Actor

Jack Watling

Birthday: January 13, 1923

Born in: Chingford, Essex, England, UK

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.

Movie Credits

Doctor Who: Downtime (2025) as Professor Travers
Age: 102
Doctor Who: The Abominable Snowmen (2022) as Professor Travers (voice)
Age: 99
Troughton in Tibet: Making 'The Abominable Snowmen' (2022) as Self (archive footage)
Age: 99
Doctor Who: The Web of Fear - Episode 3 (2021) as Professor Travers (voice)
Age: 98
Downtime (1995) as Professor Travers
Age: 72
Wallpaper Warrior (1992) as Michael Foot M.P.
Age: 69
11 Harrowhouse (1974) as Fitzmaurice
Age: 51
Father Dear Father (1973) as Bill Mossman
Age: 50
The Adventures of Barry McKenzie (1972)
Age: 49
Franklin's Farm (1972) as Philip
Age: 49
Third Party (1972) as Tony
Age: 49
Doctor Who: The Web of Fear (1968) as Professor Travers
Age: 45
Doctor Who: The Abominable Snowmen (1967) as Professor Travers
Age: 44
The Nanny (1965) as Dr. Medman
Age: 42
Who Was Maddox? (1964) as Jack Heath
Age: 41
Flat Two (1962) as Frank Leamington
Age: 39
Anna Karenina (1961) as Stiva Prince Oblonsky
Age: 38
Nothing Barred (1961) as Peter Brewster
Age: 38
Mary Had a Little... (1961) as Scott Raymond
Age: 38
Three on a Spree (1961) as Mike Brewster
Age: 38
Nearly a Nasty Accident (1961) as Flight Lt. Grogan
Age: 38
Sink the Bismarck! (1960) as RNVR Signals Officer
Age: 37
The Solitary Child (1958) as Cyril
Age: 35
Links of Justice (1958) as Edgar Mills
Age: 35
Chain of Events (1958) as Freddie
Age: 35
A Night to Remember (1958) as Fourth Officer Joseph Boxhall
Age: 35
Gideon's Day (1958) as Rev. Julian Small
Age: 35
The Birthday Present (1957) as Bill Thompson
Age: 34
The Admirable Crichton (1957) as Treherne
Age: 34
That Woman Opposite (1957) as Toby Lawes
Age: 34
Reach for the Sky (1956) as Peel
Age: 33
A Time to Kill (1955) as Dennis Willows
Age: 32
Windfall (1955) as John Lee
Age: 32
Mr. Arkadin (1955) as Marquis of Rutleigh
Age: 32
The Golden Link (1954) as Bill Howard
Age: 31
Trouble in the Glen (1954) as Sammy Weller
Age: 31
The Sea Shall Not Have Them (1954) as Flying Officer Harding
Age: 31
Dangerous Cargo (1954) as Tom Matthews
Age: 31
Meet Mr. Lucifer (1953) as Jim Norton
Age: 30
Flannelfoot (1953) as Frank Mitchell
Age: 30
Father's Doing Fine (1952) as Clifford Magill
Age: 29
Private Information (1952) as Hugh Carson
Age: 29
White Corridors (1951) as Dick Groom
Age: 27
The Naked Heart (1950) as Robert Gagnon
Age: 27
Once a Sinner (1950) as John Ross
Age: 27
Under Capricorn (1949) as Winter
Age: 26
Quartet (1948) as Nicky Garnet (segment "The Facts of Life")
Age: 25
The Winslow Boy (1948) as Dickie Winslow
Age: 25
Easy Money (1948) as Dennis Stafford
Age: 25
The Courtneys of Curzon Street (1947) as Teddy Courtney
Age: 24
Journey Together (1945) as John Aynesworth
Age: 22
The Way Ahead (1944) as Sgt. Buster
Age: 21
The Demi-Paradise (1943) as Tom
Age: 20
We Dive at Dawn (1943) as Navigating Officer - Lt. Gordon, R.N.
Age: 20
The Young Mr. Pitt (1942) as Atkinson
Age: 19
Sixty Glorious Years (1938) as Minor Role
Age: 15