Jon Pertwee
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.
Gallery
Known For
Acting History
2025
Doctor Who: Wish World & The Reality War as Dr. Who (archive footage) (uncredited)
2025Reach for the Stars: The Starwatch Story as Self (Archive)
2024Doctor Who at the Proms as The Doctor (3) (archive footage)
2024Doctor Who: The War Games in Colour as The Doctor (3) (archive footage)
2023Doctor Who: 60 Years of Secrets & Scandals as Self - archive
2023Tales of the Tardis as The Doctor
2023Talking Doctor Who as Self / The Doctor (3) (archive footage)
2023Jon, The Man Who Was Doctor Who as Self (Archive)
2021Jon Pertwee: Uncut! as Himself
2021Panopticon Destiny – The Matrix Files
2019Doctor Who and the Third Man
2017The Doctors: The Jon Pertwee Years
2017Panopticon Genesis
2015Doctor Who: The Husbands of River Song as The Doctor (3) (picture) (uncredited)
2015Longleat '83: The Lost Footage
2015Myth Makers as Himself
2013Doctor Who: The Day of the Doctor as The Doctor (3) (archive footage)
2013A Dandy and a Clown: The Life of Jon Pertwee as (archive footage)
2013Doctor Who: The Doctors Revisited as Self
2011Life on Earth as Self (archive footage)
2009Devious as Third Doctor
2008Doctor Who: The Next Doctor as The Doctor (3) (archive footage)
2008The Ties That Bind Us as The Third Doctor (archive footage)
2008Celebration: Doctor Who in 1983 as (archival footage)
2008Five Doctors, One Studio
2001Longleat '83: The Greatest Show in the Galaxy as Himself (archive footage)
2001The Home Whovian
1995The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Attack of the Hawkmen as General Von Kramer
1995The Doctors: 30 Years of Time Travel and Beyond
1995Stranger than Fiction 2: From Script to Screen
1994PROBE: The Zero Imperative as Dr. Jeremiah O'Kane
1994Stranger than Fiction
1993Police 5: The Master as The Doctor (archive footage)
199330 Years in the TARDIS as Himself
1993Doctor Who: Dimensions in Time as The 3rd Doctor
1993Return to Devil's End as Self
1993The Airzone Solution as Oliver Threthewey
1992Carry On Columbus as Duke of Costa Brava
1992Virtual Murder
1992Reverse the Polarity: A Day in the Life of Jon Pertwee
1992Doctor Who: The Pertwee Years as Self - Host
1991Doctor Who: The Troughton Years as Self - Presenter
1991The PanoptiCon Tapes Vol 1 - The Main Event
1990The PanoptiCon Tapes V
1990The PanoptiCon Tapes IV
1990The PanoptiCon Tapes III
1990The PanoptiCon Tapes II
1989Doctor Who The Ultimate Adventure as The Doctor
1989The Further Adventures of SuperTed
1988On the Waterfront
1988Starwatch as Commander Jason Havlin
1987Worzel Gummidge Down Under as Worzel Gummidge
1987Myth Runner as Himself
1986The PanoptiCon Tapes VI
1986Who's Who
1986McDonnell Douglas Information Systems as Narrator
1985Doctor Who's Who's Who as Doctor Who
1984Surprise, Surprise as Self
1984Doctor Who: Resurrection of the Daleks as The Doctor (3) (archive footage) (uncredited)
1983Doctor Who: The Five Doctors as The Doctor (3)
1983SuperTed as Spotty
1983Doctor Who: Mawdryn Undead as The Doctor (3) (archive footage)
1982The Boys in Blue as Coastguard
1982Wogan as Self
1982The Curious Case Of Santa Claus as Dr. Merryweather
1981The Best of the Adventures as Judd Blake (archive footage) (uncredited)
1980A Cup O' Tea An' A Slice O' Cake - Worzel Gummidge Christmas Special as Worzel Gummidge
1979The Paul Daniels Magic Show as Self
1979Worzel Gummidge as Worzel Gummidge
1979Worzel Gummidge as Radio Announcer
1979Blankety Blank
1978The Water Babies as Salmon
1977Wombling Free as Womble Voices (voice)
1977Four Against The Desert
1977No. 1 of the Secret Service as The Rev. Walter Braithwaite
1977Adventures of a Private Eye as Judd Blake
1976Tell Me Another as Guest
1976Tell Me Another as Himself
1976Doctor Who: The Brain of Morbius as The Doctor (3) (picture) (uncredited)
1975One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing as Colonel
1975Doctor Who: Robot as The Doctor
1974Doctor Who: Planet of the Spiders as The Doctor
1974Doctor Who: The Monster of Peladon as The Doctor
1974Doctor Who: Death to the Daleks as The Doctor
1974Doctor Who: Invasion of the Dinosaurs as The Doctor
1974Doctor Who: The Time Warrior as The Doctor
1973Whodunnit? as Host
1973Doctor Who: The Green Death as The Doctor
1973Doctor Who: Planet of the Daleks as The Doctor
1973Doctor Who: Frontier in Space as The Doctor
1973Doctor Who: Carnival of Monsters as The Doctor
1973Doctor Who: The Three Doctors as The Doctor
1972Doctor Who: The Time Monster as The Doctor
1972Doctor Who: The Mutants as The Doctor
1972Doctor Who: The Sea Devils as The Doctor
1972Doctor Who: The Curse of Peladon as The Doctor
1972Doctor Who: Day of the Daleks as The Doctor
1971Doctor Who: The Dæmons as The Doctor
1971Doctor Who: Colony in Space as The Doctor
1971Doctor Who: The Claws of Axos as The Doctor
1971Doctor Who: The Mind of Evil as The Doctor
1971The House That Dripped Blood as Paul Henderson (segment 4 "The Cloak")
1971Doctor Who: Terror of the Autons as The Doctor
1970The Goodies as Reverend Llewellyn Llewellyn Llewellyn Llewellyn
1970Doctor Who: Inferno as The Doctor
1970Doctor Who: The Ambassadors of Death as The Doctor
1970Doctor Who and the Silurians as The Doctor
1970Doctor Who: Spearhead from Space as The Doctor
1970Under the Table You Must Go as Self
1969Up in the Air
1966A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum as Crassus
1966Carry On Screaming! as Dr. Fettle
1965Carry On Cowboy as Sheriff Albert Earp
1965A Slight Case Of...
1965You Must Be Joking as Storekeeper (Hare Factory)
1965How to Undress in Public Without Undue Embarrassment as Adam
1965I've Gotta Horse as Costumier's Assistant
1965Runaway Railway as Station Master
1964Carry On Cleo as Soothsayer
1963Doctor Who as The Doctor
1963Doctor Who as Doctor Who (uncredited)
1963Ladies Who Do as Sidney Tait
1961Nearly a Nasty Accident as Gen. Birkinshaw
1961The Avengers as Brigadier Whitehead
1960Not a Hope in Hell
1960Just Joe as Prendergast
1960Then and Now
1959The Ugly Duckling as Victor Jekyll
1958Ivanhoe as Peter the Peddler
1956It's a Wonderful World as Conductor
1955A Yank in Ermine as Slowburn Jenks
1954The Gay Dog as A Betting Man
1953Will Any Gentleman...? as Charley Sterling
1951Mr. Drake's Duck as Reuben
1950The Body Said No!
1949Miss Pilgrim's Progress as Postman Perkins
1949Dear Mr. Prohack as Plover
1949Helter Skelter as Headwaiter
1949Murder at the Windmill as Police Sergeant
1948William Comes to Town as Circus Superintendent
1948Trouble in the Air
1948A Piece of Cake as Mr. Short
1947Dancing with Crime as Police Constable (uncredited)
1946Toad of Toad Hall as Judge
1939There Ain't No Justice as Young Man in Cafe (uncredited)
1939The Four Just Men as Rally campaigner (uncredited)
1938A Yank at Oxford as Minor Role (uncredited)