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Jon Pertwee

Acting • 1919-07-07 • Chelsea, London, England, UK

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

Doctor Who

1963

Doctor Who: The Day of the Doctor

Doctor Who: The Day of the Doctor

2013

SuperTed

SuperTed

1983

Doctor Who: The Five Doctors

Doctor Who: The Five Doctors

1983

Doctor Who: Spearhead from Space

Doctor Who: Spearhead from Space

1970

Worzel Gummidge

Worzel Gummidge

1979

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Filmography

2025
Doctor Who: Wish World & The Reality WarFilm
Dr. Who (archive footage) (uncredited)
★ 5.1
2025
Reach for the Stars: The Starwatch StoryFilm
Self (Archive)
★ 10.0
2024
Doctor Who: The War Games in ColourFilm
The Doctor (3) (archive footage)
★ 6.1
2024
Doctor Who at the PromsFilm
The Doctor (3) (archive footage)
★ 7.4
2023
Tales of the TardisTV
The Doctor • 1 episodes
★ 5.8
2023
Talking Doctor WhoFilm
Self / The Doctor (3) (archive footage)
★ 6.0
2023
Doctor Who: 60 Years of Secrets & ScandalsFilm
Self - archive
★ 4.7
2021
Panopticon Destiny – The Matrix FilesFilm
★ 0.5
2021
Jon Pertwee: Uncut!Film
Himself
2019
Doctor Who and the Third ManFilm
2017
The Doctors: The Jon Pertwee YearsFilm
2017
Panopticon GenesisFilm
2015
Doctor Who: The Husbands of River SongFilm
The Doctor (3) (picture) (uncredited)
★ 8.0
2015
Myth MakersTV
Himself • 1 episodes
2015
Longleat '83: The Lost FootageFilm
2013
Doctor Who: The Day of the DoctorFilm
The Doctor (3) (archive footage)
★ 8.2
2013
Doctor Who: The Doctors RevisitedTV
Self • 11 episodes
★ 6.4
2013
Doctor Who at the PromsFilm
The Doctor (3) (archive footage) (uncredited)
★ 8.0
2013
A Dandy and a Clown: The Life of Jon PertweeFilm
(archive footage)
2011
My Sarah Jane: A Tribute to Elisabeth SladenFilm
Self (archive footage)
2011
Life on EarthFilm
Self (archive footage)
2009
DeviousFilm
Third Doctor
2008
Doctor Who: The Next DoctorFilm
The Doctor (3) (archive footage)
★ 7.4
2008
The Ties That Bind UsFilm
The Third Doctor (archive footage)
2008
Five Doctors, One StudioFilm
2008
Celebration: Doctor Who in 1983Film
(archival footage)
2001
Longleat '83: The Greatest Show in the GalaxyFilm
Himself (archive footage)
★ 7.0
2001
The Home WhovianFilm
1996
Noel's Telly YearsTV
Self • 1 episodes
1995
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Attack of the HawkmenFilm
General Von Kramer
★ 6.0
1995
The Doctors: 30 Years of Time Travel and BeyondFilm
★ 7.0
1995
Stranger than Fiction 2: From Script to ScreenFilm
★ 7.0
1994
PROBE: The Zero ImperativeFilm
Dr. Jeremiah O'Kane
★ 7.2
1994
Stranger than FictionFilm
★ 8.0
1993
Doctor Who: Dimensions in TimeFilm
The 3rd Doctor
★ 4.8
1993
The Airzone SolutionFilm
Oliver Threthewey
★ 5.3
1993
30 Years in the TARDISFilm
Himself
★ 7.9
1993
Return to Devil's EndFilm
Self
★ 8.0
1993
Police 5: The MasterFilm
The Doctor (archive footage)
1992
Carry On ColumbusFilm
Duke of Costa Brava
★ 3.9
1992
Virtual MurderTV
Luis Silverado • 1 episodes
★ 7.0
1992
Doctor Who: The Pertwee YearsFilm
Self - Host
★ 10.0
1992
Reverse the Polarity: A Day in the Life of Jon PertweeFilm
1991
Doctor Who: The Troughton YearsFilm
Self - Presenter
★ 8.0
1991
The PanoptiCon Tapes Vol 1 - The Main EventFilm
1990
The PanoptiCon Tapes IVFilm
1990
The PanoptiCon Tapes IIFilm
1990
The PanoptiCon Tapes VFilm
1990
The PanoptiCon Tapes IIIFilm
1989
The Further Adventures of SuperTedTV
★ 6.2
1989
Doctor Who The Ultimate AdventureFilm
The Doctor
1988
On the WaterfrontTV
1988
StarwatchFilm
Commander Jason Havlin
1987
Worzel Gummidge Down UnderTV
Worzel Gummidge • 22 episodes
★ 8.2
1987
Myth RunnerFilm
Himself
★ 10.0
1986
Who's WhoFilm
★ 10.0
1986
SuperTed: Super Safe with SuperTedFilm
Spotty ( voice)
1986
McDonnell Douglas Information SystemsFilm
Narrator
1986
The PanoptiCon Tapes VIFilm
1985
Doctor Who's Who's WhoTV
Doctor Who • 1 episodes
1984
Surprise, SurpriseTV
Self • 1 episodes
★ 5.7
1984
Doctor Who: Resurrection of the DaleksFilm
The Doctor (3) (archive footage) (uncredited)
★ 7.9
1983
SuperTedTV
Spotty • 36 episodes
★ 6.8
1983
Doctor Who: The Five DoctorsFilm
The Third Doctor
★ 7.8
1983
Doctor Who: Mawdryn UndeadFilm
The Doctor (3) (archive footage)
★ 7.0
1982
WoganTV
Self • 1 episodes
★ 5.6
1982
The Boys in BlueFilm
Coastguard
★ 5.5
1982
The Curious Case Of Santa ClausFilm
Dr. Merryweather
★ 7.0
1981
The Best of the AdventuresFilm
Judd Blake (archive footage) (uncredited)
★ 6.3
1980
A Cup O' Tea An' A Slice O' Cake - Worzel Gummidge Christmas SpecialFilm
Worzel Gummidge
★ 10.0
1979
Worzel GummidgeTV
Worzel Gummidge • 31 episodes
★ 6.2
1979
Worzel GummidgeTV
Radio Announcer • 1 episodes
★ 6.2
1979
Blankety BlankTV
★ 5.2
1979
The Paul Daniels Magic ShowTV
Self • 1 episodes
★ 7.7
1978
The Water BabiesFilm
Salmon
★ 6.2
1977
Adventures of a Private EyeFilm
Judd Blake
★ 4.4
1977
No. 1 of the Secret ServiceFilm
The Rev. Walter Braithwaite
★ 4.1
1977
Wombling FreeFilm
Womble Voices (voice)
★ 9.7
1977
Four Against The DesertFilm
1976
Doctor Who: The Brain of MorbiusFilm
The Doctor (3) (picture) (uncredited)
★ 8.1
1976
Tell Me AnotherTV
Guest • 1 episodes
★ 8.0
1976
Tell Me AnotherTV
Himself • 4 episodes
★ 8.0
1976
SplinkFilm
Self
1975
One of Our Dinosaurs Is MissingFilm
Colonel
★ 5.8
1975
Doctor Who: RobotFilm
The Doctor
★ 7.1
1974
Doctor Who: Planet of the SpidersFilm
The Doctor
★ 7.4
1974
Doctor Who: The Time WarriorFilm
The Doctor
★ 7.4
1974
Doctor Who: Death to the DaleksFilm
The Doctor
★ 6.2
1974
Doctor Who: Invasion of the DinosaursFilm
The Doctor
★ 6.8
1974
Doctor Who: The Monster of PeladonFilm
The Doctor
★ 5.5
1973
Doctor Who: The Three DoctorsFilm
The Doctor
★ 7.4
1973
Doctor Who: The Green DeathFilm
The Doctor
★ 8.4
1973
Doctor Who: Carnival of MonstersFilm
The Doctor
★ 7.8
1973
Whodunnit?TV
Host • 41 episodes
★ 7.4
1973
Doctor Who: Frontier in SpaceFilm
The Doctor
★ 7.5
1973
Doctor Who: Planet of the DaleksFilm
The Doctor
★ 7.0
1972
Doctor Who: Day of the DaleksFilm
The Doctor
★ 7.9
1972
Doctor Who: The Sea DevilsFilm
The Doctor
★ 7.6
1972
Doctor Who: The Curse of PeladonFilm
The Doctor
★ 7.5
1972
Doctor Who: The MutantsFilm
The Doctor
★ 7.2
1972
Doctor Who: The Time MonsterFilm
The Doctor
★ 5.9
1971
The House That Dripped BloodFilm
Paul Henderson (segment 4 "The Cloak")
★ 6.4
1971
Doctor Who: The Mind of EvilFilm
The Doctor
★ 7.5
1971
Doctor Who: Terror of the AutonsFilm
The Doctor
★ 7.8
1971
Doctor Who: The DæmonsFilm
The Doctor
★ 7.6
1971
Doctor Who: The Claws of AxosFilm
The Doctor
★ 6.8
1971
Doctor Who: Colony in SpaceFilm
The Doctor
★ 6.6
1970
The GoodiesTV
Reverend Llewellyn Llewellyn Llewellyn Llewellyn • 1 episodes
★ 7.7
1970
Doctor Who: Spearhead from SpaceFilm
The Doctor
★ 8.7
1970
Doctor Who and the SiluriansFilm
The Doctor
★ 7.3
1970
Doctor Who: The Ambassadors of DeathFilm
The Doctor
★ 7.2
1970
Doctor Who: InfernoFilm
The Doctor
★ 8.6
1970
Under the Table You Must GoFilm
Self
★ 8.0
1969
Up in the AirFilm
Figworthy
★ 7.0
1966
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the ForumFilm
Crassus
★ 6.1
1966
Carry On Screaming!Film
Dr. Fettle
★ 6.5
1965
Carry On CowboyFilm
Sheriff Albert Earp
★ 6.3
1965
You Must Be JokingFilm
Storekeeper (Hare Factory)
★ 5.4
1965
Runaway RailwayFilm
Station Master
★ 7.0
1965
I've Gotta HorseFilm
Costumier's Assistant
★ 6.2
1965
A Slight Case Of...TV
★ 7.5
1965
How to Undress in Public Without Undue EmbarrassmentFilm
Adam
★ 5.0
1964
Carry On CleoFilm
Soothsayer
★ 6.7
1963
Doctor WhoTV
The Doctor • 129 episodes
★ 7.9
1963
Ladies Who DoFilm
Sidney Tait
★ 7.0
1961
The AvengersTV
Brigadier Whitehead • 1 episodes
★ 7.8
1961
Nearly a Nasty AccidentFilm
Gen. Birkinshaw
★ 7.0
1960
Just JoeFilm
Prendergast
★ 10.0
1960
Not a Hope in HellFilm
★ 8.0
1960
Then and NowFilm
1959
The Ugly DucklingFilm
Victor Jekyll
★ 6.0
1958
IvanhoeTV
Peter the Peddler • 1 episodes
★ 6.4
1956
It's a Wonderful WorldFilm
Conductor
★ 5.8
1955
A Yank in ErmineFilm
Slowburn Jenks
★ 6.0
1954
The Gay DogFilm
A Betting Man
★ 7.0
1953
Will Any Gentleman...?Film
Charley Sterling
★ 6.3
1951
Mr. Drake's DuckFilm
Reuben
★ 6.2
1950
The Body Said No!Film
Watchman
★ 7.0
1949
Dear Mr. ProhackFilm
Plover
★ 6.4
1949
Helter SkelterFilm
Headwaiter
★ 6.4
1949
Murder at the WindmillFilm
Police Sergeant
★ 8.0
1949
Miss Pilgrim's ProgressFilm
Postman Perkins
★ 7.5
1948
A Piece of CakeFilm
Mr. Short
★ 5.2
1948
Trouble in the AirFilm
★ 8.0
1948
William Comes to TownFilm
Circus Superintendent
★ 9.0
1947
Dancing with CrimeFilm
Police Constable (uncredited)
★ 6.1
1946
Toad of Toad HallFilm
Judge
★ 9.0
1939
The Four Just MenFilm
Rally campaigner (uncredited)
★ 6.7
1939
There Ain't No JusticeFilm
Young Man in Cafe (uncredited)
★ 6.0
1938
A Yank at OxfordFilm
Minor Role (uncredited)
★ 6.8