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
Doctor Who: The Day of the Doctor
(2013)
The Doctor (3) (archive footage)
Carry On Cleo
(1964)
Soothsayer
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
(1966)
Crassus
Carry On Columbus
(1992)
Duke of Costa Brava
A Yank at Oxford
(1938)
Minor Role (uncredited)
The House That Dripped Blood
(1971)
Paul Henderson (segment 4 "The Cloak")
The Water Babies
(1978)
Salmon
Carry On Cowboy
(1965)
Sheriff Albert Earp
Carry On Screaming!
(1966)
Doctor Fettle
Helter Skelter
(1949)
Headwaiter
Full Filmography
Acting
A Yank at Oxford
(1938)
Minor Role (uncredited)
The Four Just Men
(1939)
Rally campaigner (uncredited)
There Ain't No Justice
(1939)
Young Man in Cafe (uncredited)
Toad of Toad Hall
(1946)
Judge
Dancing with Crime
(1947)
Police Constable (uncredited)
A Piece of Cake
(1948)
Mr. Short
William Comes to Town
(1948)
Trouble in the Air
(1948)
Dear Mr. Prohack
(1949)
Plover
Miss Pilgrim's Progress
(1949)
Postman Perkins
Murder at the Windmill
(1949)
Police Sergeant
Helter Skelter
(1949)
Headwaiter
The Body Said No!
(1950)
Mr. Drake's Duck
(1951)
Reuben
Will Any Gentleman...?
(1953)
Charley Sterling
The Gay Dog
(1954)
A Betting Man
A Yank in Ermine
(1955)
Slowburn Jenks
It's a Wonderful World
(1956)
Conductor
The Ugly Duckling
(1959)
Victor Jekyll
Just Joe
(1960)
Prendergast
Not a Hope in Hell
(1960)
Then and Now
(1960)
Nearly a Nasty Accident
(1961)
Gen. Birkinshaw
Ladies Who Do
(1963)
Sidney Tait
Carry On Cleo
(1964)
Soothsayer
Carry On Cowboy
(1965)
Sheriff Albert Earp
Runaway Railway
(1965)
Station Master
I've Gotta Horse
(1965)
Costumier's Assistant
How to Undress in Public Without Undue Embarrassment
(1965)
Adam
You Must Be Joking
(1965)
Storekeeper (Hare Factory)
Carry On Screaming!
(1966)
Doctor Fettle
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
(1966)
Crassus
Up in the Air
(1969)
Doctor Who: Spearhead from Space
(1970)
The Doctor
Doctor Who and the Silurians
(1970)
The Doctor
Doctor Who: The Ambassadors of Death
(1970)
The Doctor
Doctor Who: Inferno
(1970)
Dr. Who
Under the Table You Must Go
(1970)
Self
The House That Dripped Blood
(1971)
Paul Henderson (segment 4 "The Cloak")
Doctor Who: Terror of the Autons
(1971)
The Doctor
Doctor Who: The Mind of Evil
(1971)
The Doctor
Doctor Who: The Claws of Axos
(1971)
The Doctor
Doctor Who: The Dæmons
(1971)
The Doctor
Doctor Who: Colony in Space
(1971)
The Doctor
Doctor Who: Day of the Daleks
(1972)
The Doctor
Doctor Who: The Mutants
(1972)
The Doctor
Doctor Who: The Time Monster
(1972)
The Doctor
Doctor Who: The Curse of Peladon
(1972)
The Doctor
Doctor Who: The Sea Devils
(1972)
The Doctor
Doctor Who: The Three Doctors
(1973)
The Doctor
Doctor Who: Frontier in Space
(1973)
The Doctor
Doctor Who: Planet of the Daleks
(1973)
The Doctor
Doctor Who: The Green Death
(1973)
The Doctor
Doctor Who: Carnival of Monsters
(1973)
The Doctor
Doctor Who: The Time Warrior
(1974)
The Doctor
Doctor Who: The Monster of Peladon
(1974)
The Doctor
Doctor Who: Planet of the Spiders
(1974)
The Doctor
Doctor Who: Invasion of the Dinosaurs
(1974)
The Doctor
Doctor Who: Death to the Daleks
(1974)
The Doctor
One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing
(1975)
Colonel
Doctor Who: Robot
(1975)
The Doctor
Green Cross Code: Splink Launch
(1976)
No. 1 of the Secret Service
(1977)
The Rev. Walter Braithwaite
Adventures of a Private Eye
(1977)
Judd Blake
Four Against The Desert
(1977)
The Water Babies
(1978)
Salmon
A Cup O' Tea An' A Slice O' Cake - Worzel Gummidge Christmas Special
(1980)
Worzel Gummidge
The Boys in Blue
(1982)
Coastguard
The Curious Case Of Santa Claus
(1982)
Dr. Merryweather
Doctor Who: The Five Doctors
(1983)
The Doctor (3)
Who's Who
(1986)
The PanoptiCon Tapes VI
(1986)
McDonnell Douglas Information Systems
(1986)
Narrator
Myth Runner
(1987)
Himself
Myth Makers 15: Jon Pertwee
(1989)
The PanoptiCon Tapes
(1990)
The PanoptiCon Tapes II
(1990)
The PanoptiCon Tapes III
(1990)
The PanoptiCon Tapes V
(1990)
The PanoptiCon Tapes IV
(1990)
Doctor Who: The Troughton Years
(1991)
Carry On Columbus
(1992)
Duke of Costa Brava
Doctor Who: The Pertwee Years
(1992)
Reverse the Polarity: A Day in the Life of Jon Pertwee
(1992)
The Airzone Solution
(1993)
Oliver Threthewey
Doctor Who: Dimensions in Time
(1993)
The 3rd Doctor
30 Years in the TARDIS
(1993)
Himself
Return to Devil's End
(1993)
Self
The Zero Imperative
(1994)
Dr. Jeremiah O'Kane
Stranger than Fiction
(1994)
Stranger than Fiction 2: From Script to Screen
(1995)
The Doctors: 30 Years of Time Travel and Beyond
(1995)
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Attack of the Hawkmen
(1999)
General Von Kramer
Longleat '83: The Greatest Show in the Galaxy
(2001)
Himself (archive footage)
The Home Whovian
(2001)
Celebration: Doctor Who in 1983
(2008)
(archival footage)
Life on Earth
(2011)
Self (archive footage)
Doctor Who: The Day of the Doctor
(2013)
The Doctor (3) (archive footage)
A Dandy and a Clown: The Life of Jon Pertwee
(2013)
(archive footage)
Longleat '83: The Lost Footage
(2015)
Panopticon Genesis
(2017)
The Doctors: The Jon Pertwee Years
(2017)
Doctor Who and the Third Man
(2019)
Jon Pertwee: Uncut!
(2021)
Himself
Panopticon Destiny – The Matrix Files
(2021)
Talking Doctor Who
(2023)
Self / The Doctor (3) (archive footage)
Doctor Who: 60 Years of Secrets & Scandals
(2023)
Self - archive
Crew