Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

83

Gender

Male

Birthday

1923-01-13

Day of Death

2001-05-22 (78 years old)

Place of Birth

Chingford, Essex, England, UK

Also Known As

Jack Stanley Watling

Jack 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

The Sea Shall Not Have Them

The Sea Shall Not Have Them

Who Was Maddox?

Who Was Maddox?

Troughton in Tibet: Making 'The Abominable Snowmen'

Troughton in Tibet: Making 'The Abominable Snowmen'

The Birthday Present

The Birthday Present

A Night to Remember

A Night to Remember

Doctor Who: The Web of Fear

Doctor Who: The Web of Fear

Doctor Who: The Abominable Snowmen

Doctor Who: The Abominable Snowmen

Acting

The Way Ahead

1944

The Way Ahead

as

Sgt. Buster

Doctor Who: The Abominable Snowmen

2022

Doctor Who: The Abominable Snowmen

as

Professor Travers (voice)

The Nanny

1965

The Nanny

as

Dr. Medman

The Sea Shall Not Have Them

1954

The Sea Shall Not Have Them

as

Flying Officer Harding

Sink the Bismarck!

1960

Sink the Bismarck!

as

RNVR Signals Officer

A Time to Kill

1955

A Time to Kill

as

Dennis Willows

That Woman Opposite

1957

That Woman Opposite

as

Toby Lawes

The Winslow Boy

1948

The Winslow Boy

as

Dickie Winslow

Easy Money

1948

Easy Money

as

Dennis Stafford

Father Dear Father

1973

Father Dear Father

as

Bill Mossman

Journey Together

1945

Journey Together

as

John Aynesworth

Father's Doing Fine

1952

Father's Doing Fine

as

Clifford Magill

Meet Mr. Lucifer

1953

Meet Mr. Lucifer

as

Jim Norton

Mary Had a Little...

1961

Mary Had a Little...

as

Scott Raymond

The Naked Heart

1950

The Naked Heart

as

Robert Gagnon

The Demi-Paradise

1943

The Demi-Paradise

as

Tom

Dangerous Cargo

1954

Dangerous Cargo

as

Tom Matthews

Once a Sinner

1950

Once a Sinner

as

John Ross

Doctor Who: The Web of Fear - Episode 3

2021

Doctor Who: The Web of Fear - Episode 3

as

Professor Travers (voice)

Flat Two

1962

Flat Two

as

Frank Leamington

Who Was Maddox?

1964

Who Was Maddox?

as

Jack Heath

Flannelfoot

1953

Flannelfoot

as

Frank Mitchell

The Courtneys of Curzon Street

1947

The Courtneys of Curzon Street

as

Teddy Courtney

Downtime

1995

Downtime

as

Professor Travers

Troughton in Tibet: Making 'The Abominable Snowmen'

2022

Troughton in Tibet: Making 'The Abominable Snowmen'

as

Self (archive footage)

Private Information

1952

Private Information

as

Hugh Carson

Under Capricorn

1949

Under Capricorn

as

Winter

The Birthday Present

1957

The Birthday Present

as

Bill Thompson

Nothing Barred

1961

Nothing Barred

as

Peter Brewster

The Solitary Child

1958

The Solitary Child

as

Cyril

Franklin's Farm

1972

Franklin's Farm

as

Philip

Three on a Spree

1961

Three on a Spree

as

Mike Brewster

Wallpaper Warrior

1992

Wallpaper Warrior

as

Michael Foot M.P.

Chain of Events

1958

Chain of Events

as

Freddie

Mr. Arkadin

1955

Mr. Arkadin

as

Marquis of Rutleigh

The Adventures of Barry McKenzie

1972

The Adventures of Barry McKenzie

as

Sixty Glorious Years

1938

Sixty Glorious Years

as

Minor Role

Anna Karenina

1961

Anna Karenina

as

Stiva Prince Oblonsky

Quartet

1948

Quartet

as

Nicky Garnet (segment "The Facts of Life")

The Admirable Crichton

1957

The Admirable Crichton

as

Treherne

Reach for the Sky

1956

Reach for the Sky

as

Peel

A Night to Remember

1958

A Night to Remember

as

Fourth Officer Joseph Boxhall

Gideon's Day

1958

Gideon's Day

as

Rev. Julian Small

We Dive at Dawn

1943

We Dive at Dawn

as

Navigating Officer - Lt. Gordon, R.N.

Doctor Who: The Web of Fear

1968

Doctor Who: The Web of Fear

as

Professor Travers

Doctor Who: The Abominable Snowmen

1967

Doctor Who: The Abominable Snowmen

as

Professor Travers

11 Harrowhouse

1974

11 Harrowhouse

as

Fitzmaurice

White Corridors

1951

White Corridors

as

Dick Groom

The Young Mr. Pitt

1942

The Young Mr. Pitt

as

Atkinson

Doctor Who: Downtime

2025

Doctor Who: Downtime

as

Professor Travers

Links of Justice

1958

Links of Justice

as

Edgar Mills

Windfall

1955

Windfall

as

John Lee

The Golden Link

1954

The Golden Link

as

Bill Howard

Trouble in the Glen

1954

Trouble in the Glen

as

Sammy Weller

Third Party

1972

Third Party

as

Tony

Nearly a Nasty Accident

1961

Nearly a Nasty Accident

as

Flight Lt. Grogan

Number Three

1953

Number Three

as

Bill Hollies

Jeeves and Wooster

Jeeves and Wooster

as

Lord Wickhammersley

Bergerac

Bergerac

as

Blakemore

Doctor Who

Doctor Who

as

Softly, Softly

Softly, Softly

as

Heartbeat

Heartbeat

as

The Colonel

Jason King

Jason King

as

Rumpole of the Bailey

Rumpole of the Bailey

as

Mr. X

Dixon of Dock Green

Dixon of Dock Green

as

Dick Hunt

The Adventures of Robin Hood

The Adventures of Robin Hood

as

Sir Leon

No Hiding Place

No Hiding Place

as

Never A Cross Word

Never A Cross Word

as

The Cedar Tree

The Cedar Tree

as

Arthur Bourne (2)

The Cedar Tree

The Cedar Tree

as

Julian Palmer

Pathfinders

Pathfinders

as

The Adventures of William Tell

The Adventures of William Tell

as

Ferdinand

Stryker of the Yard

Stryker of the Yard

as

Hancock's Half Hour

Hancock's Half Hour

as

Paul Temple

Paul Temple

as

The House of Eliott

The House of Eliott

as

General Treves

Andy Robson

Andy Robson

as

Matthew Dennison

Bergerac

Bergerac

as

Frank Blakemore

Doctor Who

Doctor Who

as

Professor Travers

The Misfit

The Misfit

as

Reverend Tim Pritchard

The Power Game

The Power Game

as

Don Henderson

Nearest and Dearest

Nearest and Dearest

as

Cartwright

Fortunes of War

Fortunes of War

as

Sir Desmond Hooper

Production

Crew

Directing