Jack Watling
Known for Acting · 81 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 (24)
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
Jeeves and Wooster
1990
as Lord Wickhammersley
No Hiding Place
1959
Danger Man
1960
as Rollo Waters
The House of Eliott
1991
as General Treves
Softly, Softly
1966
Hancock's Half Hour
1956
Jason King
1971
Dixon of Dock Green
1955
as Dick Hunt
The Adventures of William Tell
1958
as Ferdinand
The Power Game
1965
as Don Henderson
Paul Temple
1969
Fortunes of War
1987
as Sir Desmond Hooper
Nearest and Dearest
1968
as Cartwright
The Misfit
1970
as Reverend Tim Pritchard
The Cedar Tree
1976
as Arthur Bourne (2) / Julian Palmer
Stryker of the Yard
1961
Andy Robson
1982
as Matthew Dennison
Never A Cross Word
1968
Pathfinders
1972
Movies (57)
A Night to Remember
1958
as Fourth Officer Joseph Boxhall
The Way Ahead
1944
as Sgt. Buster
Sink the Bismarck!
1960
as RNVR Signals Officer
The Admirable Crichton
1957
as Treherne
Mr. Arkadin
1955
as Marquis of Rutleigh
Flannelfoot
1953
as Frank Mitchell
Under Capricorn
1949
as Winter
The Nanny
1965
as Dr. Medman
Reach for the Sky
1956
as Peel
Gideon's Day
1958
as Rev. Julian Small
Quartet
1948
as Nicky Garnet (segment "The Facts of Life")
Trouble in the Glen
1954
as Sammy Weller
The Winslow Boy
1948
as Dickie Winslow
11 Harrowhouse
1974
as Fitzmaurice
The Adventures of Barry McKenzie
1972
White Corridors
1951
as Dick Groom
Journey Together
1945
as John Aynesworth
The Sea Shall Not Have Them
1954
as Flying Officer Harding
We Dive at Dawn
1943
as Navigating Officer - Lt. Gordon, R.N.
Sixty Glorious Years
1938
as Minor Role
Number Three
1953
as Bill Hollies
Father Dear Father
1973
as Bill Mossman
Downtime
1995
as Professor Travers
Private Information
1952
as Hugh Carson
The Young Mr. Pitt
1942
as Atkinson
Dangerous Cargo
1954
as Tom Matthews
Anna Karenina
1961
as Stiva Prince Oblonsky
The Birthday Present
1957
as Bill Thompson
Who Was Maddox?
1964
as Jack Heath
The Demi-Paradise
1943
as Tom
Meet Mr. Lucifer
1953
as Jim Norton
Father's Doing Fine
1952
as Clifford Magill
Once a Sinner
1950
as John Ross
Easy Money
1948
as Dennis Stafford
Chain of Events
1958
as Freddie
The Solitary Child
1958
as Cyril
The Courtneys of Curzon Street
1947
as Teddy Courtney
The Golden Link
1954
as Bill Howard
That Woman Opposite
1957
as Toby Lawes
Doctor Who: The Web of Fear
1968
as Professor Travers
Links of Justice
1958
as Edgar Mills
Third Party
1972
as Tony
Three on a Spree
1961
as Mike Brewster
A Time to Kill
1955
as Dennis Willows
Doctor Who: The Abominable Snowmen
1967
as Professor Travers
Nothing Barred
1961
as Peter Brewster
The Naked Heart
1950
as Robert Gagnon
Flat Two
1962
as Frank Leamington
Doctor Who: The Web of Fear - Episode 3
2021
as Professor Travers (voice)
Nearly a Nasty Accident
1961
as Flight Lt. Grogan
Doctor Who: Downtime
2025
as Professor Travers
Mary Had a Little...
1961
as Scott Raymond
Doctor Who: The Abominable Snowmen
2022
as Professor Travers (voice)
Windfall
1955
as John Lee
Wallpaper Warrior
1992
as Michael Foot M.P.
Troughton in Tibet: Making 'The Abominable Snowmen'
2022
as Self (archive footage)
Franklin's Farm
1972
as Philip
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 81 credits spanning from 1938 to 2025, Jack Watling has appeared in 57 films and 24 TV shows.
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Most Popular Jack Watling Movies
- A Night to Remember (1958) — as Fourth Officer Joseph Boxhall
- The Way Ahead (1944) — as Sgt. Buster
- Sink the Bismarck! (1960) — as RNVR Signals Officer
- The Admirable Crichton (1957) — as Treherne
- Mr. Arkadin (1955) — as Marquis of Rutleigh
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