Jon Pertwee

Biography

John Devon Roland "Jon" Pertwee (7 July 1919 – 20 May 1996) was an English actor, comedian, entertainer and cabaret performer. Born into a theatrical family, he served in the Royal Navy and the Naval Intelligence Division during the Second World War. In his early career he worked as a stage comedian, which included performing at the Glasgow Empire Theatre and sharing a bill with Max Wall and Jimmy James.

Known For

Dr. Fettle

Carry On Screaming!

Sheriff Albert Earp

Carry On Cowboy

Self (archive footage)

Life on Earth

Salmon

The Water Babies

Four Against The Desert

Self - Host

Doctor Who: The Pertwee Years

Paul Henderson (segment 4 "The Cloak")

The House That Dripped Blood

Coastguard

The Boys in Blue

Minor Role (uncredited)

A Yank at Oxford

The Doctor

Doctor Who: Robot

Reuben

Mr. Drake's Duck

Police Constable (uncredited)

Dancing with Crime

Self

Under the Table You Must Go

Conductor

It's a Wonderful World

Plover

Dear Mr. Prohack

Charley Sterling

Will Any Gentleman...?

Self

Return to Devil's End

Oliver Threthewey

The Airzone Solution

The 3rd Doctor

Doctor Who: Dimensions in Time

Mr. Short

A Piece of Cake

Victor Jekyll

The Ugly Duckling

The Doctor

Doctor Who: Inferno

Self / The Doctor (3) (archive footage)

Talking Doctor Who

Doctor Who and the Third Man

Myth Makers 15: Jon Pertwee

The Home Whovian

Longleat '83: The Lost Footage

Sidney Tait

Ladies Who Do

The Rev. Walter Braithwaite

No. 1 of the Secret Service

Reverse the Polarity: A Day in the Life of Jon Pertwee

Self - archive

Doctor Who: 60 Years of Secrets & Scandals

The Doctor (3) (archive footage)

Doctor Who: The Day of the Doctor

Colonel

One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing

Young Man in Cafe (uncredited)

There Ain't No Justice

The PanoptiCon Tapes Vol 1 - The Main Event

The PanoptiCon Tapes II

The PanoptiCon Tapes III

Panopticon Genesis

The PanoptiCon Tapes V

The PanoptiCon Tapes IV

The PanoptiCon Tapes VI

Panopticon Destiny – The Matrix Files

Gen. Birkinshaw

Nearly a Nasty Accident

Self - Presenter

Doctor Who: The Troughton Years

Soothsayer

Carry On Cleo

Narrator

McDonnell Douglas Information Systems

Dr. Jeremiah O'Kane

PROBE: The Zero Imperative

Rally campaigner (uncredited)

The Four Just Men

The Doctors: The Jon Pertwee Years

Storekeeper (Hare Factory)

You Must Be Joking

Station Master

Runaway Railway

Costumier's Assistant

I've Gotta Horse

Postman Perkins

Miss Pilgrim's Progress

Police Sergeant

Murder at the Windmill

The Body Said No!

Circus Superintendent

William Comes to Town

Crassus

A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum

Not a Hope in Hell

Prendergast

Just Joe

Up in the Air

Slowburn Jenks

A Yank in Ermine

The Doctor

Doctor Who and the Silurians

The Doctor

Doctor Who: The Ambassadors of Death

The Doctor

Doctor Who: Spearhead from Space

The Doctor

Doctor Who: Terror of the Autons

The Doctor

Doctor Who: The Mind of Evil

The Doctor

Doctor Who: The Dæmons

The Doctor

Doctor Who: Colony in Space

The Doctor

Doctor Who: The Claws of Axos

The Doctor

Doctor Who: Day of the Daleks

The Doctor

Doctor Who: The Sea Devils

The Doctor

Doctor Who: The Time Monster

The Doctor

Doctor Who: The Curse of Peladon

The Doctor

Doctor Who: Carnival of Monsters

The Doctor

Doctor Who: The Mutants

The Doctor

Doctor Who: Frontier in Space

The Doctor

Doctor Who: The Green Death

The Doctor

Doctor Who: Planet of the Daleks

The Doctor

Doctor Who: Invasion of the Dinosaurs

The Doctor

Doctor Who: The Time Warrior

The Doctor

Doctor Who: Planet of the Spiders

The Doctor

Doctor Who: Death to the Daleks

The Doctor

Doctor Who: The Monster of Peladon

The Doctor

Doctor Who: The Three Doctors

Dr. Merryweather

The Curious Case Of Santa Claus

Trouble in the Air

Stranger than Fiction

Stranger than Fiction 2: From Script to Screen

The Doctors: 30 Years of Time Travel and Beyond

General Von Kramer

Young Indiana Jones and the Attack of the Hawkmen

Duke of Costa Brava

Carry On Columbus

Then and Now

The Doctor (3)

Doctor Who: The Five Doctors

Himself

30 Years in the TARDIS

(archival footage)

Celebration: Doctor Who in 1983

Who's Who

(archive footage)

A Dandy and a Clown: The Life of Jon Pertwee

Judge

Toad of Toad Hall

Himself

Myth Runner

Himself (archive footage)

Longleat '83: The Greatest Show in the Galaxy

Worzel Gummidge

A Cup O' Tea An' A Slice O' Cake - Worzel Gummidge Christmas Special

Headwaiter

Helter Skelter

A Betting Man

The Gay Dog

Judd Blake

Adventures of a Private Eye

Himself

Jon Pertwee: Uncut!

Adam

How to Undress in Public Without Undue Embarrassment

The Doctor (3) (archive footage)

Doctor Who: The War Games in Colour

The Doctor (3) (archive footage)

Doctor Who at the Proms

Third Doctor

Devious

Womble Voices (voice)

Wombling Free

Commander Jason Havlin

Starwatch

The Doctor (3) (archive footage)

Doctor Who: The Next Doctor

The Doctor (3) (picture) (uncredited)

Doctor Who: The Husbands of River Song

The Doctor (3) (archive footage)

Doctor Who: Mawdryn Undead

The Doctor (3) (picture) (uncredited)

Doctor Who: The Brain of Morbius

The Doctor (3) (archive footage) (uncredited)

Doctor Who: Resurrection of the Daleks

The Doctor (archive footage)

Police 5: The Master

The Third Doctor (archive footage)

The Ties That Bind Us

Dr. Who (archive footage) (uncredited)

Doctor Who: Wish World & The Reality War

The Doctor

Doctor Who The Ultimate Adventure

Self (Archive)

Reach for the Stars: The Starwatch Story

Self (archive)

Myth Makers 37: Roger Delgado

Self (Archive)

Jon, The Man Who Was Doctor Who

The Doctor (archive footage)

Worlds Within – The Life of Ian Marter

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

124

Gender

Male

Birthday

1919-07-07

Place of Birth

Chelsea, London, England, UK

Also Known As

John Devon Roland Pertwee