Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

144

Gender

Male

Birthday

1919-07-07

Deathday

1996-05-20 (76 years old)

Place of Birth

Chelsea, London, England, UK

Also Known As

John Devon Roland Pertwee

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

7.5%

Doctor Who

Mar 26, 2005

8.2%

Doctor Who: The Day of the Doctor

Nov 23, 2013

7.9%

Doctor Who

Nov 23, 1963

7.4%

Doctor Who: The Next Doctor

Dec 25, 2008

6.3%

The House That Dripped Blood

Feb 22, 1971

8.0%

Doctor Who: The Husbands of River Song

Dec 25, 2015

7.7%

The Avengers

Jan 7, 1961

6.0%

A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum

Oct 16, 1966

6.5%

Carry On Screaming!

May 20, 1966

6.6%

Carry On Cleo

Nov 8, 1964

6.3%

Carry On Cowboy

Nov 26, 1965

5.7%

One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing

Jul 9, 1975

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Acting

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Just William at the circus (Comes to town) as Circus superintendent

2024		Doctor Who at the Proms as The Doctor (3) (archive footage)
2024		Doctor Who: The War Games in Colour as The Doctor (3) (archive footage)

2023		Doctor Who: 60 Years of Secrets & Scandals as Self - archive
2023		Tales of the Tardis as The Doctor
2023		Talking Doctor Who as Self / The Doctor (3) (archive footage)

2021		Jon Pertwee: Uncut! as Himself
2021		Panopticon Destiny – The Matrix Files

2019

Doctor Who and the Third Man

2017		The Doctors: The Jon Pertwee Years
2017		Panopticon Genesis

2015		Doctor Who: The Husbands of River Song as The Doctor (3) (picture) (uncredited)
2015		Longleat '83: The Lost Footage

2013		Doctor Who: The Day of the Doctor as The Doctor (3) (archive footage)
2013		A Dandy and a Clown: The Life of Jon Pertwee as (archive footage)
2013		Doctor Who: The Doctors Revisited as Self

2011

Life on Earth as Self (archive footage)

2009

Devious as Third Doctor

2008		Doctor Who: The Next Doctor as The Doctor (3) (archive footage)
2008		Celebration: Doctor Who in 1983 as (archival footage)
2008		The Ties That Bind Us as The Third Doctor (archive footage)

2005

Doctor Who as The Doctor (archive footage)

2001		Longleat '83: The Greatest Show in the Galaxy as Himself (archive footage)
2001		The Home Whovian

1995		The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Attack of the Hawkmen as General Von Kramer
1995		The Doctors: 30 Years of Time Travel and Beyond
1995		Stranger than Fiction 2: From Script to Screen

1994		The Zero Imperative as Dr. Jeremiah O'Kane
1994		Stranger than Fiction

1993		Police 5: The Master as The Doctor (archive footage)
1993		30 Years in the TARDIS as Himself
1993		Doctor Who: Dimensions in Time as The 3rd Doctor
1993		Return to Devil's End as Self
1993		The Airzone Solution as Oliver Threthewey

1992		Carry On Columbus as Duke of Costa Brava
1992		Virtual Murder
1992		Reverse the Polarity: A Day in the Life of Jon Pertwee
1992		Doctor Who: The Pertwee Years as Host

1991

Doctor Who: The Troughton Years as Host

1990		The PanoptiCon Tapes V
1990		The PanoptiCon Tapes IV
1990		The PanoptiCon Tapes III
1990		The PanoptiCon Tapes II
1990		The PanoptiCon Tapes

1989		The Further Adventures of SuperTed
1989		Myth Makers 15: Jon Pertwee

1988		On the Waterfront
1988		Starwatch as Commander Havlin

1987		Worzel Gummidge Down Under as Worzel Gummidge
1987		Myth Runner as Himself

1986		The PanoptiCon Tapes VI
1986		Who's Who
1986		McDonnell Douglas Information Systems as Narrator

1985

Doctor Who's Who's Who as Doctor Who

1984		Surprise, Surprise as Self
1984		Doctor Who: Resurrection of the Daleks as The Doctor (3) (archive footage) (uncredited)

1983		Doctor Who: The Five Doctors as The Doctor (3)
1983		SuperTed as Spotty
1983		Doctor Who: Mawdryn Undead as The Doctor (3) (archive footage)

1982		The Boys in Blue as Coastguard
1982		Wogan as Self
1982		The Curious Case Of Santa Claus as Dr. Merryweather

1980

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

1979		The Paul Daniels Magic Show as Self
1979		Worzel Gummidge as Worzel Gummidge
1979		Worzel Gummidge as Radio Announcer
1979		Blankety Blank

1978

The Water Babies as Salmon

1977		Wombling Free as Womble Voices (voice)
1977		Four Against The Desert
1977		No. 1 of the Secret Service as The Rev. Walter Braithwaite
1977		Adventures of a Private Eye as Judd Blake

1976		Tell Me Another as Guest
1976		Tell Me Another as Himself
1976		Doctor Who: The Brain of Morbius as The Doctor (3) (picture) (uncredited)
1976		Green Cross Code: Splink Launch

1975		One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing as Colonel
1975		Doctor Who: Robot as The Doctor

1974		Doctor Who: Planet of the Spiders as The Doctor
1974		Doctor Who: The Monster of Peladon as The Doctor
1974		Doctor Who: Death to the Daleks as The Doctor
1974		Doctor Who: Invasion of the Dinosaurs as The Doctor
1974		Doctor Who: The Time Warrior as The Doctor

1973		Whodunnit? as Host
1973		Doctor Who: The Green Death as The Doctor
1973		Doctor Who: Planet of the Daleks as The Doctor
1973		Doctor Who: Frontier in Space as The Doctor
1973		Doctor Who: Carnival of Monsters as The Doctor
1973		Doctor Who: The Three Doctors as The Doctor

1972		Doctor Who: The Time Monster as The Doctor
1972		Doctor Who: The Mutants as The Doctor
1972		Doctor Who: The Sea Devils as The Doctor
1972		Doctor Who: The Curse of Peladon as The Doctor
1972		Doctor Who: Day of the Daleks as The Doctor

1971		Doctor Who: The Dæmons as The Doctor
1971		Doctor Who: Colony in Space as The Doctor
1971		Doctor Who: The Claws of Axos as The Doctor
1971		Doctor Who: The Mind of Evil as The Doctor
1971		The House That Dripped Blood as Paul Henderson (segment 4 "The Cloak")
1971		Doctor Who: Terror of the Autons as The Doctor

1970		The Goodies
1970		The Goodies as Reverend Llewellyn Llewellyn Llewellyn Llewellyn
1970		Doctor Who: Inferno as Dr. Who
1970		Doctor Who: The Ambassadors of Death as The Doctor
1970		Doctor Who and the Silurians as The Doctor
1970		Doctor Who: Spearhead from Space as The Doctor
1970		Under the Table You Must Go as Self

1969

Up in the Air

1966		A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum as Crassus
1966		Carry On Screaming! as Doctor Fettle

1965		Carry On Cowboy as Sheriff Albert Earp
1965		A Slight Case Of...
1965		You Must Be Joking as Storekeeper (Hare Factory)
1965		How to Undress in Public Without Undue Embarrassment as Adam
1965		I've Gotta Horse as Costumier's Assistant
1965		Runaway Railway as Station Master

1964

Carry On Cleo as Soothsayer

1963		Doctor Who as The Doctor
1963		Ladies Who Do as Sidney Tait

1961		Nearly a Nasty Accident as Gen. Birkinshaw
1961		The Avengers as Brigadier Whitehead

1960		Not a Hope in Hell
1960		Just Joe as Prendergast
1960		Then and Now

1959

The Ugly Duckling as Victor Jekyll

1958

Ivanhoe as Peter the Peddler

1956

It's a Wonderful World as Conductor

1955

A Yank in Ermine as Slowburn Jenks

1954

The Gay Dog as A Betting Man

1953

Will Any Gentleman...? as Charley Sterling

1951

Mr. Drake's Duck as Reuben

1950

The Body Said No!

1949		Miss Pilgrim's Progress as Postman Perkins
1949		Dear Mr. Prohack as Plover
1949		Murder at the Windmill as Police Sergeant
1949		Helter Skelter as Headwaiter

1948		William Comes to Town
1948		A Piece of Cake as Mr. Short
1948		Trouble in the Air

1947

Dancing with Crime as Police Constable (uncredited)

1946

Toad of Toad Hall as Judge

1939		There Ain't No Justice as Young Man in Cafe (uncredited)
1939		The Four Just Men as Rally campaigner (uncredited)

1938

A Yank at Oxford as Minor Role (uncredited)

Crew

1991

Doctor Who: The Troughton Years as Presenter