Oldest Doctor Who Cast Members

This is a list of tables of the oldest Doctor Who cast members in ordinal ranks.

The longest documented Doctor Who cast member lifespan is that of Arnold Yarrow (1920–2024), a man who lived to the age of 104 years and 236 days. The longest lifespan for a female Doctor Who cast member is that of Peggy Batchelor (1916–2020), who lived to the age of 103 years and 235 days.

The oldest living Doctor Who cast member is 100-year-old Laurie Webb, born 6 May 1924. The oldest living female Doctor Who cast member is 91-year-old Siân Phillips, born 14 May 1933.

Oldest Doctor Who cast members ever

  Living

Rank	Name	Age	Date of Birth	Date of Death	Sex	Role(s)
1	Arnold Yarrow	104 years, 236 days	17 April 1920	9 December 2024	M	Bellal in Death to the Daleks (1974)
2	Peggy Batchelor	103 years, 235 days	26 November 1916	18 July 2020	F	The Kingmaker in Death Comes to Time (2001–2002)
3	Earl Cameron	102 years, 330 days	8 August 1917	3 July 2020	M	Glyn Williams in The Tenth Planet (1966)
4	Zohra Sehgal	102 years, 74 days	27 April 1912	10 July 2014	F	Sheyrah in The Crusade (1965)
5	Olaf Pooley	101 years, 123 days	13 March 1914	14 July 2015	M	Professor Stahlman in Inferno (1970)
6	Laurie Webb	100 years, 232 days	6 May 1924	Living	M	Mr. Ollis in The Three Doctors (1972–1973)
7	Lewis Alexander	100 years, 57 days	27 August 1910	23 October 2010	M	Senior Army Officer in The War Machines (1966)
8	William Russell	99 years, 197 days	19 November 1924	3 June 2024	M	Ian Chesterton in season 1 (1963–1964), season 2 (1964–1965), "The Power of the Doctor" (2022)
9	David Graham	99 years, 71 days	11 July 1925	20 September 2024	M	Dalek voices in The Daleks (1964), The Dalek Invasion of Earth (1964), The Chase (1965), "Mission to the Unknown" (1965), The Daleks' Master Plan (1965–1966) Mechanoid voices in The Chase (1965) Charlie in The Gunfighters (1966) Kerensky in City of Death (1979)

Oldest living Doctor Who cast members

Rank	Name	Age	Birth date	Sex	Role(s)
1	Laurie Webb	100 years, 232 days	6 May 1924	M	Mr. Ollis in The Three Doctors (1972–1973)
2	Terry Bale	96 years, 291 days	8 March 1928	M	Soldier in The Reign of Terror (1964) Voice of Arcturus in The Curse of Peladon (1972)
3	Stephen Machin	95 years, 228 days	10 May 1929	M	Cameraman in The Daleks' Master Plan (1965–1966)
4	Colin Jeavons	95 years, 65 days	20 October 1929	M	Damon in The Underwater Menace (1967) George Tracey in K-9 and Company (1981)
5	Roy Evans	94 years, 349 days	10 January 1930	M	Trantis in The Daleks' Master Plan (1965-1966) Bert in The Green Death (1973) Miner in The Monster of Peladon (1974)
6	Henley Thomas	93–94 years	1930	M	Taron in The Keys of Marinus (1964)
7	Jolyon Booth	92 years, 145 days	1 August 1932	M	Prapillus in The Web Planet (1965)
8	Edward de Souza	92 years, 111 days	4 September 1932	M	Marc Cory in "Mission to the Unknown" (1965)
9	Gabriel Woolf	92 years, 83 days	2 October 1932	M	Sutekh in Pyramids of Mars (1975), "The Legend of Ruby Sunday" (2024) and "Empire of Death" (2024) The Beast in "The Impossible Planet" (2006) and "The Satan Pit" (2006)
10	Siân Phillips	91 years, 224 days	14 May 1933	F	Enid Meadows in "73 Yards" (2024)