
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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