Michael Pertwee

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 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.

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.

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)
 * 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: Each of the novelists was a notable author of the era.
 * Salt and Pepper by Alex Austin
 * One More Time by Michael Avallone
 * Strange Bedfellows by Marvin H. Albert.