David Troughton Biography
David Troughton is an actor from England who is best known for his Shakespearean roles on the British stage and on British television for his many appearances. These include roles as Ricky Hansen n the procedural crime drama series, “New Tricks” and as Dr. Bob Buzzard in another drama series “A Very Peculiar Practice”.
David Troughton Age
Troughton is 69 years old as of 2019. He was born in Hampstead, North London, England on 9th June 1950.
David Troughton Family
David comes from a theatrical family of Jewish ancestry. He is one of the sons of English actor Patrick George Troughton (1920-1987) and his first wife Margaret Dunlop Troughton. He has five siblings, among them his younger brother, Michael Troughton who is an actor and writer. Both brothers schooled at Orange Hill Grammar School in Edgware.
David’s other siblings are Joanna Troughton, pastor Mark Troughton, Peter Patrick Troughton, and Jane Troughton. He is also related to actor Harry Melling, his sister’s son.
David Troughton Sons – David Troughton Children
Mr. Troughton is a father of three grown-up sons. They are: cricket coach and former cricketer Jim Troughton and actors Sam Troughton and William Troughton.
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David Troughton Career
Troughton has played numerous roles with his memorable performances including as King Richard in Richard III (RSC, 1996), Bolingbroke in Richard II (RSC, 2000) and Duke Vincentio in Measure for Measure (Theatre de Complicite, 2004). Some of his television roles include guest appearances in Survivors, The Life and Times of David Lloyd George, Rab C. Nesbitt and Doctor Who.
In the Doctor Who TV programme, he began as an extra in the serial The Enemy of the World (1967–1968), then as a soldier in The War Games (1969). On both occasions, he played alongside his father who played the Second Doctor. In 1972, he played the role of King Peladon in The Curse of Peladon which was considerably a larger role. He also played the character of Sergeant Pritchard in the BBC television sitcom Hi-de-Hi! series 2 episode 12 and as Brinsley in the episode Sons and Lovers in Sorry!.
He appeared as the veterinarian, Tom in the television adaptation of Alan Ayckbourn’s trilogy The Norman Conquests in 1977. In the two series of A Very Peculiar Practice (1986 and 1988), he appeared as physician Bob Buzzard and as himself in the children’s TV show Rainbow, in 1986.
He was Uncle Sid in Cider with Rosie in 1998 and also appeared in the role of Sir Arthur Wellesley (the Duke of Wellington) in the first two episodes of Sharpe. He also appeared as an alien hunter in the comedy/drama mini-series Ted and Alice in 2002, and in 2005 he also played Sgt. Clive Harvey, side-kick to the title character of the ITV detective show Jericho. He appeared in an episode of Poirot by Agatha Christie in 1993 (The Yellow Iris), and in two separate episodes of Midsomer Murders, in 1998 and 2007, playing two separate characters. Troughton appeared in the first episode of the TV adaptation of The Last Detective in which co-star in A Very Peculiar Practice, Peter Davison (also ex-Doctor Who) starred.
Troughton made an appearance in the TV film All the King’s Men, playing King George V. In 2008, he appeared in the series of Doctor Who as Professor Hobbes, in the episode “Midnight”. He has also performed in a Big Finish Doctor Who audio production titled Cuddlesome where he plays the Tinghus. He also played the Black Guardian in two audios: The Destroyer of Delights and The Chaos Pool. Finally, he returned as King Peladon in The Prisoner of Peladon audio, and in 2011 appeared in The Crimes of Thomas Brewster.
In 2011, it was announced that David would be taking on his father’s role as the Second Doctor in two audio plays. In the plays, Tom Baker was also featured as the Fourth Doctor. He has also performed regularly as a notable villain in the BBC series New Tricks. In the same year, he appeared in an uncredited role alongside Daniel Craig in the US remake of The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo.
He toured in a production of Enjoy by Alan Bennett with Alison Steadman, playing the role of Dad. He starred alongside Kevin Spacey in a production of Inherit the Wind by Jerome Lawrence and Robert Edwin Lee at London’s Old Vic theatre which ran from 18 September to 20 December 2009.
In 2011, he appeared as Stan Astill in the Sky1 comedy series The Café. In 2012, he guest-starred in an episode of Holby City as a character named Ritchie Mooney. Although they didn’t appear in the same episode, his real-life son Sam Troughton appeared five weeks later as his character’s son Nick Mooney. In November 2013, Troughton appeared in the one-off 50th-anniversary comedy homage The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot.
In January 2014, he took on the role of Tony Archer, from Colin Skipp who, for 46 years, had played the part in the BBC radio series The Archers. In November that year, fiction caught up with reality when his actor son, William Troughton, took over the role of Tom Archer, Tony Archer’s son, from Tom Graham, who had played the character for 17 years. In 2015, Troughton co-starred with Fiona O’Shaughnessy in the romantic horror comedy film Nina Forever.
Troughton played the role of Simon Eyre in The Shoemaker’s Holiday for the Royal Shakespeare Company from 11 December 2014 to 7 March 2015; he also played the role of Gloucester in Gregory Doran’s version of King Lear. He returned to the Company in 2017 to play the title role in Titus Andronicus, before playing Falstaff in The Merry Wives of Windsor in 2018.
David Troughton Net Worth
Troughton’s exact net worth is not known. He has been in the entertainment industry for decades hence it is safe to assume that he has quite a large amount in net worth.