Person

Jack Watling

Acting · 1923–2001 · Chingford, Essex, England, UK

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.

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  Doctor Who

  1963

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  Heartbeat

  The Colonel

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  Bergerac

  Blakemore

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  Rumpole of the Bailey

  Mr. X

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  No Hiding Place

  1959

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  Danger Man

  Rollo Waters

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  Jeeves and Wooster

  Lord Wickhammersley

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  The Adventures of Robin Hood

  Sir Leon

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  Softly, Softly

  1966

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  Dixon of Dock Green

  Dick Hunt

• 2022Doctor Who: The Abominable SnowmenProfessor Travers (voice)
• 2022Troughton in Tibet: Making 'The Abominable Snowmen'Self (archive footage)
• 2021Doctor Who: The Web of Fear - Episode 3Professor Travers (voice)
• 1995DowntimeProfessor Travers
• 1992Wallpaper WarriorMichael Foot M.P.
• 1992HeartbeatThe Colonel
• 1991The House of EliottGeneral Treves
• 1990Jeeves and WoosterLord Wickhammersley
• 1987Fortunes of WarSir Desmond Hooper
• 1982Andy RobsonMatthew Dennison
• 1981BergeracBlakemore
• 1976The Cedar TreeArthur Bourne (2)
• 1975Rumpole of the BaileyMr. X
• 197411 HarrowhouseFitzmaurice
• 1973Father Dear FatherBill Mossman
• 1972The Adventures of Barry McKenzie
• 1972Pathfinders
• 1972Franklin's FarmPhilip
• 1972Third PartyTony
• 1971Jason King
• 1970The MisfitReverend Tim Pritchard
• 1969Paul Temple
• 1968Nearest and DearestCartwright
• 1968Never A Cross Word
• 1968Doctor Who: The Web of FearProfessor Travers
• 1967Doctor Who: The Abominable SnowmenProfessor Travers
• 1967Mickey DunneJack Leicester
• 1966Softly, Softly
• 1965The Power GameDon Henderson
• 1965The NannyDr. Medman
• 1964Who Was Maddox?Jack Heath
• 1963Doctor Who
• 1962Flat TwoFrank Leamington
• 1961Anna KareninaStiva Prince Oblonsky
• 1961Stryker of the Yard
• 1961Nothing BarredPeter Brewster
• 1961Mary Had a Little...Scott Raymond
• 1961Three on a SpreeMike Brewster
• 1961Nearly a Nasty AccidentFlight Lt. Grogan
• 1960Danger ManRollo Waters
• 1960Sink the Bismarck!RNVR Signals Officer
• 1959No Hiding Place
• 1958The Solitary ChildCyril
• 1958Links of JusticeEdgar Mills
• 1958Chain of EventsFreddie
• 1958The Adventures of William TellFerdinand
• 1958A Night to RememberFourth Officer Joseph Boxhall
• 1958Gideon's DayRev. Julian Small
• 1957The Birthday PresentBill Thompson
• 1957The Admirable CrichtonTreherne
• 1957That Woman OppositeToby Lawes
• 1956Hancock's Half Hour
• 1956Reach for the SkyPeel
• 1955A Time to KillDennis Willows
• 1955The Adventures of Robin HoodSir Leon
• 1955WindfallJohn Lee
• 1955Dixon of Dock GreenDick Hunt
• 1955Mr. ArkadinMarquis of Rutleigh
• 1954The Golden LinkBill Howard
• 1954Trouble in the GlenSammy Weller
• 1954The Sea Shall Not Have ThemFlying Officer Harding
• 1954Dangerous CargoTom Matthews
• 1953Meet Mr. LuciferJim Norton
• 1953FlannelfootFrank Mitchell
• 1953Number ThreeBill Hollies
• 1952Father's Doing FineClifford Magill
• 1952Private InformationHugh Carson
• 1951White CorridorsDick Groom
• 1950The Naked HeartRobert Gagnon
• 1950Once a SinnerJohn Ross
• 1949Under CapricornWinter
• 1948QuartetNicky Garnet (segment "The Facts of Life")
• 1948The Winslow BoyDickie Winslow
• 1948Easy MoneyDennis Stafford
• 1947The Courtneys of Curzon StreetTeddy Courtney
• 1945Journey TogetherJohn Aynesworth
• 1944The Way AheadSgt. Buster
• 1943The Demi-ParadiseTom
• 1943We Dive at DawnNavigating Officer - Lt. Gordon, R.N.
• 1942The Young Mr. PittAtkinson
• 1938Sixty Glorious YearsMinor Role