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Personal Info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1888-09-09 (136 years old)

Place of Birth

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Ian Fleming

Biography:

Ian Fleming was an Australian born character actor with credits in over 100 British movies. He is perhaps best known for playing Dr. John Watson in a series of Sherlock Holmes movies of the 1930s opposite Arthur Wontner's Holmes. He also essayed a number of supporting roles in many classic British films of the era including Q Planes (1939), Night Train to Munich (1940), We Dive at Dawn, The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (both 1943) and Waterloo Road (1945). His later career included appearances in many television series of the 50s and 60s such as Fabian of the Yard, Hancock's Half Hour, Dixon of Dock Green, Dr. Finlay's Casebook, The Forsyte Saga and The Prisoner.

He is not to be confused with the Ian Fleming who created the James Bond character.

Known For

Acting

1996

1968

The Caesars as Sentius

1967

The Prisoner as Man at Cafe and First Top Hat

1965

1963

1962

Lamp in Assassin Mews as Albert Potts
The Boys as Clerk of the Court (uncredited)

1961

1960

Too Hot to Handle as Pawnbroker

1959

Man Accused as Sir Thomas
Crash Drive as Paul Dixon
Innocent Meeting as Andrew Garside
Asmodée as The Curé

1958

1957

King's Rhapsody as King Peter of Norseland

1956

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde as Dr. Hastie Lanyon

1955

No Smoking as Dr. Moxom
The Adventures of the Scarlet Pimpernel as Count Latour (uncredited)

1954

The Embezzler as Doctor
The Seekers as Mr. Southey
Delayed Action as Dr. Jepson

1953

Park Plaza 605 as Colonel Santling
Black Orchid as Coroner
Recoil as Talbot
It's a Grand Life as Mr. Clements
Deadly Nightshade as Dr. Wilson
The Saint's Return as Lord Merton

1952

The Voice of Merrill as Dr. Forrest
Wings of Danger as Mr. Talbot (uncredited)
Come Back Peter as Bank Manager
Salute the Toff as (uncredited)
Hammer the Toff as Dr. Lancaster

1951

Laughter in Paradise as Doctor (uncredited)

1950

1949

What a Carry On! as Colonel
For Them That Trespass as First Prison Warden
A Matter of Murder as Insp. McKelvin

1948

Quartet as Ralph (segment "The Facts of Life")

1947

Captain Boycott as Times correspondent

1946

Appointment with Crime as Prison governor

1945

I Didn't Do It as Chief Inspr. Twyning

1944

Tawny Pipit as Schoolmaster

1943

The Butler's Dilemma as Sir Hubert Playfair
The New Lot as Medical Officer
Yellow Canary as Observe Corpsman in Opening Scene

1942

Uncensored as Newspaper Editor
They Flew Alone as Secretary
The Next of Kin as Naval Officer (uncredited)
Sabotage at Sea as First Officer Gallagher

1941

Old Bill and Son as Club Member (uncredited)
Ships with Wings as Colonel

1940

Let George Do It! as Col. Harcourt (uncredited)
It Happened to One Man as Sir Francis Hay
Dangerous Comment as Official
Three Silent Men as Pennington
Night Train to Munich as British Official (uncredited)

1939

Men Without Honour as Frank Hardy
Q Planes as Air Ministry Officer
Sons of the Sea as Naval Intelligence Officer
The Good Old Days as Lord Wakely
The Lion Has Wings as Air Officer

1938

Double or Quits as Sir Frederick Beal
Quiet, Please as Dr. Craven
The Claydon Treasure Mystery as Dr. Cleveland - Coroner

1937

Silver Blaze as Dr. John Watson
Racing Romance as Martin Royce
Darby and Joan as Sir Ralph Ferris

1936

Prison Breaker as Stephen Shand

1935

The Riverside Murder as Henry Sanders
The Crouching Beast as Major Abbott

1933

Called Back as Dr Carter
After Dark as Henry Lea

1932

Lucky Girl as Lord Henry
The Missing Rembrandt as Dr. John Watson

1931

The Sleeping Cardinal as Dr. John Watson

1930

The School for Scandal as Joseph Surface

1929

The Devil's Maze as Derek Riffington

1928

The Ware Case as Michael Adye, KC