Roland Pertwee, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Roland Pertwee

British playwright, director and actor

Date of Birth: 17-May-1885

Place of Birth: Brighton, England, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 26-Apr-1963

Profession: screenwriter, actor, film director, film actor

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

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 fellow playwright and screenwriter Michael Pertwee.
He was also the second cousin of actor Bill Pertwee and grandfather of actors Sean Pertwee and Dariel Pertwee. From the 1910s to 1950s, he worked as a writer on many British films, providing either the basic story or full screenplay.
He was one of numerous writers working on the script of A Yank at Oxford starring Robert Taylor and Vivien Leigh, the film in which his son Jon made his screen debut, and on Caravan.While he seemingly preferred writing, he acted in ten films (1915–45) and directed Breach of Promise (1942), which he also wrote.