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Portrait of Peter Purves

Acting

Peter Purves

Titles
23movies25TV shows
Career

Active from 1965 to 2025, with a break from 1980 to 2020, busiest in 1965 and 1966 with 5 main titles each.

Leading roles
19
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score68/100
Highest rated
Poster for Doctor Who: The Daleks' Master Plan
Doctor Who: The Daleks' Master Plan
GoodWatch score79/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 12 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 3.8 versus catalog average 4.7EnergyHeart: 3.9 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 3.0 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.6 versus catalog average 5.7WorldCraft: 5.1 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.1 versus catalog average 6.0Style
Peter Purves Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    2.6, average 5.4
  • Psychological
    3.7, average 5.6
  • Romance
    2.1, average 3.8
  • Family Dynamics
    3.0, average 4.8

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

    Works often with

    People in at least two of their main titles.

    Movies and TV shows

    34
    Type
    RoleAnyActing34Appearances15
    ScoreAny60+70+80+
    DecadeAny1950s21960s161970s31980s22000s32020s7Upcoming1
    GenreAnyDrama22Science Fiction16Adventure12Sci-Fi & Fantasy4Animation4Action3TV Movie3Documentary3Action & Adventure3Comedy3Family2Horror1Soap1Crime1
    Group by
    DecadesScores
    Newest firstOldest first

    Upcoming

    1 title
    Babble

    TV show

    2020s

    7 titles · average score 65
    Doctor Who: The Savages

    as Steven Taylor (voice)

    GoodWatch65
    Tales of the Tardis

    TV show · as Steven Taylor

    Doctor Who: Galaxy 4

    TV show · as Steven

    2000s

    3 titles · average score 78
    The Ties That Bind Us

    as Steven Taylor (archive footage)

    GoodWatch90
    The Office

    TV show · as Peter Purves

    1980s

    2 titles · average score 53
    GoodWatch53
    EastEnders

    TV show · as Presenter

    Doctor Who: Resurrection of the Daleks

    as Steven Taylor (archive footage) (uncredited)

    1970s

    3 titles
    Robbie

    as Narrator

    1960s

    16 titles · average score 68
    GoodWatch70
    Doctor Who: The Chase

    as Steven Taylor / Morton Dill

    GoodWatch76
    Doctor Who

    TV show · as Morton Dill / Steven Taylor

    All 16 titles from the 1960s

    1950s

    2 titles · average score 55
    GoodWatch46
    Blue Peter

    TV show · as Self - Guest

    GoodWatch64
    Dixon of Dock Green

    TV show · as Brian