Rebekah Troughton (daughter of Mark Alec Troughton). [1] In the same year he also appeared in a Two Ronnies Christmas Special playing a judge. The recent death of Deborah Watling, who played companion Victoria Waterfield alongside the late Pat Troughton’s Second Doctor, gives this DVD release an extra poignancy. When the Second World War broke out, he returned to Britain on a Belgian ship. During his service with the MGBs he was on one occasion involved in an action against Kriegsmarine E-boats which resulted in one of the enemy craft being destroyed by ramming, whilst Troughton's boat and another destroyed two more with their gunfire. Publicity Listings and Softly, Softly. [34] Troughton maintained a deception of having stayed with his original family that was so successful that his own mother died unaware of the truth in 1979, 24 years after Troughton had left Dunlop. He was the first actor to play the legendary folk hero Robin Hood on television, in, In 1948, he made his feature film debut as a shepherd in, Of the five other actors to play the Doctor during his lifetime, he worked with all of them except for, Of the first four actors to play the Doctor in, He was the earliest living Doctor from the death of, Troughton was actually far from the first choice for the lead role as the second incarnation of. The ‘new’ Doctor, played by Patrick Troughton, had his ful Patrick Troughton would have been 67 years old at the time of death or 95 years old today. He was a father of six (David, Jane, Joanna, Mark, Michael and Peter), a stepfather to Gill and Graham and a grandfather to Harry Melling, Jamie and Sam Troughton. The Thirteenth Doctor later admitted as much to her companions. After ordering breakfast in his hotel room, he collapsed with a sudden and fatal heart attack. He was deployed on East Coast Convoy duty from February to August 1941, and then with Coastal Forces' Motor Gun Boats based at Great Yarmouth from November 1942 to 1945, operating in the North Sea and English Channel. When Patrick Troughton went to war: is this Doctor Who at its history-making best ... “I happened to see a very old Doctor Who rerun on public television. In 1939 he joined the Tonbridge Repertory Company before joining the Royal Navy in 1940, rising through the ranks to attain the captaincy of a motor gunboat on duty in the North Sea. He appeared in two adaptations of "Hamlet" in as many years: Although he is now fondly remembered for his role as the Second Doctor in, He was offered the role of the Second Doctor in. Interview with Terry Phillips. - IMDb Mini Biography By: [15][18], Troughton returned to Doctor Who three times after formally leaving the programme, returning to the character more than any other actor who portrayed the Doctor after ending his regular connection with the series. [on his versatile reputation] I just take what part comes along. In 1984, Troughton fronted children’s series The Box of Delights, and had guest turns in Minder, Swallows and Amazons Forever! Troughton was offered the part of Johnny Ringo in the Doctor Who story The Gunfighters but turned it down. Doctor Who may have not lasted fifty wonderful years if the plot device of Time Lord regeneration was not created. and The Two Ronnies. It seems so long ago that I played the part of the Doctor. During World War II he served in the Royal Navy and after the war ended he joined the Old Vic and became a Shakespearean actor. First he was a German physician named Doctor Von Wer, then dressed in drag as a Scottish washer woman, and finally he was a Cockney Redcoat soldier. A. Nonymous, Other Works Patrick Troughton’s Doctor Who Quotes. Film roles included Clove in Scars of Dracula (1970),[6] a bodysnatcher in Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell (1973), Father Brennan in The Omen (1976) and Melanthius in Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger (1977). [10] Lloyd chose Troughton because of his extensive and versatile experience as a character actor. https://www.bbcamerica.com/.../life-outside-the-tardis-patrick-troughton He was also much warmer and playful with his companions. Doctor Who would never have lasted 50 glorious years unless some bright spark had dreamt up the notion of Time Lord regeneration. He was classically trained for the stage but became most widely known for his roles in television and film. Patrick George "Pat" Troughton (/ˈtraʊtən/, 25 March 1920 – 28 March 1987) was an English actor most widely known for his roles in fantasy, science fiction, and horror films, particularly in his role as the second incarnation of the Doctor in the long-running British science-fiction television series Doctor Who, which he played from 1966 to 1969; he reprised the role in 1973, 1983, and 1985. He has appeared in many film, television and theatre roles, most notably as Sir Piers Fletcher-Dervish in The New Statesman from 1987 to 1992. His decorations included the 1939–45 Star, and Atlantic Star, and he was Mentioned in Dispatches "for outstanding courage, leadership and skill in many daring attacks on enemy shipping in hostile waters". "'Strikingly Alive', The History of the Mill Hill School Foundation 1807–2007"; published Phillimore & Co. Haining, Peter & British Broadcasting Corporation 1984, Doctor Who : the key to time : a year-by-year record, W.H. He was also Olivier's understudy on the film and appears in many long shots as Richard.[4]. Despite being a highly trained classical stage actor, Troughton was unusual among his generation in that he was known to have an intense dislike of stage acting, which he described as "shouting in the evenings", and avoided it whenever possible once his television career had taken off. Otherwise, if you stay too long you come into a play and everyone says, 'Oh, it's Doctor Who!' The calendar will give him no clues. [3][4] He used to wear a tea cosy on his head in cold weather in the North Sea. Patrick Troughton was everything that William Hartnell wasn’t. Following each of these attacks, his doctor's warnings were again ignored as Troughton committed himself to a heavy TV and film schedule. "Doctor Who" celebrates its 50th anniversary today and is the longest-running sci-fi show in history -- a TV series that has remained hugely popular in Britain since the days when color television was only a distant dream. Shot number RT 3700 20. Patrick Troughton played the second incarnation of the nortorious Time Lord and he will be featured in a 50th anniversary docudrama titled An Adventure in Space and Time by Reece Shearsmith of the League of Gentlemen. 1966, William Hartnell was replaced by Patrick Troughton as "The Doctor" as Hartnell had said "There's only one man in England who can take over, and that's Patrick Troughton". On 27 March 1987, two days after his 67th birthday, Troughton was a guest at the Magnum Opus Con II science fiction convention in Columbus, Georgia, United States. His widow, Shelagh, later scattered them beneath a newly planted tree in Bushy Park, a favourite place of Troughton's near to his family home in Teddington. Troughton also discovered the joy of attending Doctor Who conventions, although his lifelong determination to avoid the glare of the British press meant that he chiefly appeared at American events. 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Sadly, it was at one such convention in Columbus, Georgia on March 28th, 1987 that Troughton suffered a third heart attack; he died instantly. [35] While Troughton never married Nuens, in 1976 he did marry Shelagh Holdup and had two stepchildren.[36][37]. Troughton enjoyed the return to the programme so much that he readily agreed to appear one more time as the Second Doctor, with Colin Baker's Sixth Doctor in The Two Doctors (1985). Patrick Troughton was born on 25 March 1920 and grew up in North London, where he was educated at Mill Hill Public School. After ordering breakfast in his hotel room, he collapsed with a sudden and fatal heart attack. Tierney Troughton (daughter of Peter Patrick Troughton). Patrick Troughton took over the role of the Doctor in 1966, replacing William Hartnell. During the passage across the North Atlantic Ocean the ship carrying him struck a sea mine off the coast of Great Britain, from which he escaped in a lifeboat as the vessel foundered. He enjoyed reading philosophy and comparative religion. But when Troughton took over the role at the age of 46, he was 13 years younger than his predecessor and the character was accordingly trimmed of a couple of centuries from the 10 centuries with which he started. Television though, was his favourite medium. He also portrayed the antagonist, ‘Salamander’, in six episodes between 1967 and 1968. March 5, 2017. He claimed to have had a "whale of a time" playing the Second Doctor in, Troughton once claimed his favourite role on television had been Daniel Quilp in the BBC's adaptation of, He was one of a select few classically trained actors to be cast by. He disliked giving interviews for many years as he wanted to avoid discussing how he worked as an actor. In 2010-2013, the role of the time-traveling Time Lord was taken on by Matt Smith, who played the 11th Doctor and became the youngest actor to do so. He started his own acting career at the Unicorn Theatre for Children. In 1948, Troughton made his cinema debut with small roles in Olivier's Hamlet, the Joseph L. Mankiewicz directed Escape (one of the stars of which was William Hartnell), and a minor role as a pirate in Disney's Treasure Island(1950) appearing only during the attack on the h… During the passage to England, the ashes were mislaid temporarily. Steven Moffat, SFX, May 2010 . As such, it is entirely possible that the War Doctor was 1200 years old when the Time War started and that he ended it somewhere around 800 years old. Over this was superimposed a black-and-white portrait of the Second Doctor, as played by Patrick Troughton. He was unsure about how to approach the role, he came up with a few ideas such as, "tough sea captain". His brother A.R. Patrick Troughton was born in Mill Hill, London and was educated at Mill Hill School. After Troughton left Doctor Who in 1969, he appeared in various films and television roles. He always spoke fondly of his time on the show, but he was under enormous pressure and over-worked throughout. He appeared in many TV series since then (Listed in Filmography). It's like a conjurer telling you how he does his tricks all the time. Troughton, Michael "Patrick Troughton, by his son Michael Troughton"; published by, This page was last edited on 11 April 2021, at 16:20. This is apparently how old the War Doctor was in The Day of the Doctor, as he claimed the Eleventh Doctor (who gave his age as over 1200 years old) was 400 years older than him. As an actor, Troughton's biggest contribution has been in the science fiction television show ‘Doctor Who' where he appeared as the title character in 118 episodes between 1966 and 1969. [28] Later in his life he refused to accept his doctor's advice after he had developed a serious heart condition through overwork and stress. He has appeared in many film, television and theatre roles, most notably as Sir Piers Fletcher-Dervish in The New Statesman from 1987 to 1992. When the First Doctor was a young boy studying at the Time Lord Academy, Borusa gave him a lecture on regeneration, telling him he would \"walk into a storm and a stranger [would] walk back out, and that [the] stranger [would] be [him].\" (PROSE: The Day of the Doctor)While living on Gallifrey, there was a rumour that the Doctor was able to glimpse his first seven regenerations during a game of Eighth Man Bound. After he was cast, Troughton considered various ways to approach the role, to differentiate his portrayal from Hartnell's amiable-yet-tetchy patriarch. Troughton, Patrick. I think acting is magic. Patrick Troughton was born in Mill Hill, London and was educated at Mill Hill School. The First Doctor appeared to be a frail old man but don't be fooled. It has been reported that Patrick Troughton enjoyed his time being the Second Doctor and along with Frazer Hines they had a lot of fun especially during rehearsals. [15], A rare interview with Ernest Thompson from Radio Times reveals that Troughton "always liked dressing up, and would have been happy as a school teacher as children keep one young". Producer Lloyd credited Troughton with a "leading actor's temperament. He played British Prime Ministers in two separate ITV historical drama series: He appeared in two different adaptations of, He played Alan Breck in two different adaptations of, He appeared in episodes of three different series with, He died at the age of 67, the same age that his, He was considered for the roles of Dr. Armstrong and Sir Percy Heseltine in. Patrick George Troughton (/ˈtraʊtən/, 25 March 1920 – 28 March 1987) was an English actor. Patrick Troughton as the second Doctor. If I had not been an actor I would quite like to have been a teacher. One of Don Smith’s colour shots of Troughton. Patrick Troughton was born in 1920 and started Doctor Who in 1966, so he would have been 46. After a local cremation, his ashes were flown back to England. He played a recurring role in the sitcom Foxy Lady (1982-84), and returned again to Doctor Who for its twentieth anniversary. It's like a great big lucky dip, it's lovely. Troughton attended Mill Hill School[2] and continued to live in Mill Hill for most of his life. I am not an actor, but you figure that a new face means a new personality, right. He is the son of actor Patrick Troughton (known for his lead role in Doctor Who in the 1960s) and the younger brother of David Troughton. [33] Troughton started living a double life when, just after the birth of his third child in 1955, he chose to leave Dunlop and their three children (then aged eight, five, and a few months) to live with girlfriend Ethel Margaret "Bunny" Nuens, with whom he also went on to have three children. Troughton suffered a third and final heart attack at 7:25 am the next day, just after ordering breakfast from the hotel. In 1966, character actor Patrick Troughton was poised to take over the role. For luckily I got out in time before I was too typecast. His final television appearance was in the autumn of the same year in Knights of God, which had been filmed two years earlier. In spite of the success brought on by playing Doctor Who, Patrick Troughton would insist that he was always a jobbing actor. From there he won a scholarship to the Leighton Rallius Studios at the John Drew Memorial Theatre on Long Island in New York. He started acting in his local school plays… It’s a technique that allows the Doctor to change his appearance, his character, his style; and once very nearly allowed him to be played in blackface. Here you might spot Patrick Troughton has flecks of sawdust or Jablite polystyrene in his hair and on the shoulders of his jacket. [13], During his time on the series, Troughton tended to shun publicity and rarely gave interviews. He was a father figure to the whole company and hence could embrace it and sweep it along with him". Beatrice Troughton (daughter of Mark Alec Troughton). Patrick Troughton in Space: 1999. He's lying. Troughton appears as a character in the production, called An Adventure in Space and Time, portrayed by actor Reece Shearsmith. Thomas Troughton (daughter of Mark Alec Troughton). How did I feel about taking on the role? He would often trick his enemies instead of using force. Patrick Troughton was born on March 25, 1920 and died on March 28, 1987. Soon after Michael was born in 1955, Patrick left his first wife, Margaret, for another partner with whom he had another three children; at the point that he decided to take on the Doctor Who role, he was in the middle of a brief and ultimately unsuccessful reconciliation with Margaret, played out to a certain extent in front of the children. He performed in regional repertory and with the Bristol Old Vic, the BBC Repertory Company and on the stage at London's West End. [8] He voiced Winston Smith in a 1965 BBC Home Service radio adaptation of Nineteen Eighty-Four. He told one interviewer, "I think acting is magic. On arrival back in England whilst waiting to join the Armed Forces he briefly worked with the Tonbridge Repertory Company. Frankly, we want it to be real as much as you do. He suffered two major heart attacks, one in 1979[26] and the other in 1984,[27] both of which prevented him from working for several months afterwards. Troughton's other notable film and television roles included Kettle in Chance of a Lifetime (1950), Sir Andrew Ffoulkes in The Scarlet Pimpernel (1955), Vickers in the episode entitled "Strange Partners" in The Invisible Man (1958, the series also featured one of his future Doctor Who co-stars, Deborah Watling, as Sally), Phineus in Jason and the Argonauts (1963), Quilp in The Old Curiosity Shop (1962),[1] Paul of Tarsus (BBC 1960, title role), Dr. Finlay's Casebook (BBC 1962, semi-regular). I've done a lot of swashbuckling in my time - ever since. His hobbies included golf, sailing and fishing. His father George was a solicitor his mother Dorothy a housewife. The Second Doctor made his first appearance in ‘The Tenth Planet’, a 1966 story, where the First Doctor, seemingly weakened by his battle with the Cybermen, eventually collapses and ‘regenerates’. He played the part of The Doctor for three years, from "The Power of the Daleks" in 1966 to "The War Games" in 1969. He trained as an actor at the Embassy School of Acting in the UK and at Leighton Rollin's Studio for for Actors at Long Island, New York in the USA. However, he had a successful career … His heavy smoking eventuall… Troughton played the Second Doctor from 1966 to 1969. Florence Troughton (daughter of Peter Patrick Troughton). Troughton married his second wife, Shelagh Holdup, in 1976. [5], After demobilization Troughton returned to the theatre. When I finished in the role I was fairly young and I had to get back to the variety of roles which I had been doing. Patrick Troughton is perhaps best remembered for a role he played originally for just three years – Doctor Who. Patrick Troughton, the man destined to become a Time Lord in Doctor Who, was born 100 years ago on 25 March 1920 in Mill Hill, north London.He … … It has been reported that Patrick Troughton enjoyed his time being the Second Doctor and along with Frazer Hines they had a lot of fun especially during rehearsals. 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