Overview
Jon Pertwee
Known For
Doctor Who: The War Games in Colour
The Doctor, Jamie and Zoe arrive on an unnamed planet....
Doctor Who: 60 Years of Secrets & Scandals
Behind-the-scenes stories from the long-running sci-fi drama. There are tales...
Panopticon Destiny – The Matrix Files
On August 6th 1977, the world’s first DOCTOR WHO convention...
Doctor Who and the Third Man
A retrospective documentary on the tenure of Jon Pertwee as...
The Doctors: The Jon Pertwee Years
This is the definitive set of interviews with the team...
Doctor Who: The Husbands of River Song
It’s Christmas Day on a remote human colony and the...
Longleat '83: The Lost Footage
In April 1983, Roger Stevens and James Russell were given...
Doctor Who: The Day of the Doctor
In 2013, something terrible is awakening in London's National Gallery;...
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.