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Name  Michael Pertwee

Role  Playwright
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Died  April 17, 1991, London, United Kingdom
Spouse  Valerie French (m. 1952–1959)
Cousins  Bill Pertwee, James Raymond Pertwee
Books  The Saint Abroad, Deadly Poison: An Incident in the Life of the Grove Family
Movies  A Funny Thing Happene, Laughter in Paradise, It Started in Naples, The Naked Truth, Digby - the Biggest Dog in th
Similar People  Roland Pertwee, Bill Pertwee, Jon Pertwee, Sean Pertwee, Mario Zampi

Michael Henry Pertwee (24 April 1916, Kensington, London – 17 April 1991, Camden, London) was an English playwright and screenwriter. Among his credits were episodes of The Saint, Danger Man, Alfred Hitchcock Presents, B-And-B, Ladies Who Do, Hong Kong and many other films and TV series.

He was the brother of Jon Pertwee of Doctor Who fame, the son of Roland Pertwee, a noted screenwriter and actor of the 1910s-1950s, a distant cousin of Bill Pertwee, a noted character actor, and the uncle of actor Sean Pertwee.

Selected filmography

  • Crackerjack (1938)
  • Trouble in the Air (1948)
  • The Interrupted Journey (1949)
  • Something in the City (1950)
  • Laughter in Paradise (1951)
  • Night Was Our Friend (1951)
  • Not Wanted on Voyage (1957)
  • The Naked Truth (1957)
  • Too Many Crooks (1959)
  • Strange Bedfellows (1965)
  • References

    Michael Pertwee Wikipedia