Jon Pertwee

Acting · Born 1919-07-07 · Chelsea, London, England, UK

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: Wish World & The Reality War (2025)
• Reach for the Stars: The Starwatch Story (2025)
• Doctor Who: The War Games in Colour (2024)
• Doctor Who at the Proms (2024)
• Talking Doctor Who (2023)
• Doctor Who: 60 Years of Secrets & Scandals (2023)
• Panopticon Destiny – The Matrix Files (2021)
• Jon Pertwee: Uncut! (2021)
• Doctor Who and the Third Man (2019)
• Panopticon Genesis (2017)
• The Doctors: The Jon Pertwee Years (2017)
• Longleat '83: The Lost Footage (2015)
• Doctor Who: The Husbands of River Song (2015)
• Doctor Who: The Day of the Doctor (2013)
• A Dandy and a Clown: The Life of Jon Pertwee (2013)
• Life on Earth (2011)
• My Sarah Jane: A Tribute to Elisabeth Sladen (2011)
• Devious (2009)
• Celebration: Doctor Who in 1983 (2008)
• Doctor Who: The Next Doctor (2008)
• The Ties That Bind Us (2008)
• Five Doctors, One Studio (2008)
• The Home Whovian (2001)
• Longleat '83: The Greatest Show in the Galaxy (2001)