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