Person Details
Birthday:
Aliases: John Devon Roland Pertwee
Gender: Male
Place of birth: Chelsea, London, England, UK
Homepage:
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
(1963) Doctor Who (uncredited)The Avengers
(1961) Brigadier WhiteheadReach for the Stars: The Starwatch Story
(2025) Self (Archive)Doctor Who: The Green Death
(1973) The DoctorTales of the Tardis
(2023) The DoctorDoctor Who: The Troughton Years
(1991) Self - PresenterDoctor Who: Death to the Daleks
(1974) The DoctorDoctor Who: Invasion of the Dinosaurs
(1974) The DoctorActing
| 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 |