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Jack Watling

Jack Watling

Jack Watling

1923-01-13

Chingford, Essex, England, UK

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.

Best known for:

Doctor Who

A Night to Remember

Mr. Arkadin

Under Capricorn

Jeeves and Wooster

Sink the Bismarck!

The Nanny

The Way Ahead

Reach for the Sky

Heartbeat

The Admirable Crichton

Gideon's Day

The Winslow Boy

The Adventures of Barry McKenzie

11 Harrowhouse

We Dive at Dawn

Bergerac

Rumpole of the Bailey

The Adventures of Robin Hood

Quartet

Meet Mr. Lucifer

The Sea Shall Not Have Them

Chain of Events

The House of Eliott

Jason King

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Filmography:

Sixty Glorious Years (1938)
APPEREAD AS:
Minor Role
The Young Mr. Pitt (1942)
APPEREAD AS:
Atkinson
We Dive at Dawn (1943)
APPEREAD AS:
Navigating Officer - Lt. Gordon, R.N.
The Demi-Paradise (1943)
APPEREAD AS:
Tom
The Way Ahead (1944)
APPEREAD AS:
Sgt. Buster
Journey Together (1945)
APPEREAD AS:
John Aynesworth
The Courtneys of Curzon Street (1947)
APPEREAD AS:
Teddy Courtney
The Winslow Boy (1948)
APPEREAD AS:
Dickie Winslow

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Easy Money (1948)
APPEREAD AS:
Dennis Stafford
Quartet (1948)
APPEREAD AS:
Nicky Garnet (segment "The Facts of Life")
Under Capricorn (1949)
4.7
APPEREAD AS:
Winter
The Naked Heart (1950)
APPEREAD AS:
Robert Gagnon
Once a Sinner (1950)
APPEREAD AS:
John Ross
White Corridors (1951)
APPEREAD AS:
Dick Groom
Father's Doing Fine (1952)
APPEREAD AS:
Clifford Magill
Private Information (1952)
APPEREAD AS:
Hugh Carson

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Meet Mr. Lucifer (1953)
APPEREAD AS:
Jim Norton
Flannelfoot (1953)
APPEREAD AS:
Frank Mitchell
The Sea Shall Not Have Them (1954)
APPEREAD AS:
Flying Officer Harding
Dangerous Cargo (1954)
APPEREAD AS:
Tom Matthews
Dixon of Dock Green (1955)
APPEREAD AS:
Dick Hunt
The Adventures of Robin Hood (1955)
APPEREAD AS:
Sir Leon
Mr. Arkadin (1955)
5.6
APPEREAD AS:
Marquis of Rutleigh
A Time to Kill (1955)
APPEREAD AS:
Dennis Willows
Reach for the Sky (1956)
APPEREAD AS:
Peel
The Admirable Crichton (1957)
APPEREAD AS:
Treherne
That Woman Opposite (1957)
APPEREAD AS:
Toby Lawes
The Birthday Present (1957)
APPEREAD AS:
Bill Thompson
A Night to Remember (1958)
6.4
APPEREAD AS:
Fourth Officer Joseph Boxhall
The Adventures of William Tell (1958)
APPEREAD AS:
Ferdinand
Gideon's Day (1958)
APPEREAD AS:
Rev. Julian Small
Chain of Events (1958)
APPEREAD AS:
Freddie
The Solitary Child (1958)
APPEREAD AS:
Cyril
Sink the Bismarck! (1960)
5.5
APPEREAD AS:
RNVR Signals Officer
Mary Had a Little... (1961)
APPEREAD AS:
Scott Raymond
Three on a Spree (1961)
APPEREAD AS:
Mike Brewster
Anna Karenina (1961)
APPEREAD AS:
Stiva Prince Oblonsky
Nothing Barred (1961)
APPEREAD AS:
Peter Brewster
Flat Two (1962)
APPEREAD AS:
Frank Leamington
The Nanny (1965)
5.6
APPEREAD AS:
Dr. Medman
The Power Game (1965)
APPEREAD AS:
Don Henderson
Doctor Who: The Abominable Snowmen (1967)
APPEREAD AS:
Professor Travers
Doctor Who: The Web of Fear (1968)
APPEREAD AS:
Professor Travers
The Misfit (1970)
APPEREAD AS:
Reverend Tim Pritchard
Father Dear Father (1973)
APPEREAD AS:
Bill Mossman
11 Harrowhouse (1974)
APPEREAD AS:
Fitzmaurice
The Cedar Tree (1976)
APPEREAD AS:
Arthur Bourne (2), Julian Palmer
Bergerac (1981)
APPEREAD AS:
Blakemore, Frank Blakemore
Jeeves and Wooster (1990)
6.9
APPEREAD AS:
Lord Wickhammersley
The House of Eliott (1991)
APPEREAD AS:
General Treves
Heartbeat (1992)
APPEREAD AS:
The Colonel
Wallpaper Warrior (1992)
APPEREAD AS:
Michael Foot M.P.
Downtime (1995)
APPEREAD AS:
Professor Travers
Doctor Who: The Web of Fear - Episode 3 (2021)
APPEREAD AS:
Professor Travers (voice)
Doctor Who: The Abominable Snowmen (2022)
APPEREAD AS:
Professor Travers (voice)