Acting
Jack Watling
Born 1923-01-13
Chingford, Essex, England, UK
Department: Acting
Biography
Jack Watling is an English actor, who transitioned from a successful film career in the forties to an equally successful television career from the 1960s onwards. He is the father of the actress Deborah Watling.
Known For
Prominent works featuring Jack Watling
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Doctor Who
1963
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A Night to Remember
1958
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Heartbeat
1992
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Bergerac
1981
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Jeeves and Wooster
1990
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Under Capricorn
1949
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Mr. Arkadin
1955
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Rumpole of the Bailey
1975
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No Hiding Place
1959
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Danger Man
1960
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Filmography & Credits
Complete career catalog (87 titles)
| Poster | Title | Character / Role | Type | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Doctor Who: The Abominable Snowmen | Professor Travers (voice) | Movie | 2022 |
 | Troughton in Tibet: Making 'The Abominable Snowmen' | Self (archive footage) | Movie | 2022 |
 | Doctor Who: The Web of Fear - Episode 3 | Professor Travers (voice) | Movie | 2021 |
 | Downtime | Professor Travers | Movie | 1995 |
 | Wallpaper Warrior | Michael Foot M.P. | Movie | 1992 |
 | Heartbeat | The Colonel | TV Series | 1992 |
 | The House of Eliott | General Treves | TV Series | 1991 |
 | Jeeves and Wooster | Lord Wickhammersley | TV Series | 1990 |
 | Fortunes of War | Sir Desmond Hooper | TV Series | 1987 |
| Life Without George | William | TV Series | 1987 | |
| Andy Robson | Matthew Dennison | TV Series | 1982 | |
| Andy Robson | Matthew Dennison | TV Series | 1982 | |
 | Bergerac | Blakemore | TV Series | 1981 |
| Bergerac | Frank Blakemore | TV Series | 1981 |
 | The Cedar Tree | Arthur Bourne (2) | TV Series | 1976 |
| The Cedar Tree | Julian Palmer | TV Series | 1976 |
 | Rumpole of the Bailey | Mr. X | TV Series | 1975 |
| Ten from the Twenties | Sir Runnymede Clarke | TV Series | 1975 | |
 | 11 Harrowhouse | Fitzmaurice | Movie | 1974 |
 | Father Dear Father | Bill Mossman | Movie | 1973 |
 | The Adventures of Barry McKenzie | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1972 |
 | Pathfinders | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 1972 |
| Franklin's Farm | Philip | Movie | 1972 | |
| Third Party | Tony | Movie | 1972 | |
 | Jason King | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 1971 |
 | The Misfit | Reverend Tim Pritchard | TV Series | 1970 |
 | Paul Temple | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 1969 |
 | Nearest and Dearest | Cartwright | TV Series | 1968 |
 | Never A Cross Word | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 1968 |
 | Doctor Who: The Web of Fear | Professor Travers | Movie | 1968 |
 | Doctor Who: The Abominable Snowmen | Professor Travers | Movie | 1967 |
 | Mickey Dunne | Jack Leicester | TV Series | 1967 |
 | Softly, Softly | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 1966 |
 | The Power Game | Don Henderson | TV Series | 1965 |
 | The Nanny | Dr. Medman | Movie | 1965 |
 | Who Was Maddox? | Jack Heath | Movie | 1964 |
 | Doctor Who | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 1963 |
| Doctor Who | Professor Travers | TV Series | 1963 |
 | Flat Two | Frank Leamington | Movie | 1962 |
 | Anna Karenina | Stiva Prince Oblonsky | Movie | 1961 |
| Stryker of the Yard | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 1961 | |
 | Nothing Barred | Peter Brewster | Movie | 1961 |
 | Mary Had a Little... | Scott Raymond | Movie | 1961 |
 | Three on a Spree | Mike Brewster | Movie | 1961 |
 | Nearly a Nasty Accident | Flight Lt. Grogan | Movie | 1961 |
 | Danger Man | Rollo Waters | TV Series | 1960 |
 | Sink the Bismarck! | RNVR Signals Officer | Movie | 1960 |
 | No Hiding Place | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 1959 |
 | The Solitary Child | Cyril | Movie | 1958 |
| Links of Justice | Edgar Mills | Movie | 1958 | |
 | Chain of Events | Freddie | Movie | 1958 |
 | The Adventures of William Tell | Ferdinand | TV Series | 1958 |
 | A Night to Remember | Fourth Officer Joseph Boxhall | Movie | 1958 |
 | Gideon's Day | Rev. Julian Small | Movie | 1958 |
 | The Birthday Present | Bill Thompson | Movie | 1957 |
 | The Admirable Crichton | Treherne | Movie | 1957 |
 | That Woman Opposite | Toby Lawes | Movie | 1957 |
 | Hancock's Half Hour | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 1956 |
 | Reach for the Sky | Peel | Movie | 1956 |
 | A Time to Kill | Dennis Willows | Movie | 1955 |
 | The Adventures of Robin Hood | Sir Leon | TV Series | 1955 |
| Windfall | John Lee | Movie | 1955 | |
 | Dixon of Dock Green | Dick Hunt | TV Series | 1955 |
 | Mr. Arkadin | Marquis of Rutleigh | Movie | 1955 |
| The Golden Link | Bill Howard | Movie | 1954 | |
 | Trouble in the Glen | Sammy Weller | Movie | 1954 |
 | The Sea Shall Not Have Them | Flying Officer Harding | Movie | 1954 |
 | Dangerous Cargo | Tom Matthews | Movie | 1954 |
 | Meet Mr. Lucifer | Jim Norton | Movie | 1953 |
 | Flannelfoot | Frank Mitchell | Movie | 1953 |
 | Number Three | Bill Hollies | Movie | 1953 |
 | Father's Doing Fine | Clifford Magill | Movie | 1952 |
 | Private Information | Hugh Carson | Movie | 1952 |
 | White Corridors | Dick Groom | Movie | 1951 |
 | The Naked Heart | Robert Gagnon | Movie | 1950 |
 | Once a Sinner | John Ross | Movie | 1950 |
 | Under Capricorn | Winter | Movie | 1949 |
 | Quartet | Nicky Garnet (segment "The Facts of Life") | Movie | 1948 |
 | The Winslow Boy | Dickie Winslow | Movie | 1948 |
 | Easy Money | Dennis Stafford | Movie | 1948 |
 | The Courtneys of Curzon Street | Teddy Courtney | Movie | 1947 |
 | Journey Together | John Aynesworth | Movie | 1945 |
 | The Way Ahead | Sgt. Buster | Movie | 1944 |
 | The Demi-Paradise | Tom | Movie | 1943 |
 | We Dive at Dawn | Navigating Officer - Lt. Gordon, R.N. | Movie | 1943 |
 | The Young Mr. Pitt | Atkinson | Movie | 1942 |
 | Sixty Glorious Years | Minor Role | Movie | 1938 |