Jon Pertwee Biography (1919-1996)

Full name, Jon Devon Roland Pertwee; born July 7, 1919, in London, England; died of a heart attack, May 20, 1996, in New York, NY; son of Roland Pertwee (an actor); brother of Bill Pertwee (an actor); married Jean Marsh (an actressand writer; divorced); married Ingeborg Rhoesa, 1960; children: Dariel (an actress), Sean (an actor). Career: Actor. Appeared in cabaret productions and at Doctor Who conventions. Military service: British Navy, served during World War II.

Pertwee was expelled from drama school as a young man and was told he had nofuture as an actor.

Nationality: British
Gender: Male
Occupation: Actor
Birth Details: July 7, 1919; London, England
Death Details: May 20, 1996; New York, New York, United States

Famous Works

CREDITS
Television Appearances
Series
The Jon Pertwee Show, 1966
Doctor Who number three, Doctor Who, BBC, 1970-74
Whodunnit!, 1973
Title role, Worzel Gummidge, Television South, 1979-81
Voice of Spotty, SuperTed, 1983
Worzel Gummidge, Worzel Gummidge Down Under, Channel 4, 1987 and 1989
Movies
The Curious Case of Santa Claus, Channel 4, 1982
Himself, Doctor Who Who's Who (documentary), PBS, 1986
Specials
Judge, Toad of Toad Hall, BBC, 1946
Doctor Who number three, Doctor Who: The Five Doctors, PBS, 1983
Episodic
Six-Five Special, BBC, 1957
Peter the peddler, "The Swindler," Ivanhoe, Incorporated Television Company, 1958
Brigadier Whitehead, "From Venus with Love," The Avengers, Associated British Picture Corporation, 1967
Reverend Llewellyn Llewellyn Llewellyn Llewellyn, "Wacky Wales," The Goodies, BBC, 1975
Himself, Blankety Blank, BBC, 1979
Doctor Who number three, Doctor Who, BBC, 1983
Luis Silverado, "A Torch for Silverado," Virtual Murder, BBC, 1992
The Hypnotic World of Paul McKenna, Carlton Television, 1994
Film Appearances
A Yank at Oxford, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1937
Dinner at the Ritz, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1937
Young Man's Fancy, Associated British, 1939
The Four Just Men (also known as The Secret Four), Monogram, 1939
There Ain't No Justice!, Associated British, 1939
(As John Pertwee) Mr. Short, A Piece of Cake, Rank, 1946
Penny and the Pownall Case, 1947
Superintendent, William at Circus (also known as William Comesto Town), United Artists, 1948
Truelove, Trouble in the Air, General Films, 1948
Sergeant, Murder at the Windmill (also known as Mystery at theBurlesque), Monogram, 1949

Headwaiter and Charles II, Helter Skelter, General Films, 1949
Plover, Dear Mr. Prohack, General Films, 1949
Postman Perkins, Miss Pilgrim's Progress, Grand National, 1950
Watchman, The Body Said No!, Angel/New World Pictures, 1950
Reuben, Mr. Drake's Duck, United Artists, 1951
Charlie Sterling, Will Any Gentleman.?, Stratford, 1953
The Gay Dog, Eros, 1954
Knock on Wood, Paramount, 1954
Slowburn, A Yank in Ermine, Monarch, 1955
Between Heaven and Hell, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1956
It's a Wonderful World, Renown, 1956
Victor Jekyll, The Ugly Duckling, Columbia, 1958
Prendergast, Just Joe, Archway, 1959
Dan, Not a Hope in Hell, Archway, 1960
General Birkenshaw, Nearly a Nasty Accident, Universal, 1961
Sidney Tait, Ladies Who Do, Continental Distributing, 1963
Soothsayer, Carry On, Cleo, Warner Bros., 1964
Costumer's assistant, I've Gotta Horse (also known as WonderfulDay), Warner Bros./Pathe, 1964
You Must Be Joking!, Columbia, 1965
Sheriff Albert Earp, Carry On, Cowboy (also known as Rumpo Kid), Warner Bros., 1965
How to Undress in Public without Undue Embarrassment, 1965
Crassus, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, United Artists, 1966
Dr. Fettle, Carry On Screaming! (also known as Carry On, Vampire and Screaming), Warner Bros., 1966
Figworthy, Up in the Air, Fanfare, 1969
Under the Table You Must Go, 1969
Paul Henderson, "The Cloak," The House That Dripped Blood, Amicus,1970
Four against the Desert, 1974
Colonel Mortimer, One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing, Buena Vista, 1975
Judd Blake, Adventures of a Private Eye, [Great Britain], 1977
Reverend Walter Braithwaite, Number One of the Secret Service (also known as No. 1 of the Secret Service and Tell the Other Guy to Move Over! I'm Number One), Lindsay Shonteff Film Productions, 1977
Voice of Womble, Wombling Free, Rank, 1977
Voice, The Water Babies (also known as Slip Slide Adventures), Pethurst, 1978
Coast guard, The Boys in Blue, [Great Britain], 1983
Duke of Costa Brava, Carry On, Columbus, Island World, 1992
Himself and Doctor Who number three, More than 20 Years in the TARDIS (documentary), BBC Video, 1993
Oliver Threthewey, The Airzone Solution, Carlton Home Entertainment, 1993
Dr. O'Kane, The Zero Imperative (also known as P.R.O.B.E.: TheZero Imperative), Carlton Home Entertainment/Reeltime Pictures, 1994
Himself, The Doctors, 30 Years of Time Travel and Beyond (documentary), Mastervision, 1995
Radio Appearances
Appeared as Chief Petty Officer Pertwee, The Navy Lark.
Stage Appearances
Andrew, There's a Girl in My Soup, Music Box Theatre, New York City, 1967-68
Appeared in cabaret productions.
Major Tours
Appeared in the Dr. Who stage tour.
RECORDINGS
Albums
Appeared as the voice of Pied Piper, The Pied Piper.
Video Games
Discworld, 1995

Further Reference

OBITUARIES AND OTHER SOURCES

Periodicals:

Maclean's June 3, 1996, p. 13.
Times May 21, 1996, (London),
Variety July 22, 1996, ,
Washington Post May 21, 1996, , *

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