
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. He appeared in numerous Shakespearian plays, including The Merchant of Venice (1926), Julius Caesar (1926), As You Like It (1926), Hamlet (1926), The Tempest (1926) and Macbeth (1926). He also appeared in She Stoops to Conquer (1926), School for Scandal (1926) and Good Morning, Bill (1927), before performing in Miss Elizabeth's Prisoner (1928). This play was written by Robert Neilson Stephens and E. Lyall Swete. It featured the actress Heather McIntyre, whom he married during the following year. His first of more than sixty film appearances was in Say It With Music (1932). Hartnell continued to play comic characters until he was cast in the robust role of Sergeant Ned Fletcher in The Way Ahead (1944). From then on his career was defined by playing mainly policemen, soldiers, and thugs. Hartnell's performance in This Sporting Life was noted by Verity Lambert, the producer who was setting up a new science-fiction television series for the BBC entitled Doctor Who; and, mainly on the strength of that performance, Lambert offered him the title role.

Doctor Who: Origins

Doctor Who: The Day of the Doctor

Doctor Who: The Brain of Morbius

Doctor Who: Earthshock

Doctor Who: The Power of the Daleks

Doctor Who: The Celestial Toymaker

Doctor Who: Twice Upon a Time

Creation of the Daleks

Masters of Sound

Inside the Spaceship: The Story of the TARDIS

Doctor Who: The Husbands of River Song

Doctor Who: The Tenth Planet

Doctor Who: Resurrection of the Daleks

Doctor Who

Doctor Who: Day of the Daleks

Doctor Who: The Daleks' Master Plan

What's a Carry On?

Doctor Who: The Romans

Doctor Who: The Five Doctors

An Adventure in Space and Time

Doctor Who: The Aztecs

Doctor Who: The Dalek Invasion of Earth

Doctor Who: The Time Meddler

Doctor Who: The Three Doctors

Doctor Who: An Unearthly Child

Doctor Who: The Next Doctor

Doctor Who: The War Machines

邪魔者は殺せ

The Guv'nor

Doctor Who: The Daleks

Yangtse Incident: The Story of H.M.S. Amethyst

Doctor Who: Marco Polo

Doctor Who: The Myth Makers

Doctor Who: The Massacre of St Bartholomew's Eve

Doctor Who: The Savages

Doctor Who at the Proms

Doctor Who: Planet of Giants

The Bells Go Down

The World Ten Times Over

Footsteps in the Fog

Remembering 'The Aztecs'

Doctor Who: Mawdryn Undead

孤独の報酬

ブライトン・ロック

Doctor Who: The Ark

Hell Drivers

The Goose Steps Out

The Pickwick Papers

Private's Progress

Shake Hands with the Devil

The Way Ahead

Now Barabbas

Piccadilly Third Stop

Doctor Who: The Space Museum

Doctor Who: The Chase

Murder in Reverse?

Heavens Above!

The Holly and the Ivy

Doctor Who: The Rescue

Carry On Sergeant

The Magic Box

Doctor Who: The Doctors Revisited

ピーター・セラーズのマ☆ウ☆ス

Doctor Who: The Gunfighters

The Dark Man

Doctor Who: The Reign of Terror

Freedom Radio

Headline

Doctor Who: The Crusade

Doctor Who: The Daleks in Colour

A Defeated People

The Dark Tower

Double Confession

Doctor Who: Galaxy 4

The Agitator

They Flew Alone

Strawberry Roan

Josephine and Men

The Army Game

Appointment with Crime

Doctor Who: The Keys of Marinus

The Ringer

They Drive by Night

Doctor Who: The Smugglers

That's Carry On!

The Lost People

Doctor Who: The Edge of Destruction

Doctor Who: The Celestial Toymaker

Tomorrow at Ten

And the Same to You

Will Any Gentleman...?

Doctor Who: The Web Planet

Midnight at Madame Tussaud's

Suspected Person

Doctor Who: Galaxy 4

Tales of the Tardis

Escape

Doctor Who: Wish World & The Reality War

Date with Disaster

To Have and to Hold

The Peterville Diamond

The Night We Dropped a Clanger

Temptation Harbour

Doctor Who: The Sensorites

Talking Doctor Who

The Desperate Man

Jackpot

Farewell Again

Tons of Trouble

They Came by Night

Sabotage at Sea

Ghost Squad

The Crimson Circle

The Hypnotist

Strictly Confidential

No Hiding Place

The Sets of Marinus

Vision On

Don't Lose Your Head: The Making of 'The Reign of Terror'

Doctor Who: The Savages

The Ties That Bind Us

Future Memories: Making 'The Dalek Invasion of Earth'

Mounting the Rescue

Doctor Who: Lost in Time

Doctor Who: Galaxy 4