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Personal Details
Other Works:
(1939-40) Acted in Vernon Sylvaine's "Nap Hand" at the Aldwych Theatre, London with Bertha Belmore, Marjorie Corbett, Francis De Wolff, Charles Heslop, Charles Lefeaux, Ralph Lynn, Maria Minetti, Robert Nainby, Frederick Piper, Valerie Tudor and Kay Walsh in the cast.
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Publicity Listings:
1 Biographical Movie
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1 Print Biography
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1 Portrayal
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1 Article
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2 Magazine Cover Photos
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Alternate Names:
Billy Hartnell | Bill Hartnell
Height:
5' 8" (1.73 m)
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Personal Quote:
At one time (in late 1964) I thought we might extend the series and I suggested giving the Doctor a son and calling the programme The Son of Doctor Who. The idea was for me to have a wicked son. We would both look alike, each have a TARDIS and travel in outer space. In actual fact, it would have meant that I had to play a dual role when I 'met' my son. But the idea was not taken up by the BBC so ...
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Trivia:
He reportedly approved of the casting of the versatile character actor
Patrick Troughton to succeed him in
Doctor Who (1963), a decision by
Innes Lloyd, the then producer of the series. However, his former co-star
Peter Purves stated in an interview that Hartnell would almost certainly have felt very hurt that anybody felt he could be replaced in the series because he had become so attached to ...
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