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Jon Pertwee (1919–1996)

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Jon Pertwee was born John (after the apostle and disciple) Devon (after the county) Roland (after his father) Pertwee (an Anglicised version of the true family name, Perthuis de Laillevault) on 7 July 1919 in the Chelsea area of London. He was the second son of famous playwright, painter and actor Roland Pertwee... See full bio »

Born:

John Devon Roland Pertwee
in Chelsea, London, England, UK

Died:

(age 76) in Timber Lake, Connecticut, USA
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1995 The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Attack of the Hawkmen (TV movie)
Gen. Von Kramer
 
1995 Discworld (Video Game)
Fool (voice) / Chucky (voice) / Windle Poons (voice) / …
 
1994 Cloud Cuckoo (short)
Grandfather
 
1994 Myth Makers Vol. 7: Wendy Padbury (video)
Spottyman
 
1994 The Zero Imperative (video)
Dr. Jeremiah O'Kane
 
1993 Doctor Who: Dimensions in Time (TV short)
The Third Doctor
 
1993 The Airzone Solution (video)
Oliver Threthewey
 
1992 Carry on Columbus
Duke of Costa Brava
 
1992 Virtual Murder (TV series)
Luis Silverado
– A Torch for Silverado (1992) … Luis Silverado
 
1989 The Further Adventures of SuperTed (TV series)
Spottyman (UK version) (1989) (voice)
 
1987-1989 Worzel Gummidge Down Under (TV series)
Worzel Gummidge
– The Bestest Scarecrow (1989) … Worzel Gummidge
– Wattle Hearthbrush (1989) … Worzel Gummidge
– Aunt Sally, R.A. (1989) … Worzel Gummidge
– Runaway Train (1989) … Worzel Gummidge
– Dreams of Avarish (1989) … Worzel Gummidge
See all 22 episodes »
 
1985 Do You Know the Milkyway? (TV movie)
Dr. Neuross
 
1984 Deus ex Machina (Video Game)
The Storyteller (voice)
 
1982-1986 SuperTed (TV series)
Spottyman
– SuperTed Meets Father Christmas (1984) … Spottyman (voice)
– SuperTed and Nuts in Space (1983) … Spottyman (voice)
– SuperTed and the City of the Dead (1983) … Spottyman (voice)
– SuperTed and the Elephants' Graveyard (1983) … Spottyman (voice)
– SuperTed and the Giant Kites (1983) … Spottyman (voice)
See all 13 episodes »
 
1970-1983 Doctor Who (TV series)
Doctor Who / Dr. Who / The Doctor
– The Five Doctors (1983) … The Doctor
– Planet of the Spiders: Part Six (1974) … Doctor Who
– Planet of the Spiders: Part Five (1974) … Doctor Who
– Planet of the Spiders: Part Four (1974) … Doctor Who
– Planet of the Spiders: Part Three (1974) … Doctor Who
See all 129 episodes »
 
1982 The Boys in Blue
Coastguard
 
1982 The Curious Case of Santa Claus (TV movie)
Dr. Merryweather
 
1979-1981 Worzel Gummidge (TV series)
Worzel Gummidge
– Muvvers' Day (1981) … Worzel Gummidge
– Worzel's Birthday (1981) … Worzel Gummidge
– The Golden Hind (1981) … Worzel Gummidge
– Will the Real Aunty Sally...? (1981) … Worzel Gummidge
– Worzel in Revolt (1981) … Worzel Gummidge
See all 31 episodes »
 
1978 The Water Babies
Salmon/Kraken (voice)
 
1977 Four Against the Desert (TV movie)
Staff
 
1977 Adventures of a Private Eye
Judd Blake
 
1977 Wombling Free (voice)
 
1975 One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing
Colonel
 
1975 The Goodies (TV series)
Reverend Llewellyn Llewellyn Llewellyn Llewellyn
– Wacky Wales (1975) … Reverend Llewellyn Llewellyn Llewellyn Llewellyn
 
1971 The House That Dripped Blood
Paul Henderson (segment 4 "The Cloak")
 
1970 No. 1 of the Secret Service
The Rev. Walter Braithwaite
 
1969 Up in the Air
Figworthy
 
1966-1967 Jackanory (TV series)
Storyteller
– Little Grey Rabbit's Birthday (1967) … Storyteller
– Little Grey Rabbit Makes Lace (1967) … Storyteller
– Little Grey Rabbit Goes to the Sea (1967) … Storyteller
– Little Grey Rabbit and the Weasels (1967) … Storyteller
– Little Grey Rabbit's Washing Day (1967) … Storyteller
See all 10 episodes »
 
1967 Beggar My Neighbour (TV series)
Major Henley
– Episode #1.2 (1967) … Major Henley
 
1967 The Avengers (TV series)
Brigadier Whitehead
– From Venus with Love (1967) … Brigadier Whitehead
 
1966 Runaway Railway
Station Master
 
1966 A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
Crassus
 
1966 Carry on Screaming!
Doctor Fettle
 
1966 I've Gotta Horse
Costumier's assistant
 
1966 Carry on Cowboy
Sheriff Albert Earp
 
1966 David Nixon's Comedy Bandbox (TV series)
Guest.
– Episode #1.11 (1966) … Guest.
 
1965 Mother Goose (TV movie)
The Squire
 
1965 A Slight Case of... (TV series)
– The Enemy Within (1965)
 
1965 You Must Be Joking!
Storekeeper (Hare Factory) (uncredited)
 
1965 How to Undress in Public Without Undue Embarrassment
 
1964 Carry on Cleo
Soothsayer
 
1963 Ladies Who Do
Sidney Tait
 
1963 The Dickie Henderson Show (TV series)
– The Hypnotist (1963)
 
1961 Nearly a Nasty Accident
Gen. Birkinshaw
 
1960 Not a Hope in Hell
Dan
 
1960 Just Joe
Prendergast
 
1959 The Ugly Duckling
Victor Jekyll
 
1959 Glencannon (TV series)
Champagne Charlie
– Champagne Charlie (1959) … Champagne Charlie
 
1958 Ivanhoe (TV series)
Peter the Peddler
– The Swindler (1958) … Peter the Peddler
 
1956 It's a Wonderful World
Conductor (uncredited)
 
1955 A Yank in Ermine
Slowburn Jenks
 
1954 The Gay Dog
A Betting Man
 
1953 Will Any Gentleman...?
Charley Sterling
 
1951 Mister Drake's Duck
Reuben
 
1950 The Body Said No!
Watchman
 
1950 Miss Pilgrim's Progress
Postman Perkins
 
1949 Dear Mr. Prohack
Plover
 
1949 Helter Skelter
Headwaiter / Charles II
 
1949 Mystery at the Burlesque
Detective Sergeant (as Jon Pertwer)
 
1948 William Comes to Town
Circus Superintendent
 
1948 A Piece of Cake
Mr. Short
 
1948 Trouble in the Air
Truelove
 
1946 Toad of Toad Hall (TV movie)
The Judge
 
1939 The Secret Four
Rally campaigner
 
1938 A Yank at Oxford
Minor Role (uncredited)
 
Show ShowSoundtrack (1 title)
1966 I've Gotta Horse (performer: "You've Got To Look Right For The Part")
 
Show ShowMiscellaneous Crew (1 title)
1954 Knock on Wood (double: Danny Kaye - uncredited)
 
Show ShowThanks (1 title)
1996 Doctor Who (TV movie) (dedicated to the memory of)
 
Show ShowSelf (54 titles)
1997 Myth Makers: Roger Delgado - A Tribute (video documentary short)
Himself
 
1997 Celebrity Squares (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 1 January 1997 (1997) … Himself
 
1996 Surprise Surprise! (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #13.4 (1996) … Himself
 
1996 This Morning (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 26 February 1996 (1996) … Himself
 
1996 Noel's Telly Years (TV series)
Himself
– 1979 (1996) … Himself
 
1996 Return to Devil's End (video documentary)
Himself
 
1995 Countdown (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #30.65 (1995) … Himself
 
1971-1995 This Is Your Life (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Barry Cryer (1995) … Himself
– Jon Pertwee (1971) … Himself
 
1995 Stranger Than Fiction 2 (video documentary)
 
1995 The Doctors, 30 Years of Time Travel and Beyond (video documentary)
Himself
 
1994 Noel's House Party (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #4.6 (1994) … Himself
– Episode #3.22 (1994) … Himself
 
1994 Good Morning... with Anne and Nick (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 20 January 1994 (1994) … Himself
 
1994 Stranger Than Fiction (video documentary)
 
1985-1993 Children in Need (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 26 November 1993 (1993) … Himself
– Episode dated 22 November 1985 (1985) … Himself
 
1993 The Hypnotic World of Paul McKenna (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #1.1 (1993) … Himself
 
1993 GMTV (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 16 July 1993 (1993) … Himself
 
1993 Entertainment Express (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Episode #1.12 (1993) … Himself
 
1993 'Doctor Who': Thirty Years in the Tardis (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1992 'Doctor Who': The Pertwee Years (video documentary)
Himself - Presenter
 
1991 'Doctor Who': The Troughton Years (video documentary)
Himself - Presenter
 
1989 Wogan (TV series)
Himself / The Scarlet Pimpernel
– Episode dated 27 December 1989 (1989) … The Scarlet Pimpernel
– Episode dated 10 March 1989 (1989) … Himself
 
1989 On the Waterfront (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #2.3 (1989) … Himself
 
1988 Myth Makers Vol. 4: Jon Pertwee (video)
Himself
 
1987 Myth Makers Vol. 7: Myth Runner (video)
Himself
 
1986 'Doctor Who' Who's Who (TV special documentary)
Himself
 
1985 3-2-1 (TV series)
Dracula
– The Magic of Merlin (1985) … Dracula
 
1984 A Century of Stars: The Story of the Grand Order of Water Rats (TV documentary)
 
1984 Blankety Blank (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #7.11 (1984) … Himself
 
1984 Pebble Mill at One (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 24 October 1984 (1984) … Himself
 
1984 Look Who's Talking (TV series)
Himself - Interviewee
– Jon Pertwee (1984) … Himself - Interviewee
 
1983 Game for a Laugh (TV series)
– Episode #3.10 (1983)
 
1983 Nationwide (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Episode dated 17 March 1983 (1983) … Himself
 
1980 Parkinson (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 16 February 1980 (1980) … Himself
 
1976-1978 Those Wonderful TV Times (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 11 August 1978 (1978) … Himself
– Episode #1.4 (1976) … Himself
 
1978 M'Lords... Ladies and Gentlemen... (TV series)
Himself
 
1973-1978 Whodunnit? (TV series)
Himself - Presenter / Himself / Panelist
– Which Way Did he Go? (1978) … Himself - Presenter
– Underneath the Archers (1978) … Himself - Presenter
– A Dead Cert (1978) … Himself - Presenter
– Instant Coffee (1978) … Himself - Presenter
– Final Trumpet (1978) … Himself - Presenter
See all 43 episodes »
 
1977 Whose Baby? (TV series)
Himself - Panellist
– Episode dated 12 November 1977 (1977) … Himself - Panellist
– Episode dated 26 January 1977 (1977) … Himself - Panellist
– Episode dated 19 January 1977 (1977) … Himself - Panellist
 
1976 The David Nixon Show (TV series)
Himself - Guest
– Episode #5.2 (1976) … Himself - Guest
 
1974 Jokers Wild (TV series)
Himself - Team Captain
 
1974 Looks Familiar (TV series)
Himself - Guest
– Episode #4.6 (1974) … Himself - Guest
 
1974 Just a Nimmo (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #1.1 (1974) … Himself
 
1973 Blue Peter (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #1.1052 (1973) … Himself
 
1970 Under the Table You Must Go (documentary)
Himself
 
1969 Frost on Saturday (TV series)
Himself
– Colour TV Special (1969) … Himself
 
1969 Call My Bluff (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 14 August 1969 (1969) … Himself
– Episode dated 7 August 1969 (1969) … Himself
 
1968 Jack and the Beanstalk (short)
Himself - Narrator
 
1966 Quiz Ball (TV series)
Himself - Guest Supporter
 
1966 Jon Pertwee Show (TV series)
Himself
 
1965 Five O'Clock Club (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 4 May 1965 (1965) … Himself
– Episode dated 29 April 1965 (1965) … Himself
– Episode dated 26 April 1965 (1965) … Himself
– Episode dated 20 April 1965 (1965) … Himself
– Episode dated 13 April 1965 (1965) … Himself
See all 7 episodes »
 
1964 The Quay to the Tor (documentary short)
Himself - Narrator
 
1957-1958 Six-Five Special (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #1.51 (1958) … Himself
– Episode #1.42 (1957) … Himself
 
1957 Mainly for Women (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Episode dated 4 December 1957 (1957) … Himself
 
1957 Revels of 1957 (TV movie)
Himself
 
1957 Evans Abode (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 15 June 1957 (1957) … Himself
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (53 titles)
2008-2013 Doctor Who (TV series)
 
2013 Doctor Who: The Doctors Revisited (TV mini-series documentary)
 
2012 Nova ScienceNow (TV series documentary)
 
2012 Nice or Nasty? (video documentary)
The Doctor
 
2012 Second Time Around: The Troughton Years (video documentary)
Himself
 
2011 The UNIT Family: Part Two (video documentary short)
The Doctor
 
2011 Come in Number Five (video documentary)
The Doctor (uncredited)
 
2010 James May's Man Lab (TV series documentary)
 
2009-2010 The Sarah Jane Adventures (TV series)
 
2010 BBC Proms (TV series)
 
2009 Doctor Who Confidential (TV series documentary)
 
2008 Countdown: One Last Consonant Please, Carol (TV documentary)
Himself (uncredited)
 
2008 The Rise and Fall of Gallifrey (video documentary short)
The Doctor
 
2008 The Ties That Bind Us (video documentary short)
The Third Doctor
 
2008 Celebration (video)
Himself
 
2008 5 Doctors One Studio (video documentary short)
3rd Doctor
 
2008 Hello, Sailor! (video documentary short)
Himself/The Doctor
 
2008 Going Underground (video documentary short)
The Doctor
 
2007 Rogue Time Lords (video documentary short)
The Doctor (uncredited)
 
2007 Double Trouble (video documentary short)
The 3rd Doctor
 
2007 Terror Nation: Terry Nation and Doctor Who (video documentary short)
The Doctor
 
2007 Would I Lie to You? (TV series)
 
2007 Omega Factor (video short)
The Doctor
 
2007 Anti-Matter from Amsterdam (video short)
The Doctor
 
2007 Are Friends Electric (video short)
3rd Doctor
 
2007 A New Body at Last (video)
The Third Doctor Who
 
2006 Built for War (video documentary short)
The Doctor
 
2006 Love Off-Air (video short)
The Doctor
 
2006 Evolution of the Invasion (video)
The Doctor
 
2006 Changing Time: Living and Leaving Doctor Who (video documentary)
The Doctor
 
2006 The UNIT Family: Part One (video short)
The Doctor
 
2006 Can You Hear the Earth Scream (video short)
The Doctor
 
2006 The Dalek Tapes (video)
The Doctor
 
2005 Supernova (TV series)
 
2005 Paddy Russell: A Life in Television (video short)
The Doctor
 
2005 Terrance Dicks: Fact & Fiction (video short)
The Doctor
 
2004 Directing 'Who': Peter Moffatt (video documentary short)
The Doctor
 
2003 The Story of 'Doctor Who' (TV documentary)
The Doctor
 
2003 Jon Pertwee at Panopticon (video short)
Himself
 
2003 Behind the Sofa (video documentary)
The Doctor
 
2003 Comedy Connections (TV series documentary)
 
2003 Serial Thrillers (video documentary short)
The Doctor
 
2001 The 100 Greatest Kids TV Shows (TV special)
Worzel Gummidge
 
2001 The Greatest (TV series documentary)
 
2001 Longleat 83: The Greatest Show in the Galaxy (video)
Himself
 
2000 Heroes of Comedy (TV series documentary)
 
1997 Doctor Who: Destiny of the Doctors (Video Game)
The Doctor
 
1993 Laugh with the Carry Ons
 
1992 Resistance Is Useless (TV documentary)
The Doctor
 
1974-1984 Doctor Who (TV series)
 
1980 Blue Peter (TV series)
 
1979 Clapper Board (TV series)
 
1977 The Lively Arts (TV series)
 

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Alternate Names:

Jon Pertwer

Height:

6' 2½" (1.89 m)
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Did You Know?

Personal Quote:

[on playing it straight in Doctor Who] In all my years as an actor, I had never been me - I had always hidden behind my glasses, mustaches and funny voices. See more »

Trivia:

The 60 year old actor added pop star to his repertoire in 1980 when 'Worzel's Song' reached the top 33 in the UK and stayed in the chart for seven weeks. See more »

Nickname:

The Tall Light Bulb coined by Tom Baker See more »

Star Sign:

Cancer