Peter Davison is an English actor with many credits in television dramas and sitcoms. He made his television acting debut in 1975 and became famous in 1978 as Tristan Farnon in the BBC's television adaptation of James Herriot's All Creatures Great and Small stories.
Subsequent starring roles included the sitcoms Holding the Fort, Sink or Swim, the fifth incarnation of the Doctor Who, Dr. Stephen Daker in A Very Peculiar Practice and Albert Campion in Campion. He also played David Braithwaite in At Home with the Braitwaites, 'Dangerous' Davies in The Last Detective and Henry Sharpe in Law & Order: UK.
He has appeared in several radio series, including the BBC Radio 4 comedy drama series King Street Junction, Change at Oglethorpe, Minor Adjustment, Rigor Mortis and Nebulous. He voiced Simon Draycott in the radio adaptation of The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul, and played Richard Lyons in the BBC Radio 2 comedy Welcome to Our Village, Please Invade Carefully.
He has appeared in numerous productions on stage including Arsenic and Old Lace, The Last Yankee, An Absolute Turkey, Dial M for Murder, Cinderella, Chicago, Under the Doctor, Spamalot, Legally Blonde, The Vertical Hour and Gypsy.
