
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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