Patrick George Troughton (/ˈtraÊŠtÉ™n/, 25 March 1920 â€" 28 March
1987) was an English actor. He was classically trained for the stage
but became most widely known for his roles in television and film. His
work included appearances in several fantasy, science fiction and
horror films, but he became best known for his role as the second
incarnation of the Doctor in the long-running British science-fiction
television series Doctor Who, which he played from 1966 to 1969; he
reprised the role in 1973, 1983 and 1985.Troughton was born on 25
March 1920 in Mill Hill, Middlesex, England, to Alec George Troughton
(1887â€"1953), a solicitor, and Dorothy Evelyn Offord (1886â€"1979),
who married in 1914 in Edmonton. Patrick had an elder brother, Alec
Robert (1915â€"1994), and a younger sister, Mary Edith (1923â€"2005).
Troughton attended Mill Hill School and continued to live in Mill Hill
for most of his life. While at Mill Hill School, he acted in a
production of J.B. Priestley's Bees on the Boat Deck in March 1937.
His brother A.R. ('Robin') Troughton shared the 1933 Walter Knox Prize
for Chemistry with the future Nobel Prize winner Francis Crick, who
also attended Mill Hill School.Troughton later attended the Embassy
School of Acting at Swiss Cottage, studying under Eileen Thorndike.
After his time at the Embassy School of Acting, Troughton won a
scholarship to the Leighton Rallius Studios at the John Drew Memorial
Theatre on Long Island, New York. In 1939 he joined the Tonbridge
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