David Garrick

A monument to him in Lichfield Cathedral bears Johnson's famous comment, "I am disappointed by that stroke of death that has eclipsed the gaiety of nations, and impoverished the public stock of harmless pleasure.".
. David Garrick died in London, England and was interred in the "Poet's Corner" at Westminster Abbey.
. He did this by telling his actors to not be too pompous and to act as they would in everyday life. A clip of his scene from the end of the serial The Dalek Invasion of Earth (1964) was used as a pre-credits sequence for the 20th anniversary story The Five Doctors (1983). Garrick tried to portray his characters as real people, rather than as melodramatic caricatures. His poor health - arteriosclerosis and cerebrovascular disease brought on by years of alcoholism - as well as poor relations with the new production team forced him to leave Doctor Who in 1966, although he reprised the role in the 10th Anniversary story The Three Doctors (1973) with the help of cue cards and pre-recorded inserts.

He went on to manage Drury Lane Theatre, and enjoyed a thirty-year career at the top of the tree, one of the most influential and popular figures in the whole of British theatre history. He was a tough person to work with, according to the documentation about him. Having failed to succeed in a legal career, he decided on the stage, and by 1741 he was the talk of the theatrical scene for his performance in William Shakespeare's Richard III. (See List of Doctor Who serials.). Johnson later taught him the classics, and in 1737 he travelled to London to seek his fortune. He appeared first on television in The Army Game from 1957-61, and in 1963 gave up movies and took the lead in Doctor Who, for which he is now most widely known. David Garrick was born in Hereford, England and educated, like Johnson, at Lichfield. In 1958 he appeared in the first Carry On film, Carry On Sergeant as Sergeant Grimshaw.

Johnson. From then on, he played mainly policemen, soldiers, and thugs, like Dallow in Brighton Rock. David Garrick (February 19, 1717 – January 20, 1779) was an English actor, dramatist and theatre manager, and a pupil and friend of Dr. Hartnell usually played comic characters, until 1944 with the robust role of sergeant Ned Fletcher in The Way Ahead. After training as a jockey, and boxing, he entered the theatre in 1924. The first of more than sixty film appearances was Say It With Music in 1932. Often known as Billy, he was educated at home and at Imperial Service College.

William Henry Hartnell (January 8, 1908–April 23, 1975), a British actor, was the first actor to play the lead role of the Doctor in the long-running science fiction television series Doctor Who.