The Box of Delights (TV series)
Patrick Troughton was a familiar face on BBC TV from playing the Second Doctor in "Doctor Who"; a contemporary "Blue Peter" feature on the drama makes the connection that in the role of Cole Hawlings, the kindly Punch and Judy Man, Troughton was playing another mysterious, scruffy time traveller. Renny Rye noted that Troughton "who was my favourite Doctor Who...had a quality that is unsurpassed, I think, as someone to pull you into a tale."
Leslie French
He also made the occasional foray into film and television, appearing in two Luchino Visconti films, "The Leopard" (1963) and "Death in Venice" (1971), as well as many popular British television programmes. These include "Dixon of Dock Green", "Armchair Theatre", "Z-Cars", "The Avengers" (the episode "You Have Just Been Murdered"), "Jason King" and "The Singing Detective". His role as Mr. Woodhouse in a BBC serial of Jane Austen's "Emma" (1960) is considered one of his most memorable screen performances. French was also considered for the role of the First Doctor in the science fiction series "Doctor Who", a part that eventually went to William Hartnell. He finally appeared in the programme in its 1988 serial, "Silver Nemesis", playing the Mathematician.