Biography: life and films
Jon Pertwee was an English actor whose birth name was John Devon Roland Pertwee. He was born in Chelsea, London, England on 7th July 1919 and died in Connecticut, USA on 20th May 1996, aged 76.His best films as an actor include Val Guest's Murder at the Windmill (1949), Mister Drake's Duck (1951) and Michael Anderson's Will Any Gentleman...? (1953).
Jon Pertwee appeared in 32 films.
He has most frequently worked with the following directors: Val Guest (6 films), Gerald Thomas (3), Maclean Rogers (2), Lionel Jeffries (2), Lindsay Shonteff (2) and Jan Darnley-Smith (2).
His most frequent genres include: comedy (25 films), Thriller (3), Fantasy (3), drama (2), comedy-thriller (2), comedy-romance (2), Horror (2) and Animation (2).
Our average rating for Jon Pertwee over all films is: 2.4
Filmography
Key: a = actor
The Four Just Men (1939) [a]
A Piece of Cake (1948) [a]
Trouble in the Air (1948) [a]
William Comes to Town (1948) [a]
Dear Mr. Prohack (1949) [a]
Helter Skelter (1949) [a]
Murder at the Windmill (1949) [a]
Miss Pilgrim's Progress (1950) [a]
The Body Said No! (1950) [a]
Mister Drake's Duck (1951) [a]
Will Any Gentleman...? (1953) [a]
The Gay Dog (1954) [a]
A Yank in Ermine (1955) [a]
The Ugly Duckling (1959) [a]
Just Joe (1960) [a]
Not a Hope in Hell (1960) [a]
Nearly a Nasty Accident (1961) [a]
Runaway Railway (1965) [a]
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (1966) [a]
Up in the Air (1969) [a]
No. 1 of the Secret Service (1970) [a]
The House That Dripped Blood (1971) [a]
One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing (1975) [a]
Adventures of a Private Eye (1977) [a]
No. 1 of the Secret Service (1977) [a]
Wombling Free (1977) [a]
The Water Babies (1978) [a]
The Boys in Blue (1982) [a]
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