David Troughton
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{{Short description|English actor (born 1950)}}
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| name = David Troughton
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1950|6|9}}
| birth_place = Hampstead, London, England
| occupation = Actor
| yearsactive = 1963–present
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| father = Patrick Troughton
| relatives = Michael Troughton (brother)
Harry Melling (nephew)
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David Troughton (born 9 June 1950) is an English actor. He is known for his Shakespearean roles on the British stage and for his many roles on British television, including Dr Bob Buzzard in A Very Peculiar Practice and Ricky Hanson in New Tricks.
Early life and family
David Troughton was born in Hampstead, London. He comes from an acting family. He is the son of Patrick Troughton and Margaret Dunlop, elder brother of Michael Troughton, and father of actors Sam Troughton and William Troughton. He attended Orange Hill Grammar School in Edgware with his brother Michael. Another son is the Warwickshire cricketer Jim Troughton. Troughton is also an uncle of the actor Harry Melling.{{Cite web|url=https://theartsdesk.com/theatre/10-questions-actor-david-troughton|title=10 Questions for Actor David Troughton|date=14 November 2016|website=theartsdesk.com}}
Career
His memorable performances include King Richard in Richard III (RSC, 1996), Bolingbroke in Richard II (RSC, 2000) and Duke Vincentio in Measure for Measure (Théâtre de Complicité, 2004).{{Cite web|url=http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/theatre-because-its-good-to-play-the-bad-guy-1181106.html|title=Theatre: Because it's good to play the bad guy|date=28 October 1998|website=The Independent}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/theobserver/2001/apr/08/features.review57|title=The RSC history cycle: playing the kings|first=Interviews by Vanessa|last=Thorpe|newspaper=The Observer |date=8 April 2001|via=www.theguardian.com}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.theguardian.com/stage/2004/may/28/theatre1|title=Measure for Measure, National, London|date=28 May 2004|website=The Guardian}}
On television, his roles have included Ham Peggotty in David Copperfield; guest appearances in Survivors, The Life and Times of David Lloyd George, Rab C. Nesbitt, and Doctor Who, first as an extra in The Enemy of the World (1967–1968), then as a soldier in The War Games (1969), both times alongside his father who played the Second Doctor, and in a considerably larger role as King Peladon in The Curse of Peladon (1972) alongside Jon Pertwee as the Third Doctor; as Doc Pitman in Warship; as Sergeant Pritchard in the BBC television sitcom Hi-de-Hi! series 2 episode 12 and as Brinsley in the episode "Sons and Lovers" in Sorry!.{{Cite web|url=http://www.screenonline.org.uk/tv/id/518741/credits.html|title=BFI Screenonline: Survivors (1975-77) Credits|website=www.screenonline.org.uk}}{{Cite web|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/7a0774942f5842d489dc8aece0bdd400|title=The Life and Times of David Lloyd George|date=1 September 1983|issue=3120|pages=52|via=BBC Genome}}{{Cite web|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/dbd3aa14fa444e0b99416325dc55c4d1|title=Rab C Nesbitt|date=26 May 1995|issue=3722|pages=104|via=BBC Genome}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.comedy.co.uk/tv/hi_de_hi/episodes/2/5/|title=Hi-De-Hi! Series 2, Episode 5 - A Night Not To Remember|first=British Comedy|last=Guide|website=British Comedy Guide}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.radiotimes.com/tv-programme/e/j6g78/sorry--s2-e3-sons-and-lovers/|title=Sorry! - S2 - Episode 3: Sons and Lovers|website=Radio Times}} In the television adaptation of Alan Ayckbourn's trilogy The Norman Conquests (1977), Troughton appeared as Tom, the veterinarian. During 1977/8 he starred as Royal Flying Corps Observer Lieutenant Richard Bravington in two seasons of the television series Wings. Later he was the physician Bob Buzzard in the two series of A Very Peculiar Practice (1986 and 1988).{{Cite web|url=http://bufvc.ac.uk/screenplays/index.php/prog/1511|title=Round and Round the Garden · British Universities Film & Video Council|website=bufvc.ac.uk}}{{Cite web|url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba09acbc9|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170802195504/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba09acbc9|url-status=dead|archive-date=2 August 2017|title=David Troughton|website=BFI}}
Also in 1986, he appeared as himself in the ITV children's TV show Rainbow, appearing as the guest storyteller in the episode "What's Wrong with Bungle". He was Uncle Sid in Cider with Rosie (1998) and also appeared in the role of Sir Arthur Wellesley (the Duke of Wellington) in the first two episodes of Sharpe, a role which saw him share the screen once again with former Wings co-star Michael Cochrane who played Sir Henry Simmerson. He appeared as an alien hunter in the comedy/drama mini-series Ted and Alice in 2002, and in 2005 he also played Sgt. Clive Harvey, side-kick to the title character of the ITV detective show Jericho. He appeared in an episode of Agatha Christie's Poirot in 1993 ("The Yellow Iris"), and in two separate episodes of Midsomer Murders, in 1998 and 2007, playing two separate characters.{{Cite web|url=https://www.radiotimes.com/tv-programme/e/c45t/agatha-christies-poirot--s5-e3-the-yellow-iris/|title=Agatha Christie's Poirot - S5 - Episode 3: The Yellow Iris|website=Radio Times}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.radiotimes.com/tv-programme/e/cppz/midsomer-murders--s1-e2-written-in-blood/|title=Midsomer Murders - S1 - Episode 2: Written in Blood|website=Radio Times}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.radiotimes.com/tv-programme/e/5bry/midsomer-murders--series-10---2-the-animal-within---part-two/|title=Midsomer Murders - S10 - Episode 2: The Animal Within - Part Two|website=Radio Times}} He appeared in the first episode of the TV adaptation of The Last Detective in which his A Very Peculiar Practice co-star Peter Davison (also ex-Doctor Who) starred.{{Cite web|url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b89469e1a|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200922090258/https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b89469e1a|url-status=dead|archive-date=22 September 2020|title=The Last Detective (2003)|website=BFI}}
Troughton appeared in the TV film All the King's Men, playing King George V.{{Cite web|url=https://www.radiotimes.com/tv-programme/e/zyss/all-the-kings-men/|title=All the King's Men|website=Radio Times|access-date=15 November 2020|archive-date=26 February 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210226110744/https://www.radiotimes.com/tv-programme/e/zyss/all-the-kings-men/|url-status=dead}}
He appeared in the 2008 series of Doctor Who as Professor Hobbes, in the episode "Midnight". He has also performed in a Big Finish Doctor Who audio production titled Cuddlesome where he plays the Tinghus.{{Cite web|url=https://doctorwhoreviews.net/cuddlesome/|title=Cuddlesome|date=13 January 2019}} He also played the Black Guardian in two audios: The Destroyer of Delights and The Chaos Pool.{{Cite web|url=https://doctorwhoreviews.net/key-2-time-the-destroyer-of-delights/|title=Key 2 Time - The Destroyer of Delights|date=4 August 2016}}{{Cite web|url=http://thegallifreychronicles.blogspot.com/2008/08/return-of-black-guardian.html|title=The Gallifrey Chronicles: Return of the Black Guardian|date=22 August 2008}} Finally, he returned as King Peladon in The Prisoner of Peladon audio, and in 2011 in The Crimes of Thomas Brewster.{{Cite web|title='Doctor Who': 10 Things You May Not Know About 'Midnight' {{!}} Anglophenia|url=https://www.bbcamerica.com/blogs/doctor-who-10-things-you-may-not-know-about-midnight--17129|access-date=2020-10-25|website=BBC America|language=en}}
He will reprise the role in 2022’s Peladon audio collection.
In 2011, it was announced that David Troughton would be taking on his father's role as the Second Doctor in two audio plays, also featuring Tom Baker as the Fourth Doctor. He has also performed regularly as a notable villain in the BBC series New Tricks.{{Cite web|url=https://www.radiotimes.com/tv-programme/e/hpdq/new-tricks--s5-e1-spare-parts/|title=New Tricks - S5 - Episode 1: Spare Parts|website=Radio Times}} In the same year he appeared (uncredited) in the US remake of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo alongside Daniel Craig.
He toured alongside Alison Steadman in a production of Enjoy by Alan Bennett, playing the role of Dad.{{Cite web|url=http://www.theguardian.com/stage/2008/aug/21/alan.bennett.enjoy|title=Theatre review: Enjoy / Theatre Royal, Bath|date=20 August 2008|website=The Guardian}} He starred alongside Kevin Spacey in a production of Inherit the Wind by Jerome Lawrence and Robert Edwin Lee at London's Old Vic theatre which ran from 18 September to 20 December 2009.{{Cite web|url=https://www.oldvictheatre.com/whats-on/2009/inherit-the-wind|title=Inherit The Wind|website=The Old Vic}}
In 2011, he appeared as Stan Astill in the Sky1 comedy series The Café.{{Cite web|url=https://www.atvtoday.co.uk/p33939-the-sky-cafe/|title=The Café to reopen on Sky 1|first=A. T. V.|last=Today|date=11 June 2013}} In 2012, he guest starred in an episode of Holby City as a character named Ritchie Mooney.{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01md401 |title = BBC One - Holby City, Series 14, Taxi for Spence}} Although they did not appear in the same episode, his real-life son Sam Troughton appeared five weeks later as his character's son Nick Mooney.{{cite web|title='Holby City' producer shares show gossip|date=7 August 2012 |url=https://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/holby-city/a397788/holby-city-gossip-from-producer-justin-young-interview/|publisher=Digital Spy|access-date=2019-07-21}} In November 2013, Troughton appeared in the one-off 50th anniversary comedy homage The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot."[https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b03lv3mj The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot]", BBC programmes, retrieved 26 November 2013
In January 2014, he took on the role of Tony Archer, from Colin Skipp who, for 46 years, had played the part in the BBC radio series The Archers.Keri Davies [https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/thearchers/posts/David-Troughton-is-the-new-Tony-Archer "David Troughton is the new Tony Archer"], BBC – The Archers, 2 January 2014 In November that year, fiction caught up with reality when his actor[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4775199/ William Troughton: Actor, IMdB, Undated].Retrieved: 11 September 2016 son, William Troughton, took over the role of Tom Archer, Tony Archer's son, from Tom Graham.{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/thearchers/posts/William-Troughton-takes-over-as-Tom-Archer|title=William Troughton takes over as Tom Archer|date=27 November 2014 |publisher=BBC|access-date=30 November 2014}}
David Troughton played the role of Simon Eyre in The Shoemaker's Holiday for the Royal Shakespeare Company from 11 December 2014 to 7 March 2015;{{cite web|title=The Shoemaker's Played acclaimed Falstaff RSC Merry Wives of Windsor 2018.|url=http://www.rsc.org.uk/whats-on/the-shoemakers-holiday/|publisher=Royal Shakespeare Company|access-date=2015-07-22|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141222225506/http://www.rsc.org.uk/whats-on/the-shoemakers-holiday/|archive-date=22 December 2014|df=dmy-all}} he also played the role of Gloucester in Gregory Doran's version of King Lear.{{cite web |url=https://www.rsc.org.uk/king-lear/cast-and-creatives |title=Cast and creatives | King Lear | Royal Shakespeare Company |access-date=2016-11-30 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161130185440/https://www.rsc.org.uk/king-lear/cast-and-creatives |archive-date=30 November 2016 |df=dmy-all }} He returned to the Company in 2017 to play the title role in Titus Andronicus, before playing Falstaff in The Merry Wives of Windsor in 2018.{{Cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/theatre/what-to-see/david-broughton-titus-andronicus-rsc-stratford-upon-avon-review/|title=David Troughton shines in an otherwise gimmicky Titus Andronicus - RSC, Stratford-Upon-Avon, review|first=Dominic|last=Cavendish|newspaper=The Telegraph |date=5 July 2017|via=www.telegraph.co.uk}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/theatre-dance/reviews/merry-wives-windsor-royal-shakespeare-theatre-stratford-upon-avon-review-play-feminist-sitcom-a8492676.html|title=The Merry Wives of Windsor has never felt so strongly feminist|date=15 August 2018|website=The Independent}}
Troughton co-starred with Fiona O'Shaughnessy in the romantic horror comedy film Nina Forever (2015).{{cite web|title=Nina Forever|date=3 March 2015 |url=http://bloody-disgusting.com/videos/3334607/nasty-sound-effects-highlight-nina-forever-trailer/|publisher=Bloody Disgusting|access-date=2015-07-22}}
Filmography
=Film=
| class="wikitable" | |||
| Year
! Title ! Role ! Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1982 | Give Us This Day | Fred | |
| 1984 | The Chain | Dudley | |
| 1985 | Dance with a Stranger | Cliff Davis | |
| rowspan=2|1994 | The Terror Game | rowspan=3|Egan | rowspan=3|Direct-to-video films |
| Breach of the Peace | |||
| 1995 | Eye of the Beholder | ||
| 1999 | Captain Jack | Emmett | |
| 2004 | Battle of the Brave | English General | Original title: Nouvelle-France |
| 2005 | The Tape | Dark Figure | Short film |
| 2015 | Nina Forever | Dan | |
| rowspan=2|2016 | ChickLit | Justin | |
| The Levelling | Aubrey | ||
| 2019 | Frank & Mary | Frank | rowspan=2|Short films |
| 2021 | Small World | Ted |
=Television=
| class="wikitable" |
| Year
! Title ! Role ! Notes |
|---|
| 1963
|Smithers |Series 8; episode 22: "The Tin Whistle Man" |
| 1968
|rowspan=3|Doctor Who |Guard |Series 5; episodes 21 & 22: "The Enemy of the World: Episodes 5 & 6". Uncredited role |
| 1969
|Private Moor |Series 6; episode 40: "The War Games: Episode 6" |
| rowspan=4|1972
|King Peladon |Series 9; episodes 5–8: "The Curse of Peladon: Episodes 1–4" |
| The Regiment
|Pvt. Albert Flack |Series 1; episodes 2 & 6: "The Fortunes of Peace" & "Gentlemen in Khaki Ordered South" |
| Full House
|Anthony |Documentary series; episodes 1–3 |
| Thirty-Minute Theatre
|West |Series 8; episode 18: "You've Been a Long Time, Alfred" |
| rowspan=4|1973
|Mini-series; episode 8: "Lloyd George" |
| Warship
|Doc Pitman |Series 1; episode 3: "Off Caps" |
| Armchair Theatre
|Henry |Series 15; episode 6: "The Square of Three" |
| Wessex Tales
|Cornelius Harlborough |Mini-series; episode 3: "A Tragedy of Two Ambitions" |
| rowspan=4|1974
|PC Mogridge |Series 3; episodes 22–24: "The Woman Least Likely: Parts 1–3" |
| Napoleon and Love
|Lieutenant Fourès |Mini-series; episode 3: "Pauline" |
| Boy Dominic
|Weatherbane's Assistant |Episode 11: "A Ghost in Greenwich" |
| Microbes and Men
|Viala |Episode 4: "Certain Death" |
| 1974–1975
|Mini-series; episodes 1–6 |
| rowspan=3|1975
|Frederick Stephens |Episodes 1–3: "The Brotherhood", "An Impeccable Elopement" & "Seeking the Bubbles" |
| Anne of Avonlea
|Jonas Blake |Mini-series; episodes 5 & 6 |
| BBC Play of the Month
|Smiler Washington |Series 11; episode 1: "Chips with Everything" |
| rowspan=4|1976
|John Overton |Series 2; episode 9: "Accident" |
| Jackanory Playhouse
|Peter |Episode: "Peter and the Princess" |
| Our Mutual Friend
|Sloppy |Mini-series; episodes 3–7 |
| Survivors
|Stan |Series 2; episode 3: "Lights of London: Part 1" |
| 1976–1978
|Lt. Richard Bravington |Pilot episode & series 1 & 2; 18 episodes |
| rowspan=2|1977
|Roy Whitlow |Series 1; episodes 1, 3 & 4 |
| The Norman Conquests
|Tom |Mini-series; episodes 1–3 |
| 1978
|Carter Muldoon |Series 3; episode 3: "Tangled Hearts" |
| rowspan=3|1979
|Surveyor |Series 1; episode 6: "The Famous History of the Life of King Henry the Eight" |
| Crime and Punishment
|Razumihin |Mini-series; episodes 2 & 3: "Part 2" & "Part 3" |
| rowspan=2|BBC2 Playhouse
|Hogg H. |Series 6; episodes 1: "School Play" |
| rowspan=4|1980
|Andrews |Series 6; episode 12: "The Enigma" |
| Potter
|Rodney |Series 2; episode 4 |
| Premiere
|DC Cropper |Series 4; episode 2: "Braces High" |
| Angels
|Kevin Foreman |Series 6; 12 episodes |
| rowspan=5|1981
|The Life and Times of David Lloyd George |Mini-series; episodes 8 & 9: "Win or Lose" & "Footnotes of History" |
| The Man of Destiny
|The Lieutenant |Television film |
| Smuggler
|Lieutenant Phillips |Mini-series; episode 9: "Hogshead" |
| ITV Playhouse
|Katko |Series 13; episode 6: "Last Night Another Dissident..." |
| Hi-de-Hi!
|Sergeant Pritchard |Series 2; episode 5: "A Night Not to Remember" |
| 1982
|Brinsley |Series 2; episode 3: "Sons and Lovers" |
| 1985
|Bouton |Series 1; episode 7: "Molière" |
| 1986–1988
|Dr. Bob Buzzard |Series 1 & 2; 14 episodes |
| 1988
|Robin Endacott |Series 3; episode 4 |
| rowspan=3|1989
|DI Walter |Series 7; episode 5: "Weekend Off |
| Theatre Night''
|Desmond Curry |Series 4; episode 3: "The Winslow Boy" |
| Tales of Sherwood Forest
|Det. Sgt. Terry |Episodes 1–7 |
| 1990
|Doctor |Series 1; episode 4: "Drink" |
| 1991
|Detective Inspector Luff |Series 1; episode 6: "The Trials of Oz" |
| rowspan=2|1992
|Dr. Bob Buzzard |Series 4; episode 1: "A Very Polish Practice" |
| Boon
|Terry Carpenter |Series 7; episode 8: "Is There Anybody There?" |
| rowspan=3|1993
|Barton Russell |Series 5; episode 3: "The Yellow Iris" |
| Bonjour la Classe
|Eric Sweety |Episodes 1–6 |
| Sharpe
|Series 1; episodes 1 & 2: "Sharpe's Rifles" & "Sharpe's Eagle" |
| 1994
|Stages |Dore / Cook / Rust |Episode 3: "A Few Short Journeys of the Heart" |
| 1997
|Underworld |Martin |Mini-series; episodes 1–6 |
| rowspan=4|1998
|Brian Clapper |Series 1; episode 2: "Written in Blood" |
| Drop the Dead Donkey
|Roy Merchant Jnr. |Series 6; episodes 1 & 2: "The Newsmakers" & "Beasts, Badgers and Bombshells" |
| Undercover Heart
|Jim Ryan |Mini-series; episodes 1–6 |
| Cider with Rosie
|Uncle Sid |Television film |
| 1998, 2000
|The Friar (voice) |Series 1; episode 1: "Leaving London" & series 2; episode 1: "The Journey Back" |
| rowspan=3|1999
|Blenkiron |Series 9; episode 5: "Honor Among Thieves" |
| Kavanagh QC
|DCI Bob Kelso |Series 5; episode 3: "Time of Need" |
| All the King's Men
|Television film |
| 2000
|Homais |2-part television film |
| rowspan=3|2002
|The Secret |Tony |Episodes 1 & 2 |
| Ted and Alice
|Stan |Mini-series; episodes 1–3 |
| Paradise Heights
|Jack Edwards |Episodes 1–6 |
| rowspan=7|2003
|Yardley |Series 1; pilot episode |
| Twelfth Night, or What You Will
|Television film |
| Born and Bred
|Fred Mills |Series 2; episode 3: "Blood Relations" |
| Hearts of Gold
|Evan Powell |Television film |
| Trevor's World of Sport
|Max |Episodes 3 & 5–7 |
| Foyle's War
|Michael Bennett |Series 2; episode 2: "Among the Few" |
| Casualty
|Eddie West |Series 18; episode 15: "Never Judge a Book" |
| rowspan=2|2004
|Ray Downing |2-part television film |
| Animated Tales of the World
|King (voice) |Series 3; episode 4: "The Story of Flax: A Tale from Poland" |
| rowspan=2|2005
|Mr. Ibbs |Mini-series; episodes 1–3 |
| Jericho
|Sgt. Clive Harvey |Mini-series; episodes 1–4 |
| rowspan=2|2006
|Les Cooper |Series 16; episode 1: "C'est la Vie" |
| Casualty 1906
|Hurry Fenwick |Television film |
| 2006–2009
|Ricky Hanson |Recurring role. Series 3–6; 4 episodes |
| rowspan=2|2007
|Miles King |Series 10; episode 2: "The Animal Within" |
| Diamond Geezer
|DI Critchley |Mini-series; episode 1: "A Royal Affair" |
| rowspan=2|2008
|Hurry Fenwick |Mini-series; episodes 1–4 |
| Doctor Who
|Professor Hobbes |Series 4; episode 10: "Midnight" |
| 2009
|Hurry Fenwick |Episodes 1, 2 & 4–6 |
| 2010
|Combat Kids |Whedon |Episodes 1–3 |
| 2011
|Mr. Hunslet (Form Tutor) |Series 4; episodes 3, 4 & 6 |
| 2011–2013
|Stan Astill |Series 1 & 2; 13 episodes |
| 2012
|Ritchie Mooney |Series 14; episode 46: "Taxi for Spence" |
| rowspan=2|2013
|Andrew Cruikshank |Series 15; episode 58: "Snowblind" |
| The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot
|Dalek Operator |Television film, available via the BBC Red Button |
| 2014
|John Tatton |Series 2; episode 9: "The Grim Reaper" |
| 2014–2016
|Chief Inspector Benson |Series 1; episode 6 & series 2; episodes 1, 2 & 5 |
| rowspan=2|2015
|Ralph |Mini-series; episodes 2–5 |
| Unforgotten
|Geoff |Series 1; episodes 1, 2 & 5 |
| 2016
|Series 2; episode 1: "Henry VI, Part 1" |
| 2020
|Life |Robert |Mini-series; episodes 1–4 |
| 2023
|Charles Lapthorn |Episodes 2, 5 & 6 |
| 2024
|Tommy Campbell |Series 5; episodes 1–6 |
| 2025
|Alf Cottered |Series 14; episode 3 |
References
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External links
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- [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k9UV_M_WzfU Video – David Troughton in conversation at the RSC]
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