Murder at the Windmill ( 1949 ), ( known in the U. S. A. as " Mystery at the Burlesque ") directed by Val Guest is set at the Windmill Theatre, London and features Diana Decker, Jon Pertwee and Jimmy Edwards.

Pertwee is best known for a series of famous roles, firstly his 18-year stint on BBC Radio as Chief Petty Officer Pertwee in The Navy Lark, secondly his role in the BBC science fiction television series Doctor Who, in which he played the third incarnation of the Doctor from 1970 to 1974 and thirdly as the title character in the series Worzel Gummidge.

Historical raids and alien contacts also feature in several stories, such as the Jon Pertwee episode The Time Warrior, in which a lone alien makes a forced landing in mediaeval England, the Tom Baker episode Pyramids of Mars ( in which the culture of ancient Egypt is shown to have been the result of the infuence of visiting aliens ), and the Peter Davison episode The Visitation in which crashed alien criminals are revealed to be indirectly responsible for the Great Fire of London.

William Desmond Anthony Pertwee MBE ( born 21 July 1926 ) is a British comedy actor.

He is a distant cousin of former Doctor Who actor Jon Pertwee, being the second cousin of Jon Pertwee's father, screenwriter and actor Roland Pertwee.

Libria is governed by the Tetragrammaton Council, which is led by a reclusive figurehead known as " Father " ( Sean Pertwee ).

Pertwee is a surname.

* In the novelisation, adapted by Malcolm Hulke from his own scripts, no reference is made to the " Whomobile " ( which was a prop contributed to the production at a late stage by actor Jon Pertwee ).

# The image is being used for informational purposes about the character of the Third Doctor, as played by Jon Pertwee in the television programme Doctor Who ;

* PC Wilson ( Bill Pertwee )-PC Wilson is the local Bobby, although rarely appeared to be doing his duty.

Dog Soldiers is a 2002 British horror film written and directed by Neil Marshall, and starring Kevin McKidd, Sean Pertwee and Liam Cunningham.

A long established tradition is the interviewing of a special guest during the Saturday lunch break, on one occasion this led to Brian Johnston chatting with actor Bill Pertwee for 90 minutes as rain delayed the start of the afternoon session.

The 51st State ( also known as Formula 51 ) is a 2001 Canadian-British action comedy film The film stars Samuel L. Jackson, Robert Carlyle, Emily Mortimer, Ricky Tomlinson, Sean Pertwee, Rhys Ifans and Meat Loaf.

Sean Pertwee's Father, Jon Pertwee, also starred next to a character called Liz Shaw in one of the television shows he is best known for-Dr. Elizabeth Shaw ( played by Caroline John ) was his first companion when he played the Third Doctor in Doctor Who.

" Pertwee remembered asking himself, when so advised, " Now who in the hell is that?

She also appeared alongside Baker, Davison, Sylvester McCoy and Jon Pertwee in another BBV production, The Airzone Solution which is notable as it includes a love scene between Baker and Bryant.

He is voiced by Jon Pertwee

He is also one of only three directors ( the others being Douglas Camfield and Lennie Mayne ) who directed all of the first four actors to play the Doctor, William Hartnell, Patrick Troughton, Jon Pertwee and Tom Baker.

Born in Chelsea, London, to a family descended from Huguenots ( the name was an Anglicisation of " Perthuis "; his full surname being " de Perthuis de Laillevault "), he was the son of noted screenwriter and actor Roland Pertwee and distant cousin of actor Bill Pertwee, who played Chief Warden Hodges in the comedy Dad's Army ( coincidentally, Jon Pertwee was the writers ' first choice for the role of Captain George Mainwaring in Dad's Army ).

It was later revived with Lowe's role replaced by two other Dad's Army cast members: Pike, played by Ian Lavender and Hodges, played by Bill Pertwee.

He was one of the great drolls of our time "; his fellow Dad's Army actor Bill Pertwee mourned the loss of his friend, saying, " It's a shattering loss.

Fellow Dad's Army cast member Bill Pertwee gave an address.

* Bill Pertwee ( born 1926 ), English actor best known as the ARP Warden in Dad's Army

Also featured were Donald Hewlett and Michael Knowles from Perry and Croft's It Ain't Half Hot Mum, and Bill Pertwee and occasionally Frank Williams from Dad's Army.

Bill Pertwee ( ARP Warden William Hodges ) from Dad's Army also live here

Williams was a guest on This Morning on Thursday 31 July 2008, talking about Dad's Army with fellow cast members, Ian Lavender and Bill Pertwee.

In 1995 the novel was also issued by BBC Audio as an audio book, read by Jon Pertwee.

A reference book, Doctor Who: The Visual Dictionary, describes the exhibit behind The Doctor's and Rose's heads when they are looking at the Cyberman's helmet as the decayed head of a Sea Devil from the Jon Pertwee serial The Sea Devils.

* 1919 – Jon Pertwee, English actor ( d. 1996 )

* May 20 – Jon Pertwee, British actor ( b. 1919 )

* April 26 – Roland Pertwee, English playwright, screenwriter, director, and actor ( b. 1885 )

* July 7 – Jon Pertwee, British actor ( d. 1996 )

John Devon Roland Pertwee ( 7 July 1919 – 20 May 1996 ) was an English actor.

Pertwee wrote two autobiographies: Moon Boots and Dinner Suits ( published in 1984 ), which primarily covers his life and career prior to Doctor Who, and the posthumously published Doctor Who: I Am the Doctor – Jon Pertwee ’ s Final Memoir ( published in 1996 by Virgin Publishing Ltd and co-written with David J. Howe ), which covered his life during and after the series.

* Jon Pertwee Biography – British Film Institute

* Action Who – Jon Pertwee article at Kasterborous. com

* An Hour with Jon Pertwee Jon Pertwee reminisces, including time serving on the Hood – streaming audio ( No longer available )

Pertwee appeared in the radio comedy series Beyond Our Ken ( 1959 – 64 ) and Round the Horne ( 1965 – 67 ).

Pertwee appeared in two Carry On films – Carry On Loving ( 1970 ) and Carry On Girls ( 1973 ).

* Bill Pertwee Interview – April 2010

* In several 1963 episodes of The Navy Lark, the robbery was referred to via expressions of surprise – by various characters – of seeing Chief Petty Officer Pertwee free, and not in police custody for committing the robbery.

* January 3 – Jon Pertwee makes his first appearance as the Third Doctor in the Doctor Who serial Spearhead from Space.

* June 8 – Jon Pertwee makes his final regular appearance as the Third Doctor in the concluding moments of Part Six of the Doctor Who serial Planet of the Spiders.

* Jon Pertwee – Chief Petty Officer Pertwee, Commander Weatherby, Vice-Admiral " Burbly " Burwasher, The Master, Commander Bell

All these various series were spiritual successors to BBC radio's earlier comedy success, ' Round the Horne ' ( 1964 – 68 ), in which Bill Pertwee had previously appeared, each being a similar style of comedy sketch show.

* Doctor Who: I Am The Doctor ( hardback, co-written with Jon Pertwee, 1996, Virgin Publishing – Jon Pertwee ’ s Doctor Who autobiography )