Peter Davison is a famous actor originating from the United Kingdom. He’s been in a number of television dramas and sitcoms. In the BBC’s television production of James Herriot’s All Creatures Great and Small stories, he is best known as Tristan Farnon. Aside from that, he’s had a string of leading parts.
| Full Name | Peter Malcolm Gordon Moffett |
| Birth Date | 13 April 1951 |
| Birth Place | Streatham, UK |
| Profession | Actor / Director |
| Nationality | British |
| Zodiac | Aries |
| Height | 1.85 m |
| Weight | 80 kg |
| Eye Color | Brown |
| Hair Color | Grey |
| Life & Career |
Peter Davison was born in Streatham, London, on 13 April1951, to Claude and Sheila Moffett. His father, Claude, was born in British Guiana. Before founding a grocer’s business, he worked as a radio engineer. Sheila, on the other hand, worked in intelligence during WW 2, before becoming a stay-at-home mom. Shirley, Pamela, and Barbara Davison were Davison’s three sisters. He went to Granton Primary School in Streatham. The family then relocated to Knaphill, Surrey.
Peter Davison studied speech and drama at the Central School of Speech and Drama in London. His first employment was at the Nottingham Playhouse, where he worked as an actor and assistant stage manager. To prevent confusion with actor and director Peter Moffatt, he used the stage name Peter Davison. He later collaborated with him.
His debut appearance on television was in a 1975 episode of the children’s science fiction show The Tomorrow People. He co-starred with Sandra Dickinson, an American actress whom he married. Peter Davison worked for 18 months in a tax office in Twickenham in the mid-1970s.
In 1976, he was cast in the 13-part TV miniseries Love for Lydia, which starred a young Jeremy Irons. Davison rose to fame for his portrayal of the youthfully naughty Tristan Farnon in All Creatures Great and Small in 1978.
Davison also co-starred with Dickinson as the Dish of the Day in the 1981 television adaptation of The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy. Holding the Fort and Sink or Swim, are two British comedies in which Davison has appeared. He’s also done some theatrical work.
Apart from that, he has had a number of other leading roles, including Doctor in Doctor Who. He also appeared in A Very Peculiar Practice as Dr Stephen Daker and Campion as Albert Campion. In At Home with the Braithwaites, Dangerous Davies in The Last Detective, and Henry Sharpe in Law & Order, he played David Braithwaite.
| Personal Life & Relationships |
Peter Davison has had three marriages, firstly in year 1973, he married to Diane J Russell. They were only married for two years. They split up and divorced in year 1975. Peter married again three years after his divorce, to Sandra Dickinson, a British-American actress. Their relationship deteriorated, and they also divorced in year 1994. Georgia Moffett is the couple’s daughter who was born in year 1984, and is an actress today.
In year 2003, Peter Davison married Elizabeth Morton, his 3rd wife, who is a writer & actor. The couple has 2 boys together, Louis (born in 1999) and Joel (born in 2001). Both of the brothers are actors. Louis made his professional acting debut at the age of 14. Joel, his younger brother, made his acting debut at the age of 13 in the summer of 2014.
Davison had been actively participating in the politics of his nation and he pledged his support for the Labour Party in the 2010 general election in April. He was also one of 48 celebrities who signed a letter urging voters to reject the Conservative Party’s anti-BBC policies.
| Net Worth |
Peter Davison is an English actor with a $3 million net worth. Peter Davison has amassed a large fortune via his acting profession, which is his primary source of income and which he has pursued for a long period.
Peter lives in a luxury and outstanding house which he bought for himself nd his family. Apart from this he also owns a variety of renown brands cars like Audi and BMW.