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William Hartnell

(1908–75)

British actor (died aged 67) | Private’s Progress (1956), Odd Man Out (1947), Brighton Rock (1948)

Thin-lipped British character actor who rose briefly to star status in the 40s after playing many small-time crooks and tough sergeants; became popular on TV in the 60s as the first Doctor Who

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  • 6th March, 2022
William Hartnell
William Hartnell, British actor, photograph (1)
Main title from Brighton Rock (1948) (4). William Hartnell as Dallow
  • 18th June, 2019
William Hartnell
Brighton Rock (1948) opening credits (4)

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Midnight at Madame Tussaud’s (1936)
Stubbs
Suspected Person (1942) opening credits (2)
Suspected Person (1942)
Detective Saunders
Sabotage at Sea (1942) opening credits (2)
Sabotage at Sea (1942)
Jacob Digby
Sabotage at Sea (1942) opening credits (2)
The Peterville Diamond (1943)
Joseph
The Bells Go Down (1943) opening credits
The Bells Go Down (1943)
Brookes
The Bells Go Down (1943) opening credits
Headline (1943)
Dell
The Way Ahead (1944) opening credits (3)
The Way Ahead (1944)
Sgt Ned Fletcher
The Way Ahead (1944) opening credits (3)
Murder in Reverse? (1945)
Tom Masterick
The Way Ahead (1944) opening credits (3)
Appointment with Crime (1946)
Leo Martin
Odd Man Out (1947) opening credits (4)
Odd Man Out (1947)
Fencie
Brighton Rock (1948) opening credits (5)
Brighton Rock (1948)
Dallow
Brighton Rock (1948) opening credits (5)
Escape (1948)
Inspector Harris
Brighton Rock (1948) opening credits (5)
The Lost People (1949)
Barnes
Double Confession (1950) opening credits (2)
Double Confession (1950)
Charlie Durham
The Dark Man (1951) opening credits (4)
The Dark Man (1951)
Superintendent of Police
The Pickwick Papers (1952) opening credits (3)
The Pickwick Papers (1952)
Irate Cabman
The Holly and the Ivy (1952) opening credits (3)
The Holly and the Ivy (1952)
C / Sgt Major
Footsteps in the Fog (1955) screenshot (1)
Footsteps in the Fog (1955)
Herbert Moresby
Josephine and Men (1955) opening credits (3)
Josephine and Men (1955)
Detective Sgt Parsons
Doublecross (1956) opening credits (3)
Doublecross (1956)
Whiteway
Private’s Progress (1956) opening credits
Private’s Progress (1956)
Sgt. Sutton
Yangtse Incident: The Story of HMS Amethyst (1957) opening credits
Yangtse Incident: The Story of H.M.S. Amethyst (1957)
Leading Seaman Frank
Hell Drivers (1957) opening credits (4)
Hell Drivers (1957)
Cartley
The Hypnotist (1957) opening credits (3)
The Hypnotist (1957)
Detective Inspector Ross
Carry On Sergeant (1958) opening credits (4)
Carry On Sergeant (1958)
Sergeant Grimshawe
The Night We Dropped a Clanger (1959) opening credits (10)
The Night We Dropped a Clanger (1959)
W / O Bright
The Mouse That Roared (1959) opening credits (6)
The Mouse That Roared (1959)
Will Buckley
Piccadilly Third Stop (1960) opening credits
Piccadilly Third Stop (1960)
Colonel
And the Same to You (1960) opening credits (2)
And the Same to You (1960)
Wally
Heavens Above! (1963) opening credits (2)
Heavens Above! (1963)
Major Fowler
Tomorrow at Ten (1963) opening credits (4)
Tomorrow at Ten (1963)
Freddie Maddox
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