Editing Patrick Troughton (section)

===Later career===
[[File:Peck Omen 1976.jpg|thumb|Troughton (left) with [[Gregory Peck]] in a publicity still for the film ''[[The Omen]]'' (1976)]]
After Troughton left ''Doctor Who'' in 1969, he appeared in various films and television roles. Film roles included Clove in ''[[Scars of Dracula]]'' (1970),<ref name="denofgeek.com"/> a bodysnatcher in ''[[Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell]]'' (1973), Father Brennan in ''[[The Omen]]'' (1976) and Melanthius in ''[[Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger]]'' (1977). Television roles included the recurring role of [[Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk]], in five of the six episodes of ''[[The Six Wives of Henry VIII (BBC TV series)|The Six Wives of Henry VIII]]'' (1970) (for which he commenced rehearsals just one week after completing his final studio recording on ''Doctor Who''), the villainous Nasca in [[Thames Television]]'s Aztec-themed drama ''[[The Feathered Serpent (TV series)|The Feathered Serpent]]'' (1976–78), a guest-starring spot in the comedy series ''[[The Goodies (TV series)|The Goodies]]'' in the episode "[[The Baddies (Goodies episode)|The Baddies]]", as well as episodes of ''[[Paul Temple (TV series)|Paul Temple]]'', ''[[Dr. Finlay's Casebook]]'', ''[[Doomwatch]]'', ''[[The Persuaders!]]'', ''[[A Family at War]]'', ''[[Coronation Street]]'',<ref name="independent.co.uk">{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/features/from-william-hartnell-to-matt-smith-what-the-doctors-did-next-8892660.html|title=From William Hartnell to Matt Smith: What the Doctors did next|website=[[The Independent]]|date=22 November 2013|access-date=7 September 2017|archive-date=15 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171215001408/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/features/from-william-hartnell-to-matt-smith-what-the-doctors-did-next-8892660.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> ''[[Softly, Softly: Task Force]]'', ''[[Colditz (1972 TV series)|Colditz]]'', ''[[Play for Today]]'', ''[[Z-Cars]]'', ''[[Special Branch (TV series)|Special Branch]]'', ''[[Sutherland's Law]]'', ''[[The Sweeney]]'',<ref name="independent.co.uk"/> ''[[Jason King (TV series)|Jason King]]'', ''[[Survivors (1975 TV series)|Survivors]]'', ''[[Crown Court (TV series)|Crown Court]]'', ''[[Angels (TV series)|Angels]]'', ''[[Warship (1973 TV series)|Warship]]'', ''[[Van der Valk]]'', ''[[Space: 1999]]'', ''[[The Onedin Line]]'', ''[[All Creatures Great and Small (1978 TV series)|All Creatures Great and Small]]'',<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbcamerica.com/shows//blog/2012/04/life-outside-the-tardis-patrick-troughton|title=Life Outside The TARDIS: Patrick Troughton|first=Fraser|last=McAlpine|website=BBC America}}</ref> ''[[Only When I Laugh (TV series)|Only When I Laugh]]'' (Series 2 Episode 9), ''[[Nanny (TV series)|Nanny]]'' and ''[[Minder (TV series)|Minder]]'' (in a March 1984 episode titled "Windows", Season 4 Episode 9). He also portrayed Cole Hawlings in a [[BBC Television]] dramatisation of the [[John Masefield]] children's book ''[[The Box of Delights (TV series)|The Box of Delights]]'' (1984).<ref name="screenonline.org.uk"/> In the same year he also appeared in a ''[[Two Ronnies]]'' Christmas Special<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00x4zrr |title=BBC One - the Two Ronnies, Christmas Special 1984}}</ref> playing a judge.

Troughton's health was never completely robust due to heavy drinking and smoking (he had quit smoking in the 1960s, but the damage had already been done). Later in his life he refused to accept his doctor's advice after he had developed a serious heart condition through overwork and stress. He suffered two major heart attacks, one in 1979<ref>{{cite news|title=Home Briefs|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=t-9AAAAAIBAJ&pg=6599,4116805&dq=patrick+troughton&hl=en|access-date=26 March 2013|newspaper=Evening Times|date=29 January 1979}}</ref> and the other in 1984,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.empireonline.com/movies/features/doctor-happened-next/|title=The Doctors Who: What Happened Next? CHARLIE RAY|first=Ali |last=Plumb|website=Empire|date=5 June 2013 }}</ref> both of which prevented him from working for several months afterwards. Following each of these attacks, his doctor's warnings were again ignored, as Troughton committed himself to a heavy TV and film schedule.

Troughton featured in the 1974 11-part radio adaptation of [[Evelyn Waugh]]'s ''[[Sword of Honour]]''. In 1986, he was a regular in the first series of the [[LWT]] sitcom ''[[The Two of Us (1986 TV series)|The Two of Us]]'', and guested in an episode of ''[[Super Gran]]'' in May 1987, which was the last role he filmed. His final television appearance was in the autumn of the same year in ''[[Knights of God]]'', which had been filmed two years earlier. Troughton also appeared in the first episode of [[Central Independent Television]]'s ''[[Inspector Morse (TV series)|Inspector Morse]]'', entitled "The Dead of Jericho",<ref name="denofgeek.com"/> which was originally transmitted on [[ITV (TV network)|ITV]] on 6 January 1987.