Patrick Troughton

1920-1987

Biography: life and films

Patrick Troughton was an English actor. He was born in Mill Hill, Middlesex, England on 25th March 1920 and died in Columbus, Georgia, USA on 28th March 1987, aged 67.

His best films as an actor include Laurence Olivier's Hamlet (1948), Ladislao Vajda's The Woman with No Name (1950), Don Chaffey's Jason and the Argonauts (1963) and Terence Fisher's thriller The Gorgon (1964).

Patrick Troughton appeared in 19 films.

He has most frequently worked with the following directors: Terence Fisher (3 films) and Don Chaffey (2).

His most frequent genres include: drama (6 films), Thriller (6), Horror (6) and Fantasy (5).

Our average rating for Patrick Troughton over all films is: 3.2

Filmography

Key: a = actor

Escape (1948) [a]

Hamlet (1948) [a]

Badger's Green (1949) [a]

Chance of a Lifetime (1950) [a]

The Woman with No Name (1950) [a]

Treasure Island (1950) [a]

The Franchise Affair (1951) [a]

The Black Knight (1954) [a]

The Moonraker (1958) [a]

The Phantom of the Opera (1962) [a]

Jason and the Argonauts (1963) [a]

The Black Torment (1964) [a]

The Gorgon (1964) [a]

The Viking Queen (1967) [a]

Scars of Dracula (1970) [a]

Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell (1974) [a]

The Omen (1976) [a]

Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger (1977) [a]

A Hitch in Time (1978) [a]



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