1. The son of a travelling scrap metal dealer, Jack Watling trained at the Italia Conti Academy of Theatre Arts as a child; and made his stage debut in Where the Rainbow Ends at the Holborn Empire in 1936.
11 Facts About Jack Watling
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Jack Watling made his first film appearances in Sixty Glorious Years, Housemaster and Goodbye, Mr Chips.
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In 1941, Jack Watling played Bill Hopkins in Once a Crook in his West End debut.
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Jack Watling starred as Flight Lieutenant Teddy Graham in the original 1942 production of Terence Rattigan's Flare Path.
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Jack Watling had a long career in low-key British films, originally in easy-going boyish roles.
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Jack Watling appeared in Danger Man in the episode "The Traitor" as Rollo Waters.
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Jack Watling appeared as Doc Saxon in the 1970s series Pathfinders.
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Jack Watling played Professor Edward Travers in the BBC science-fiction television series Doctor Who in the serials The Abominable Snowmen and The Web of Fear, both of which featuring his daughter Deborah Watling as the Second Doctor's companion Victoria Waterfield.
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Jack Watling reprised the role decades later in the independent Doctor Who spin-off video Downtime.
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Jack Watling took over the role of Arthur Bourne in the final series of The Cedar Tree in 1979.
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Jack Watling was the stepfather of actress Dilys Jack Watling, Hicks's daughter from a previous marriage.