The centenary of the birth ofJon Pertwee was marked by
BBC Radio 4 this week. The
Jon Pertwee Files was narrated
by his son, Sean Pertwee.
Tomorrow, the Talking Pictures
TV channel will screen the 1955
British film comedy, A Yank in
Ermine. The network screened
two other vintage comedies
today, The Gay Dog and The
Ugly Ducking - all starred
Pertwee (1919-1996)
Released in 1954, the first
feature, written by future
Carry On producer Peter Rogers (based on the play from Joseph Colton),
also starred William Russell, and Peter Butterworth.
The second production (from the iconic Hammer stable) was released in
1959, and meant a more prominent role for Pertwee, but it was a box
office flop - it featured six other Doctor Who cast connections:
- Bernard Bresslaw (Henry) was Varga in The Ice Warriors
- John Harvey (DS Barnes) was Professor Brett in The War Machines, and Officia in The Macra Terror
- Aileen Lewis (Dancer here and A Yank in Ermine) was an Extra on (episode 6 of) The Silurians
- Ernest Blyth (Guest) was a Villager in The Daemons
- Roger Avon (Reporter) and Reg Thomason (Guest) both appeared in Daleks: Invasion Earth 2150 AD - Avon also played Saphadin in The Crusade, and Daxtar in The Daleks' Master Plan (4)
- Henry Montsash was hairdresser on Dr. Who and the Daleks too
