William Hartnell

Person · Open Library

Works

4

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Film & TV

Acting · Saint Pancras, London, England, UK

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…

Known for

• Doctor Who: The Savages — The Doctor (voice)2025
• Doctor Who: Wish World & The Reality War — Dr. Who (archive footage) (uncredited)2025
• Doctor Who: The Celestial Toymaker — The Doctor (voice)2024
• Doctor Who at the Proms — The Doctor (1) (archive footage)2024
• Talking Doctor Who — Self / The Doctor (1) (archive footage)2023
• Doctor Who: The Daleks in Colour — The Doctor (archive footage)2023
• Tales of the Tardis — The Doctor2023
• Doctor Who: Galaxy 4 — The Doctor (voice)2021
• Doctor Who: Galaxy 4 — Doctor Who2021
• Mission to the Unknown — Dr. Who2019

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type

Person

Gender

Male

Country

United Kingdom

Active from

1908

Active to

1975

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners

71

Total plays

1,558

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Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

1. VMD: Visual molecular dynamics

   · 1996 · cited 61,493x

2. Theory of the firm: Managerial behavior, agency costs and ownership structure

   · 1976 · cited 43,924x

3. Comparison of simple potential functions for simulating liquid water

   · 1983 · cited 38,972x

4. QIIME allows analysis of high-throughput community sequencing data

   · 2010 · cited 30,735x

5. Preparation of Graphitic Oxide

   · 1958 · cited 28,531x

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Quotes

• “I was so pleased to be offered Doctor Who. To me kids are the greatest audience - and the greatest critics - in the world.”
• “It may seem like hindsight now, but I just knew that Doctor Who was going to be an enormous success. Don't ask me how. Not everybody thought as I did. I was universally scoffed at for my initial faith in the series, but I believed in it. It was magical.”
• “The moment this brilliant young producer Miss Verity Lambert started telling me about Doctor Who, I was hooked. I remember telling her, "This is going to run for five years." And look what's happened!”
• “You know, I couldn't go out into the high street without a bunch of kids following me. I felt like the Pied Piper.”

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Key facts

Born

William Henry Hartnell , ( 1908-01-08 ) 8 January 1908, London , England

Died

23 April 1975 (1975-04-23) (aged 67), Marden, Kent , England

Alma mater

Italia Conti Academy

Occupation

Actor

Years active

1925–1973

Known for

First Doctor in Doctor Who

Spouse

Heather McIntyre ​ ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 9 May 1929</span>"}]]}'>1929 ) ​

Relatives

Norman Hartnell (second cousin)

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Wikidata facts

Image

William Hartnell, 1946 (halftone filtered).jpg

Number of children

1

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