Person
Jon Pertwee
Born 7 July 1919 Died 20 May 1996, aged 76 Chelsea, London, England, UK TMDB ↗
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.
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The numbers
18age in their first credit on record (1938)
87years on screen and counting
6credits in 1971, their busiest year
125dated credits on record
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Movie credits
Age: 105 Doctor Who: Wish World & The Reality War
2025as Dr. Who (archive footage) (uncredited)
Age: 105 Doctor Who at the Proms
2024as The Doctor (3) (archive footage)
Age: 105 Doctor Who: The War Games in Colour
2024as The Doctor (3) (archive footage)
Age: 101 Panopticon Destiny – The Matrix Files
2021
Age: 100 Doctor Who and the Third Man
2019
Age: 98 The Doctors: The Jon Pertwee Years
2017
Age: 97 Panopticon Genesis
2017
Age: 96 Doctor Who: The Husbands of River Song
2015as The Doctor (3) (picture) (uncredited)
Age: 96 Longleat '83: The Lost Footage
2015
Age: 94 Doctor Who: The Day of the Doctor
2013as The Doctor (3) (archive footage)
Age: 89 Devious
2009as Third Doctor
Age: 89 Doctor Who: The Next Doctor
2008as The Doctor (3) (archive footage)
Age: 88 Celebration: Doctor Who in 1983
2008as (archival footage)
Age: 88 The Ties That Bind Us
2008as The Third Doctor (archive footage)
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Age: 88 Five Doctors, One Studio
2008
Age: 81 The Home Whovian
2001
Age: 76 The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Attack of the Hawkmen
1995as General Von Kramer
Age: 76 The Doctors: 30 Years of Time Travel and Beyond
1995
Age: 75 Stranger than Fiction 2: From Script to Screen
1995
Age: 74 PROBE: The Zero Imperative
1994as Dr. Jeremiah O'Kane
Age: 74 Stranger than Fiction
1994
Age: 74 Police 5: The Master
1993as The Doctor (archive footage)
Age: 74 Doctor Who: Dimensions in Time
1993as The 3rd Doctor
Age: 73 The Airzone Solution
1993as Oliver Threthewey
Age: 73 Carry On Columbus
1992as Duke of Costa Brava
Age: 72 Reverse the Polarity: A Day in the Life of Jon Pertwee
1992
Age: 71 The PanoptiCon Tapes Vol 1 - The Main Event
1991
Age: 70 The PanoptiCon Tapes V
1990
Age: 70 The PanoptiCon Tapes IV
1990
Age: 70 The PanoptiCon Tapes III
1990
Age: 70 The PanoptiCon Tapes II
1990
Age: 69 Doctor Who The Ultimate Adventure
1989as The Doctor
Age: 68 Starwatch
1988as Commander Jason Havlin
Age: 67 The PanoptiCon Tapes VI
1986
Age: 67 Who's Who
1986No poster
Age: 66 SuperTed: Super Safe with SuperTed
1986as Spotty ( voice)
Age: 64 Doctor Who: Resurrection of the Daleks
1984as The Doctor (3) (archive footage) (uncredited)
Age: 64 Doctor Who: The Five Doctors
1983as The Third Doctor
Age: 63 Doctor Who: Mawdryn Undead
1983as The Doctor (3) (archive footage)
Age: 63 The Boys in Blue
1982as Coastguard
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Age: 62 The Curious Case Of Santa Claus
1982as Dr. Merryweather
Age: 61 The Best of the Adventures
1981as Judd Blake (archive footage) (uncredited)
Age: 61 A Cup O' Tea An' A Slice O' Cake - Worzel Gummidge Christmas Special
1980as Worzel Gummidge
Age: 58 The Water Babies
1978as Salmon
Age: 58 Wombling Free
1977as Womble Voices (voice)
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Age: 58 Four Against The Desert
1977
Age: 58 No. 1 of the Secret Service
1977as The Rev. Walter Braithwaite
Age: 57 Adventures of a Private Eye
1977as Judd Blake
Age: 56 Doctor Who: The Brain of Morbius
1976as The Doctor (3) (picture) (uncredited)
Age: 56 One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing
1975as Colonel
Age: 55 Doctor Who: Robot
1975as The Doctor
Age: 54 Doctor Who: Planet of the Spiders
1974as The Doctor
Age: 54 Doctor Who: The Monster of Peladon
1974as The Doctor
Age: 54 Doctor Who: Death to the Daleks
1974as The Doctor
Age: 54 Doctor Who: Invasion of the Dinosaurs
1974as The Doctor
Age: 54 Doctor Who: The Time Warrior
1974as The Doctor
Age: 53 Doctor Who: The Green Death
1973as The Doctor
Age: 53 Doctor Who: Planet of the Daleks
1973as The Doctor
Age: 53 Doctor Who: Frontier in Space
1973as The Doctor
Age: 53 Doctor Who: Carnival of Monsters
1973as The Doctor
Age: 53 Doctor Who: The Three Doctors
1973as The Doctor
Age: 52 Doctor Who: The Time Monster
1972as The Doctor
Age: 52 Doctor Who: The Mutants
1972as The Doctor
Age: 52 Doctor Who: The Sea Devils
1972as The Doctor
Age: 52 Doctor Who: The Curse of Peladon
1972as The Doctor
Age: 52 Doctor Who: Day of the Daleks
1972as The Doctor
Age: 51 Doctor Who: The Dæmons
1971as The Doctor
Age: 51 Doctor Who: Colony in Space
1971as The Doctor
Age: 51 Doctor Who: The Claws of Axos
1971as The Doctor
Age: 51 Doctor Who: The Mind of Evil
1971as The Doctor
Age: 51 The House That Dripped Blood
1971as Paul Henderson (segment 4 "The Cloak")
Age: 51 Doctor Who: Terror of the Autons
1971as The Doctor
Age: 50 Doctor Who: Inferno
1970as The Doctor
Age: 50 Doctor Who: The Ambassadors of Death
1970as The Doctor
Age: 50 Doctor Who and the Silurians
1970as The Doctor
Age: 50 Doctor Who: Spearhead from Space
1970as The Doctor
Age: 49 Up in the Air
1969as Figworthy
Age: 47 A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
1966as Crassus
Age: 46 Carry On Screaming!
1966as Dr. Fettle
Age: 46 Carry On Cowboy
1965as Sheriff Albert Earp
Age: 46 You Must Be Joking
1965as Storekeeper (Hare Factory)
Age: 45 How to Undress in Public Without Undue Embarrassment
1965as Adam
Age: 45 I've Gotta Horse
1965as Costumier's Assistant
Age: 45 Runaway Railway
1965as Station Master
Age: 45 Carry On Cleo
1964as Soothsayer
Age: 44 Ladies Who Do
1963as Sidney Tait
Age: 41 Nearly a Nasty Accident
1961as Gen. Birkinshaw
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Age: 41 Not a Hope in Hell
1960
Age: 40 Just Joe
1960as Prendergast
Age: 40 Then and Now
1960
Age: 40 The Ugly Duckling
1959as Victor Jekyll
Age: 37 It's a Wonderful World
1956as Conductor
Age: 35 A Yank in Ermine
1955as Slowburn Jenks
Age: 34 The Gay Dog
1954as A Betting Man
Age: 34 Will Any Gentleman...?
1953as Charley Sterling
Age: 32 Mr. Drake's Duck
1951as Reuben
Age: 30 The Body Said No!
1950as Watchman
Age: 30 Miss Pilgrim's Progress
1949as Postman Perkins
Age: 30 Dear Mr. Prohack
1949as Plover
Age: 30 Helter Skelter
1949as Headwaiter
Age: 29 Murder at the Windmill
1949as Police Sergeant
Age: 29 William Comes to Town
1948as Circus Superintendent
Age: 29 A Piece of Cake
1948as Mr. Short
Age: 29 Trouble in the Air
1948
Age: 27 Dancing with Crime
1947as Police Constable (uncredited)
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Age: 27 Toad of Toad Hall
1946as Judge
Age: 19 There Ain't No Justice
1939as Young Man in Cafe (uncredited)
Age: 19 The Four Just Men
1939as Rally campaigner (uncredited)
Age: 18 A Yank at Oxford
1938as Minor Role (uncredited)
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TV credits
Age: 104 Tales of the Tardis
2023as The Doctor
Age: 73 Virtual Murder
1992as Luis Silverado
Age: 69 The Further Adventures of SuperTed
1989No poster
Age: 68 On the Waterfront
1988
Age: 68 Worzel Gummidge Down Under
1987as Worzel Gummidge
Age: 65 Doctor Who's Who's Who
1985as Doctor Who
Age: 64 SuperTed
1983as Spotty
Age: 59 Worzel Gummidge
1979as Worzel Gummidge
Age: 59 Worzel Gummidge
1979as Radio Announcer
Age: 59 Blankety Blank
1979
Age: 56 Tell Me Another
1976as Guest
Age: 51 The Goodies
1970as Reverend Llewellyn Llewellyn Llewellyn Llewellyn
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Age: 46 A Slight Case Of...
1965
Age: 44 Doctor Who
1963as The Doctor
Age: 41 The Avengers
1961as Brigadier Whitehead
Age: 38 Ivanhoe
1958as Peter the Peddler