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Jack Watling

Personal Information

Known ForActing
GenderMale
Born / DiedJan 13, 1923 (Died at 78)
Zodiac Sign♑Capricorn
Place of BirthChingford, Essex, England, UK
Career Span1938 – 2001
Known Credits74 Titles
Official Links
ActingPopularity Score 0.8

Jack Watling

Also known as:Jack Stanley Watling
Total Works

74

51 movies • 23 shows

Avg Rating

6.7 / 10

across rated releases

Box Office

—

worldwide gross

Global Reach

#1

TMDB star index

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.

Signature Roles & Milestones

Doctor Who
7.9
Doctor Who
1963•series
A Night to Remember
7.7
as Fourth Officer Joseph Boxhall
Mr. Arkadin
6.8
Mr. Arkadin
1955•movie
as Marquis of Rutleigh
Under Capricorn
6.0
Under Capricorn
1949•movie
as Winter

Full Filmography & Credits

Showing 74 titles featuring Jack Watling

Doctor Who
7.9
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Doctor Who
1963•series
A Night to Remember
7.7

as Fourth Officer Joseph Boxhall

Mr. Arkadin
6.8
Mr. Arkadin
1955•movie

as Marquis of Rutleigh

Under Capricorn
6.0
Under Capricorn
1949•movie

as Winter

Jeeves and Wooster
8.1
1 eps
Jeeves and Wooster
1990•series

as Lord Wickhammersley

Sink the Bismarck!
6.9
Sink the Bismarck!
1960•movie

as RNVR Signals Officer

The Nanny
7.0
The Nanny
1965•movie

as Dr. Medman

The Way Ahead
6.5
The Way Ahead
1944•movie

as Sgt. Buster

Reach for the Sky
6.9
Reach for the Sky
1956•movie

as Peel

The Admirable Crichton
6.8

as Treherne

Heartbeat
7.1
1 eps
Heartbeat
1992•series

as The Colonel

Gideon's Day
6.4
Gideon's Day
1958•movie

as Rev. Julian Small

11 Harrowhouse
5.8
11 Harrowhouse
1974•movie

as Fitzmaurice

We Dive at Dawn
6.3
We Dive at Dawn
1943•movie

as Navigating Officer - Lt. Gordon, R.N.

The Winslow Boy
7.0
The Winslow Boy
1948•movie

as Dickie Winslow

Bergerac
7.0
2 eps
Bergerac
1981•series

as Blakemore

Danger Man
7.3
1 eps
Danger Man
1960•series

as Rollo Waters

Rumpole of the Bailey
7.1
1 eps

as Mr. X

The Adventures of Robin Hood
6.4
1 eps

as Sir Leon

The Sea Shall Not Have Them
7.2

as Flying Officer Harding

Meet Mr. Lucifer
5.2
Meet Mr. Lucifer
1953•movie

as Jim Norton

Quartet
6.3
Quartet
1948•movie

as Nicky Garnet (segment "The Facts of Life")

Chain of Events
6.4
Chain of Events
1958•movie

as Freddie

The House of Eliott
6.6
1 eps
The House of Eliott
1991•series

as General Treves

Fortunes of War
6.3
1 eps
Fortunes of War
1987•series

as Sir Desmond Hooper

Jason King
7.8
1 eps
Jason King
1971•series
Downtime
5.7
Downtime
1995•movie

as Professor Travers

Father Dear Father
5.3
Father Dear Father
1973•movie

as Bill Mossman

The Young Mr. Pitt
6.2
The Young Mr. Pitt
1942•movie

as Atkinson

Hancock's Half Hour
7.4
1 eps
Hancock's Half Hour
1956•series
The Demi-Paradise
6.6
The Demi-Paradise
1943•movie

as Tom

Doctor Who: The Web of Fear
7.9

as Professor Travers

Easy Money
6.1
Easy Money
1948•movie

as Dennis Stafford

Journey Together
6.6
Journey Together
1945•movie

as John Aynesworth

Private Information
6.5

as Hugh Carson

White Corridors
6.8
White Corridors
1951•movie

as Dick Groom

That Woman Opposite
6.5

as Toby Lawes

Once a Sinner
7.1
Once a Sinner
1950•movie

as John Ross

The Courtneys of Curzon Street
5.3

as Teddy Courtney

The Birthday Present
7.3

as Bill Thompson

The Solitary Child
6.0
The Solitary Child
1958•movie

as Cyril

Three on a Spree
6.4
Three on a Spree
1961•movie

as Mike Brewster

Anna Karenina
6.6
Anna Karenina
1961•movie

as Stiva Prince Oblonsky

Trouble in the Glen
6.2

as Sammy Weller

Father's Doing Fine
7.2

as Clifford Magill

Dangerous Cargo
6.4
Dangerous Cargo
1954•movie

as Tom Matthews

Doctor Who: The Abominable Snowmen
7.5

as Professor Travers

Dixon of Dock Green
6.0
1 eps
Dixon of Dock Green
1955•series

as Dick Hunt

No Hiding Place
4.8
3 eps
No Hiding Place
1959•series
Pathfinders
7.0
13 eps
Pathfinders
1972•series
The Adventures of William Tell
6.8
4 eps

as Ferdinand

Paul Temple
7.2
1 eps
Paul Temple
1969•series
Nearest and Dearest
7.5
1 eps
Nearest and Dearest
1968•series

as Cartwright

A Time to Kill
7.7
A Time to Kill
1955•movie

as Dennis Willows

Who Was Maddox?
7.7
Who Was Maddox?
1964•movie

as Jack Heath

Flannelfoot
6.3
Flannelfoot
1953•movie

as Frank Mitchell

Nothing Barred
7.0
Nothing Barred
1961•movie

as Peter Brewster

Sixty Glorious Years
6.3

as Minor Role

Nearly a Nasty Accident
7.0

as Flight Lt. Grogan

Mary Had a Little...
4.0

as Scott Raymond

Softly, Softly
7.5
1 eps
Softly, Softly
1966•series
Doctor Who: The Abominable Snowmen
7.0

as Professor Travers (voice)

The Naked Heart
7.0
The Naked Heart
1950•movie

as Robert Gagnon

Doctor Who: The Web of Fear - Episode 3
5.0

as Professor Travers (voice)

Troughton in Tibet: Making 'The Abominable Snowmen'
10.0

as Self (archive footage)

Number Three
9.0
Number Three
1953•movie

as Bill Hollies

Never A Cross Word
10.0
1 eps
Never A Cross Word
1968•series
The Misfit
9.0
1 eps
The Misfit
1970•series

as Reverend Tim Pritchard

The Power Game
10.0
35 eps
The Power Game
1965•series

as Don Henderson

Flat Two
Flat Two
1962•movie

as Frank Leamington

Wallpaper Warrior
Wallpaper Warrior
1992•movie

as Michael Foot M.P.

The Cedar Tree
13 eps
The Cedar Tree
1976•series

as Arthur Bourne (2)

Mickey Dunne
1 eps
Mickey Dunne
1967•series

as Jack Leicester