Patrick George Troughton was born in Mill Hill, London on March 25th 1920.
He made his film debut aged 28 in the 1948 B-MovieThe Escape.
Troughtons was a very minor role.
Among the remaining cast look out for futureDads Armystar John Laurie as Blind Pew.
This time Alfred Burke,best known as private eye Frank Marker, was Silver.
1950 also saw him inWaterfront not to be confused with the classic Marlon Brando film.
The mid-Fifties saw Troughton cast in a slew of historical dramas.
There was 1954sThe Black Knight, followed by a 1955 adaptation of ShakespearesRichard III.
The innovative stop-motion effects were (rightly) highly praised at the time.
1964 saw Troughton return to horror withThe Gorgonand later the same year he featured inThe Black Torment.
He was cast as Professor Wagstaff, an eccentric inventor with a time machine.
Troughtons final years were largely devoted to his TV work.
Patrick Troughton died on the 28th of March 1987 at aDoctor Whoconvention in America.
After ordering breakfast in his hotel room, he collapsed with a sudden and fatal heart attack.
He died in costume as the Doctor.
Troughtons death came just days after the announcement of Sylvester McCoy as the seventh Doctor.
He had worked with BBC producer Bill Slater onThe Millionairess, a 1972Play Of The Monthwhich starred Maggie Smith.
Baker wrote a speculative letter to Slater now head of drama series and serials.
Thomas Stewart Baker was born in Liverpool, forty years earlier on January 20th 1934.
1968s saw him cast in his first feature filmA Winters Tale.
Tom Baker would also work with Pasolini on his 1973 filmDear Parents.
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By 1980, Tom Baker had been the Doctor for six very successful seasons.
The BBCs biggest stars, Morecambe and Wise and Bruce Forsyth, defected to ITV in 1978.
A frustrated and embittered Michael Grade went to work in America.
Baker asked with a mischievous toothy grin.
When Holmes departed in 1978, Baker felt he should go too.
He sought refuge in a feature filmThe Curse Of King Tuts Tombin 1980.
Morecambe and Baker played two medieval knights.
Baker trying to win the affections of Morecambes wife, played by Madeline Smith.
By and large however, afterDoctor WhoBakers TV work kept him busy.
More recently he has become associated withLittle Britain, for which he provided the eccentric narration.
Next time: The film careers of Peter Davison, Colin Baker and Sylvester McCoy.
