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Jack Watling

 
Actor: Jack Watling
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  • Born: Jan 13, 1923 in Chingford, Essex, England
  • Occupation: Actor
  • Active: '40s-'60s
  • Major Genres: Drama, Crime
  • Career Highlights: We Dive at Dawn, Mr. Arkadin, The Winslow Boy
  • First Major Screen Credit: We Dive at Dawn (1943)

Biography

Baby-faced British character actor Jack Watling was trained at the Italia Conti school. On stage from age 12, Watling made his earliest appearances in such Christmas pantomimes as Where the Rainbow Ends. In 1938, he was cast in his first film, Sixty Glorious Years. Entering his teen years, Watling worked in Donald Wolfit's repertory company, then was cast in his favorite stage role, that of Flight Lieutenant Graham in the 1942 West End production Flare Path. Following three years' service in the RAF, he played his most celebrated role, cashiered naval cadet Dickie Winslow in The Winslow Boy, which he would repeat for the 1950 screen version. Among his choicer screen assignments of the 1950s was the wastrely Marquis of Rutleigh in Orson Welles' Mr. Arkadin. In the 1970s, Jack Watling was a semi-regular in the British TV series Father, Dear Father. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
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Jack Watling
Born Jack Stanley Watling
13 January 1923(1923-01-13)
Chingford, Essex
Died 22 May 2001 (aged 78)
Chelmsford, Essex
Occupation actor

Jack Watling (13 January 1923 – 22 May 2001) was a British actor.

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Early life

Watling trained at the Italia Conti Stage Academy as a child and made his stage debut in Where the Rainbow Ends at the Holborn Empire in 1936. He made his first film Sixty Glorious Years two years later. He also made appearances in 'The Housemaster' and Goodbye, Mr Chips.

Early films

He had a long career in low-key British films, originally in easy-going boyish roles. Early appearances were in We Dive at Dawn (1943), The Way Ahead (1944) and Meet Mr. Lucifer (1953). In 1955 he appeared in Orson Welles' Mr. Arkadin.

In 1958 he played Fourth Officer Joseph Boxhall in the critically-acclaimed docudrama A Night To Remember

Television

His reputation as an effective and reliable television actor took root in the early 1960s. Between 1964-69 he was Don Henderson, the troubled conscience to tough businessman John Wilder (Patrick Wymark) in The Plane Makers and its sequel The Power Game. He played Professor Travers in the BBC science-fiction television series Doctor Who in the serials The Abominable Snowmen (1967) and The Web of Fear (1968), and reprised the role decades later in the independent Doctor Who spin-off video Downtime (1995).

His final roles were all television ones, in series such as Bergerac and Heartbeat.

Personal life

Watling was the father of actresses Dilys Watling, Deborah Watling (who played the Second Doctor's companion Victoria Waterfield) and actor Giles Watling.

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