Jack Watling

Jan 13, 1923 - May 22, 2001 (78 years old) in 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.

Known For

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Doctor Who

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No Hiding Place

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Heartbeat

The Colonel

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Dixon of Dock Green

Dick Hunt

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The Cedar Tree

Arthur Bourne (2)

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Bergerac

Blakemore

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Rumpole of the Bailey

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The Adventures of Robin Hood

Sir Leon

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Softly, Softly

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Hancock's Half Hour

Credits

Doctor Who: Downtime 2025

Professor Travers

★ NR
Doctor Who: The Abominable Snowmen 2022

Professor Travers (voice)

★ NR
Troughton in Tibet: Making 'The Abominable Snowmen' 2022

Self (archive footage)

★ 10
Doctor Who: The Web of Fear - Episode 3 2021

Professor Travers (voice)

★ NR
Downtime 1995

Professor Travers

★ 4.9
Wallpaper Warrior 1992

Michael Foot M.P.

★ NR
Heartbeat 1992

The Colonel

★ 7
The House of Eliott 1991

General Treves

★ 6.2
Jeeves and Wooster 1990

Lord Wickhammersley

★ 8.1
Myth Makers 10: Deborah Watling 1986

★ NR
Andy Robson 1982

Matthew Dennison

★ 9.5
Bergerac 1981

Blakemore

★ 6.6
The Cedar Tree 1976

Arthur Bourne (2)

★ NR
Rumpole of the Bailey 1975

★ 7.1
11 Harrowhouse 1974

Fitzmaurice

★ 5.7
Father Dear Father 1973

Bill Mossman

★ 4.8
The Adventures of Barry McKenzie 1972

★ 5.3
Pathfinders 1972

★ 6
Franklin's Farm 1972

Philip

★ NR
Jason King 1971

★ 7.3
Paul Temple 1969

★ 5.5
Never A Cross Word 1968

★ 10
Doctor Who: The Web of Fear 1968

Professor Travers

★ 7.7
Softly, Softly 1966

★ 5
The Nanny 1965

Dr. Medman

★ 6.9
Who Was Maddox? 1964

★ 8.5
Doctor Who 1963

★ 7.9
The Plane Makers 1963

★ 6
Flat Two 1962

★ NR
Anna Karenina 1961

Stiva Prince Oblonsky

★ 6.5
Stryker of the Yard 1961

★ NR
Nothing Barred 1961

Peter Brewster

★ 6.5
Mary Had a Little... 1961

Scott Raymond

★ 1
Three on a Spree 1961

Mike Brewster

★ 6
Sink the Bismarck! 1960

RNVR Signals Officer

★ 6.8
No Hiding Place 1959

★ 3.7
The Solitary Child 1958

Cyril

★ 5
Chain of Events 1958

Freddie

★ 6.3
The Adventures of William Tell 1958

Ferdinand

★ 6.3
A Night to Remember 1958

Fourth Officer Joseph Boxhall

★ 7.6
Gideon's Day 1958

Rev. Julian Small

★ 6.4
The Birthday Present 1957

Bill Thompson

★ 7.1
The Admirable Crichton 1957

Treherne

★ 6.8
That Woman Opposite 1957

Toby Lawes

★ 5.8
Hancock's Half Hour 1956

★ 7.5
Reach for the Sky 1956

Peel

★ 6.8
A Time to Kill 1955

Dennis Willows

★ 6.5
The Adventures of Robin Hood 1955

Sir Leon

★ 6.1
Mr. Arkadin 1955

Marquis of Rutleigh

★ 6.9
Dixon of Dock Green 1955

Dick Hunt

★ 5.3
The Sea Shall Not Have Them 1954

Flying Officer Harding

★ 7.1
Dangerous Cargo 1954

Tom Matthews

★ 5.2
Meet Mr. Lucifer 1953

Jim Norton

★ 5.1
Flannelfoot 1953

Frank Mitchell

★ 5.5
Father's Doing Fine 1952

Clifford Magill

★ 6.3
Private Information 1952

Hugh Carson

★ 6.4
White Corridors 1951

Dick Groom

★ 6.6
The Naked Heart 1950

Robert Gagnon

★ NR
Once a Sinner 1950

John Ross

★ 6.6
Under Capricorn 1949

Winter

★ 6.1
Quartet 1948

Nicky Garnet (segment "The Facts of Life")

★ 6.2
The Winslow Boy 1948

Dickie Winslow

★ 7
Easy Money 1948

Dennis Stafford

★ 6
The Courtneys of Curzon Street 1947

Teddy Courtney

★ 4.9
Journey Together 1945

John Aynesworth

★ 6.4
The Way Ahead 1944

Sgt. Buster

★ 6.5
The Demi-Paradise 1943

Tom

★ 6.3
We Dive at Dawn 1943

Navigating Officer - Lt. Gordon, R.N.

★ 6.4
The Young Mr. Pitt 1942

Atkinson

★ 5.7
Sixty Glorious Years 1938

Minor Role

★ 6