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Peter Davison (born Peter Malcolm Gordon Moffett on 13 April 1951)〔GRO Register of Births: JUN 1951, 5c 47, Battersea, Peter M. G. Moffett, mother's maiden surname Hallett〕 is an English actor, best known for his roles as Tristan Farnon in the television version of James Herriot's ''All Creatures Great and Small'', and as the fifth incarnation of the Doctor in ''Doctor Who'', which he played from 1981 to 1984.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Doctor Who – Classic Series – Episode Guide – Fifth Doctor Index )〕 Also, he played David Braithwaite in ''At Home with the Braithwaites''. Since 2011 he has played Henry Sharpe in ''Law & Order: UK''. ==Early life== Davison was born Peter Moffett in Streatham, London, where he attended Granton Primary School. The family then moved to Knaphill in Surrey. During this time, Davison was a member of an amateur theatre company called the Byfleet Players. Before becoming an actor, he gained three O-levels at Winston Churchill School, St John's, Woking, Surrey, and then had several odd jobs, including a stint as a mortuary attendant and a Hoffman Press operator.〔 Davison studied at the Central School of Speech and Drama.〔 His first job was as an actor and assistant stage manager at the Nottingham Playhouse.〔 He chose the stage name Peter Davison to avoid confusion with the actor and director Peter Moffatt, with whom Davison later worked. In 1973, aged 21, Davison married Diane Russell. They divorced two years later. His first television work was an episode of the BBC drama ''Warship'', in which he made a cameo appearance in 1973. This was followed by a 1975 episode of the children's science fiction television programme ''The Tomorrow People'', alongside American actress Sandra Dickinson, whom he married on 26 December 1978. Davison portrayed an alien named "Elmer", who arrives on Earth along with his sister (played by Dickinson) and his mother, known as "the Mama" (played by Margaret Burton). In the mid-1970s, during a lull in his acting career, Davison spent 18 months working in a tax office in Twickenham. In 1976, he was offered a prominent role in the 13-segment TV miniseries ''Love for Lydia'' opposite a young Jeremy Irons; the series was broadcast on ITV the following year. In 1978, Davison's performance as the youthfully mischievous Tristan Farnon in ''All Creatures Great and Small'' made him a household name. Davison has said that he was mainly cast in the role because he looked as if he could be Robert Hardy's younger brother.〔 Davison and his wife composed and performed the theme tunes to ''Button Moon'', a children's programme broadcast in the 1980s, and ''Mixed Blessings'', a sit-com broadcast on ITV in 1978.〔 Davison subsequently appeared alongside Dickinson as the Dish of the Day in the television version of ''The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy'' in 1981. The producers considered it humorous for an actor known for playing a veterinary surgeon to appear as a cow. The couple have a daughter, Georgia Moffett, born in 1984. Davison and Dickinson divorced in 1994.〔 Davison has also appeared in several British sitcoms, including ''Holding the Fort'' (1980–82) and ''Sink or Swim'' (1980-82), as well as appearing in dramatic roles.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Peter Davison」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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