Acting credits
45
Established
Large and steady acting portfolio.
Actor
Peter Purves
Acting
Career Snapshot
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Movies: 28Series: 17
TMDB ID: 1213425
IMDb ID: nm0701007
Known for: Acting
Born: February 10, 1939
Age: 87
Place of birth: Lancashire, England, UK
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1955 - 2025
Years active: 71
Average TMDB rating: 6.52
Wikidata: Q2471362
Biography
Peter John Purves (born 10 February 1939) is an English television presenter and actor. He played Steven Taylor in Doctor Who under the First Doctor, a role he continued to play in audio dramas for Big Finish Productions. He later became a presenter on the BBC children's programme Blue Peter for eleven years. He has continued to make regular television appearances, including coverage of the Crufts dog show.
Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Peter Purves.
Doctor Who: The Savages
as Steven Taylor (voice)
2025 Movie
8.0
Doctor Who: The Celestial Toymaker
as Steven Taylor (voice)
2024 Movie
5.0
Talking Doctor Who
as Self (archive footage)
2023 Movie
6.0
Doctor Who: Galaxy 4
as Steven (voice)
2021 Movie
Behind the Sofa - Season 14
2020 Movie
The Doctors: The William Hartnell Years
2017 Movie
10.0
The Native Hue of Resolution
as Self - Narrator (voice)
2013 Movie
Boys! Boys! Boys!
2013 Movie
Remembering Douglas Camfield
2013 Movie
The End of the Line?
2011 Movie
Riverside Story
as Self
2011 Movie
Dennis Spooner: Wanna Write a Television Series?
2009 Movie
The Ties That Bind Us
as Steven Taylor (archive footage)
2008 Movie
The Story of Doctor Who
2003 Movie
B.P. Confidential
as Self
1998 Movie
7.9
Doctor Who: Resurrection of the Daleks
as Steven Taylor (archive footage) (uncredited)
1984 Movie
Round Trip to Glasgow
as Self
1982 Movie
6.0
Robbie
as Narrator
1979 Movie
7.3
Doctor Who: The Savages
as Steven Taylor
1966 Movie
6.3
Doctor Who: The Gunfighters
as Steven Taylor
1966 Movie
5.7
Doctor Who: The Celestial Toymaker
as Steven Taylor
1966 Movie
6.8
Doctor Who: The Ark
as Steven Taylor
1966 Movie
7.2
Doctor Who: The Massacre of St Bartholomew's Eve
as Steven Taylor
1966 Movie
7.9
Doctor Who: The Daleks' Master Plan
as Steven Taylor
1966 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Peter Purves.
5.4
Tales of the Tardis
as Steven Taylor • 1 eps
2023 Series
Doctor Who: Galaxy 4
as Steven • 8 eps
2021 Series
Doctor Who: Behind the Sofa
as Self • 12 eps
2018 Series
5.0
Celebrity Antiques Road Trip
as Self - Participant • 1 eps
2011 Series
6.7
Let's Dance for Comic Relief
as Self • 1 eps
2009 Series
6.3
Harry Hill's TV Burp
1 eps
2002 Series
7.8
The Office
as Peter Purves • 1 eps
2001 Series
Ready, Steady, Cook
as Self - Guest • 1 eps
1994 Series
4.1
EastEnders
as Presenter • 2 eps
1985 Series
5.8
Surprise, Surprise
as Self • 1 eps
1984 Series
5.0
BBC Play of the Month
1 eps
1965 Series
Doctor Who: Lost in Time
as Steven • 1 eps
1965 Series
7.2
Theatre 625
as Private • 1 eps
1964 Series
7.9
Doctor Who
as Morton Dill • 1 eps
1963 Series
7.0
Z-Cars
1 eps
1962 Series
7.6
Blue Peter
as Self - Guest • 1 eps
1958 Series
5.3
Dixon of Dock Green
as Brian • 1 eps
1955 Series