Patrick Troughton

Birth Name:

Patrick George Troughton

Birth Place:

Mill Hall, Middlesex, England

Profession

Actor, Soundtrack

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: "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․"
Quote: "(On not giving interviews) "I think acting is magic․ If I tell you all about myself it will spoil it․""
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․"

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