Jack Watling
Known for Acting · 82 credits
- Born
- 1923-01-13
- Died
- 2001-05-22
- Place of birth
- Chingford, Essex, England, UK
- Also known as
- Jack Stanley Watling
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
TV Shows (25)
Doctor Who
1963
as Professor Travers
Heartbeat
1992
as The Colonel
Rumpole of the Bailey
1975
as Mr. X
Bergerac
1981
as Blakemore / Frank Blakemore
The Adventures of Robin Hood
1955
as Sir Leon
No Hiding Place
1959
Danger Man
1960
as Rollo Waters
Jeeves and Wooster
1990
as Lord Wickhammersley
Softly, Softly
1966
The House of Eliott
1991
as General Treves
Dixon of Dock Green
1955
as Dick Hunt
Hancock's Half Hour
1956
Jason King
1971
The Adventures of William Tell
1958
as Ferdinand
Nearest and Dearest
1968
as Cartwright
Paul Temple
1969
The Power Game
1965
as Don Henderson
Fortunes of War
1987
as Sir Desmond Hooper
The Misfit
1970
as Reverend Tim Pritchard
The Cedar Tree
1976
as Arthur Bourne (2) / Julian Palmer
Andy Robson
1982
as Matthew Dennison
Stryker of the Yard
1961
Mickey Dunne
1967
as Jack Leicester
Pathfinders
1972
Never A Cross Word
1968
Movies (57)
A Night to Remember
1958
as Fourth Officer Joseph Boxhall
Under Capricorn
1949
as Winter
Sink the Bismarck!
1960
as RNVR Signals Officer
The Nanny
1965
as Dr. Medman
11 Harrowhouse
1974
as Fitzmaurice
The Admirable Crichton
1957
as Treherne
The Way Ahead
1944
as Sgt. Buster
Quartet
1948
as Nicky Garnet (segment "The Facts of Life")
Mr. Arkadin
1955
as Marquis of Rutleigh
Gideon's Day
1958
as Rev. Julian Small
We Dive at Dawn
1943
as Navigating Officer - Lt. Gordon, R.N.
Reach for the Sky
1956
as Peel
The Winslow Boy
1948
as Dickie Winslow
Sixty Glorious Years
1938
as Minor Role
The Demi-Paradise
1943
as Tom
Meet Mr. Lucifer
1953
as Jim Norton
Trouble in the Glen
1954
as Sammy Weller
White Corridors
1951
as Dick Groom
Easy Money
1948
as Dennis Stafford
The Sea Shall Not Have Them
1954
as Flying Officer Harding
The Young Mr. Pitt
1942
as Atkinson
Private Information
1952
as Hugh Carson
Father's Doing Fine
1952
as Clifford Magill
The Adventures of Barry McKenzie
1972
A Time to Kill
1955
as Dennis Willows
Downtime
1995
as Professor Travers
Doctor Who: The Web of Fear - Episode 3
2021
as Professor Travers (voice)
Once a Sinner
1950
as John Ross
The Courtneys of Curzon Street
1947
as Teddy Courtney
Dangerous Cargo
1954
as Tom Matthews
Chain of Events
1958
as Freddie
Flannelfoot
1953
as Frank Mitchell
That Woman Opposite
1957
as Toby Lawes
Nearly a Nasty Accident
1961
as Flight Lt. Grogan
The Birthday Present
1957
as Bill Thompson
Flat Two
1962
as Frank Leamington
The Naked Heart
1950
as Robert Gagnon
Anna Karenina
1961
as Stiva Prince Oblonsky
Doctor Who: The Web of Fear
1968
as Professor Travers
Links of Justice
1958
as Edgar Mills
Doctor Who: The Abominable Snowmen
1967
as Professor Travers
Father Dear Father
1973
as Bill Mossman
Three on a Spree
1961
as Mike Brewster
The Solitary Child
1958
as Cyril
Who Was Maddox?
1964
as Jack Heath
Mary Had a Little...
1961
as Scott Raymond
Doctor Who: Downtime
2025
as Professor Travers
Journey Together
1945
as John Aynesworth
The Golden Link
1954
as Bill Howard
Number Three
1953
as Bill Hollies
Wallpaper Warrior
1992
as Michael Foot M.P.
Windfall
1955
as John Lee
Nothing Barred
1961
as Peter Brewster
Doctor Who: The Abominable Snowmen
2022
as Professor Travers (voice)
Third Party
1972
as Tony
Franklin's Farm
1972
as Philip
Troughton in Tibet: Making 'The Abominable Snowmen'
2022
as Self (archive footage)
About Jack Watling
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. With 82 credits spanning from 1938 to 2025, Jack Watling has appeared in 57 films and 25 TV shows.
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Most Popular Jack Watling Movies
- A Night to Remember (1958) — as Fourth Officer Joseph Boxhall
- Under Capricorn (1949) — as Winter
- Sink the Bismarck! (1960) — as RNVR Signals Officer
- The Nanny (1965) — as Dr. Medman
- 11 Harrowhouse (1974) — as Fitzmaurice
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