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John Ingram, 32, a grave digger at Putney Vale who died in 1894 in a freak accident, hit in the chest by a stray bullet from the rifle range at Wimbledon Common; Samuel Insull, Anglo-American utilities magnate; J. Bruce Ismay, chairman of White Star Line and a passenger of its ship RMS Titanic, and wife Julia Florence Ismay
John Devon Roland Pertwee (/ ˈ p ɜːr t w iː /; [1] 7 July 1919 – 20 May 1996), known professionally as Jon Pertwee, was an English actor.Born into a theatrical family, he became known as a comedy actor, playing Chief Petty Officer Pertwee (and three other roles) in the BBC Radio sitcom The Navy Lark (1959–1977) and appearing in four films in the Carry On series (1964–1992).
The logo of Find a Grave used from 1995 to 2018 [2] Find a Grave was created in 1995 by Salt Lake City, Utah, resident Jim Tipton to support his hobby of visiting the burial sites of famous celebrities. [3] Tipton classified his early childhood as being a nerdy kid who had somewhat of a fascination with graves and some love for learning HTML. [4]
Jon Pertwee: 1919–1996: Actor, the Third Doctor in Doctor Who: Had a family house in Barnes [60] Terry-Thomas: 1911–1990: Comedian and character actor who became known to a worldwide audience through his films during the 1950s and 1960s: Terry-Thomas lived in Barnes. [61] Frank Thornton: 1921–2013: Actor (Captain Peacock in the BBC comedy ...
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.
Jon Pertwee also starred in the show in a variety of roles. The Mr Pastry character had originated in the 1936 stage show Big Boy in which Hearne had appeared with Fred Emney . A Mr Pastry film The Time of His Life , was subsequently released in 1955, but portrayed the lead character as a pathetic figure coming out of prison and totally ...
I don't know about you, Pandas, but I love period dramas. They're like a window into the past: we can see how people looked and lived a hundred or even more years ago.However, they're often just ...
Letts formed a particularly close partnership with two other contributors to the programme: Terrance Dicks, who was the script editor on the programme between 1968 and 1974; and playwright Robert Sloman, with whom Letts co-wrote four serials in the Pertwee era: The Dæmons (credited under the pen-name Guy Leopold); The Time Monster; The Green ...