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Goodbye impartiality, hello favouritism! :)
I simply had to have a chance to get away from all the straightforward blither about Peter Davison's career and filmography, and go into why I just can't get enough of the guy. But then again, what a career, eh? Doctor Who and All Creatures Great and Small are by far my favourite television programmes of all time, and he just happens to star in them. Or is it the other way round? And though I cried like a baby through Black Beauty, I liked it enough to buy a copy. Irony, you say? I think not.
What is it that draws me to Mr. Davison? For starters, the English accent. His accent is just right; not too lower class, just the sound of an educated, classy man. As far as I'm concerned, he could have starred in My Fair Lady, teaching the proper way to speak English. Then there's the fact that he's easy on the eyes, aesthetically speaking. Both Mr. Davison of the past and present are equally visually appealing to me. When he was younger, around 28 to 30ish, his hair was blonde and either longish or cropped neatly short, his eyes blue, his Adam's Apple and collarbones were visible, and he was perfectly tall and thin. To me, that exactly describes a sexy man. Since he has gotten older, like us all, he has lost some hair, but gained a look of elegance and style that goes with being middle aged. And as he is the same age as my parents, I can say that time has been kind to him, comparatively speaking.
What a smile, hmm?His smile lights up whatever set he is standing on like the sun blazing overhead. It tells me so much about him, I think, when he smiles. Never insincere, never phony, his warm smile opens up a window into his soul, and lets me peer inside, if only just for a second. And what I see inside pleases me, convincing me that being snobby is not a prerequisite to being rich and famous. Through that window I see a good person: warm, kind, loving, happy, and so on, a person I'd like to meet someday. I see that there is hope for humanity in that wealth and fame do not necessarily ruin a person. When he gives a good hearty laugh, I find myself laughing along with him, his felicity bringing similar feelings into my life right through the screen, as if they were contagious or communicable. And in my opinion, that makes for a successful actor on screen or on stage. Apparently, acting isn't his only gift: I saw him play the guitar on the set of All Creatures Great and Small the other day. I came in on it late and missed the episode title, but he strummed away, like he'd been playing all his life. I have to admit I was quite impressed; I felt like I'd fallen in love with him once more, for a different reason than I'd ever loved him for in the past. And then there was Harry Hill... He sings beautifully!
From what I've read, he had humble beginnings, starting at the bottom, as all of us have to in order to rise to the top. Fame hasn't spoiled the man behind the name 'Peter Davison.' He gives credit to whom credit is due for his success and the success of Doctor Who, as seen at the award ceremony recently, where Doctor Who won an award for most watched series or something, and he and Sylvester McCoy accepted it. [he looks terribly sexy in a tuxedo] His humility behind the podium as he spoke in acceptance for that award once again assured me that he is indeed a good man, despite wealth and fame.
He, in addition to a very versatile acting career, which includes feature films, sitcoms, science fiction programmes, Shakespearean plays, and even education programmes, has the ability to protray many different types of characters. Clive Quigley, from Ain't Misbehavin' was not a very strong character, physically speaking, and Mr. Davison had to faint a lot :) Fiddlers Three had Mr. Davison in the role of a married man with three children. The sitcom required very versatile acting abilities, which he supplied naturally. Even the feature film, Black Beauty of 1994 had Mr. Davison in the role of a husband, who dearly loved his wife, and took care of her. I do not think these roles were just arbitrary; I believe they stand, in amalgamation, for Mr. Davison's persona itself. And his acting abilities extend to accents as well. He is, in my opinion, extremely good at using different accents to signify different parts of England and their cultures. All this contributes to my feeling that he is the best actor I have ever seen.
To sum up, Peter Davison is, in my opinion, the best actor to hit television yet, and the sexiest, by far. He is something Hollywood should wish it had; he could teach a few thousand snobby American celebrities how to behave like humans despite what the world has given them for their ability to entertain the rest of us. And most importantly, he is the kind of person I should like to meet someday. I can only hope that he reads this, and understands how I feel.