Michael Pertwee Biography

English playwright and screenwriter (1916–1991)

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 Hitch* Presents, B-And-B, Ladies Who Do, Hong Kong and many other films and TV series. For the stage he co-wrote the 1938 thriller Death on the Table.

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

Filmography

Writer

  • Crackerjack (1938)
  • Trouble in the Air (1948)
  • The Interrupted Journey (1949)
  • Something in the City (1950)
  • Black Jack (1950)
  • Laughter in Paradise (1951)
  • Night Was Our Friend (1951)
  • Happy Ever After (US *le: Tonight's the Night) (1954) with Jack Davies
  • Not Wanted on Voyage (1957)
  • The Naked Truth (1957)
  • Too Many Crooks (1959)
  • It Started in Naples (1960)
  • In the Doghouse (1962)
  • Strange Bedfellows (1965)
  • A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (1966)
  • Salt and Pepper (1968)
  • One More Time (1970)
  • Digby, the Biggest Dog in the World (1973)

Actor

  • Laughter in Paradise (1951) - Stewart
  • Night Was Our Friend (1951) - Young Man
  • Now and Forever (1956) - Reporter (final film role)

Novelisations

Among the novelisations of Michael Pertwee screenplays, each released shortly before its respective film, are:

  • Salt and Pepper by Alex Austin
  • One More Time by Michael Avallone
  • Strange Bedfellows by Marvin H. Albert.

Each of the novelists was a notable author of the era.

References

    External links

    • Michael Pertwee at IMDb
    • Michael Pertwee discography at Discogs

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