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Roland Pertwee
1885–1963
A versatile English writer and performer, he moved from painting into a long career in theater, film, and early television. He is also remembered as the father of Jon Pertwee, but his own work ranged from stage comedies to screenwriting and directing.
3 Audiobooks
Men of Affairs
by Roland Pertwee
Our Wonderful Selves
by Roland Pertwee
The Old Card
by Roland Pertwee
About the author
Born in Sussex in 1885, Roland Pertwee built a varied creative career as a playwright, screenwriter, director, actor, and at one point a trained painter. Sources consistently describe him as an active figure in British entertainment from the 1910s through the 1950s, working across stage productions, films, and television.
He is often linked with a famously theatrical family, including his sons Michael Pertwee and Jon Pertwee. Still, his own career stands on its own: he wrote for both the stage and screen, and his name is associated with popular entertainment in several formats during a period when British film and television were rapidly developing.
Pertwee died in 1963. Today he is usually remembered as a multi-talented craftsman of British popular culture whose work connected the worlds of live theater, cinema, and early TV.