12 Hit US TV Shows You Never Knew Doctor Who Actors Were In

11. Desperate Housewives

Because what show hasn't John Barrowman been in!? The Scottish star of the stage and screen (and basically every other platform there is or was!) has established himself as a formidable on screen force to be reckoned with since he was introduced as Captain Jack Harkness in Doctor Who, a role he later reprised in his very own spin off, Torchwood. It was only a matter of time, then, in John's ongoing mission to achieve showbiz domination, that he set his suburban sights on the hit ABC show Desperate Housewives and that he did in 2010 when he arrived on Wisteria Lane for a 5 episode stint as the scheming Patrick Logan. Don't be fooled by the coziness of the picture above, though, because nothing was as it seemed with this charming eco-terrorist. You never know what's going on behind closed doors (which was basically Desperate Housewives' M.O.) and it was soon revealed that he was a raving lunatic and murderer who his ex-girlfriend, Angie, has been on the run from for 20 years... Oh, John. Your fans like it so much more when you're dancing to Single Ladies.
Doctor Who Editor
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Dan Butler is the Doctor Who Editor at WhatCulture.com. When he isn't writing his own articles or editing other people's, he can be found trawling the internet for gifs of Steven Moffat laughing. Contact him via dan.butler@whatculture.co.uk.