Jack Watling
Biography
Jack Watling was an English actor with a long career in British films and television. Born in Chingford, he trained as a child at the Italia Conti Academy and made his stage debut at the Holborn Empire in 1936 in Where the Rainbow Ends. In 1941 he took a West End role as Bill Hopkins in Once a Crook, and he originated Flight Lieutenant Teddy Graham in Terence Rattigan's Flare Path a year later. Watling became known for boyish, easygoing parts in films such as Cottage to Let (1941), The Way Ahead (1944), The Winslow Boy (1948) and Orson Welles's Mr. Arkadin (1955). He played Fourth Officer Joseph Boxhall in A Night to Remember (1958) and a signals officer in Sink the Bismarck! (1960). On television he was Don Henderson in The Plane Makers and The Power Game from 1964 to 1969, and Professor Edward Travers in Doctor Who.
78years old at death
- Born Chingford
- Died Chelmsford
- Star sign: CapricornThe sign runs December 22 to January 19
- Jack Stanley Watling (birth name)
Movie Career
- Films
- 11
- Career span
- 30 years1944 to 1974
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Early training
As a child, Watling studied at the Italia Conti Academy of Theatre Arts. His first stage role came in 1936, when he appeared in Where the Rainbow Ends at the Holborn Empire.
First role
In 1941, Watling took the role of Bill Hopkins in Once a Crook, and this was his West End debut.
Jack Watling movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Most often with
Lewis Gilbert directed three of these films. Kenneth More appears in three of them, more than any other actor. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
Kenneth More's page
Maurice Denham's page
Cecil Parker's page
Stanley Holloway's page
Sydney Tafler's page
Ernest Clark's page
All films by Lewis Gilbert
Also two films together7 more actors
- Ronald AdamReach for the Sky (1956) and Under Capricorn (1949)
- Eddie ByrneThe Admirable Crichton (1957) and Reach for the Sky (1956)
- Howard Marion-CrawfordGideon's Day (1958) and Reach for the Sky (1956)
- Margaret LeightonUnder Capricorn (1949) and The Winslow Boy (1948)
- Frank LawtonGideon's Day (1958) and The Winslow Boy (1948)
- Walter HuddSink the Bismarck! (1960) and Reach for the Sky (1956)
- John RuddockUnder Capricorn (1949) and The Way Ahead (1944)
When several people share the same number of films, the ones with the most films on Netflix are in the chart.
Online
Official profiles and reference pages.