What is Jon Pertwee?
{{Infobox person | name = Jon Pertwee | image = Jon Pertwee (filtered).jpg | alt = | caption = Jon Pertwee in 1996 | birth_name = John Devon Roland Pertwee | birth_date = {{Birth date|1919|07|07|df=yes}} | birth_place = [[Chelsea, London]], England, | death_date = {{Death date and age|1996|05|20|1919|7|7|df=yes}} | death_place = Timber Lake, [[Connecticut]], United States | death_cause = Heart attack | height = {{height|ft=6|in=3}} | years_active = 1938–1996 | spouse = [[Jean Marsh]] (m. 1955–1960, divorced)<br>Ingeborg Rhoesa (m. 1960–1996, his death) | children = [[Sean Pertwee]]<br>Dariel Pertwee }} '''John Devon Roland Pertwee''' (7 July 1919<ref>GRO Register of Births: SEP 1919 1a 132 KENSINGTON – John D. R. Pertwee, mmn = Scholts</ref>&nbsp;– 20 May 1996), better known as '''Jon Pertwee''', was an English actor. He is best known for playing the role of the [[Third Doctor]] on ''[[Doctor Who]]'' from 1970 to 1974 and also the title [[scarecrow]] in the television children's comedy [[television programme|series]] ''[[Worzel Gummidge (TV series)|Worzel Gummidge]]''. His son is actor [[Sean Pertwee]]. He was a cousin of actor [[Bill Pertwee]] who played Chief Warden Hodges in the comedy ''[[Dad's Army]]''. ==References== {{Reflist}} ==Other websites== * {{IMDb name|0675727}} * [http://www.screenonline.org.uk/people/id/545943/index.html Jon Pertwee Biography – British Film Institute] * [http://www.kastria.net/pages/features/pertwee.htm Jon Pertwee's career including The Navy Lark at http://www.kastria.net] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120306133153/http://www.kastria.net/pages/features/pertwee.htm |date=2012-03-06 }} * [https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/console/b00bdjh3 ''An Hour with Jon Pertwee''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110628015329/http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/console/b00bdjh3 |date=2011-06-28 }} Jon Pertwee reminisces, including time serving on the [[HMS Hood (51)|''Hood]]'' – streaming audio (No longer available)