Jon Pertwee

Acting

Born 07/07/1919
Chelsea, London, England, UK
Died 20/05/1996

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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Known For

Doctor Who: Wish World & The Reality War
2025
Reach for the Stars: The Starwatch Story
2025
Doctor Who at the Proms
2024
Doctor Who: The War Games in Colour
2024
Doctor Who: 60 Years of Secrets & Scandals
2023
Talking Doctor Who
2023
Tales of the Tardis
2023
Jon Pertwee: Uncut!
2021
Panopticon Destiny – The Matrix Files
2021
Doctor Who and the Third Man
2019
The Doctors: The Jon Pertwee Years
2017
Panopticon Genesis
2017
Doctor Who: The Husbands of River Song
2015
Longleat '83: The Lost Footage
2015
Myth Makers
2015
Doctor Who: The Day of the Doctor
2013
Doctor Who at the Proms
2013
A Dandy and a Clown: The Life of Jon Pertwee
2013
Doctor Who: The Doctors Revisited
2013
Life on Earth
2011
My Sarah Jane: A Tribute to Elisabeth Sladen
2011
Devious
2009
Doctor Who: The Next Doctor
2008
Celebration: Doctor Who in 1983
2008
The Ties That Bind Us
2008
Longleat '83: The Greatest Show in the Galaxy
2001
The Home Whovian
2001
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Attack of the Hawkmen
1995
The Doctors: 30 Years of Time Travel and Beyond
1995
Stranger than Fiction 2: From Script to Screen
1995
PROBE: The Zero Imperative
1994
Stranger than Fiction
1994
Police 5: The Master
1993
30 Years in the TARDIS
1993
Doctor Who: Dimensions in Time
1993
Return to Devil's End
1993
The Airzone Solution
1993
Carry On Columbus
1992
Virtual Murder
1992
Reverse the Polarity: A Day in the Life of Jon Pertwee
1992
Doctor Who: The Pertwee Years
1992
Doctor Who: The Troughton Years
1991
The PanoptiCon Tapes Vol 1 - The Main Event
1991
The PanoptiCon Tapes V
1990
The PanoptiCon Tapes IV
1990
The PanoptiCon Tapes III
1990
The PanoptiCon Tapes II
1990
Doctor Who The Ultimate Adventure
1989
The Further Adventures of SuperTed
1989
Starwatch
1988
Worzel Gummidge Down Under
1987
Myth Runner
1987
The PanoptiCon Tapes VI
1986
Who's Who
1986
McDonnell Douglas Information Systems
1986
Doctor Who's Who's Who
1985
Surprise, Surprise
1984
Doctor Who: Resurrection of the Daleks
1984
Doctor Who: The Five Doctors
1983
SuperTed
1983
Doctor Who: Mawdryn Undead
1983
The Boys in Blue
1982
Wogan
1982
The Best of the Adventures
1981
A Cup O' Tea An' A Slice O' Cake - Worzel Gummidge Christmas Special
1980
The Paul Daniels Magic Show
1979
Worzel Gummidge
1979
Worzel Gummidge
1979
Blankety Blank
1979
The Water Babies
1978
Wombling Free
1977
No. 1 of the Secret Service
1977
Adventures of a Private Eye
1977
Tell Me Another
1976
Tell Me Another
1976
Doctor Who: The Brain of Morbius
1976
Splink
1976
One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing
1975
Doctor Who: Robot
1975
Doctor Who: Planet of the Spiders
1974
Doctor Who: The Monster of Peladon
1974
Doctor Who: Death to the Daleks
1974
Doctor Who: Invasion of the Dinosaurs
1974
Doctor Who: The Time Warrior
1974
Whodunnit?
1973
Doctor Who: The Green Death
1973
Doctor Who: Planet of the Daleks
1973
Doctor Who: Frontier in Space
1973
Doctor Who: Carnival of Monsters
1973
Doctor Who: The Three Doctors
1973
Doctor Who: The Time Monster
1972
Doctor Who: The Mutants
1972
Doctor Who: The Sea Devils
1972
Doctor Who: The Curse of Peladon
1972
Doctor Who: Day of the Daleks
1972
Doctor Who: The Dæmons
1971
Doctor Who: Colony in Space
1971
Doctor Who: The Claws of Axos
1971
Doctor Who: The Mind of Evil
1971
The House That Dripped Blood
1971
Doctor Who: Terror of the Autons
1971
The Goodies
1970
Doctor Who: Inferno
1970
Doctor Who: The Ambassadors of Death
1970
Doctor Who and the Silurians
1970
Doctor Who: Spearhead from Space
1970
Under the Table You Must Go
1970
Up in the Air
1969
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
1966
Carry On Screaming!
1966
Carry On Cowboy
1965
You Must Be Joking
1965
How to Undress in Public Without Undue Embarrassment
1965
I've Gotta Horse
1965
Runaway Railway
1965
Carry On Cleo
1964
Doctor Who
1963
Ladies Who Do
1963
Nearly a Nasty Accident
1961
The Avengers
1961
Just Joe
1960
Then and Now
1960
The Ugly Duckling
1959
Ivanhoe
1958
It's a Wonderful World
1956
A Yank in Ermine
1955
The Gay Dog
1954
Will Any Gentleman...?
1953
Mr. Drake's Duck
1951
The Body Said No!
1950
Miss Pilgrim's Progress
1949
Dear Mr. Prohack
1949
Helter Skelter
1949
Murder at the Windmill
1949
William Comes to Town
1948
A Piece of Cake
1948
Trouble in the Air
1948
Dancing with Crime
1947
There Ain't No Justice
1939
The Four Just Men
1939
A Yank at Oxford
1938