Jon Pertwee

Jon Pertwee

Known for
Acting
Born
July 7, 1919
Died
May 20, 1996 (aged 76)
Birthplace
Chelsea, London, England, UK

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

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Filmography

2025
Doctor Who: Wish World & The Reality War poster

Doctor Who: Wish World & The Reality War

Movie · as Dr. Who (archive footage) (uncredited)

2025
Reach for the Stars: The Starwatch Story poster

Reach for the Stars: The Starwatch Story

Movie · as Self (Archive)

2024
Doctor Who: The War Games in Colour poster

Doctor Who: The War Games in Colour

Movie · as The Doctor (3) (archive footage)

2024
Doctor Who at the Proms poster

Doctor Who at the Proms

Movie · as The Doctor (3) (archive footage)

2023
Talking Doctor Who poster

Talking Doctor Who

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

2023
Doctor Who: 60 Years of Secrets & Scandals poster

Doctor Who: 60 Years of Secrets & Scandals

Movie · as Self - archive

2023
Tales of the Tardis poster

Tales of the Tardis

TV · as The Doctor · 1 ep

2021
Panopticon Destiny – The Matrix Files poster

Panopticon Destiny – The Matrix Files

Movie

2021
Jon Pertwee: Uncut! poster

Jon Pertwee: Uncut!

Movie · as Himself

2019
Doctor Who and the Third Man poster

Doctor Who and the Third Man

Movie

2017
Panopticon Genesis poster

Panopticon Genesis

Movie

2017
The Doctors: The Jon Pertwee Years poster

The Doctors: The Jon Pertwee Years

Movie

2015
Longleat '83: The Lost Footage poster

Longleat '83: The Lost Footage

Movie

2015
Doctor Who: The Husbands of River Song poster

Doctor Who: The Husbands of River Song

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

2015
Myth Makers poster

Myth Makers

TV · as Himself · 1 ep

2013
Doctor Who: The Day of the Doctor poster

Doctor Who: The Day of the Doctor

Movie · as The Doctor (3) (archive footage)

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

A Dandy and a Clown: The Life of Jon Pertwee

Movie · as (archive footage)

2013
Doctor Who at the Proms poster

Doctor Who at the Proms

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

2013
Doctor Who: The Doctors Revisited poster

Doctor Who: The Doctors Revisited

TV · as Self · 11 eps

2011
Life on Earth poster

Life on Earth

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2011
My Sarah Jane: A Tribute to Elisabeth Sladen poster

My Sarah Jane: A Tribute to Elisabeth Sladen

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2009
Devious poster

Devious

Movie · as Third Doctor

2008
Celebration: Doctor Who in 1983 poster

Celebration: Doctor Who in 1983

Movie · as (archival footage)

2008
Doctor Who: The Next Doctor poster

Doctor Who: The Next Doctor

Movie · as The Doctor (3) (archive footage)

2008
The Ties That Bind Us poster

The Ties That Bind Us

Movie · as The Third Doctor (archive footage)

2008
Five Doctors, One Studio

Five Doctors, One Studio

Movie

2001
The Home Whovian poster

The Home Whovian

Movie

2001
Longleat '83: The Greatest Show in the Galaxy poster

Longleat '83: The Greatest Show in the Galaxy

Movie · as Himself (archive footage)

1996
Noel's Telly Years

Noel's Telly Years

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1995
The Doctors: 30 Years of Time Travel and Beyond poster

The Doctors: 30 Years of Time Travel and Beyond

Movie

1995
Stranger than Fiction 2: From Script to Screen poster

Stranger than Fiction 2: From Script to Screen

Movie

1995
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Attack of the Hawkmen poster

The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Attack of the Hawkmen

Movie · as General Von Kramer

1994
PROBE: The Zero Imperative poster

PROBE: The Zero Imperative

Movie · as Dr. Jeremiah O'Kane

1994
Stranger than Fiction poster

Stranger than Fiction

Movie

1993
Return to Devil's End poster

Return to Devil's End

Movie · as Self

1993
The Airzone Solution poster

The Airzone Solution

Movie · as Oliver Threthewey

1993
Doctor Who: Dimensions in Time poster

Doctor Who: Dimensions in Time

Movie · as The 3rd Doctor

1993
30 Years in the TARDIS poster

30 Years in the TARDIS

Movie · as Himself

1993
Police 5: The Master poster

Police 5: The Master

Movie · as The Doctor (archive footage)

1992
Doctor Who: The Pertwee Years poster

Doctor Who: The Pertwee Years

Movie · as Self - Host

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

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

Movie

1992
Carry On Columbus poster

Carry On Columbus

Movie · as Duke of Costa Brava

1992
Virtual Murder poster

Virtual Murder

TV · as Luis Silverado · 1 ep

1991
The PanoptiCon Tapes Vol 1 - The Main Event poster

The PanoptiCon Tapes Vol 1 - The Main Event

Movie

1991
Doctor Who: The Troughton Years poster

Doctor Who: The Troughton Years

Movie · as Self - Presenter

1990
The PanoptiCon Tapes III poster

The PanoptiCon Tapes III

Movie

1990
The PanoptiCon Tapes II poster

The PanoptiCon Tapes II

Movie

1990
The PanoptiCon Tapes IV poster

The PanoptiCon Tapes IV

Movie

1990
The PanoptiCon Tapes V poster

The PanoptiCon Tapes V

Movie

1989
Doctor Who The Ultimate Adventure poster

Doctor Who The Ultimate Adventure

Movie · as The Doctor

1989
The Further Adventures of SuperTed poster

The Further Adventures of SuperTed

TV · 13 eps

1988
Starwatch poster

Starwatch

Movie · as Commander Jason Havlin

1988
On the Waterfront

On the Waterfront

TV · 1 ep

1987
Myth Runner poster

Myth Runner

Movie · as Himself

1987
Worzel Gummidge Down Under poster

Worzel Gummidge Down Under

TV · as Worzel Gummidge · 22 eps

1986
The PanoptiCon Tapes VI poster

The PanoptiCon Tapes VI

Movie

1986
McDonnell Douglas Information Systems poster

McDonnell Douglas Information Systems

Movie · as Narrator

1986
Who's Who poster

Who's Who

Movie

1986
SuperTed: Super Safe with SuperTed

SuperTed: Super Safe with SuperTed

Movie · as Spotty ( voice)

1985
Doctor Who's Who's Who poster

Doctor Who's Who's Who

TV · as Doctor Who · 1 ep

1984
Doctor Who: Resurrection of the Daleks poster

Doctor Who: Resurrection of the Daleks

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

1984
Surprise, Surprise poster

Surprise, Surprise

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1983
Doctor Who: The Five Doctors poster

Doctor Who: The Five Doctors

Movie · as The Third Doctor

1983
Doctor Who: Mawdryn Undead poster

Doctor Who: Mawdryn Undead

Movie · as The Doctor (3) (archive footage)

1983
SuperTed poster

SuperTed

TV · as Spotty · 36 eps

1982
The Boys in Blue poster

The Boys in Blue

Movie · as Coastguard

1982
The Curious Case Of Santa Claus

The Curious Case Of Santa Claus

Movie · as Dr. Merryweather

1982
Wogan poster

Wogan

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1981
The Best of the Adventures poster

The Best of the Adventures

Movie · as Judd Blake (archive footage) (uncredited)

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

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

Movie · as Worzel Gummidge

1979
Worzel Gummidge poster

Worzel Gummidge

TV · as Worzel Gummidge, Radio Announcer · 31 eps

1979
Blankety Blank poster

Blankety Blank

TV · 1 ep

1979
The Paul Daniels Magic Show poster

The Paul Daniels Magic Show

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1978
The Water Babies poster

The Water Babies

Movie · as Salmon

1977
Four Against The Desert

Four Against The Desert

Movie

1977
No. 1 of the Secret Service poster

No. 1 of the Secret Service

Movie · as The Rev. Walter Braithwaite

1977
Adventures of a Private Eye poster

Adventures of a Private Eye

Movie · as Judd Blake

1977
Wombling Free poster

Wombling Free

Movie · as Womble Voices (voice)

1976
Doctor Who: The Brain of Morbius poster

Doctor Who: The Brain of Morbius

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

1976
Splink poster

Splink

Movie · as Self

1976
Tell Me Another poster

Tell Me Another

TV · as Guest, Himself · 1 ep

1975
Doctor Who: Robot poster

Doctor Who: Robot

Movie · as The Doctor

1975
One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing poster

One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing

Movie · as Colonel

1974
Doctor Who: The Monster of Peladon poster

Doctor Who: The Monster of Peladon

Movie · as The Doctor

1974
Doctor Who: Death to the Daleks poster

Doctor Who: Death to the Daleks

Movie · as The Doctor

1974
Doctor Who: Planet of the Spiders poster

Doctor Who: Planet of the Spiders

Movie · as The Doctor

1974
Doctor Who: The Time Warrior poster

Doctor Who: The Time Warrior

Movie · as The Doctor

1974
Doctor Who: Invasion of the Dinosaurs poster

Doctor Who: Invasion of the Dinosaurs

Movie · as The Doctor

1973
Doctor Who: Frontier in Space poster

Doctor Who: Frontier in Space

Movie · as The Doctor

1973
Doctor Who: The Green Death poster

Doctor Who: The Green Death

Movie · as The Doctor

1973
Doctor Who: Planet of the Daleks poster

Doctor Who: Planet of the Daleks

Movie · as The Doctor

1973
Doctor Who: Carnival of Monsters poster

Doctor Who: Carnival of Monsters

Movie · as The Doctor

1973
Doctor Who: The Three Doctors poster

Doctor Who: The Three Doctors

Movie · as The Doctor

1973
Whodunnit? poster

Whodunnit?

TV · as Host · 41 eps

1972
Doctor Who: The Curse of Peladon poster

Doctor Who: The Curse of Peladon

Movie · as The Doctor

1972
Doctor Who: Day of the Daleks poster

Doctor Who: Day of the Daleks

Movie · as The Doctor

1972
Doctor Who: The Sea Devils poster

Doctor Who: The Sea Devils

Movie · as The Doctor

1972
Doctor Who: The Time Monster poster

Doctor Who: The Time Monster

Movie · as The Doctor

1972
Doctor Who: The Mutants poster

Doctor Who: The Mutants

Movie · as The Doctor

1971
The House That Dripped Blood poster

The House That Dripped Blood

Movie · as Paul Henderson (segment 4 "The Cloak")

1971
Doctor Who: Terror of the Autons poster

Doctor Who: Terror of the Autons

Movie · as The Doctor

1971
Doctor Who: The Mind of Evil poster

Doctor Who: The Mind of Evil

Movie · as The Doctor

1971
Doctor Who: Colony in Space poster

Doctor Who: Colony in Space

Movie · as The Doctor

1971
Doctor Who: The Claws of Axos poster

Doctor Who: The Claws of Axos

Movie · as The Doctor

1971
Doctor Who: The Dæmons poster

Doctor Who: The Dæmons

Movie · as The Doctor

1970
Under the Table You Must Go poster

Under the Table You Must Go

Movie · as Self

1970
Doctor Who: Inferno poster

Doctor Who: Inferno

Movie · as The Doctor

1970
Doctor Who: Spearhead from Space poster

Doctor Who: Spearhead from Space

Movie · as The Doctor

1970
Doctor Who: The Ambassadors of Death poster

Doctor Who: The Ambassadors of Death

Movie · as The Doctor

1970
Doctor Who and the Silurians poster

Doctor Who and the Silurians

Movie · as The Doctor

1970
The Goodies poster

The Goodies

TV · as Reverend Llewellyn Llewellyn Llewellyn Llewellyn · 1 ep

1969
Up in the Air poster

Up in the Air

Movie · as Figworthy

1966
Carry On Screaming! poster

Carry On Screaming!

Movie · as Dr. Fettle

1966
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum poster

A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum

Movie · as Crassus

1965
Carry On Cowboy poster

Carry On Cowboy

Movie · as Sheriff Albert Earp

1965
You Must Be Joking poster

You Must Be Joking

Movie · as Storekeeper (Hare Factory)

1965
Runaway Railway poster

Runaway Railway

Movie · as Station Master

1965
I've Gotta Horse poster

I've Gotta Horse

Movie · as Costumier's Assistant

1965
How to Undress in Public Without Undue Embarrassment poster

How to Undress in Public Without Undue Embarrassment

Movie · as Adam

1965
A Slight Case Of...

A Slight Case Of...

TV · 1 ep

1964
Carry On Cleo poster

Carry On Cleo

Movie · as Soothsayer

1963
Ladies Who Do poster

Ladies Who Do

Movie · as Sidney Tait

1963
Doctor Who poster

Doctor Who

TV · as The Doctor · 129 eps

1961
Nearly a Nasty Accident poster

Nearly a Nasty Accident

Movie · as Gen. Birkinshaw

1961
The Avengers poster

The Avengers

TV · as Brigadier Whitehead · 1 ep

1960
Not a Hope in Hell

Not a Hope in Hell

Movie

1960
Just Joe poster

Just Joe

Movie · as Prendergast

1960
Then and Now poster

Then and Now

Movie

1959
The Ugly Duckling poster

The Ugly Duckling

Movie · as Victor Jekyll

1958
Ivanhoe poster

Ivanhoe

TV · as Peter the Peddler · 1 ep

1956
It's a Wonderful World poster

It's a Wonderful World

Movie · as Conductor

1955
A Yank in Ermine poster

A Yank in Ermine

Movie · as Slowburn Jenks

1954
The Gay Dog poster

The Gay Dog

Movie · as A Betting Man

1953
Will Any Gentleman...? poster

Will Any Gentleman...?

Movie · as Charley Sterling

1951
Mr. Drake's Duck poster

Mr. Drake's Duck

Movie · as Reuben

1950
The Body Said No! poster

The Body Said No!

Movie · as Watchman

1949
Dear Mr. Prohack poster

Dear Mr. Prohack

Movie · as Plover

1949
Miss Pilgrim's Progress poster

Miss Pilgrim's Progress

Movie · as Postman Perkins

1949
Murder at the Windmill poster

Murder at the Windmill

Movie · as Police Sergeant

1949
Helter Skelter poster

Helter Skelter

Movie · as Headwaiter

1948
A Piece of Cake poster

A Piece of Cake

Movie · as Mr. Short

1948
William Comes to Town poster

William Comes to Town

Movie · as Circus Superintendent

1948
Trouble in the Air poster

Trouble in the Air

Movie

1947
Dancing with Crime poster

Dancing with Crime

Movie · as Police Constable (uncredited)

1946
Toad of Toad Hall

Toad of Toad Hall

Movie · as Judge

1939
There Ain't No Justice poster

There Ain't No Justice

Movie · as Young Man in Cafe (uncredited)

1939
The Four Just Men poster

The Four Just Men

Movie · as Rally campaigner (uncredited)

1938
A Yank at Oxford poster

A Yank at Oxford

Movie · as Minor Role (uncredited)