Patrick Troughton Biography

Fast Facts

• Served in the Royal Navy during World War II and commanded the Rescue Motor Launch in 1944
• Studied at the Embassy School of Acting under Eileen Thorndike and at Leighton Rallius Studios in Long Island, New York
• Made his screen acting debut in the film "Edward II" in 1947
• Quote: "(On not giving interviews) "I think acting is magic․ If I tell you all about myself it will spoil it․""
• Quote: "When I am about to perform, my heart begins to race․․․and I feel myself gently shaking․ If I don't feel nervous I just know that the performance is going to be wrong․"
• Best known for his role as the Second Doctor in "Doctor Who" and as Father Brennan in "The Omen․"
• Was Laurence Olivier's understudy for the film "Richard the III" in 1955 and several of the long shots are of him, not of Olivier
• Became the first actor to play the role of Robin Hood on television in 1953
• Didn't watch his first episode as The Doctor when it aired because the pressure of the role made him physically ill
• Was nearly flattened by a Gravitron weather machine that fell on the set of "The Moonbase" episode of "Doctor Who․"