Michael Pertwee

Michael Henry Pertwee (24 April 1916, Kensington, London^[1] – 17 April 1991, Camden, London)^[2] was an English playwright and screenwriter.

Career

Pertwee's credits included episodes of The Saint, Danger Man, Alfred Hitchcock 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.

Personal life

Pertwee was the son of screenwriter Roland Pertwee, the brother of Jon, a distant cousin of actor Bill, and the uncle of actor Sean.

Between 1952 and 1959, Pertwee was married to the actress Valerie French.

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 title: 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)
• Make Mine Mink (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.^{[citation needed]}