Jack Watling

Jack Watling (13 January 1923 in Chingford, Essex – 22 May 2001 in Chelmsford) was a British actor. 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. He had a long career in low-key British films, originally in easy-going boyis... more

Jack Watling (13 January 1923 in Chingford, Essex – 22 May 2001 in Chelmsford) was a British actor. 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. 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 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... less