Jack Watling

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Jack Watling (born January 13, 1923 in Chingford , United Kingdom, † May 22, 2001 ibid) was a British actor .

Life

childhood and education

Jack Watling was the son of a scrap dealer. As a little boy he wanted to be an actor. He attended the Italia Conti Stage School. He was on stage for the first time at the age of 12.

Career

Watling got his first important role in 1939 as St. George in the musical Where the Rainbow Ends . Watling became famous in 1942 for his portrayal of flight lieutenant Graham in Rattigan's Flare Path . Many other films and television series followed. He also took part in many plays. He made his Broadway debut in 1950. However, he concentrated more on his film career and worked in productions such as Meet Mr Lucifer (1953), The Sea Shall Not Have Them (1954), Reach for the Sky (1956) or The Last Journey of Bismarck (1960). In 1967 and 1968 he was in the British television series Doctor Who in the episodes The Abominable Snowmen and The Web of Fear as Professor Travers. His daughter Deborah Watling played a companion of the doctor in the series Victoria Waterfield . In 1995 Jack Watling was again in front of the camera next to his daughter Deborah in the film Downtime .

Private life

In 1947 Jack Watling married actress Patricia Hicks . The couple had a son and three daughters, all of whom became actors. In 2001 Watling died. His wife outlived him by ten years. She died of kidney failure in 2011.

Filmography (selection)

  • 1943: The Demi-Paradise
  • 1947: The Courtneys of Curzon Street
  • 1948: Toto luck
  • 1948: The Winslow Boy (The Winslow Boy)
  • 1948: quartet (Quartet)
  • 1949: Slave of the Heart (Under Capricorn)
  • 1950: The dreaming heart (Maria Chapdelaine)
  • 1950: Once a Sinner
  • 1952: Father's Doing Fine
  • 1953: Stryker of the Yard
  • 1954: Dangerous Cargo
  • 1954: Trouble in the Glen
  • 1954: The Golden Link
  • 1954: The Sea Shall Not Have Them
  • 1955: Mr. Satan personally (Mr. Arkadin)
  • 1955: A Time to Kill
  • 1955: windfall
  • 1956: Against All Violence (Reach for the Sky)
  • 1957: The Birthday Present
  • 1957: Conditions like in paradise (The Admirable Crichton)
  • 1957: That Woman Opposite
  • 1958: Poste restante Westminster (Chain of Events)
  • 1958: Links of Justice
  • 1958: The Last Night of the Titanic (A Night to Remember)
  • 1960: The last voyage of the Bismarck (Sink the Bismarck!)
  • 1961: Nearly a Nasty Accident
  • 1961: Mary Had a Little ...
  • 1961: Nothing Barred
  • 1962: Flat Two
  • 1965: Was It Really Murder? (The Nanny)
  • 1972: The Adventures of Barry McKenzie
  • 1973: a crazy family
  • 1974: Diamonds and Cockroaches (11 Harrowhouse)
  • 1995: downtime

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Jack Watling . In: BFI .
  2. ↑ a b c Jack Watling. . In: Telegraph . May 26, 2001. Retrieved March 21, 2016.
  3. ↑ Jack Watling. Full biography. . In: New York Times . Retrieved March 21, 2016.
  4. ^ Louisa Mellor: Doctor Who, rediscovered episodes, and time travel. . In: Denofgeek . October 11, 2013. Retrieved March 21, 2016.
  5. ↑ Downtime DVD review: 1995 Doctor Who fan film, on DVD for the first time. . In: Flickfilosopher . November 16, 2015. Accessed March 21, 2016.
  6. ↑ Eric Shorter: Jack Watling. . In: The Guardian. . May 25, 2001. Retrieved March 21, 2016.
  7. ↑ Clare Hardy: Loughton / EPPING: Tributes paid to former stage and screen star. . In: The Guardian. . June 1, 2011. Accessed March 21, 2016.
personal data
SURNAME Watling, Jack
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British actor
DATE OF BIRTH January 13, 1923
PLACE OF BIRTH Chingford , UK
DATE OF DEATH May 22, 2001
Place of death Chingford , UK