Jack Watling

Known for

Acting

Born

January 13, 1923

Birthplace

Chingford, Essex, England, UK

Died

May 22, 2001 (aged 78)

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.

Best known work

Doctor Who

1963

A Night to Remember

1958

Under Capricorn

1949

Mr. Arkadin

1955

Jeeves and Wooster

1990

Sink the Bismarck!

1960

The Nanny

1965

The Way Ahead

1944

Reach for the Sky

1956

The Admirable Crichton

1957

Filmography

2022
Doctor Who: The Abominable Snowmen
as Professor Travers (voice)
2022
Troughton in Tibet: Making 'The Abominable Snowmen'
as Self (archive footage)
2021
Doctor Who: The Web of Fear - Episode 3
as Professor Travers (voice)
1995
Downtime
as Professor Travers
1992
Wallpaper Warrior
as Michael Foot M.P.
1992
HeartbeatTV
as The Colonel (1 episode)
1991
The House of EliottTV
as General Treves (1 episode)
1990
Jeeves and WoosterTV
as Lord Wickhammersley (1 episode)
1987
Fortunes of WarTV
as Sir Desmond Hooper (1 episode)
1987
Life Without GeorgeTV
as William (1 episode)
1982
Andy RobsonTV
as Matthew Dennison (14 episodes)
1982
Andy RobsonTV
as Matthew Dennison (20 episodes)
1981
BergeracTV
as Blakemore (2 episodes), as Frank Blakemore (2 episodes)
1976
The Cedar TreeTV
as Arthur Bourne (2) (13 episodes), as Julian Palmer (11 episodes)
1975
Rumpole of the BaileyTV
as Mr. X (1 episode)
1975
Ten from the TwentiesTV
as Sir Runnymede Clarke (1 episode)
1974
11 Harrowhouse
as Fitzmaurice
1973
Father Dear Father
as Bill Mossman
1972
The Adventures of Barry McKenzie
1972
PathfindersTV
1972
Franklin's Farm
as Philip
1972
Third Party
as Tony
1971
Jason KingTV
1970
The MisfitTV
as Reverend Tim Pritchard (1 episode)
1969
Paul TempleTV