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 Elizabeths 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.Hartnells 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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Filmes indisponível de William Hartnell

Carry On Sergeant

Sergeant Grimshawe

Filme 1958

The Mouse That Roared

Will Buckley

Filme 1959

The Way Ahead

Sgt. Ned Fletcher

Filme 1944

Escape

Inspector Harris

Filme 1948

Double Confession

Charlie Durham

Filme 1950

Doctor Who: Galaxy 4

The Doctor (voice)

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Yangtse Incident: The Story of H.M.S. Amethyst

Leading Seaman Leslie Frank

Filme 1957

Hell Drivers

Cartley, Hawlett Manager

Filme 1957

That's Carry On!

Sergeant Grimshawe

Filme 1977

This Sporting Life

'Dad' Johnson

Filme 1963

Appointment with Crime

Leo Martin

Filme 1946

Temptation Harbour

Jim Brown

Filme 1947

Date with Disaster

Tracey

Filme 1958

Headline

Dell

Filme 1943

Murder Will Out

Dick

Filme 1939

Now Barabbas

Warder Jackson

Filme 1949

The Dark Tower

Jim Towers (as Bill Hartnell)

Filme 1943

And the Same to You

Walter 'Wally' Burton

Filme 1960

Piccadilly Third Stop

Colonel

Filme 1960

Will Any Gentleman...?

Detective Inspector Martin

Filme 1953

The Night We Dropped a Clanger

Sgt. Bright

Filme 1959

Midnight at Madame Tussaud's

Stubbs

Filme 1936

The Perfect Flaw

Vickers

Filme 1934

The Bells Go Down

Brookes

Filme 1943

The Lost People

Barnes

Filme 1949

Heavens Above!

Major Fowler

Filme 1963

The World Ten Times Over

Dad

Filme 1963

Talking Doctor Who

Self / The Doctor (1) (archive footage)

Filme 2023

Doctor Who: The Daleks in Colour

The Doctor (archive footage)

Filme 2023

Doctor Who: The Celestial Toymaker

The Doctor (voice)

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Doublecross

Herbert Whiteway

Filme 1956

The Desperate Man

Smith

Filme 1959

Strictly Confidential

Filme 1959

To Have and to Hold

Insp. Roberts

Filme 1963

The Hypnotist

Inspector Ross

Filme 1957

The Agitator

Peter Pettinger (as Billy Hartnell)

Filme 1945

Doctor Who: The Day of the Doctor

The Doctor (1) (archive footage)

Filme 2013

Doctor Who: The Aztecs

The Doctor

Filme 1964

The Crimson Circle

Filme 1936

Follow the Lady

Mike Martindale

Filme 1933

Suspected Person

Saunders

Filme 1942

The Dark Man

Superintendent of Police

Filme 1951

Jackpot

Supt. Frawley

Filme 1960

They Flew Alone

Scotty

Filme 1942

Farewell Again

Minor Role

Filme 1937

Doctor Who: The Edge of Destruction

Dr. Who

Filme 1964

Doctor Who: Marco Polo

The Doctor

Filme 1964

Doctor Who: The Keys of Marinus

The Doctor

Filme 1964

Doctor Who: The Sensorites

The Doctor

Filme 1964

The Guv'nor

Car Salesman

Filme 1935

Doctor Who: The Reign of Terror

The Doctor

Filme 1964

Doctor Who: Planet of Giants

The Doctor

Filme 1964

Doctor Who: The Dalek Invasion of Earth

The Doctor

Filme 1964

Doctor Who: The Romans

The Doctor

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Doctor Who: The Rescue

The Doctor

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Doctor Who: The Crusade

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Filme 1965

Doctor Who: The Web Planet

The Doctor

Filme 1965

Doctor Who: The Space Museum

The Doctor

Filme 1965

Doctor Who: The Daleks' Master Plan

The Doctor

Filme 1966

Doctor Who: Galaxy 4

The Doctor

Filme 1965

Doctor Who: The Time Meddler

The Doctor

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Doctor Who: The Myth Makers

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Doctor Who: The Chase

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Doctor Who: The War Machines

The Doctor

Filme 1966

Doctor Who: The Massacre of St Bartholomew's Eve

The Doctor/Abbot of Amboise

Filme 1966

Doctor Who: The Savages

The Doctor

Filme 1966

Doctor Who: The Ark

The Doctor

Filme 1966

Doctor Who: The Celestial Toymaker

The Doctor

Filme 1966

Doctor Who: The Gunfighters

The Doctor

Filme 1966

Doctor Who: The Smugglers

The Doctor

Filme 1966

Doctor Who: The Three Doctors

The Doctor

Filme 1973

Tons of Trouble

Bert

Filme 1956

Freedom Radio

Radio Location Aerial Operator (uncredited)

Filme 1941

They Came by Night

Undetermined Role

Filme 1940

Strawberry Roan

Chris Lowe

Filme 1944

Footsteps in the Fog

Herbert Moresby

Filme 1955

The Holly and the Ivy

Company Sergeant Major

Filme 1952

Tomorrow at Ten

Freddie Maddox

Filme 1962

The Goose Steps Out

German Officer at Station

Filme 1942

Doctor Who: The Tenth Planet

The Doctor (1)

Filme 1966

Doctor Who: The Daleks

Dr. Who

Filme 1964

Doctor Who: An Unearthly Child

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Filme 1963

Doctor Who: The Five Doctors

The Doctor (1) (archive footage)

Filme 1983

Murder in Reverse?

Tom Masterick

Filme 1945

They Drive by Night

Bus Conductor

Filme 1938

Creation of the Daleks

The Doctor (archive footage)

Filme 2006

The Pickwick Papers

Irate Cabman

Filme 1952

The Peterville Diamond

Joseph (as Bill Hartnell)

Filme 1943

Doctor Who: Earthshock

The Doctor (1) (archive footage)

Filme 1982

Sabotage at Sea

Jacob Digby

Filme 1942

Masters of Sound

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Filme 2006

Inside the Spaceship: The Story of the TARDIS

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The Sets of Marinus

The Doctor (archive footage)

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Remembering 'The Aztecs'

The Doctor (archive footage)

Filme 2002

Vision On

The Doctor (archive footage)

Filme 2012

Don't Lose Your Head

The Doctor (archive footage)

Filme 2012

The Lure

Billy

Filme 1933

Parisian Life

Filme 1936

Doctor Who: The Savages

The Doctor (voice)

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Série de TV indisponível de William Hartnell

The Army Game

Tv 1957

Ghost Squad

Tv 1961

No Hiding Place

Tv 1959

Doctor Who: Lost in Time

The Doctor

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Tales of the Tardis

The Doctor

Tv 2023

Doctor Who: The Doctors Revisited

Self

Tv 2013