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Roland Pertwee | |
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 Pertwee in the 1920s | |
| Born | 15 May 1885 Hove, Sussex, England[1] |
| Died | 26 April 1963 (aged 77) Sandhurst, Kent, England[2] |
| Occupation | Writer, playwright, film director, actor |
| Period | 20th century |
| Spouse |
Avice Scholtz
(m. 1911; div. 1921) |
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Roland Pertwee (15 May 1885[3] – 26 April 1963)[4] was an English playwright, film and television screenwriter, director and actor. He was the father of Doctor Who actor Jon Pertwee and playwright and screenwriter Michael Pertwee.[5] He was also the second cousin of actor Bill Pertwee and grandfather of actors Sean Pertwee and Dariel Pertwee.
From the 1910s to 1950s, he worked as a writer on many British films, providing either the basic story or full screenplay. He was one of many writers who worked on the script of A Yank at Oxford starring Robert Taylor and Vivien Leigh, the film in which his son Jon made his screen debut, and on Caravan.[6]
While he seemingly preferred writing, he acted in ten films (1915–45) and directed Breach of Promise (1942), which he also wrote.
- ^ Birth notice in The Morning Post, 20 May 1885.
- ^ Obituary in The Times, 29 April 1963.
- ^ Pertwee's entry on the 1939 England & Wales Register.
- ^ "findmypast.co.uk". search.findmypast.co.uk.
- ^ "NAMES ARE HIS GAME". The Australian Women's Weekly. Vol. 42, no. 31. 1 January 1975. p. 18. Retrieved 29 October 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "NEW FILMS REVIEWED". The Advertiser. Adelaide. 8 February 1947. p. 12. Retrieved 29 October 2017 – via National Library of Australia.