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.

Known For

Doctor Who

The Avengers

Wogan

Blankety Blank

The Goodies

Ivanhoe

The Paul Daniels Magic Show

Surprise, Surprise

All Movies (125)

• Doctor Who: Wish World & The Reality War2025 · as Dr. Who (archive footage) (uncredited)
• Reach for the Stars: The Starwatch Story2025 · as Self (Archive)
• Doctor Who at the Proms2024 · as The Doctor (3) (archive footage)
• Doctor Who: The War Games in Colour2024 · as The Doctor (3) (archive footage)
• Doctor Who: 60 Years of Secrets & Scandals2023 · as Self - archive
• Talking Doctor Who2023 · as Self / The Doctor (3) (archive footage)
• Jon Pertwee: Uncut!2021 · as Himself
• Panopticon Destiny – The Matrix Files2021
• Doctor Who and the Third Man2019
• The Doctors: The Jon Pertwee Years2017
• Panopticon Genesis2017
• Doctor Who: The Husbands of River Song2015 · as The Doctor (3) (picture) (uncredited)
• Longleat '83: The Lost Footage2015
• Doctor Who: The Day of the Doctor2013 · as The Doctor (3) (archive footage)
• A Dandy and a Clown: The Life of Jon Pertwee2013 · as (archive footage)
• Life on Earth2011 · as Self (archive footage)
• My Sarah Jane: A Tribute to Elisabeth Sladen2011 · as Self (archive footage)
• Devious2009 · as Third Doctor
• Doctor Who: The Next Doctor2008 · as The Doctor (3) (archive footage)
• Celebration: Doctor Who in 19832008 · as (archival footage)
• The Ties That Bind Us2008 · as The Third Doctor (archive footage)
• Five Doctors, One Studio2008
• Longleat '83: The Greatest Show in the Galaxy2001 · as Himself (archive footage)
• The Home Whovian2001
• The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Attack of the Hawkmen1995 · as General Von Kramer
• The Doctors: 30 Years of Time Travel and Beyond1995
• Stranger than Fiction 2: From Script to Screen1995
• PROBE: The Zero Imperative1994 · as Dr. Jeremiah O'Kane
• Stranger than Fiction1994
• Police 5: The Master1993 · as The Doctor (archive footage)
• 30 Years in the TARDIS1993 · as Himself
• Doctor Who: Dimensions in Time1993 · as The 3rd Doctor
• Return to Devil's End1993 · as Self
• The Airzone Solution1993 · as Oliver Threthewey
• Carry On Columbus1992 · as Duke of Costa Brava
• Reverse the Polarity: A Day in the Life of Jon Pertwee1992
• Doctor Who: The Pertwee Years1992 · as Self - Host
• Doctor Who: The Troughton Years1991 · as Self - Presenter
• The PanoptiCon Tapes Vol 1 - The Main Event1991
• The PanoptiCon Tapes V1990
• The PanoptiCon Tapes IV1990
• The PanoptiCon Tapes III1990
• The PanoptiCon Tapes II1990
• Doctor Who The Ultimate Adventure1989 · as The Doctor
• Starwatch1988 · as Commander Jason Havlin
• Myth Runner1987 · as Himself
• The PanoptiCon Tapes VI1986
• Who's Who1986
• SuperTed: Super Safe with SuperTed1986 · as Spotty ( voice)
• McDonnell Douglas Information Systems1986 · as Narrator
• Doctor Who: Resurrection of the Daleks1984 · as The Doctor (3) (archive footage) (uncredited)
• Doctor Who: The Five Doctors1983 · as The Third Doctor
• Doctor Who: Mawdryn Undead1983 · as The Doctor (3) (archive footage)
• The Boys in Blue1982 · as Coastguard
• The Curious Case Of Santa Claus1982 · as Dr. Merryweather
• The Best of the Adventures1981 · as Judd Blake (archive footage) (uncredited)
• A Cup O' Tea An' A Slice O' Cake - Worzel Gummidge Christmas Special1980 · as Worzel Gummidge
• The Water Babies1978 · as Salmon
• Wombling Free1977 · as Womble Voices (voice)
• Four Against The Desert1977
• No. 1 of the Secret Service1977 · as The Rev. Walter Braithwaite
• Adventures of a Private Eye1977 · as Judd Blake
• Doctor Who: The Brain of Morbius1976 · as The Doctor (3) (picture) (uncredited)
• Splink1976 · as Self
• One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing1975 · as Colonel
• Doctor Who: Robot1975 · as The Doctor
• Doctor Who: Planet of the Spiders1974 · as The Doctor
• Doctor Who: The Monster of Peladon1974 · as The Doctor
• Doctor Who: Death to the Daleks1974 · as The Doctor
• Doctor Who: Invasion of the Dinosaurs1974 · as The Doctor
• Doctor Who: The Time Warrior1974 · as The Doctor
• Doctor Who: The Green Death1973 · as The Doctor
• Doctor Who: Planet of the Daleks1973 · as The Doctor
• Doctor Who: Frontier in Space1973 · as The Doctor
• Doctor Who: Carnival of Monsters1973 · as The Doctor
• Doctor Who: The Three Doctors1973 · as The Doctor
• Doctor Who: The Time Monster1972 · as The Doctor
• Doctor Who: The Mutants1972 · as The Doctor
• Doctor Who: The Sea Devils1972 · as The Doctor
• Doctor Who: The Curse of Peladon1972 · as The Doctor
• Doctor Who: Day of the Daleks1972 · as The Doctor
• Doctor Who: The Dæmons1971 · as The Doctor
• Doctor Who: Colony in Space1971 · as The Doctor
• Doctor Who: The Claws of Axos1971 · as The Doctor
• Doctor Who: The Mind of Evil1971 · as The Doctor
• The House That Dripped Blood1971 · as Paul Henderson (segment 4 "The Cloak")
• Doctor Who: Terror of the Autons1971 · as The Doctor
• Doctor Who: Inferno1970 · as The Doctor
• Doctor Who: The Ambassadors of Death1970 · as The Doctor
• Doctor Who and the Silurians1970 · as The Doctor
• Doctor Who: Spearhead from Space1970 · as The Doctor
• Under the Table You Must Go1970 · as Self
• Up in the Air1969 · as Figworthy
• A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum1966 · as Crassus
• Carry On Screaming!1966 · as Dr. Fettle
• Carry On Cowboy1965 · as Sheriff Albert Earp
• You Must Be Joking1965 · as Storekeeper (Hare Factory)
• How to Undress in Public Without Undue Embarrassment1965 · as Adam
• I've Gotta Horse1965 · as Costumier's Assistant
• Runaway Railway1965 · as Station Master
• Carry On Cleo1964 · as Soothsayer
• Ladies Who Do1963 · as Sidney Tait
• Nearly a Nasty Accident1961 · as Gen. Birkinshaw
• Not a Hope in Hell1960
• Just Joe1960 · as Prendergast
• Then and Now1960
• The Ugly Duckling1959 · as Victor Jekyll
• It's a Wonderful World1956 · as Conductor
• A Yank in Ermine1955 · as Slowburn Jenks
• The Gay Dog1954 · as A Betting Man
• Will Any Gentleman...?1953 · as Charley Sterling
• Mr. Drake's Duck1951 · as Reuben
• The Body Said No!1950 · as Watchman
• Miss Pilgrim's Progress1949 · as Postman Perkins
• Dear Mr. Prohack1949 · as Plover
• Helter Skelter1949 · as Headwaiter
• Murder at the Windmill1949 · as Police Sergeant
• William Comes to Town1948 · as Circus Superintendent
• A Piece of Cake1948 · as Mr. Short
• Trouble in the Air1948
• Dancing with Crime1947 · as Police Constable (uncredited)
• Toad of Toad Hall1946 · as Judge
• There Ain't No Justice1939 · as Young Man in Cafe (uncredited)
• The Four Just Men1939 · as Rally campaigner (uncredited)
• A Yank at Oxford1938 · as Minor Role (uncredited)

All TV Shows (23)

• Tales of the Tardis2023 · as The Doctor
• Myth Makers2015 · as Himself
• Doctor Who: The Doctors Revisited2013 · as Self
• Virtual Murder1992 · as Luis Silverado
• The Further Adventures of SuperTed1989
• On the Waterfront1988
• Worzel Gummidge Down Under1987 · as Worzel Gummidge
• Doctor Who's Who's Who1985 · as Doctor Who
• Surprise, Surprise1984 · as Self
• SuperTed1983 · as Spotty
• Wogan1982 · as Self
• The Paul Daniels Magic Show1979 · as Self
• Worzel Gummidge1979 · as Worzel Gummidge
• Worzel Gummidge1979 · as Radio Announcer
• Blankety Blank1979
• Tell Me Another1976 · as Guest
• Tell Me Another1976 · as Himself
• Whodunnit?1973 · as Host
• The Goodies1970 · as Reverend Llewellyn Llewellyn Llewellyn Llewellyn
• A Slight Case Of...1965
• Doctor Who1963 · as The Doctor
• The Avengers1961 · as Brigadier Whitehead
• Ivanhoe1958 · as Peter the Peddler