Person Details

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Aliases: John Devon Roland Pertwee

Gender: Male

Place of birth: Chelsea, London, England, UK

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Movie Involvements: 70

TV Involvements: 15


Most Famous Work

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.

Most Famous Work

Doctor Who
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8

Doctor Who

(1963) Doctor Who (uncredited)
The Avengers
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8

The Avengers

(1961) Brigadier Whitehead
Reach for the Stars: The Starwatch Story
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10
Doctor Who: The Green Death
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9

Doctor Who: The Green Death

(1973) The Doctor
Tales of the Tardis
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4

Tales of the Tardis

(2023) The Doctor
Doctor Who: The Troughton Years
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0

Doctor Who: The Troughton Years

(1991) Self - Presenter
Doctor Who: Death to the Daleks
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7
Doctor Who: Invasion of the Dinosaurs
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8

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
2025 Dr. Who (archive footage) (uncredited)
Self (Archive)
2024 The Doctor (3) (archive footage)
The Doctor (3) (archive footage)
2023 Self - archive
The Doctor
Self / The Doctor (3) (archive footage)
Self (Archive)
2021 Himself
N/A
2019 N/A
2017 N/A
N/A
2015 The Doctor (3) (picture) (uncredited)
N/A
Himself
2013 The Doctor (3) (archive footage)
(archive footage)
Self
2011 Self (archive footage)
2009 Third Doctor
2008 The Doctor (3) (archive footage)
(archival footage)
The Third Doctor (archive footage)
2003 The Doctor (archive footage) (voice)
2001 Himself (archive footage)
N/A
1995 General Von Kramer
N/A
N/A
1994 Dr. Jeremiah O'Kane
N/A
1993 The Doctor (archive footage)
Himself
The 3rd Doctor
Self
Oliver Threthewey
1992 Duke of Costa Brava
N/A
N/A
Self - Host
1991 Self - Presenter
N/A
1990 N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
1989 The Doctor
N/A
N/A
1988 N/A
Commander Jason Havlin
1987 Worzel Gummidge
Himself
1986 N/A
N/A
Narrator
1985 Doctor Who
1984 Self
The Doctor (3) (archive footage) (uncredited)
1983 The Doctor (3)
Spotty
The Doctor (3) (archive footage)
1982 Coastguard
Self
Dr. Merryweather
1980 Worzel Gummidge
1979 Self
Worzel Gummidge
Radio Announcer
N/A
1978 Salmon
1977 Womble Voices (voice)
N/A
The Rev. Walter Braithwaite
Judd Blake
1976 Guest
Himself
The Doctor (3) (picture) (uncredited)
1975 Colonel
The Doctor
1974 The Doctor
The Doctor
The Doctor
The Doctor
The Doctor
1973 Host
The Doctor
The Doctor
The Doctor
The Doctor
The Doctor
1972 The Doctor
The Doctor
The Doctor
The Doctor
The Doctor
1971 The Doctor
The Doctor
The Doctor
The Doctor
Paul Henderson (segment 4 "The Cloak")
The Doctor
1970 Reverend Llewellyn Llewellyn Llewellyn Llewellyn
The Doctor
The Doctor
The Doctor
The Doctor
Self
1969 N/A
1966 Crassus
Doctor Fettle
1965 Sheriff Albert Earp
N/A
Storekeeper (Hare Factory)
Adam
Costumier's Assistant
Station Master
1964 Soothsayer
1963 The Doctor
Doctor Who (uncredited)
Sidney Tait
1961 Gen. Birkinshaw
Brigadier Whitehead
1960 N/A
Prendergast
N/A
1959 Victor Jekyll
1958 Peter the Peddler
1956 Conductor
1955 Slowburn Jenks
1954 A Betting Man
1953 Charley Sterling
1951 Reuben
1950 N/A
1949 Postman Perkins
Plover
Headwaiter
Police Sergeant
1948 Circus Superintendent
Mr. Short
N/A
1947 Police Constable (uncredited)
1946 Judge
1939 Young Man in Cafe (uncredited)
Rally campaigner (uncredited)
1938 Minor Role (uncredited)
Year Character Movie/Tv

Directing

Year Role Movie/Tv
1989 Director
Year Role Movie/Tv

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