Jon Pertwee

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1919-07-07 (77 years old)

Deathday

1996-05-20

Place of Birth

Chelsea, London, England, UK

Jon Pertwee

Biography

John Devon Roland "Jon" Pertwee 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.

Acting

1966

Carry On Screaming!

as Doctor Fettle

1965

Carry On Cowboy

as Sheriff Albert Earp

2011

Life on Earth

as Self (archive footage)

1978

1971

The House That Dripped Blood

as Paul Henderson (segment 4 "The Cloak")

1982

The Boys in Blue

as Coastguard

1938

A Yank at Oxford

as Minor Role (uncredited)

1975

Doctor Who: Robot

as The Doctor

1951

1947

Dancing with Crime

as Police Constable (uncredited)

1956

1949

1953

Will Any Gentleman...?

as Charley Sterling

1993

The Airzone Solution

as Oliver Threthewey

1993

1948

A Piece of Cake

as Mr. Short

1959

The Ugly Duckling

as Victor Jekyll

1970

2023

Talking Doctor Who

as Self / The Doctor (3) (archive footage)

1963

Ladies Who Do

as Sidney Tait

1977

No. 1 of the Secret Service

as The Rev. Walter Braithwaite

2013

Doctor Who: The Day of the Doctor

as The Doctor (3) (archive footage)

1939

There Ain't No Justice

as Young Man in Cafe (uncredited)

1961

Nearly a Nasty Accident

as Gen. Birkinshaw

1964

Carry On Cleo

as Soothsayer

1994

The Zero Imperative

as Dr. Jeremiah O'Kane

1939

The Four Just Men

as Rally campaigner (uncredited)

1965

You Must Be Joking

as Storekeeper (Hare Factory)

1965

Runaway Railway

as Station Master

1965

I've Gotta Horse

as Costumier's Assistant

1949

Miss Pilgrim's Progress

as Postman Perkins

1949

Murder at the Windmill

as Police Sergeant

1948

William Comes to Town

as Circus Superintendent

1960

Just Joe

as Prendergast

1955

A Yank in Ermine

as Slowburn Jenks

1971

1972

1982

1992

Carry On Columbus

as Duke of Costa Brava

1983

2008

Celebration: Doctor Who in 1983

as (archival footage)

1946

1987

Myth Runner

as Himself

2001

1949

Helter Skelter

as Headwaiter

1954

The Gay Dog

as A Betting Man

2021

2024

Doctor Who: The War Games in Colour

as The Doctor (3) (archive footage)

2024

Doctor Who at the Proms

as The Doctor (3) (archive footage)

2009

Devious

as Third Doctor

1977

Wombling Free

as Womble Voices (voice)

1988

Starwatch

as Commander Havlin

2008

Doctor Who: The Next Doctor

as The Doctor (3) (archive footage)

2015

Doctor Who: The Husbands of River Song

as The Doctor (3) (picture) (uncredited)

1983

Doctor Who: Mawdryn Undead

as The Doctor (3) (archive footage)

1976

Doctor Who: The Brain of Morbius

as The Doctor (3) (picture) (uncredited)

1984

Doctor Who: Resurrection of the Daleks

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

1993

Police 5: The Master

as The Doctor (archive footage)

2008

The Ties That Bind Us

as The Third Doctor (archive footage)

2025

Doctor Who: Wish World & The Reality War

as Dr. Who (archive footage) (uncredited)

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