1. Roland Pertwee was an English playwright, film and television screenwriter, director and actor.
32 Facts About Roland Pertwee
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Roland Pertwee was the father of Doctor Who actor Jon Pertwee and playwright and screenwriter Michael Pertwee.
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Roland Pertwee was the second cousin of actor Bill Pertwee and grandfather of actors Sean Pertwee and Dariel Pertwee.
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Roland Pertwee was one of many writers who worked 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.
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Roland Pertwee's career began as a painter after he gained a scholarship to the Royal Academy Schools at the age of 17 and exhibited his first portrait at the Royal Academy two years later.
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Roland Pertwee studied in Paris, then returned to London, where he began to write and act.
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Roland Pertwee married in 1911, and he and his wife went to Australia for a year, while Roland Pertwee appeared on stage with a touring company.
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Roland Pertwee worked as a musician and as an actor.
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Roland Pertwee's writing career essentially began in 1914, when four of his short plays, including Swank, were produced in London.
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Roland Pertwee could be seen in The Second Mrs Tanqueray.
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Roland Pertwee joined the army in 1916 and was invalided out in Christmas 1917.
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Roland Pertwee adapted a play Quinneys, in which he played a small role.
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Roland Pertwee wrote The Bridal Chair, Hope, Charity, The Right Element, Faith, The Last Rose of Summer, and Aunt Rachel.
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Roland Pertwee co wrote a play Out to Win which was filmed in 1921.
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Roland Pertwee wrote the plays Creaking Chair and Interference.
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Roland Pertwee wrote the scripts for 'the films Packing Up, and The Vortex.
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Roland Pertwee moved to Hollywood, where he wrote I Like Your Nerve, and Honor of the Family.
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Roland Pertwee wrote a story for Marilyn Miller that was not used.
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Roland Pertwee wrote British Agent, directed by Michael Curtiz and The Night of the Party, based on his play, directed by Michael Powell.
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Roland Pertwee was credited on Honours Easy, based on his play, and Man of the Moment.
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Roland Pertwee did some work on the scripts for Two's Company and King Solomon's Mines.
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Roland Pertwee wrote Non-Stop New York, and Dinner at the Ritz, and was one of many writers on A Yank at Oxford.
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Roland Pertwee wrote Kicking Around the Moon, The Ware Case and A Voice Said Goodnight for TV.
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Roland Pertwee wrote A Spy in Black and adapted The Four Just Men in which he had an acting role.
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Roland Pertwee wrote Young Man's Fancy, They Came by Night, Return to Yesterday, and The Proud Valley.
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Roland Pertwee wrote a short, Dangerous Comment, and did It Happened to One Man, and Freedom Radio.
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Roland Pertwee wrote Pimpernel Smith and had a small role on screen.
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Roland Pertwee went to Gainsborough Pictures to work on the melodramas Madonna of the Seven Moons, They Were Sisters, Caravan, and The Magic Bow.
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Roland Pertwee wrote Nightbeat, Silent Dust, Diamond City, and Captain Blackjack.
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Roland Pertwee wrote for TV on Rheingold Theatre and did the feature Give Them a Ring.
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Roland Pertwee wrote works of juvenile fiction, including the series The Islanders, which serves up typical Boy's Own adventure with a strong field sports theme.
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Roland Pertwee wrote two short stories, "The River God" and "Fish Are Such Liars" which are now considered classics and have been anthologized in the book, Fisherman's Bounty, edited by Nick Lyons, and originally published by Crown in 1970, then by Fireside in 1988.