Michael Henry Pertwee (24 April 1916, Kensington,

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– 17 April 1991,

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) was an English playwright and screenwriter. Among his credits were episodes of '' The Saint'', ''

Danger Man ''Danger Man'' (retitled ''Secret Agent'' in the United States for the revived series, and ''Destination Danger'' and ''John Drake'' in other overseas markets) is a British television series that was broadcast between 1960 and 1962, and again b ...

'', '' Alfred Hitchcock Presents'', '' B-And-B'', ''

Ladies Who Do ''Ladies Who Do'' is a 1963 British comedy film directed by C. M. Pennington-Richards and starring Peggy Mount, Robert Morley and Harry H. Corbett. Plot Mrs. Cragg (Peggy Mount) works as a charwoman (part-time domestic servant) for retired C ...

'', ''

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'' 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 Roland Pertwee (15 May 1885 – 26 April 1963) 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. He was al ...

, the screenwriter and actor of the 1910s–1950s, a distant cousin of

Bill Pertwee William Desmond Anthony Pertwee, (21 July 1926 – 27 May 2013) was a British comedy actor. He played the role of Chief ARP Warden Hodges in the sitcom '' Dad's Army''. Early life Pertwee was born in Amersham, Buckinghamshire, on 21 July 192 ...

, the character actor, and the uncle of actor

Sean Pertwee Sean Carl Roland Pertwee''England & Wales, Civil Registration Birth Index, 1916–2007'' (born 4 June 1964) is an English actor, narrator and producer with an extensive career since the 1980s in television and cinema productions. He is known ...

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 ''Night Was Our Friend'' is a 1951 British drama film directed by Michael Anderson and starring Elizabeth Sellars, Michael Gough and Ronald Howard. The title references a line from Virgil's epic poem ''The Aeneid''. Plot A young woman is acq ...

'' (1951) * '' Not Wanted on Voyage'' (1957) * '' The Naked Truth'' (1957) * '' Too Many Crooks'' (1959) * ''

It Started in Naples ''It Started in Naples'' is a 1960 American romantic comedy film directed by Melville Shavelson and produced by Jack Rose from a screenplay by Suso Cecchi d'Amico, based on the story by Michael Pertwee and Jack Davies. The Technicolor cinematog ...

'' (1960) * ''In the Doghouse'' (1962) * '' Strange Bedfellows'' (1965) * '' A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (film)'' (1966) * ''

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'' (1968) * '' One More Time'' (1970) * '' Digby, the Biggest Dog in the World'' (1973)

Actor

* '' Laughter in Paradise'' (1951) - Stewart * ''

'' (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: * ''

'' by Alex Austin * '' One More Time'' by

Michael Avallone Michael Angelo Avallone (October 27, 1924 – February 26, 1999) was an American author of mystery, secret agent fiction, and novelizations of television and films. His lifetime output was over 223 works (although he boasted over 1,000), publish ...

* '' Strange Bedfellows'' by Marvin H. Albert. Each of the novelists was a notable author of the era.

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* 1916 births 1991 deaths Michael English male screenwriters English television writers 20th-century English dramatists and playwrights English male dramatists and playwrights 20th-century English male writers British male television writers 20th-century English screenwriters {{UK-playwright-stub