William Hartnell
Biography 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
Personal Info
Id 73245
Known For Acting
Known Credits 2
Gender Male
Birthday 1908-01-08
Place of Birth Saint Pancras, London, England, UK
Also Known As Billy Hartnell Bill Hartnell Уильям Хартнелл William Henry Hartnell Content Score
100 Yes! Looking good! Edite Page
William Hartnell 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 . . . . Read More moss
Known For Carry On Ser The Mouse Th Brighton Roc The Way Ahea Escape Double Confe Doctor Who: Odd Man Out Yangtse Inci Hell Drivers That's Carry This Sportin The Magic Bo Private's Pr Appointment Temptation H Date with Di Headline Murder Will Now Barabbas The Dark Tow And the Same Piccadilly T Will Any Gen The Night We Midnight at The Bells Go The Lost Peo Heavens Abov The World Te Talking Doct The Ringer Doctor Who: Doctor Who: The Desperat Shake Hands Strictly Con To Have and The Hypnotis The Agitator Doctor Who: Doctor Who: The Crimson Suspected Pe The Dark Man Jackpot They Flew Al Farewell Aga Doctor Who: Doctor Who: Doctor Who: Doctor Who: The Guv'nor Doctor Who: Doctor Who: Doctor Who: Doctor Who: Doctor Who: Doctor Who: Doctor Who: Doctor Who: Doctor Who: Doctor Who: Doctor Who: Doctor Who: Doctor Who: Doctor Who: Doctor Who: Doctor Who: Doctor Who: Doctor Who: Doctor Who: Doctor Who: Doctor Who: Tons of Trou Freedom Radi They Came by Strawberry R Doctor Who: Footsteps in The Holly an Tomorrow at The Goose St Doctor Who: Doctor Who: Doctor Who: Doctor Who: Murder in Re They Drive b Creation of Josephine an The Pickwick The Petervil Doctor Who: Sabotage at An Adventure Masters of S Inside the S The Sets of Remembering Vision On Don't Lose Y Doctor Who: Doctor Who a Doctor Who: Doctor Who: Doctor Who: Doctor Who: Doctor Who: Doctor Who: Doctor Who: The Ties Tha Doctor Who: Doctor Who: Future Memor Mounting the A Defeated P What's a Car Lights Out No title found No title found No title found No title found No title found No title found No title found No title found 2025
Lights Out as The 1st Doctor 2025
Doctor Who: Wish World & The Reality War as Dr. Who (archive footage) (uncredited) 2025
Doctor Who: The Savages as The Doctor (voice) 2024
Doctor Who at the Proms as The Doctor (1) (archive footage) 2024
Doctor Who: The Celestial Toymaker as The Doctor (voice) 2023
Doctor Who: The Daleks in Colour as The Doctor (archive footage) 2023
Talking Doctor Who as Self / The Doctor (1) (archive footage) 2021
Doctor Who: Galaxy 4 as The Doctor (voice) 2017
Doctor Who: Twice Upon a Time as The Doctor (1) (archive footage) 2015
Doctor Who: The Husbands of River Song as The Doctor (1) (picture) (uncredited) 2013
Doctor Who: The Day of the Doctor as The Doctor (1) (archive footage) 2013
An Adventure in Space and Time as The Doctor (1) (archive footage) 2012
Don't Lose Your Head: The Making of 'The Reign of Terror' as The Doctor (archive footage) 2012
Vision On as The Doctor (archive footage) 2009
The Sets of Marinus as The Doctor (archive footage) 2009
Mounting the Rescue as The Doctor (1) (archive footage) 2008
Doctor Who: The Next Doctor as The Doctor (1) (archive footage) 2008
The Ties That Bind Us as The First Doctor (archive footage) 2006
Creation of the Daleks as The Doctor (archive footage) 2006
Masters of Sound as The Doctor (archive footage) 2006
Inside the Spaceship: The Story of the TARDIS as The Doctor (archive footage) 2006
Doctor Who: Origins as The Doctor (archive footage) 2003
Future Memories: Making 'The Dalek Invasion of Earth' as The Doctor (1) (archive footage) 2002
Remembering 'The Aztecs' as The Doctor (archive footage) 1998
What's a Carry On? as Sergeant Grimshawe (archive footage) (uncredited) 1984
Doctor Who: Resurrection of the Daleks as The Doctor (1) (archive footage) (uncredited) 1983
Doctor Who: The Five Doctors as The Doctor (1) (archive footage) 1983
Doctor Who: Mawdryn Undead as The Doctor (1) (archive footage) 1982
Doctor Who: Earthshock as The Doctor (1) (archive footage) 1977
That's Carry On! as Sergeant Grimshawe (archive footage) 1976
Doctor Who: The Brain of Morbius as The Doctor (1) (picture) (uncredited) 1973
Doctor Who: The Three Doctors as The Doctor 1972
Doctor Who: Day of the Daleks as The Doctor (1) (picture) (uncredited) 1966
Doctor Who: The Power of the Daleks as The Doctor in the mirror (uncredited) 1966
Doctor Who: The Tenth Planet as The Doctor (1) 1966
Doctor Who: The Smugglers as The Doctor 1966
Doctor Who: The War Machines as The Doctor 1966
Doctor Who: The Savages as The Doctor 1966
Doctor Who: The Gunfighters as The Doctor 1966
Doctor Who: The Celestial Toymaker as The Doctor 1966
Doctor Who: The Ark as The Doctor 1966
Doctor Who: The Massacre of St Bartholomew's Eve as The Doctor / Abbot of Amboise 1966
Doctor Who: The Daleks' Master Plan as The Doctor 1965
Doctor Who: The Myth Makers as The Doctor 1965
Doctor Who: Galaxy 4 as The Doctor 1965
Doctor Who: The Time Meddler as The Doctor 1965
Doctor Who: The Chase as The Doctor 1965
Doctor Who: The Space Museum as The Doctor 1965
Doctor Who: The Crusade as The Doctor 1965
Doctor Who: The Web Planet as The Doctor 1965
Doctor Who: The Romans as The Doctor 1965
Doctor Who: The Rescue as The Doctor 1964
Doctor Who: The Dalek Invasion of Earth as The Doctor 1964
Doctor Who: Planet of Giants as The Doctor 1964
Doctor Who: The Reign of Terror as The Doctor 1964
Doctor Who: The Sensorites as The Doctor 1964
Doctor Who: The Aztecs as The Doctor 1964
Doctor Who: The Keys of Marinus as The Doctor 1964
Doctor Who: Marco Polo as The Doctor 1964
Doctor Who: The Edge of Destruction as Dr. Who 1964
Doctor Who: The Daleks as Dr. Who 1963
Doctor Who: An Unearthly Child as Dr. Who 1963
The World Ten Times Over as Dad 1963
To Have and to Hold as Insp. Roberts 1963
Tomorrow at Ten as Freddie Maddox 1963
Heavens Above! as Major Fowler 1963
This Sporting Life as 'Dad' Johnson 1960
Piccadilly Third Stop as Colonel 1960
And the Same to You as Walter 'Wally' Burton 1960
Jackpot as Supt. Frawley 1959
The Desperate Man as Smith 1959
The Night We Dropped a Clanger as Sgt. Bright 1959
The Mouse That Roared as Will Buckley 1959
Shake Hands with the Devil as Sergeant Jenkins 1959
Strictly Confidential as Grimshaw 1958
Carry On Sergeant as Sergeant Grimshawe 1958
On the Run as Tom Casey 1958
Date with Disaster as Tracey 1957
The Hypnotist as Inspector Ross 1957
Hell Drivers as Cartley, Hawlett Manager 1957
Yangtse Incident: The Story of H.M.S. Amethyst as Leading Seaman Leslie Frank 1956
Tons of Trouble as Bert 1956
Private's Progress as Sgt. Sutton 1956
Doublecross as Herbert Whiteway 1955
Josephine and Men as Detective Sgt. Parsons 1955
Footsteps in the Fog as Herbert Moresby 1953
Will Any Gentleman...? as Detective Inspector Martin 1952
The Holly and the Ivy as Company Sergeant Major 1952
The Ringer as Sam Hackett 1952
The Pickwick Papers as Irate Cabman 1952
The Magic Box as Recruiting Sergeant 1951
The Dark Man as Superintendent of Police 1950
Double Confession as Charlie Durham 1949
The Lost People as Barnes 1949
Now Barabbas as Warder Jackson 1948
Escape as Inspector Harris 1948
Brighton Rock as Dallow 1947
Temptation Harbour as Jim Brown 1947
Odd Man Out as Fencie - the barman 1946
Appointment with Crime as Leo Martin 1946
A Defeated People as Commentator (voice) 1945
Murder in Reverse? as Tom Masterick 1945
The Agitator as Peter Pettinger (as Billy Hartnell) 1944
Strawberry Roan as Chris Lowe 1944
The Way Ahead as Sgt. Ned Fletcher 1943
The Dark Tower as Jim Towers (as Bill Hartnell) 1943
The Bells Go Down as Brookes 1943
The Peterville Diamond as Joseph (as Bill Hartnell) 1942
Sabotage at Sea as Jacob Digby 1942
The Goose Steps Out as German Officer at Station 1942
They Flew Alone as Scotty 1942
Suspected Person as Detective Saunders 1941
Freedom Radio as Radio Location Aerial Operator (uncredited) 1940
They Came by Night as Undetermined Role 1939
Murder Will Out as Dick 1938
They Drive by Night as Bus Conductor 1937
Farewell Again as Minor Role 1936
Midnight at Madame Tussaud's as Stubbs 1935
The Guv'nor as Car Salesman 1934
The Perfect Flaw as Vickers 1933
Follow the Lady as Mike Martindale
Coming Soon (138 episode) as The Doctor
Coming Soon (3 episode) as The Doctor
Coming Soon (2 episode) as The Doctor
Coming Soon (11 episode) as Self
Coming Soon (50 episode) as Sergeant Major Percy Bullimore
Coming Soon (8 episode) as Doctor Who 
