William Hartnell
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William Henry Hartnell (January 8, 1908–April 23, 1975), is a English actor. He best known for playing the Doctor on Doctor Who from 1963 to 1966.
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He was born in St Pancras, London. In 1932, he was in a film called Say It With Music. He was in more than sixty films. He usually played funny characters until 1944, when he was a sergeant in a film called The Way Ahead. After that, he played a lot of policemen and soldiers. He was the main character in a film called Carry on Sergeant in 1958. From 1957 to 1961, he appeared on a television show called The Army Game and in 1963, gave up films and became the Doctor in Doctor Who. Doctor Who was a new television show.
Hartnell was in Doctor Who for three years. In 1966 he got sick. He forgot some of his lines, and argued with the people who made the show. Then he left Doctor Who. Patrick Troughton became the new Doctor.
Hartnell's health was getting worse and in December 1974, he went to hospital. On 23 April, 1975, he died in his sleep at the age of 67.
