Calling	Sukru	Episode: "The Thirteen Innocents"
	The Moonstone	Dark Stranger	1 episode
	The Naked Lady	Bob Dyson	2 episodes
	The Hill	Jesus	TV film (voice)
	The Scarf	Edward Collins	3 episodes
	The Cabin in the Clearing	Simon Kenton	4 episodes
	Dial 999 (TV series)	Bill Mace Tramp George	Episode: "Thames Division" Episode: "50,000 Hands" Episode: "Key Witness"
	The Flying Doctor	Ernie	Episode: "A Stranger in Distress"
	BBC Sunday-Night Theatre	Barman	Episode: "Maigret and the Lost Life"
	ITV Television Playhouse	Dermot Francis O'Flingsley	Episode: "Shadow and Substance"
	The Four Just Men	Inspector Nardi	Episode: "The Night of the Precious Stones"
	No Hiding Place	Blakey	Episode: "The Stalag Story"
1960	International Detective	Silversmith	Episode: "The Marino Case"
	Danger Man	Brenner	Episode: "The Lonely Chair"
	Paul of Tarsus	Saul Paul	Episode: "The Feast of Pentecost" Episode: "To the Gentiles"
	The Adventures of Robin Hood	Sir Fulke Devereaux	Episode: "The Bagpiper"
	The Four Just Men	Vito	Episode: "The Moment of Truth"
	The True Mystery of the Passion	Judas	TV film
	The Splendid Spur	Captain Luke Settle	6 episodes
	The Terrible Choice	Lucifer	2 episodes
	BBC Sunday-Night Play	2nd Engineer	Episode: "Twentieth Century Theatre: The Insect Play"
	No Hiding Place	Percy Clarke	Episode: "Two Blind Mice"
1961	Maigret	Gaston Meurant	Episode: "Raise Your Right Hand"
	ITV Television Playhouse	J.J.	Episode: "A Walk on the Water"
	International Detective	Bela Davos	Episode: "The Martos Case"
	Danger Man	Bart	Episode: "Bury the Dead"
	No Hiding Place	Denger Wells	Episode: "Process of Elimination"
	ITV Play of the Week	Spicer	Episode: "Soldier in the Snow"
1962	The Sword in the Web	Tournay	Episode: "The Alibi"
	Harpers West One	Notril	1 episode
	Man of the World	Thiboeuf	Episode: "Death of a Conference"
	BBC Sunday-Night Play	Du Bose	Episode: "Sword of Vengeance"
	Wuthering Heights	Hindley	TV film
	Compact	Eddie Eddie Goldsmith	Episode: "Musical Evening" Episode: "Efficiency Expert"
	Sir Francis Drake	Gazio	Episode: "The Bridge"
	ITV Play of the Week	Prince	Episode: "Freedom in September"
	Dr. Finlay's Casebook	Alex Dean	Episode: "Snap Diagnosis"
1962–63	The Old Curiosity Shop	Daniel Quilp	11 episodes
1963	The Sentimental Agent	Sheikh	Episode: "The Scroll of Islam"
	Espionage	John MacBride	Episode: "He Rises on Sunday and We on Monday"
	No Cloak – No Dagger	Trev
	Lorna Doone	Judge Jeffreys	Episode: "A Summons to London"
1964	The Indian Tales of Rudyard Kipling	Mr. Bronckhurst	Episode: "The Bronckhurst Divorce Case11"
	Artists' Notebooks	William Hogarth	Episode: "William Hogarth (1697–1764)"
	HMS Paradise	Capt. Ahab Rudlow	Episode: "Thar's Gold in Them Thar Holes"
	Thorndyke	Frank Belfield	Episode: "The Old Lag"
	Smuggler's Bay	Ratsey	5 episodes
	The Third Man	Luigi Carvossa	Episode: "A Question in Ice"
	Detective	Jasper Shrig	Episode: "The Loring Mystery"
	The Midnight Men	Skoder	Episode: "The Man from Miditz"
	Crane	Hugo Krantz	Episode: "Man Without a Past"
	The Saint	Police Inspector	Episode: "The Romantic Matron"
	Z-Cars	Jack Carter	Episode: "Inside Job"
1964–66	Dr. Finlay's Casebook	Miller/Mr. Miller	5 episodes
1965	No Hiding Place	Old Starr	Episode: "The Street"
	A Tale of Two Cities	Dr. Manette[10]	10 episodes
	The Wednesday Play	Lord Fountain	Episode: "And Did Those Feet?"
	Sherlock Holmes	Mortimer Tregennis	Episode: "Episode: The Devil's Foot"
	ITV Play of the Week	Manservant Tomazo	Episode: "The Misunderstanding" Episode: "The Challenging"
	Thirty-Minute Theatre	Stuart Pendleton	Episode: "Give the Clown His Supper"
1966	Adam Adamant Lives!	General Mongerson	Episode: "D for Destruction"
	The Saint	Insp. Gambetti	Episode: "Interlude in Venice"
	Softly Softly	Bellamy	Episode: "Best Out of Three"
	ITV Play of the Week	Jacob Manning	Episode: "The First Thunder"
	Armchair Theatre	Pete	Episode: "The Battersea Miracle"
	David Copperfield	Pawnbroker	Episode: "The Long Journey"
	This Man Craig	Alec MacGregor	Episode: "A Wise Father"
	The Liars	Pipe Smoker	1 episode
1966–69	Doctor Who	Second Doctor	119 episodes
1967–68		Salamander	Serial: The Enemy of the World
1970	Little Women	Mr. March	4 episodes
	Dr. Finlay's Casebook	Jack Baird	Episode: "Dust"
	ITV Playhouse	Mr. Fidler	Episode: "Don't Touch Him, He Might Resent It"
	Paul Temple	Colonel Harp	Episode: "Swan Song for Colonel Harp"
	The Six Wives of Henry VIII	Duke of Norfolk	5 episodes
1970–72	A Family at War	Harry Porter	9 episodes
1971	Softly, Softly: Task Force	Ernie Johnson	Episode: "Better Than Doing Porridge"
	The Persuaders!	Count Marceau	Episode: "The Old, the New, and the Deadly"
	ITV Sunday Night Theatre	Reilly	Episode: "Square One"
	Out of the Unknown	Jimmy Reed	Episode: "The Chopper"
	Thirty-Minute Theatre	Justley	Episode: "Jilly"
	On the House	Doctor Stanley	2 episodes
	Doomwatch	Lyon McArthur / Alan McArthur	Episode: "In the Dark"
	Owen, M.D.	Charlie Lynch	2 Episodes: "Where There's Smoke"
1972	Colditz	Padre	Episode: "The Traitor"
	The Protectors	Bela Karoleon	Episode: "Brother Hood"
	The Main Chance	Frederick Owen	Episode: "Acting for Self"
	The Befrienders	Jim Goody	Episode: "Fallen Star"
	Jason King	Bennett	Episode: "That Isn't Me, It's Somebody Else"
	The Goodies	Dr. Petal	Episode: "The Baddies"
1972–73	Doctor Who	Second Doctor	Serial: The Three Doctors
1973	Hawkeye, the Pathfinder	Uncle Cap	5 episodes
	Ego Hugo	Lahorie / Biard	TV film
	Owen, M.D.	Victor Darlington	Episode: "You Don't Get Me"
	Whoops Baghdad!	Tambalane the Tartar	Episode: "Ali and the Thieves"
	Jackanory	Storyteller	5 Episodes: "The Three Toymakers"
	Z-Cars	Bob Parker	Pressures of Work
1974	Charles Dickens' World of Christmas	?	TV film
	Jennie: Lady Randolph Churchill	Benjamin Disraeli	Episodes: "Lady Randolph" & "Recovery"
	Coronation Street	George Barton	4 episodes
	Sutherland's Law	Fergusson	Episode: "Who Cares"
	Village Hall	Bill Lester	Episode: "The Magic Sponge"
	Special Branch	Professor Frederick Denny	Episode: "Alien"
	Crown Court	John Fisher	3 episodes
1975	Crown Court	Joseph Molloy	3 episodes
	The Sweeney	Reg Crofts	Episode: "Hit and Run"
	Z-Cars	Councillor Barwell	2 episodes
	Churchill's People	Hainault	Episode: "Silver Giant, Wooden Dwarf"
	Thriller	Lyall	Episode: "Nurse Will Make It Better"
1976	Lorna Doone	Counsellor Doone	5 episodes
	Angels	George Moore	Episode: "Decision"
	Survivors	John Millen	Episodes: "Parasites"
	Our Mutual Friend	Rogue Riderhood	1 episode
	Play for Today	Victor Marsden	Episode: "Love Letters on Blue Paper"
1976–78	The Feathered Serpent	Nasca	12 episodes
1977	The Dick Emery Christmas Show: The Texas Connection	Potter	TV film
	Space: 1999	Archon	Episode: "The Dorcons"
	Treasure Island	Israel Hands	4 episodes
	BBC2 Play of the Week	Rear Admiral Markham	Episode: "The Sinking of HMS Victoria"
	Van der Valk	Father Bosch	Episode: "Accidental"
	Yanks Go Home	Lubbock	Episode: "The Game of the Name"
	Warship	Robertson	Episode: "Robertson Crusoe"
1978	Edward & Mrs. Simpson	Clement Attlee	3 episodes
	The Devil's Crown	William Marshal	5 episodes
	Horizon	Commentator	Episode: "Light of the 21st Century"
1979	Suez 1956	Sir Walter Monckton	TV film
	The Onedin Line	Uncredited	Episode: "The Suitor"
	The Famous Five	Mr. Stick	Episode: "Five Run Away Together""
1980	Only When I Laugh	Brian Perkins	Episode: "Where There's a Will"
	All Creatures Great and Small	Roddy	Episode: "Hair of the Dog"
	Play for Today	Judge Barnes-Ritchie	Episode: "No Defence"
1981	John Diamond	Joseph K'Nee	TV film
	Bognor	Xavier	6 episodes
	Tales from the Thousand and One Nights	The Swindler	TV film
	Play for Today	Commodore Londonderry	Episode: "PQ17"
1981–82	Nanny	Mr. Jessop	5 episodes
1982	Foxy Lady	J.P. Schofield	2 episodes
	Shine on Harvey Moon	Wilf	Episode: "The Course of True Love"
	BBC2 Playhouse	William Pierce	Episode: "The Pigman's Protege"
	King's Royal	Father Campbell	2 episodes
1983	Dramarama	The Instructor	Episode: "The Young Person's Guide to Getting Their Ball Back"
	Jury	James	Episode: "Ann"
	Play for Today	Malcolm	Episode: "Reluctant Chickens"
	The Cleopatras	Sextus	Episode: "100 BC"
	Doctor Who	Second Doctor	Episode: "The Five Doctors"
1984	The Two Ronnies	Mileaway Villager The Judge	Episode #10.4 Episode: "1984 Christmas Special"
	The Box of Delights	Cole Hawlings	3 episodes
	Swallows and Amazons Forever!: The Big Six	Harry Bangate	TV film
	Minder	Joe Mancini	Episode: "Windows"
	Amy	Lord Rothermere	TV film
1985	Summer Season	Gerald	Episode: "Long Term Memory"
	Doctor Who	Second Doctor	Serial: The Two Doctors
1986	The Two of Us	Perce	5 episodes
1987	Inspector Morse	George Jackson	Episode: "The Dead of Jericho"
	Yesterday's Dreams	Jack	4 episodes
	Super Gran	Great Sporran of the Isles	Episode: "Supergran and the Heir Apparent"
	Knights of God	Arthur	13 episodes, (final appearance)

Theatre

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1945-6	Macbeth		Bristol Old Vic
	The Seagull
	Twelfth Night
	Keep in a Cool Place
	Jenny Villiers
1946	Weep For the Cyclops		Bristol Old Vic Company, and Old Vic & Sadlers Wells Trust Ltd
	Much Ado About Nothing		Aldwych Theatre
1950	Eva Braun	Adolf Hitler	Gateway Theatre Club, London
	Hitler’s Mistress		Grand Theatre, Brighton
1963	Night Conspirators	The Old Visitor	Wimbledon Theatre and Saville Theatre, London

Video games

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2015	Lego Dimensions	Second Doctor	Archive audio

References

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Further reading

• Roderick Braithwaite. "'Strikingly Alive', The History of the Mill Hill School Foundation 1807–2007"; published Phillimore & Co. ISBN 978-1-86077-330-3
• Haining, Peter & British Broadcasting Corporation 1984, Doctor Who : the key to time : a year-by-year record, W.H. Allen, London. ISBN 0-491-03283-8
• Howe, David J., Mark Stammers and Stephen James Walker. Doctor Who: The Sixties. London: Virgin Publishing, 1993. ISBN 0-86369-707-0.
• Troughton, Patrick. Interview with Terry Phillips. KTEH, San Jose, California. 1985.
• Troughton, Michael "Patrick Troughton, by his son Michael Troughton"; published by https://www.michaeltroughton.co.uk
• Vahimagi, Tise. British Television: An Illustrated Guide. Oxford: Oxford University Press / British Film Institute. 1994. ISBN 0-19-818336-4.

External links

• Patrick Troughton Special Anniversary Edition
• Patrick Troughton at IMDb
• Into The Unknown – Patrick Troughton article at Kasterborous.com^{[permanent dead link‍]}
• Patrick Troughton Biography – British Film Institute