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William Henry Hartnell ( / ˈhɑːrtnəl /; 8 January 1908 – 23 April 1975) was an English actor, who is best known for playing the original incarnation of the Doctor, in the long-running British science-fiction television series Doctor Who from 1963 to 1966; he reprised the role in 1972–1973.
For those who grew up with Doctor Who in the early sixties, Hartnell was the Doctor - their hero of space and time.
Nov 21, 2023 · William Hartnell (The First Doctor) playing games with The Toymaker (1966) 21 November 2023. Audiences have loved Doctor Who for many different reasons over the span of six decades, but it...
Jul 23, 2013 · William Hartnell started acting on the stage in the 1920s and after the war was increasingly seen on the silver screen in classics including Brighton Rock and the comedy Carry on Sergeant.
Hartnell's first regular role on television was in The Army Game from 1957–1961. His other television credits included a circus owner forced into a life of crime in an episode of ITC action series Ghost Squad (1961) and guest roles in police dramas No Hiding Place (1967) and Softly, Softly (1968).
Nov 22, 2013 · William Hartnell, then 55, was the first and in some ways the strangest of the men who would star in Doctor Who, which is 50 years old on Saturday.
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Nov 23, 2018 · On 23 November 1963 we were introduced to the Doctor for the first time in an episode titled An Unearthly Child. It starred William Hartnell as the First Doctor with Jacqueline Hill and...
