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Jon Pertwee

Born July 7, 1919
Chelsea, London, England, UK
Died May 20, 1996, aged 76

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 …

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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.

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116 Acting
32 Appearances

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Acting (116)

Doctor Who (1963)

The Doctor

The House That Dripped Blood (1971)

Paul Henderson (segment 4 "The Cloak")

Doctor Who: The Husbands of River Song (2015)

The Doctor (3) (picture) (uncredited)

The Avengers (1961)

Brigadier Whitehead

A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (1966)

Crassus

Carry On Screaming! (1966)

Dr. Fettle

Carry On Cleo (1964)

Soothsayer

Carry On Cowboy (1965)

Sheriff Albert Earp

One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing (1975)

Colonel

Carry On Columbus (1992)

Duke of Costa Brava

The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Attack of the Hawkmen (1995)

General Von Kramer

SuperTed (1983)

Spotty

The Goodies (1970)

Reverend Llewellyn Llewellyn Llewellyn Llewellyn

Adventures of a Private Eye (1977)

Judd Blake

Doctor Who: The Five Doctors (1983)

The Third Doctor

Dancing with Crime (1947)

Police Constable (uncredited)

Doctor Who: Dimensions in Time (1993)

The 3rd Doctor

Doctor Who: Robot (1975)

The Doctor

The Boys in Blue (1982)

Coastguard

The Water Babies (1978)

Salmon

No. 1 of the Secret Service (1977)

The Rev. Walter Braithwaite

Doctor Who: Spearhead from Space (1970)

The Doctor

Ladies Who Do (1963)

Sidney Tait

Worzel Gummidge (1979)

Worzel Gummidge / Radio Announcer

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A Yank at Oxford (1938)

Minor Role (uncredited)

Doctor Who: The Three Doctors (1973)

The Doctor

You Must Be Joking (1965)

Storekeeper (Hare Factory)

Doctor Who: The Mind of Evil (1971)

The Doctor

Doctor Who and the Silurians (1970)

The Doctor

Doctor Who: Day of the Daleks (1972)

The Doctor

Doctor Who: Planet of the Spiders (1974)

The Doctor

Doctor Who: The Brain of Morbius (1976)

The Doctor (3) (picture) (uncredited)

Ivanhoe (1958)

Peter the Peddler

Tales of the Tardis (2023)

The Doctor

Blankety Blank (1979)

Doctor Who: Terror of the Autons (1971)

The Doctor

Doctor Who: The Ambassadors of Death (1970)

The Doctor

Doctor Who: The Curse of Peladon (1972)

The Doctor

Doctor Who: The Dæmons (1971)

The Doctor

Doctor Who: The Green Death (1973)

The Doctor

Doctor Who: The Sea Devils (1972)

The Doctor

Doctor Who: Colony in Space (1971)

The Doctor

Doctor Who: Death to the Daleks (1974)

The Doctor

Doctor Who: The Claws of Axos (1971)

The Doctor

Doctor Who: The Time Warrior (1974)

The Doctor

The Airzone Solution (1993)

Oliver Threthewey

Doctor Who: Carnival of Monsters (1973)

The Doctor

Doctor Who: Invasion of the Dinosaurs (1974)

The Doctor

PROBE: The Zero Imperative (1994)

Dr. Jeremiah O'Kane

The Four Just Men (1939)

Rally campaigner (uncredited)

The Ugly Duckling (1959)

Victor Jekyll

Will Any Gentleman...? (1953)

Charley Sterling

Dear Mr. Prohack (1949)

Plover

Doctor Who: Frontier in Space (1973)

The Doctor

Doctor Who: Inferno (1970)

The Doctor

Doctor Who: Planet of the Daleks (1973)

The Doctor

Doctor Who: The Mutants (1972)

The Doctor

Doctor Who: The Time Monster (1972)

The Doctor

The Further Adventures of SuperTed (1989)

The Gay Dog (1954)

A Betting Man

Whodunnit? (1973)

Host

A Piece of Cake (1948)

Mr. Short

Doctor Who: The Monster of Peladon (1974)

The Doctor

Helter Skelter (1949)

Headwaiter

I've Gotta Horse (1965)

Costumier's Assistant

It's a Wonderful World (1956)

Conductor

Mr. Drake's Duck (1951)

Reuben

Runaway Railway (1965)

Station Master

Worzel Gummidge Down Under (1987)

Worzel Gummidge

A Yank in Ermine (1955)

Slowburn Jenks

Nearly a Nasty Accident (1961)

Gen. Birkinshaw

There Ain't No Justice (1939)

Young Man in Cafe (uncredited)

Virtual Murder (1992)

Luis Silverado

Wombling Free (1977)

Womble Voices (voice)

A Cup O' Tea An' A Slice O' Cake - Worzel Gummidge Christmas Special (1980)

Worzel Gummidge

A Slight Case Of... (1965)

How to Undress in Public Without Undue Embarrassment (1965)

Adam

Miss Pilgrim's Progress (1949)

Postman Perkins

Murder at the Windmill (1949)

Police Sergeant

The Doctors: 30 Years of Time Travel and Beyond (1995)

Trouble in the Air (1948)

Just Joe (1960)

Prendergast

Not a Hope in Hell (1960)

Panopticon Destiny – The Matrix Files (2021)

Stranger than Fiction (1994)

Stranger than Fiction 2: From Script to Screen (1995)

Tell Me Another (1976)

Guest

The Body Said No! (1950)

Watchman

The Curious Case Of Santa Claus (1982)

Dr. Merryweather

Toad of Toad Hall (1946)

Judge

Up in the Air (1969)

Figworthy

Who's Who (1986)

William Comes to Town (1948)

Circus Superintendent

Celebration: Doctor Who in 1983 (2008)

(archival footage)

Devious (2009)

Third Doctor

Doctor Who and the Third Man (2019)

Doctor Who The Ultimate Adventure (1989)

The Doctor

Doctor Who's Who's Who (1985)

Doctor Who

Five Doctors, One Studio (2008)

Four Against The Desert (1977)

Longleat '83: The Lost Footage (2015)

McDonnell Douglas Information Systems (1986)

Narrator

On the Waterfront (1988)

Panopticon Genesis (2017)

Reverse the Polarity: A Day in the Life of Jon Pertwee (1992)

Starwatch (1988)

Commander Jason Havlin

SuperTed: Super Safe with SuperTed (1986)

Spotty ( voice)

The Doctors: The Jon Pertwee Years (2017)

The Home Whovian (2001)

The PanoptiCon Tapes II (1990)

The PanoptiCon Tapes III (1990)

The PanoptiCon Tapes IV (1990)

The PanoptiCon Tapes V (1990)

The PanoptiCon Tapes VI (1986)

The PanoptiCon Tapes Vol 1 - The Main Event (1991)

Then and Now (1960)

Appearances (32)

Doctor Who: The Day of the Doctor (2013)

The Doctor (3) (archive footage)

Doctor Who: The Next Doctor (2008)

The Doctor (3) (archive footage)

Doctor Who: Wish World & The Reality War (2025)

Dr. Who (archive footage) (uncredited)

Doctor Who: Resurrection of the Daleks (1984)

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

Doctor Who: The Doctors Revisited (2013)

Self

Doctor Who: The War Games in Colour (2024)

The Doctor (3) (archive footage)

Surprise, Surprise (1984)

Self

Doctor Who at the Proms (2024)

The Doctor (3) (archive footage)

30 Years in the TARDIS (1993)

Himself

Talking Doctor Who (2023)

Self / The Doctor (3) (archive footage)

Doctor Who: 60 Years of Secrets & Scandals (2023)

Self - archive

Doctor Who: Mawdryn Undead (1983)

The Doctor (3) (archive footage)

The Best of the Adventures (1981)

Judd Blake (archive footage) (uncredited)

The Paul Daniels Magic Show (1979)

Self

Myth Runner (1987)

Himself

Return to Devil's End (1993)

Self

Doctor Who at the Proms (2013)

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

Doctor Who: The Pertwee Years (1992)

Self - Host

Doctor Who: The Troughton Years (1991)

Self - Presenter

Longleat '83: The Greatest Show in the Galaxy (2001)

Himself (archive footage)

Reach for the Stars: The Starwatch Story (2025)

Self (Archive)

Tell Me Another (1976)

Himself

Under the Table You Must Go (1970)

Self

A Dandy and a Clown: The Life of Jon Pertwee (2013)

(archive footage)

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Jon Pertwee: Uncut! (2021)

Himself

Life on Earth (2011)

Self (archive footage)

My Sarah Jane: A Tribute to Elisabeth Sladen (2011)

Self (archive footage)

Myth Makers (2015)

Himself

Noel's Telly Years (1996)

Self

Police 5: The Master (1993)

The Doctor (archive footage)

Splink (1976)

Self

The Ties That Bind Us (2008)

The Third Doctor (archive footage)