Jon Pertwee

Career timeline

1. 1919 · Born

   Born in Chelsea, London, England, UK

2. 1938 · Screen debut

   A Yank at Oxford (Movie)

3. 1961 · Breakthrough

   The Avengers (TV)

4. 1996 · Died

   May 20, 1996

5. 2025 · Latest release

   Doctor Who: Wish World & The Reality War (Movie)

Career in numbers

2 1930s

3 1940s

5 1950s

10 1960s

33 1970s

11 1980s

6 1990s

2 2000s

3 2010s

4 2020s

• Drama36
• Adventure36
• Science Fiction35
• Comedy25
• Tv Movie13
• Action9

Highest-rated title Doctor Who: The Day of the Doctor 2013 8.2 Most popular title Doctor Who 1963 7.9

Frequent collaborators

People who appear most often alongside Jon Pertwee in our catalogue.

Bob Baker

5 titles together

Tom Baker

5 titles together

Peter Davison

5 titles together

Steven Moffat

3 titles together

Peter Capaldi

2 titles together

Sidney James

2 titles together

Michael Armstrong

2 titles together

Una Stubbs

2 titles together

1. 2025 Doctor Who: Wish World & The Reality War as Dr. Who (archive footage) (uncredited) Movie
2. 2024 Doctor Who at the Proms as The Doctor (3) (archive footage) Movie
3. 2024 Doctor Who: The War Games in Colour as The Doctor (3) (archive footage) Movie
4. 2023 Tales of the Tardis as The Doctor TV
5. 2015 Doctor Who: The Husbands of River Song as The Doctor (3) (picture) (uncredited) 8.0 Movie
6. 2013 Doctor Who: The Day of the Doctor as The Doctor (3) (archive footage) 8.2 Movie
7. 2013 Doctor Who at the Proms as The Doctor (3) (archive footage) (uncredited) Movie
8. 2008 Doctor Who: The Next Doctor as The Doctor (3) (archive footage) 7.4 Movie
9. 2008 The Ties That Bind Us as The Third Doctor (archive footage) Movie
10. 1995 The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Attack of the Hawkmen as General Von Kramer 6.0 Movie
11. 1994 PROBE: The Zero Imperative as Dr. Jeremiah O'Kane Movie
12. 1993 Doctor Who: Dimensions in Time as The 3rd Doctor Movie
13. 1992 Carry On Columbus as Duke of Costa Brava 3.9 Movie
14. 1992 Virtual Murder as Luis Silverado TV
15. 1990 The PanoptiCon Tapes II Movie
16. 1989 The Further Adventures of SuperTed TV
17. 1988 On the Waterfront TV
18. 1987 Worzel Gummidge Down Under as Worzel Gummidge TV
19. 1985 Doctor Who's Who's Who as Doctor Who TV
20. 1984 Doctor Who: Resurrection of the Daleks as The Doctor (3) (archive footage) (uncredited) Movie
21. 1983 Doctor Who: The Five Doctors as The Third Doctor 7.8 Movie
22. 1983 SuperTed as Spotty 6.8 TV
23. 1983 Doctor Who: Mawdryn Undead as The Doctor (3) (archive footage) Movie
24. 1982 The Boys in Blue as Coastguard Movie
25. 1981 The Best of the Adventures as Judd Blake (archive footage) (uncredited) Movie
26. 1980 A Cup O' Tea An' A Slice O' Cake - Worzel Gummidge Christmas Special as Worzel Gummidge Movie
27. 1979 Worzel Gummidge as Worzel Gummidge TV
28. 1979 Blankety Blank TV
29. 1978 The Water Babies as Salmon Movie
30. 1977 No. 1 of the Secret Service as The Rev. Walter Braithwaite Movie
31. 1977 Adventures of a Private Eye as Judd Blake 4.4 Movie
32. 1976 Tell Me Another as Guest TV
33. 1976 Doctor Who: The Brain of Morbius as The Doctor (3) (picture) (uncredited) Movie
34. 1975 One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing as Colonel 5.8 Movie
35. 1975 Doctor Who: Robot as The Doctor Movie
36. 1974 Doctor Who: Planet of the Spiders as The Doctor Movie
37. 1974 Doctor Who: The Monster of Peladon as The Doctor Movie
38. 1974 Doctor Who: Invasion of the Dinosaurs as The Doctor Movie
39. 1974 Doctor Who: The Time Warrior as The Doctor Movie
40. 1973 Doctor Who: The Green Death as The Doctor Movie
41. 1973 Doctor Who: Planet of the Daleks as The Doctor Movie
42. 1973 Doctor Who: Carnival of Monsters as The Doctor Movie
43. 1973 Doctor Who: The Three Doctors as The Doctor Movie
44. 1972 Doctor Who: The Time Monster as The Doctor Movie
45. 1972 Doctor Who: The Mutants as The Doctor Movie
46. 1972 Doctor Who: The Sea Devils as The Doctor Movie
47. 1972 Doctor Who: The Curse of Peladon as The Doctor Movie
48. 1972 Doctor Who: Day of the Daleks as The Doctor Movie
49. 1971 Doctor Who: The Dæmons as The Doctor Movie
50. 1971 Doctor Who: Colony in Space as The Doctor Movie
51. 1971 Doctor Who: The Claws of Axos as The Doctor Movie
52. 1971 Doctor Who: The Mind of Evil as The Doctor Movie
53. 1971 The House That Dripped Blood as Paul Henderson (segment 4 "The Cloak") 6.4 Movie
54. 1971 Doctor Who: Terror of the Autons as The Doctor Movie
55. 1970 The Goodies as Reverend Llewellyn Llewellyn Llewellyn Llewellyn 7.7 TV
56. 1970 Doctor Who: Inferno as The Doctor Movie
57. 1970 Doctor Who: The Ambassadors of Death as The Doctor Movie
58. 1970 Doctor Who and the Silurians as The Doctor Movie
59. 1970 Doctor Who: Spearhead from Space as The Doctor Movie
60. 1966 A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum as Crassus 6.1 Movie
61. 1966 Carry On Screaming! as Dr. Fettle 6.5 Movie
62. 1965 Carry On Cowboy as Sheriff Albert Earp 6.3 Movie
63. 1965 A Slight Case Of... TV
64. 1965 You Must Be Joking as Storekeeper (Hare Factory) Movie
65. 1965 I've Gotta Horse as Costumier's Assistant Movie
66. 1964 Carry On Cleo as Soothsayer 6.7 Movie
67. 1963 Doctor Who as The Doctor 7.9 TV
68. 1963 Ladies Who Do as Sidney Tait Movie
69. 1961 The Avengers as Brigadier Whitehead 7.8 TV
70. 1958 Ivanhoe as Peter the Peddler TV
71. 1956 It's a Wonderful World as Conductor Movie
72. 1955 A Yank in Ermine as Slowburn Jenks Movie
73. 1953 Will Any Gentleman...? as Charley Sterling Movie
74. 1951 Mr. Drake's Duck as Reuben Movie
75. 1949 Helter Skelter as Headwaiter Movie
76. 1949 Murder at the Windmill as Police Sergeant Movie
77. 1947 Dancing with Crime as Police Constable (uncredited) 6.1 Movie
78. 1939 The Four Just Men as Rally campaigner (uncredited) Movie
79. 1938 A Yank at Oxford as Minor Role (uncredited) Movie

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