Portrait of Patrick Troughton

Acting

Patrick Troughton

Career

Active from 1950 to 2024, with a break from 1988 to 2002, busiest in 1967 with 9 main titles.

Leading roles
49
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score71/100
Highest rated
Poster for Doctor Who: The Day of the Doctor
Doctor Who: The Day of the Doctor
GoodWatch score86/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 63 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.7 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.3 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.5 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.8 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.5 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.0 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Patrick Troughton Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    2.7, average 5.4
  • Coming of Age
    1.5, average 3.0
  • Cringe Humor
    1.1, average 2.2
  • Melancholy
    3.9, average 4.7

Main genres

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Recurring tags

  • Technological Threat 5
  • Political Intrigue 4
  • Classic Sci-Fi 4
  • Classic Doctor Who 4
  • Mystery 3
  • Social Commentary 3
  • Base Under Siege 3
  • Time Travel 3
  • Hammer Horror 2
  • Gothic Horror 2
  • Character-Driven 2
  • Cybermen Invasion 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

179
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2020s

10 titles ยท average score 66
Doctor Who: Wish World & The Reality War
Doctor Who: Wish World & The Reality War (2025)

as Dr. Who (archive footage) (uncredited)

Doctor Who: The War Games in Colour
Doctor Who: The War Games in Colour (2024)

as The Doctor (2) (archive footage)

Doctor Who at the Proms
Doctor Who at the Proms (2024)

as The Doctor (2) (archive footage)

Tales of the Tardis
Tales of the Tardis (2023)
GoodWatch score 66

TV show ยท as The Doctor

Doctor Who: The Underwater Menace
Doctor Who: The Underwater Menace (2023)

as The Doctor (voice)

Doctor Who: The Abominable Snowmen
Doctor Who: The Abominable Snowmen (2022)

as The Doctor (voice)

Doctor Who: Fury from the Deep
Doctor Who: Fury from the Deep (2021)

TV show ยท as The Doctor (voice)

Doctor Who: The Web of Fear - Episode 3
Doctor Who: The Web of Fear - Episode 3 (2021)

as The Doctor (voice)

Doctor Who: The Evil of the Daleks
Doctor Who: The Evil of the Daleks (2021)

as The Doctor (voice)

Doctor Who: The Faceless Ones
Doctor Who: The Faceless Ones (2020)

as The Doctor (voice)

2010s

6 titles ยท average score 80
Doctor Who: The Macra Terror
Doctor Who: The Macra Terror (2019)

as The Doctor (voice)

Doctor Who: Twice Upon a Time
Doctor Who: Twice Upon a Time (2017)
GoodWatch score 79

as The Doctor (2) (archive footage)

Doctor Who: The Power of the Daleks
Doctor Who: The Power of the Daleks (2016)
GoodWatch score 75

as The Doctor (Voice)

Doctor Who: The Husbands of River Song
Doctor Who: The Husbands of River Song (2015)
GoodWatch score 82

as The Doctor (2) (picture) (uncredited)

Doctor Who: The Day of the Doctor
Doctor Who: The Day of the Doctor (2013)
GoodWatch score 86

as The Doctor (2) (archive footage)

Doctor Who at the Proms
Doctor Who at the Proms (2013)

as The Doctor (2) (archive footage) (uncredited)

2000s

5 titles ยท average score 73
Devious
Devious (2009)

as Second Doctor (archive footage)

Doctor Who: The Next Doctor
Doctor Who: The Next Doctor (2008)
GoodWatch score 73

as The Doctor (2) (archive footage)

The Ties That Bind Us
The Ties That Bind Us (2008)

as The Second Doctor (archive footage)

Celebration: Doctor Who in 1983
Celebration: Doctor Who in 1983 (2008)

as (archival footage)

Adventures in Time and Spain
Adventures in Time and Spain (2003)

as (archvie footage)

1980s

24 titles ยท average score 74
Knights of God
Knights of God (1987)

TV show ยท as Arthur

Inspector Morse
Inspector Morse (1987)
GoodWatch score 80

TV show ยท as George Jackson

The Two of Us
The Two of Us (1986)
GoodWatch score 63

TV show ยท as Perce

Doctor Who: The Two Doctors
Doctor Who: The Two Doctors (1985)

as The Doctor

Super Gran
Super Gran (1985)
GoodWatch score 64

TV show ยท as Great Sporran of the Isles

Summer Season
Summer Season (1985)

TV show ยท as Gerald

Amy
Amy (1984)

as Lord Rothermere

The Box of Delights
The Box of Delights (1984)
GoodWatch score 81

TV show ยท as Cole Hawlings

Doctor Who: The Five Doctors
Doctor Who: The Five Doctors (1983)
GoodWatch score 79

as The Second Doctor

Dramarama
Dramarama (1983)

TV show ยท as Instructor

Foxy Lady
Foxy Lady (1982)

TV show

Shine on Harvey Moon
Shine on Harvey Moon (1982)
GoodWatch score 76

TV show ยท as Wilf

1970s

49 titles ยท average score 71
Minder
Minder (1979)
GoodWatch score 75

TV show ยท as Joe Mancini

A Hitch in Time
A Hitch in Time (1978)

as Professor Wagstaff

All Creatures Great and Small
All Creatures Great and Small (1978)
GoodWatch score 54

TV show ยท as Roddy

Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger
Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger (1977)
GoodWatch score 61

as Melanthius

The Omen
The Omen (1976)
GoodWatch score 72

as Father Brennan

The Feathered Serpent
The Feathered Serpent (1976)

TV show ยท as Nasca

Space: 1999
Space: 1999 (1975)
GoodWatch score 73

TV show ยท as Archon

Doctor Who: The Three Doctors
Doctor Who: The Three Doctors (1973)

as The Doctor

Crown Court
Crown Court (1972)
GoodWatch score 65

TV show ยท as Joseph Molloy

The Persuaders!
The Persuaders! (1971)
GoodWatch score 78

TV show ยท as Count Marceau

Scars of Dracula
Scars of Dracula (1970)
GoodWatch score 60

as Klove

Play for Today
Play for Today (1970)
GoodWatch score 72

TV show ยท as Victor Marsden / Judge Barnes-Ritchie

1960s

58 titles ยท average score 68
Doctor Who: The Krotons
Doctor Who: The Krotons (1969)

as The Doctor

Doctor Who: The Mind Robber
Doctor Who: The Mind Robber (1968)

as The Doctor

Doctor Who: The Evil of the Daleks
Doctor Who: The Evil of the Daleks (1967)
GoodWatch score 80

as The Doctor

Doctor Who: The Faceless Ones
Doctor Who: The Faceless Ones (1967)
GoodWatch score 77

as The Doctor

Doctor Who: The Underwater Menace
Doctor Who: The Underwater Menace (1967)
GoodWatch score 55

as The Doctor

Doctor Who: The Tomb of the Cybermen
Doctor Who: The Tomb of the Cybermen (1967)

as The Doctor

Doctor Who: The Moonbase
Doctor Who: The Moonbase (1967)

as The Doctor

A Tale of Two Cities
A Tale of Two Cities (1965)

TV show ยท as Dr. Manette

The Gorgon
The Gorgon (1964)
GoodWatch score 62

as Inspector Kanof

Doctor Who
Doctor Who (1963)
GoodWatch score 76

TV show ยท as The Doctor

Compact
Compact (1962)

TV show

The Saint
The Saint (1962)
GoodWatch score 74

TV show ยท as Insp. Gambetti

1950s

21 titles ยท average score 65
No Hiding Place
No Hiding Place (1959)

TV show

The Third Man
The Third Man (1959)
GoodWatch score 73

TV show ยท as Luigi Carvossa

Interpol Calling
Interpol Calling (1959)

TV show ยท as Sukru

The Adventures of William Tell
The Adventures of William Tell (1958)
GoodWatch score 70

TV show ยท as Hanzler

1984
1984 (1956)
GoodWatch score 68

as Man on Telescreen (uncredited)

The Count of Monte Cristo
The Count of Monte Cristo (1956)

TV show

The Adventures of Robin Hood
The Adventures of Robin Hood (1955)
GoodWatch score 46

TV show ยท as Raoul / Traveller

Robin Hood
Robin Hood (1953)

TV show

Chance of a Lifetime
Chance of a Lifetime (1950)
GoodWatch score 66

as Kettle

Sunday Night Theatre
Sunday Night Theatre (1950)
GoodWatch score 51

TV show ยท as Cardinal Wolsey

The Woman with No Name
The Woman with No Name (1950)

as Colin

Treasure Island
Treasure Island (1950)
GoodWatch score 81

as Roach

1940s

6 titles ยท average score 78
Cardboard Cavalier
Cardboard Cavalier (1949)

as Executed Man (uncredited)

Badger's Green
Badger's Green (1949)

as Jim Carter

The Red Shoes
The Red Shoes (1948)
GoodWatch score 91

as BBC Radio Announcer (voice)

Hamlet
Hamlet (1948)
GoodWatch score 83

as Player King

Escape
Escape (1948)
GoodWatch score 61

as Jim

R.U.R.
R.U.R. (1948)

as Radius, a robot