Cast & creator
Jon Pertwee
Best known for Doctor Who, The Avengers, Wogan
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.
Also known as: John Devon Roland Pertwee
126
film credits
24
television credits
150
1938–2025 · acting roles
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Across film & television
Filmography (150)
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Doctor Who
The Doctor
1963
The Avengers
Brigadier Whitehead
1961
Wogan
Self
1982
Blankety Blank
1979
Surprise, Surprise
Self
1984
The Goodies
Reverend Llewellyn Llewellyn Llewellyn Llewellyn
1970
Worzel Gummidge
Worzel Gummidge
1979Worzel Gummidge
Radio Announcer
1979
The Paul Daniels Magic Show
Self
1979
Ivanhoe
Peter the Peddler
1958
Tales of the Tardis
The Doctor
2023
The Further Adventures of SuperTed
1989
SuperTed
Spotty
1983
Tell Me Another
Guest
1976Tell Me Another
Himself
1976
Virtual Murder
Luis Silverado
1992
Myth Makers
Himself
2015
Doctor Who: The Day of the Doctor
The Doctor (3) (archive footage)
2013Noel's Telly Years
Self
1996
Worzel Gummidge Down Under
Worzel Gummidge
1987
Doctor Who: The Doctors Revisited
Self
2013
Whodunnit?
Host
1973
The House That Dripped Blood
Paul Henderson (segment 4 "The Cloak")
1971
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
Crassus
1966On the Waterfront
1988
Adventures of a Private Eye
Judd Blake
1977A Slight Case Of...
1965
Doctor Who at the Proms
The Doctor (3) (archive footage)
2024
Carry On Cleo
Soothsayer
1964
Doctor Who: Resurrection of the Daleks
The Doctor (3) (archive footage) (uncredited)
1984
Doctor Who: Wish World & The Reality War
Dr. Who (archive footage) (uncredited)
2025
A Yank at Oxford
Minor Role (uncredited)
1938
Doctor Who: Inferno
The Doctor
1970
Doctor Who: The Five Doctors
The Third Doctor
1983
The Ties That Bind Us
The Third Doctor (archive footage)
2008
Doctor Who's Who's Who
Doctor Who
1985
The Best of the Adventures
Judd Blake (archive footage) (uncredited)
1981
The Water Babies
Salmon
1978
Helter Skelter
Headwaiter
1949
Doctor Who: The Husbands of River Song
The Doctor (3) (picture) (uncredited)
2015
Carry On Screaming!
Dr. Fettle
1966
Doctor Who: Planet of the Daleks
The Doctor
1973
My Sarah Jane: A Tribute to Elisabeth Sladen
Self (archive footage)
2011
Doctor Who: Spearhead from Space
The Doctor
1970
Doctor Who: The Claws of Axos
The Doctor
1971
Carry On Columbus
Duke of Costa Brava
1992
Doctor Who: The Mutants
The Doctor
1972
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Attack of the Hawkmen
General Von Kramer
1995
Doctor Who: The Ambassadors of Death
The Doctor
1970
Carry On Cowboy
Sheriff Albert Earp
1965
Doctor Who: Dimensions in Time
The 3rd Doctor
1993
One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing
Colonel
1975
Doctor Who at the Proms
The Doctor (3) (archive footage) (uncredited)
2013
Doctor Who: The Mind of Evil
The Doctor
1971
Doctor Who: The Green Death
The Doctor
1973
Doctor Who: The War Games in Colour
The Doctor (3) (archive footage)
2024
Doctor Who: The Next Doctor
The Doctor (3) (archive footage)
2008
Doctor Who: Robot
The Doctor
1975
PROBE: The Zero Imperative
Dr. Jeremiah O'Kane
1994
Doctor Who: Planet of the Spiders
The Doctor
1974
The Boys in Blue
Coastguard
1982
Doctor Who: The Three Doctors
The Doctor
1973
Doctor Who: The Dæmons
The Doctor
1971
Doctor Who and the Silurians
The Doctor
1970
30 Years in the TARDIS
Himself
1993
A Yank in Ermine
Slowburn Jenks
1955
Doctor Who: Day of the Daleks
The Doctor
1972
A Piece of Cake
Mr. Short
1948
Doctor Who: Mawdryn Undead
The Doctor (3) (archive footage)
1983
Doctor Who: The Time Monster
The Doctor
1972
It's a Wonderful World
Conductor
1956
Trouble in the Air
1948
Police 5: The Master
The Doctor (archive footage)
1993
Talking Doctor Who
Self / The Doctor (3) (archive footage)
2023
The PanoptiCon Tapes Vol 1 - The Main Event
1991
Doctor Who: Frontier in Space
The Doctor
1973
Doctor Who: The Curse of Peladon
The Doctor
1972
Doctor Who: The Brain of Morbius
The Doctor (3) (picture) (uncredited)
1976
Mr. Drake's Duck
Reuben
1951
Doctor Who: The Sea Devils
The Doctor
1972
No. 1 of the Secret Service
The Rev. Walter Braithwaite
1977
The Four Just Men
Rally campaigner (uncredited)
1939
Doctor Who: Terror of the Autons
The Doctor
1971
Doctor Who: Invasion of the Dinosaurs
The Doctor
1974
Doctor Who: Colony in Space
The Doctor
1971
How to Undress in Public Without Undue Embarrassment
Adam
1965SuperTed: Super Safe with SuperTed
Spotty ( voice)
1986
Who's Who
1986
Doctor Who: Death to the Daleks
The Doctor
1974
Doctor Who: Carnival of Monsters
The Doctor
1973
Doctor Who and the Third Man
2019
The PanoptiCon Tapes VI
1986
Doctor Who: The Monster of Peladon
The Doctor
1974
I've Gotta Horse
Costumier's Assistant
1965
Doctor Who: 60 Years of Secrets & Scandals
Self - archive
2023
A Dandy and a Clown: The Life of Jon Pertwee
(archive footage)
2013
A Cup O' Tea An' A Slice O' Cake - Worzel Gummidge Christmas Special
Worzel Gummidge
1980
You Must Be Joking
Storekeeper (Hare Factory)
1965
The Doctors: 30 Years of Time Travel and Beyond
1995Five Doctors, One Studio
2008
Doctor Who: The Time Warrior
The Doctor
1974
Ladies Who Do
Sidney Tait
1963
Celebration: Doctor Who in 1983
(archival footage)
2008
The PanoptiCon Tapes III
1990
Miss Pilgrim's Progress
Postman Perkins
1949
Longleat '83: The Lost Footage
2015Toad of Toad Hall
Judge
1946
Nearly a Nasty Accident
Gen. Birkinshaw
1961
There Ain't No Justice
Young Man in Cafe (uncredited)
1939
The Doctors: The Jon Pertwee Years
2017
The PanoptiCon Tapes IV
1990
Up in the Air
Figworthy
1969
William Comes to Town
Circus Superintendent
1948Not a Hope in Hell
1960
Murder at the Windmill
Police Sergeant
1949
Longleat '83: The Greatest Show in the Galaxy
Himself (archive footage)
2001
The Body Said No!
Watchman
1950
The Ugly Duckling
Victor Jekyll
1959
The PanoptiCon Tapes II
1990
Doctor Who: The Pertwee Years
Self - Host
1992
Panopticon Destiny – The Matrix Files
2021
Dancing with Crime
Police Constable (uncredited)
1947
The PanoptiCon Tapes V
1990
The Airzone Solution
Oliver Threthewey
1993
Runaway Railway
Station Master
1965
Return to Devil's End
Self
1993
Under the Table You Must Go
Self
1970
Reach for the Stars: The Starwatch Story
Self (Archive)
2025
Will Any Gentleman...?
Charley Sterling
1953
Life on Earth
Self (archive footage)
2011
The Home Whovian
2001
Doctor Who The Ultimate Adventure
The Doctor
1989
Stranger than Fiction 2: From Script to Screen
1995
Starwatch
Commander Jason Havlin
1988
Doctor Who: The Troughton Years
Self - Presenter
1991Four Against The Desert
1977
Dear Mr. Prohack
Plover
1949
Myth Runner
Himself
1987The Curious Case Of Santa Claus
Dr. Merryweather
1982
McDonnell Douglas Information Systems
Narrator
1986
Stranger than Fiction
1994
Devious
Third Doctor
2009
The Gay Dog
A Betting Man
1954
Wombling Free
Womble Voices (voice)
1977
Panopticon Genesis
2017
Reverse the Polarity: A Day in the Life of Jon Pertwee
1992
Jon Pertwee: Uncut!
Himself
2021
Just Joe
Prendergast
1960
Then and Now
1960
Splink
Self
1976