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Peter Davison

1951 - Today

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Peter Malcolm Gordon Moffett (born 13 April 1951), known professionally as Peter Davison, is an English actor. He made his television acting debut in 1975 and became famous in 1978 as Tristan Farnon in the BBC's television adaptation of James Herriot's All Creatures Great and Small stories. He subsequently played the fifth incarnation of the Doctor in Doctor Who from 1981 to 1984. Davison's other starring roles included the sitcoms Holding the Fort (1980–1982) and Sink or Swim (1980–1982), Dr. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Peter Davison is the 5,295th most popular actor (down from 4,390th in 2019), the 4,232nd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,431st in 2019) and the 609th most popular British Actor.

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Peter Davison ranks 5,295 out of 13,578. Before him are Colman Domingo, Florence Pugh, Ina Balin, Buster Crabbe, Veronica Ferres, and Dina Merrill. After him are Freida Pinto, Rae Dawn Chong, Martin Henderson, Joe Manganiello, Giorgio Albertazzi, and Anjanette Comer.

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Among people born in 1951, Peter Davison ranks 426. Before him are Albert Salvadó, Dan Bricklin, Daniel Lanois, Dennis Frederiksen, Joe R. Lansdale, and Fiorella Bonicelli. After him are Alexander Rosenbaum, Rush Limbaugh, Eva Sršen, Danny Clark, Marcel Dionne, and Dominique Dropsy.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Peter Davison ranks 4,233 out of 8,785. Before him are Horatio Caro (1862), Samuel Palmer (1805), Richard Price (1723), Henry Litolff (1818), Neil Bartlett (1932), and George Rodger (1908). After him are Joe Cole (1981), Stanley Morison (1889), Fred Karno (1866), David Wilkie (1785), Edward Carpenter (1844), and Steve Hogarth (1956).

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Among ACTORS In United Kingdom

Among actors born in United Kingdom, Peter Davison ranks 609. Before him are Michael Hordern (1911), Jake Weber (1963), Saffron Burrows (1972), Michael Hurst (1957), Elizabeth Spriggs (1929), and Florence Pugh (1996). After him are Ian Charleson (1949), Bonnie Wright (1991), Frank Dillane (1991), Daisy Edgar-Jones (1998), Catherine McCormack (1972), and Russell Brand (1975).

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