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		<id>https://www.thegoonshow.co.uk/wiki/index.php?title=Marne_Maitland&amp;diff=12923</id>
		<title>Marne Maitland</title>
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		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;2A02:C7C:1420:3A00:F8E2:9F04:3281:C8B8: /* Filmography */&lt;/p&gt;
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{{Infobox person&lt;br /&gt;
| name        = Marne Maitland&lt;br /&gt;
| image       = Actor_Marne_Maitland.jpg&lt;br /&gt;
| caption     = in ''[[The Man with the Golden Gun (film)|The Man with the Golden Gun]]'' (1974)&lt;br /&gt;
| birth_name  = James Marne Kumar Maitland&lt;br /&gt;
| birth_date  = 18 December 1914&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;1939 England and Wales Register&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
| birth_place = [[Kolkata|Calcutta]], [[British Raj|British India]]&lt;br /&gt;
| death_date  = March 1992 (aged 77)&lt;br /&gt;
| death_place = [[Rome]], [[Italy]]&lt;br /&gt;
| occupation  = Actor&lt;br /&gt;
| yearsactive = 1937–1990&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
'''James Marne Kumar Maitland''' (18 December 1914 – March 1992) was an [[Anglo-Indian]] character actor in films and television programmes.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==Biography==&lt;br /&gt;
Maitland was born in [[Kolkata|Calcutta]],&amp;lt;ref name=bfi&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/individual/12911|title=Marne Maitland|publisher=[[British Film Institute]]|access-date=12 April 2016|archive-date=12 April 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160412143619/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b9f55cad2|url-status=dead}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; and educated at [[Bedales School]] before going up to [[Magdalene College, Cambridge]], where he took a BA in 1936.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt; Bedales School Roll, 1993, published by Bedales School&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;The Cambridge University List of Members 1976, Cambridge University Press, 1976, p. 600&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; He served in the Royal Artillery during the [[Second World War]], commissioned as a second lieutenant on 20 November 1941.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Supplement to the London Gazette 35415, 13 January 1942, p. 226&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; He made his film debut in ''[[Cairo Road (film)|Cairo Road]]'' (1950). His sharp, dark features and small stature saw him typecast as villains from the Middle and Far East, particularly for [[Hammer Film Productions]]. ''[[The Man with the Golden Gun (film)|The Man with the Golden Gun]]'' (1974) was his one appearance in a James Bond film.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=http://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/marne-maitland/credits/164763/|title=Marne Maitland|work=TVGuide.com}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
He made numerous television appearances in programmes such as ''[[The Buccaneers (TV series)|The Buccaneers]]'', ''[[Danger Man]]'', ''[[The Avengers (TV series)|The Avengers]]'' (as a sinister Eastern delegate in the 1967 episode &amp;quot;[[Death's Door (The Avengers)|Death's Door]]&amp;quot;),&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b6f05e447|title=Death's Door (1967) - BFI|work=BFI}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; ''[[The Saint (TV series)|The Saint]]'', ''[[The Champions]]'', ''[[Department S (TV series)|Department S]]'', and ''[[Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased)|Randall and Hopkirk]]'', and the Granada series ''[[The Jewel in the Crown (TV series)|The Jewel in the Crown]]'' (1984, as Pandit Baba, a scholar agitating for an end to British rule in India).&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b7a855581|title=The Jewel in the Crown Episode 5 Regimental Silver (1984)|work=BFI}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Maitland died in March 1992.&amp;lt;ref name=bfi /&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==Filmography==&lt;br /&gt;
{{div col|colwidth=30em}}&lt;br /&gt;
* ''[[Cairo Road (film)|Cairo Road]]'' (1950) .... Gohari&lt;br /&gt;
* ''[[Outcast of the Islands]]'' (1951) .... Ships Mate&lt;br /&gt;
* ''[[Deadly Nightshade (film)|Deadly Nightshade]]'' (1953) .... Heinz&lt;br /&gt;
* ''[[South of Algiers]]'' (1953) .... Thankyou&lt;br /&gt;
* ''[[Saadia (film)|Saadia]]'' (1953) .... Horse dealer&lt;br /&gt;
* ''[[Flame and the Flesh]]'' (1954) .... Filiberto&lt;br /&gt;
* ''[[Father Brown (film)|Father Brown]]'' (1954) .... Maharajah&lt;br /&gt;
* ''[[Diplomatic Passport (film)|Diplomatic Passport]]'' (1954) .... Phlip&lt;br /&gt;
* ''[[Svengali (1954 film)|Svengali]]'' (1954) .... 2nd Stage Manager&lt;br /&gt;
* ''[[Break in the Circle]]'' (1955) .... The phony Kudnic&lt;br /&gt;
* ''[[The Dark Avenger]]'' (1955) .... French Peasant (uncredited)&lt;br /&gt;
* ''[[Ramsbottom Rides Again]]'' (1956) .... (uncredited)&lt;br /&gt;
* ''[[Bhowani Junction (film)|Bhowani Junction]]'' (1956) .... Govindaswami&lt;br /&gt;
* ''[[Hour of Decision (film)|Hour of Decision]]'' (1956) ..... Club Waiter&lt;br /&gt;
* ''[[Interpol (film)|Interpol]]'' (1957) .... Guido Martinelli&lt;br /&gt;
* ''[[Seven Thunders (film)|Seven Thunders]]'' (1957) .... Hassan (uncredited)&lt;br /&gt;
* ''[[Windom's Way]]'' (1957) .... Commissioner Belhedron&lt;br /&gt;
* ''[[The Mark of the Hawk]]'' (1957) .... Sandar Lai&lt;br /&gt;
* ''[[The Camp on Blood Island]]'' (1958) .... Capt. Sakamura&lt;br /&gt;
* ''[[The Wind Cannot Read]]'' (1958) .... Bahadur&lt;br /&gt;
* ''[[Man with a Gun (1958 film)|Man with a Gun]]'' (1958) .... Max&lt;br /&gt;
* ''[[I Was Monty's Double (film)|I Was Monty's Double]]'' (1958) .... Arab Proprietor&lt;br /&gt;
* ''[[I Only Arsked!]]'' (1958) .... King Fazim&lt;br /&gt;
* ''[[Tiger Bay (1959 film)|Tiger Bay]]'' (1959) .... Dr. Das&lt;br /&gt;
* ''[[Dial 999 (TV series)]]'' - ('An Inside Job', episode 33) -(1959) ....Kirk&lt;br /&gt;
* ''[[Carlton-Browne of the F.O.]]'' (1959) .... Archipolagos (uncredited)&lt;br /&gt;
* ''[[I'm All Right Jack]]'' (1959) .... Mr. Mohammed&lt;br /&gt;
* ''[[The Stranglers of Bombay]]'' (1959) .... Patel Shari&lt;br /&gt;
* ''[[Cone of Silence (film)|Cone of Silence]]'' (1960) .... MR. Robinson&lt;br /&gt;
* ''[[Sands of the Desert]]'' (1960) .... Advisor to Sheikh&lt;br /&gt;
* ''[[The Terror of the Tongs]]'' (1961) .... Beggar&lt;br /&gt;
* ''[[Passport to China]]'' (1961) .... Han Po&lt;br /&gt;
* ''[[Three on a Spree]]'' (1961) .... Eastern gentleman&lt;br /&gt;
* ''[[Middle Course]]'' (1961) .... Renard&lt;br /&gt;
* ''[[The Phantom of the Opera (1962 film)|The Phantom of the Opera]]'' (1962) .... Xavier&lt;br /&gt;
* ''[[Panic (1963 film)|Panic]]'' (1963) .... Lantern&lt;br /&gt;
* ''[[Nine Hours to Rama]]'' (1963) .... Karnick&lt;br /&gt;
* ''[[Master Spy]]'' (1963) .... Dr. Asafu&lt;br /&gt;
* ''[[Sammy Going South]]'' (1963) .... Hassan&lt;br /&gt;
* ''[[Cleopatra (1963 film)|Cleopatra]]'' (1963) .... Ephranor&lt;br /&gt;
* ''[[First Men in the Moon (1964 film)|First Men in the Moon]]'' (1964) .... Dr. Tok,UN Space Agency (uncredited) &lt;br /&gt;
* ''[[Lord Jim (1965 film)|Lord Jim]]'' (1965) .... Elder&lt;br /&gt;
* ''[[The Return of Mr. Moto]]'' (1965) .... Wasir Hussein, the Shahrdar's Assistant&lt;br /&gt;
* ''[[The Reptile]]'' (1965) .... The Malay&lt;br /&gt;
* ''[[Khartoum (film)|Khartoum]]'' (1966) .... Sheikh Osman&lt;br /&gt;
* ''[[The Bobo]]'' (1967) .... Luiz Castillo&lt;br /&gt;
* ''[[Duffy (film)|Duffy]]'' (1968) .... Abdul&lt;br /&gt;
* ''[[Decline and Fall... of a Birdwatcher]]'' (1968) .... Junior Policeman&lt;br /&gt;
* ''[[The Shoes of the Fisherman]]'' (1968) .... Cardinal Rahamani&lt;br /&gt;
* ''Journey to Midnight'' (1968) .... Edward Chardur (episode 'The Indian Spirit Guide')&lt;br /&gt;
* ''[[The Bushbaby]]'' (1969) .... The Hadj&lt;br /&gt;
* ''[[Anne of the Thousand Days]]'' (1969) .... Cardinal Campeggio&lt;br /&gt;
* ''[[The Statue (1971 film)|The Statue]]'' (1971) .... UNO Secretary General&lt;br /&gt;
* ''[[Roma (1972 film)|Roma]]'' (1972) .... Guide in the Catacombs&lt;br /&gt;
* ''[[Man of La Mancha (film)|Man of La Mancha]]'' (1972) .... Captain of the Guard&lt;br /&gt;
* ''[[Shaft in Africa]]'' (1973) .... Col. Gonder&lt;br /&gt;
* ''[[Massacre in Rome]]'' (1973) .... Pancrazio's secretary (uncredited)&lt;br /&gt;
* ''[[Street Law (film)|Street Law]]'' (1974) .... Records (uncredited)&lt;br /&gt;
* ''[[The Man with the Golden Gun (film)|The Man with the Golden Gun]]'' (1974) .... Mr. Lazar&lt;br /&gt;
* ''[[Down the Ancient Staircase]]'' (1975)&lt;br /&gt;
* ''[[The Pink Panther Strikes Again]]'' (1976) .... Deputy Commissioner Lasorde (scenes deleted)&lt;br /&gt;
* ''[[March or Die (film)|March or Die]]'' (1977) .... Leon&lt;br /&gt;
* ''[[Ashanti (1979 film)|Ashanti]]'' (1979) .... Touraeg Chief&lt;br /&gt;
* ''[[Lovers and Liars]]'' (1979)&lt;br /&gt;
* ''[[The Black Stallion (film)|The Black Stallion]]'' (1979) .... Drake Captain&lt;br /&gt;
* ''[[Grog (film)|Grog]]'' (1982)&lt;br /&gt;
* ''[[Trail of the Pink Panther]]'' (1982) .... Deputy Commissioner Lasorde&lt;br /&gt;
* ''[[Pope John Paul II (film)|Pope John Paul II]]'' (1984) .... Mountain Sacristian&lt;br /&gt;
* ''[[The Scarlet and the Black]]'' (1983).....Papal Secretary    &lt;br /&gt;
* ''[[Memed, My Hawk (film)|Memed, My Hawk]]'' (1984) .... Suleyman&lt;br /&gt;
* ''[[The Assisi Underground (film)|The Assisi Underground]]'' (1985) .... Rabbi&lt;br /&gt;
* ''[[I Am an ESP]]'' (1985) &lt;br /&gt;
* ''[[The Belly of an Architect]]'' (1987) .... Battistino&lt;br /&gt;
* ''[[Appointment in Liverpool]]'' (1988) .... Pilar&lt;br /&gt;
* ''[[Stradivari (film)|Stradivari]]'' (1988) .... Doctor&lt;br /&gt;
* ''[[And the Violins Stopped Playing]]'' (1988) .... Sandu Mirga, Dymitr's father&lt;br /&gt;
* ''[[A Violent Life]]'' (1990) .... Blind cardinal&lt;br /&gt;
* ''[[The King's Whore]]'' (1990) .... Count Trevie (final film role)&lt;br /&gt;
{{div col end}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==References==&lt;br /&gt;
{{reflist}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==External links==&lt;br /&gt;
* {{IMDb name|id=0537962|name=Marne Maitland}}&lt;br /&gt;
* [http://www.excerptsofinri.com/little_margaret.html Little Margaret Movie]&lt;br /&gt;
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oBmVGKkjwBw|Marne Maitland tribute on YouTube]&lt;br /&gt;
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[[Category:1992 deaths]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:British male stage actors]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:British male film actors]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:British male television actors]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Male actors from Kolkata]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Anglo-Indian people]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Alumni of Magdalene College, Cambridge]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:British Army personnel of World War II]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:20th-century British male actors]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:People educated at Bedales School]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Royal Artillery officers]]&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
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		<id>https://www.thegoonshow.co.uk/wiki/index.php?title=Lionel_Murton&amp;diff=12278</id>
		<title>Lionel Murton</title>
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		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;2A02:C7C:1420:3A00:F8E2:9F04:3281:C8B8: /* Selected filmography */&lt;/p&gt;
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| name                    = Lionel Murton&lt;br /&gt;
| image                   = Actor_Lionel_Murton.jpg&lt;br /&gt;
| caption                 = in TV's ''[[The Four Just Men (TV series)|The Four Just Men]]'' (1960)&lt;br /&gt;
| birth_name              = William Lionel Murton&lt;br /&gt;
| birth_date              = {{Birth date|1915|06|02|df=yes}}&lt;br /&gt;
| birth_place             = [[Wandsworth]], [[London]], [[England]]&lt;br /&gt;
| death_date              = {{Death date and age|2006|09|26|1915|06|02|df=yes}}&lt;br /&gt;
| death_place             = [[Basingstoke]], [[Hampshire]], England &lt;br /&gt;
| death_cause             = &lt;br /&gt;
| resting_place           = Basingstoke Crematorium and Gardens of Remembrance&lt;br /&gt;
| restingplacecoordinates =&lt;br /&gt;
| othername               =&lt;br /&gt;
| occupation              = Actor&lt;br /&gt;
| yearsactive             = 1945-1981&lt;br /&gt;
| spouse                  = Anita D'Allaire&lt;br /&gt;
| partner                 =&lt;br /&gt;
| children                = &lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
'''William Lionel Murton''' (2 June 1915 – 26 September 2006) was an [[England|English]] [[character actor]].&amp;lt;ref name=bfi&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b9f0964e7|title=Lionel Murton|publisher=}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=https://theatricalia.com/person/sy1/lionel-murton|title=Lionel Murton - Theatricalia|website=theatricalia.com}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; Born in Wandsworth, London, he was resident at Little Orchard, Weston Road, [[Upton Grey]], Basingstoke, Hampshire, England, before his death at age 91. He was cremated at Basingstoke Crematorium on 6 October 2006.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Basingstoke Gazette 5 October 2006&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; He is commemorated with his wife, Anita, in Upton Grey Churchyard, Grave 1 E-3.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Having grown up in [[Montreal]], [[Quebec]], [[Canada]], he most often played Americans and Canadians in films and in various television series, from the late 1940s.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&amp;amp;GRid=17605512|title=Lionel Murton (1915 - 2006) - Find A Grave Memorial|publisher=}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; He also appeared in episodes of several TV series, including ''[[The Persuaders!]]'' and ''[[Danger Man]]'' and was a regular cast member of the ''[[Dickie Henderson]] Show'', playing Dickie's friend Jack.&amp;lt;ref name=bfi/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b8a12fc04|title=The Dickie Henderson Show[03/06/64] (1964)|publisher=}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==Selected filmography==&lt;br /&gt;
{{div col|colwidth=30em}}&lt;br /&gt;
* ''[[Meet the Navy (film)|Meet the Navy]]'' (1946) - Johnny&lt;br /&gt;
* ''[[Brass Monkey (film)|Brass Monkey]]'' (1948) - Detective Mann&lt;br /&gt;
* ''[[Badger's Green (1949 film)|Badger's Green]]'' (1949) - Albert&lt;br /&gt;
* ''[[The Girl Is Mine (film)|The Girl Is Mine]]'' (1950)&lt;br /&gt;
* ''[[Dangerous Assignment (film)|Dangerous Assignment]]'' (1950) - Joe Wilson&lt;br /&gt;
* ''[[The Long Dark Hall]]'' (1951) - Jefferson (American published) (US version only)&lt;br /&gt;
* ''[[The Pickwick Papers (1952 film)|The Pickwick Papers]]'' (1952) - [[Augustus Snodgrass]]&lt;br /&gt;
* ''[[Our Girl Friday]]'' (1953) - Barman&lt;br /&gt;
* ''[[Monte Carlo Baby]]'' (1953)&lt;br /&gt;
* ''[[The Runaway Bus]]'' (1954) - American Traveller&lt;br /&gt;
* ''[[Night People (1954 film)|Night People]]'' (1954) - Norman Lakeland&lt;br /&gt;
* ''[[Raising a Riot]]'' (1955) - Harry&lt;br /&gt;
* ''[[The Battle of the River Plate (film)|The Battle of the River Plate]]'' (1956) - Mike Fowler&lt;br /&gt;
* ''[[Interpol (film)|Interpol]]'' (1957) - Murphy&lt;br /&gt;
* ''[[Carry On Admiral]]'' (1957) - Psychiatrist&lt;br /&gt;
* ''[[Fire Down Below (1957 film)|Fire Down Below]]'' (1957) - The American&lt;br /&gt;
* ''[[Up the Creek (1958 film)|Up the Creek]]'' (1958) - Perkins&lt;br /&gt;
* ''[[Further Up the Creek]]'' (1958) - Perkins&lt;br /&gt;
* ''[[The Captain's Table]]'' (1959) - Bernie Floate&lt;br /&gt;
* ''[[Make Mine a Million]]'' (1959) - Commercial TV director&lt;br /&gt;
* ''[[The Mouse That Roared]]'' (1959) - American General at the Pentagon (uncredited)&lt;br /&gt;
* ''[[North West Frontier (film)|North West Frontier]]'' (1959) - American Correspondent&lt;br /&gt;
* ''[[Our Man in Havana (film)|Our Man in Havana]]'' (1959)&lt;br /&gt;
* ''[[Surprise Package (film)|Surprise Package]]'' (1960) - US Marshal&lt;br /&gt;
* ''[[Danger Man]]'' (1960-1961) - Colonel Keller&lt;br /&gt;
* ''[[Petticoat Pirates]]'' (1961) - Admiral&lt;br /&gt;
* ''[[The Main Attraction (film)|The Main Attraction]]'' (1962) - Joe Burton, the Drunk (uncredited)&lt;br /&gt;
* ''[[On the Beat (1962 film)|On the Beat]]'' (1962) - Man in Underground Train&lt;br /&gt;
* ''[[Summer Holiday (1963 film)|Summer Holiday]]'' (1963) - Jerry&lt;br /&gt;
* ''[[Man in the Middle (film)|Man in the Middle]]'' (1964) - Capt. Alec Gunther&lt;br /&gt;
* ''[[Goldfinger (film)|Goldfinger]]'' (1964) - Colonel (uncredited)&lt;br /&gt;
* ''[[The Truth About Spring]]'' (1964) - Simmons&lt;br /&gt;
* ''[[Carry On Cowboy]]'' (1966) - Clerk&lt;br /&gt;
* ''[[Doctor in Clover]]'' (1966) - Publicity Man&lt;br /&gt;
* ''[[The Dirty Dozen]]'' (1967) - MP Lt. Col. in charge at hanging (uncredited)&lt;br /&gt;
* ''[[Sette volte sette]]'' (1968)&lt;br /&gt;
* ''[[Nobody Runs Forever]]'' (1968) - Reporter on Steps (uncredited)&lt;br /&gt;
* ''[[The Last Shot You Hear]]'' (1969) - Rubens&lt;br /&gt;
* ''[[Zeta One]]'' (1969) - W&lt;br /&gt;
* ''[[Patton (film)|Patton]]'' (1970) - Third Army Chaplain [[James Hugh O'Neill]]&lt;br /&gt;
* ''[[The Games (film)|The Games]]'' (1970) - US Team VIP (uncredited)&lt;br /&gt;
* ''[[The Revolutionary]]'' (1970) - The Professor&lt;br /&gt;
* ''[[Cannon for Cordoba]]'' (1970) - Colonel&lt;br /&gt;
* ''[[Confessions of a Window Cleaner]]'' (1974) - Brenda's Landlord&lt;br /&gt;
* ''[[Seven Nights in Japan]]'' (1976) - American Tourist&lt;br /&gt;
* ''[[Twilight's Last Gleaming]]'' (1977) - Col. Horne&lt;br /&gt;
* ''[[The Billion Dollar Bubble]]'' (1978)&lt;br /&gt;
{{div col end}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==References==&lt;br /&gt;
{{reflist}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==External links==&lt;br /&gt;
* {{IMDb name|0615463|Lionel Murton}}&lt;br /&gt;
* http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b9f0964e7&lt;br /&gt;
* {{Find a Grave|17605512}}&lt;br /&gt;
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[[Category:English male stage actors]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:English male film actors]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:English male television actors]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Male actors from London]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:People from Wandsworth]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:English emigrants to Canada]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Male actors from Montreal]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Canadian male stage actors]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Canadian male film actors]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Canadian male television actors]]&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
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	<entry>
		<id>https://www.thegoonshow.co.uk/wiki/index.php?title=Sydney_Tafler&amp;diff=21909</id>
		<title>Sydney Tafler</title>
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&lt;div&gt;{{short description|British actor (1916-1979)}}&lt;br /&gt;
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| birth_place            = [[Hackney, London]], [[England]]&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web |url=http://search.findmypast.co.uk/results/world-records/england-and-wales-births-1837-2006?firstname=sydney+&amp;amp;lastname=tafler |title=England &amp;amp; Wales Births 1837-2006 |website=Findmypast.co.uk |access-date=5 May 2018}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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| death_place            = [[London Borough of Richmond upon Thames|Richmond upon Thames]], [[Surrey]],  [[England]]&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web |url=http://search.findmypast.co.uk/results/world-records/england-and-wales-deaths-1837-2007?firstname=sydney&amp;amp;lastname=tafler|title=England &amp;amp; Wales Deaths 1837-2007 |website=Findmypast.co.uk |access-date=5 May 2018}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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| education =[[Royal Academy of Dramatic Art]] &lt;br /&gt;
| occupation            = Actor&lt;br /&gt;
| yearsactive           = 1936-1980&lt;br /&gt;
| spouse                = [[Joy Shelton]] (1941–1979)&lt;br /&gt;
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'''Sydney Tafler''' (31 July 1916 – 8 November 1979) was an English actor who after having started his career on stage, was best remembered for numerous appearances in films and television from the 1940s to the 1970s.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web |url=http://explore.bfi.org.uk/4ce2b9f1d2ab0 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120713205443/http://explore.bfi.org.uk/4ce2b9f1d2ab0 |url-status=dead |archive-date=13 July 2012 |title=Sydney Tafler |website=[[British Film Institute]] |quote=Born: 31 July 1916, London. Died: 7 November 1979, London. |access-date=23 April 2014}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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==Personal life==&lt;br /&gt;
Tafler was born into a [[Jewish]] family, the son of Eva (née Kosky) and Mark Tafler, an antique dealer.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web |url=http://search.findmypast.co.uk/results/world-records/england-and-wales-marriages-1837-2005?lastname=tafler&amp;amp;eventyear=1915&amp;amp;eventyear_offset=2 |title=England &amp;amp; Wales Marriages 1837-2005 |website=Findmypast.co.uk |access-date=5 May 2018}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web |url=http://search.findmypast.co.uk/results/world-records/england-and-wales-marriages-1837-2005?eventyear=1915&amp;amp;eventyear_offset=2&amp;amp;spouse1surname=tafler |title=England &amp;amp; Wales Marriages 1837-2005 |website=Findmypast.co.uk|access-date=5 May 2018}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; His sister, Hylda, married the film director [[Lewis Gilbert]]. Another sister, Sheila, was also an actress.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite book|author=Howard Maxford|title=Hammer Complete: The Films, the Personnel, the Company|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lfp1DwAAQBAJ&amp;amp;pg=PA780|date=2 November 2018|publisher=McFarland|isbn=978-1-4766-2914-8|pages=780}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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He was married to the actress [[Joy Shelton]] from 1941 until his death&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2000/may/15/guardianobituaries2 |title=Joy Shelton |newspaper=[[The Guardian]] |first=David |last=McGillivray |date=15 May 2000 |access-date=2 January 2011}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; from cancer;&amp;lt;ref name=grave&amp;gt;{{cite web |url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/6871921 |title=Sydney Tafler |website=[[Find a Grave]] |access-date=6 November 2013}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; they had three children – two sons, Jeremy and Jonathan, and a daughter, Jennifer, who became a child actress.&lt;br /&gt;
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==Career==&lt;br /&gt;
After two years at the [[Royal Academy of Dramatic Art]], Tafler first appeared on stage in London's West End in 1936, with Sir [[Seymour Hicks]] in ''The Man in Dress Clothes''. His other stage roles included the menacing character of Nat Goldberg in a production of [[Harold Pinter]]'s ''The Birthday Party'', directed by the playwright;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite book|title=Plays and Players|year = 1974|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fhsvAQAAIAAJ|publisher=Hansom Books}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; a role he reprised in [[William Friedkin]]'s 1968 film version, alongside [[Robert Shaw (actor)|Robert Shaw]] and [[Patrick Magee (actor)|Patrick Magee]].&lt;br /&gt;
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On British television he appeared alongside [[Sid James]] in ''[[Citizen James]]''. His other television work included ''Angel Pavement'', ''[[The Gentle Killers]]'', ''The Infernal Machine'', ''Focus'', ''[[Dixon of Dock Green]]'', ''[[Wodehouse Playhouse]]'', and ''[[Hadleigh (TV series)|Hadleigh]]''. He appeared in many films from 1947 to 1977, including ''[[The Lavender Hill Mob]], [[The Sea Shall Not Have Them]], and [[Alfie (1966 film)|Alfie]],'' frequently being directed by his brother-in-law [[Lewis Gilbert]].&lt;br /&gt;
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He most commonly played [[spiv]] characters, one notable exception being the film   ''[[Reach for the Sky]]'' (1956) in which he played the prosthetics expert to [[Douglas Bader]].&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web |url=http://www.screenonline.org.uk/people/id/1389560/index.html |title=Tafler, Sydney (1916-79) |website=[[Screenonline]] |access-date=6 November 2013}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; There again, he appeared briefly in a drily comic role as a uniformed policeman in the film ''[[The Cockleshell Heroes]]'' (also 1956). His film career ended with a featured role as the captain of the supertanker ''Liparus'' in the popular [[James Bond]] film ''[[The Spy Who Loved Me (film)|The Spy Who Loved Me]]'' (1977).&lt;br /&gt;
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==Selected filmography==&lt;br /&gt;
===Film===&lt;br /&gt;
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*''[[Cottage to Let]]'' (1941) as RAF Officer (uncredited)&lt;br /&gt;
*''[[The Little Ballerina]]'' (1947) as (uncredited)&lt;br /&gt;
*''[[It Always Rains on Sunday]]'' (1947) as Morry Hyams&lt;br /&gt;
*''[[Uneasy Terms]]'' (1948) as Maysin&lt;br /&gt;
*''[[London Belongs to Me]]'' (1948) as Nightclub Receptionist&lt;br /&gt;
*''[[No Room at the Inn]]'' (1948) as Stranger&lt;br /&gt;
*''[[The Monkey's Paw (1948 film)|The Monkey's Paw]]'' (1948) as The Dealer&lt;br /&gt;
*''[[Broken Journey]]'' (1948), uncredited, final scene.&lt;br /&gt;
*''[[Passport to Pimlico]]'' (1949) as Fred Cowan&lt;br /&gt;
*''[[Dance Hall (1950 film)|Dance Hall]]'' (1950) as Manager&lt;br /&gt;
*''[[Once a Sinner]]'' (1950) as Jimmy Smart&lt;br /&gt;
*''[[Assassin for Hire]]'' (1951) as Antonio Riccardi&lt;br /&gt;
*''[[Scarlet Thread]]'' (1951) as Marcon&lt;br /&gt;
*''[[The Galloping Major (film)|The Galloping Major]]'' (1951) as Mr. Leon&lt;br /&gt;
*''[[The Lavender Hill Mob]]'' (1951) as Clayton&lt;br /&gt;
*''[[Chelsea Story]]'' (1951) as Fletcher Gilchrist&lt;br /&gt;
*''[[Hotel Sahara]]'' (1951) as Corporal Pullar&lt;br /&gt;
*''[[Mystery Junction]]'' (1951) as Larry Gordon&lt;br /&gt;
*''[[Blind Man's Bluff (1952 film)|Blind Man's Bluff]]'' (1952) as Rick Martin&lt;br /&gt;
*''[[Secret People (film)|Secret People]]'' (1952) as Syd Burnett&lt;br /&gt;
*''[[Wide Boy (film)|Wide Boy]]'' (1952) as Benny&lt;br /&gt;
*''[[Emergency Call (1952 film)|Emergency Call]]'' (1952) as Brett&lt;br /&gt;
*''[[Time Gentlemen, Please!]]'' (1952) as Joseph Spink&lt;br /&gt;
*''[[Venetian Bird]]'' (1952) as Boldesca&lt;br /&gt;
*''[[The Floating Dutchman]]'' (1952) as Victor Skinner&lt;br /&gt;
*''[[There Was a Young Lady]]'' (1953) as Johnny&lt;br /&gt;
*''[[Johnny on the Run]]'' (1953) as Harry&lt;br /&gt;
*''[[The Square Ring]]'' (1953) as 1st Wiseacre&lt;br /&gt;
*''[[The Saint's Return]]'' (1953) as Max Lennar&lt;br /&gt;
*''[[Operation Diplomat (film)|Operation Diplomat]]'' (1953) as Wade&lt;br /&gt;
*''[[The Crowded Day]]'' (1954) as Alex&lt;br /&gt;
*''[[The Sea Shall Not Have Them]]'' (1954) as Cpl. Robb&lt;br /&gt;
*''[[The Glass Cage (1955 film)|The Glass Cage]]'' (1955) as Rorke&lt;br /&gt;
*''[[A Kid for Two Farthings (film)|A Kid for Two Farthings]]'' (1955) as Madam Rita&lt;br /&gt;
*''[[The Woman for Joe]]'' (1955) as Butch&lt;br /&gt;
*''[[The Cockleshell Heroes]]'' (1955) as Policeman&lt;br /&gt;
*''[[Dial 999 (1955 film)|Dial 999]]'' (1955) as Alf Cressett&lt;br /&gt;
*''[[The Long Arm (film)|The Long Arm]]'' (1956) as Stone&lt;br /&gt;
*''[[Fire Maidens from Outer Space]]'' (1956) as Dr. Higgins&lt;br /&gt;
*''[[Reach for the Sky]]'' (1956) as Robert Desoutter&lt;br /&gt;
*''[[The Counterfeit Plan]]'' (1957) as Harry Flint&lt;br /&gt;
*''[[Interpol (film)|Interpol]]'' (1957) as Curtis&lt;br /&gt;
*''[[The Surgeon's Knife]]'' (1957) as Dr. Hearne&lt;br /&gt;
*''[[Carve Her Name with Pride]]'' (1958) as Potter&lt;br /&gt;
*''[[The Bank Raiders]]'' (1958) as Bernie Shelton&lt;br /&gt;
*''[[Too Many Crooks]]'' (1959) as Solicitor&lt;br /&gt;
*''[[The Crowning Touch]]'' (1959) as Joe&lt;br /&gt;
*''[[Follow a Star]]'' (1959) as Pendlebury&lt;br /&gt;
*''[[Tommy the Toreador]]'' (1959) as Ramon (uncredited)&lt;br /&gt;
*''[[Sink the Bismarck!]]'' (1960) as First Workman&lt;br /&gt;
*''[[Bottoms Up (1960 film)|Bottoms Up]]'' (1960) as Sid Biggs&lt;br /&gt;
*''[[Let's Get Married (1960 film)|Let's Get Married]]'' (1960) as Pendle&lt;br /&gt;
*''[[Light Up the Sky! (film)|Light Up the Sky!]]'' (1960) as Ted Green&lt;br /&gt;
*''[[Make Mine Mink]]'' (1960) as Lionel Spanager&lt;br /&gt;
*''[[The Bulldog Breed]]'' (1960) as Speedboat Owner&lt;br /&gt;
*''[[Five Golden Hours]]'' (1961) as Alfredo &lt;br /&gt;
*''[[No Kidding (film)|No Kidding]]'' (1961) as Mr. Rockbottom&lt;br /&gt;
*''[[Carry On Regardless]]'' (1961) as Strip Club Manager&lt;br /&gt;
*''[[A Weekend with Lulu]]'' (1961) as Stationmaster&lt;br /&gt;
*''[[The 7th Dawn]]'' (1964) as Tom. Chief Petty Officer&lt;br /&gt;
*''[[Promise Her Anything]]'' (1965) as Panel Participant&lt;br /&gt;
*''[[Runaway Railway]]'' (1965) as Mr. Jones&lt;br /&gt;
*''[[Alfie (1966 film)|Alfie]]'' (1966) as Frank&lt;br /&gt;
*''[[The Sandwich Man (1966 film)|The Sandwich Man]]'' (1966) as First Fish Porter&lt;br /&gt;
*''[[Berserk!]]'' (1967) as Harrison Liston&lt;br /&gt;
*''[[The Birthday Party (1968 film)|The Birthday Party]]'' (1968) as Nat Goldberg &lt;br /&gt;
*''[[The Adventurers (1970 film)|The Adventurers]]'' (1970) as Col. Gutierrez&lt;br /&gt;
*''[[The Spy Who Loved Me (film)|The Spy Who Loved Me]]'' (1977) as Liparus captain&lt;br /&gt;
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===Television===&lt;br /&gt;
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* ''[[BBC Sunday-Night Theatre]]'' (1950-1957, 8 episodes) as Harry Soames / George Ware / Professor Frey / Alexander Lopakhin / Chauvelin / Petronius Arbiter / Dorn / Chauvelin&lt;br /&gt;
* ''[[Back to Methuselah (TV series)|Back to Methuselah]]'' (1952, 2 episodes) as Ghost of Cain / Cain&lt;br /&gt;
* ''[[Your Favorite Story]]'' (1953, 1 episode)&lt;br /&gt;
* ''[[ITV Play of the Week]]'' (1955, 1 episode) as Nacky&lt;br /&gt;
* ''[[Theatre Royal (TV series)|Theatre Royal]]'' (1955, 1 episode)&lt;br /&gt;
* ''[[Angel Pavement (1957 TV series)|Angel Pavement]]'' (1957-1958, 4 episodes) as Mr. Golspie&lt;br /&gt;
* ''[[Educated Evans (TV series)|Educated Evans]]'' (1957, 1 episode) as Morry Green&lt;br /&gt;
* ''[[The Gentle Killers]]'' (1957, 6 episodes)&lt;br /&gt;
* ''[[ITV Television Playhouse]]'' (1957-1960, 3 episodes) as Gregor / Charlie / Landrieu&lt;br /&gt;
* ''[[East End, West End]]'' (1958, 1 episode)&lt;br /&gt;
* ''[[Dick and the Duchess]]'' (1958, 2 episodes) as Giuseppe&lt;br /&gt;
* ''[[Theatre Night]]'' (1958, 1 episode) as Pedro Juarez&lt;br /&gt;
* ''[[Dial 999 (TV series)|Dial 999]]'', ( including the 'Night Mail', and 'The Big Fish', episodes, plus one more)-(1958-1959, 3 episodes) as Pete / Smiler Harris / Mick Coletta&lt;br /&gt;
* ''[[Alfred Marks Time]]'' (1959, 1 episode)&lt;br /&gt;
* ''[[Playhouse 90]]'' (1959, 1 episode) as Club Manager&lt;br /&gt;
* ''[[The Third Man (TV series)|The Third Man]]'' (1959-1962, 2 episodes) as George Freeman / Colonel Abu Said&lt;br /&gt;
* ''[[Whack-O!]]'' (1959, 1 episode) as Harrison Jessel&lt;br /&gt;
* ''[[Glencannon (TV series)|Glencannon]]'' (1959, 1 episode) as Mr. Daninds&lt;br /&gt;
* ''[[Citizen James]]'' (1960-1962, 31 episodes) as Charlie Davenport&lt;br /&gt;
* ''[[Boyd Q.C.]]'' (1960, 1 episode) as De Viani&lt;br /&gt;
* ''[[The Larkins (1958 TV series)|The Larkins]]'' (1960, 1 episode) as Sidney Foskett&lt;br /&gt;
* ''[[Knight Errant Limited]]'' (1960, 1 episode) as Angelo Broza&lt;br /&gt;
* ''[[Danger Man]]'' (1960, 1 episode) as Mikhail Radek&lt;br /&gt;
* ''[[A Christmas Night with the Stars]]'' (1960, 1 episode) as Charlie Davenport - with Sid James&lt;br /&gt;
* ''[[No Hiding Place]]'' (1961-1965, 3 episodes) as Marty Cook / Charlie Monkton / Lew Hemming&lt;br /&gt;
* ''[[The Arthur Askey Show]]'' (1961, 2 episodes) as Oscar Lamouche&lt;br /&gt;
* ''[[Three Live Wires]]'' (1961, 1 episode)&lt;br /&gt;
* ''[[Hamlet (TV series)|Hamlet]]'' (1961, 5 episodes) as Claudius&lt;br /&gt;
* ''[[Here's Harry]]'' (1961, 1 episode)&lt;br /&gt;
* ''[[Deadline Midnight (TV series)|Deadline Midnight]]'' (1961, 1 episode) as Bluey Roxon&lt;br /&gt;
* ''[[Comedy Playhouse]]'' (1962, 1 episode) as Lionel&lt;br /&gt;
* ''[[Z Cars]]'' (1963-1974, 5 episodes) as Ray Dawson / Willy Tyndale / Wasilewski / Ray Dawson / Oliver Snow&lt;br /&gt;
* ''[[A World of His Own (TV series)|A World of His Own]]'' (1964, 1 episode)&lt;br /&gt;
* ''[[Gideon's Way]]'' (1964, 1 episode) as Gabriel Lyon&lt;br /&gt;
* ''[[Dixon of Dock Green]]'' (1964-1969, 3 episodes) as Mr. Green / Peter Cassidy / Ralph Edwards&lt;br /&gt;
* ''[[Front Page Story (TV series)|Front Page Story]]'' (1965, 1 episode) as Waterman&lt;br /&gt;
* ''[[A Slight Case of...]]'' (1965, 1 episode)&lt;br /&gt;
* ''[[Theatre 625]]'' (1966, 2 episodes) as Shamrayef / Finkelstein&lt;br /&gt;
* ''[[The Wednesday Play]]'' (1966-1970, 2 episodes) as Blaustein / Arthur Bradshaw&lt;br /&gt;
* ''[[Sam and Janet]]'' (1967, 1 episode) as Mr. Spalding&lt;br /&gt;
* ''[[The World of Wooster]]'' (1967, 1 episode) as Jas. Waterbury&lt;br /&gt;
* ''[[Man in a Suitcase]]'' (1968, 1 episode) as Reynolds&lt;br /&gt;
* ''[[The Ugliest Girl in Town]]'' (1968, 1 episode) as Bert Pooley&lt;br /&gt;
* ''[[Me Mammy]]'' (1969, 1 episode) as Sir Gerald Bronstein&lt;br /&gt;
* ''[[Hadleigh (TV series)|Hadleigh]]'' (1969, 1 episode) as Zinneman&lt;br /&gt;
* ''[[Coronation Street]]'' (1969, 2 episodes) as Mr. Maddox-Smith&lt;br /&gt;
* ''[[W. Somerset Maugham (TV series)|W. Somerset Maugham]]'' (1970, 1 episode) as Sir Adolphus Bland&lt;br /&gt;
* ''[[Misleading Cases (TV series)|Misleading Cases]]'' (1971, 1 episode) as Mr. Benkle&lt;br /&gt;
* ''[[Alexander the Greatest]]'' (1971-1972, 13 episodes) as Joe Green&lt;br /&gt;
* ''[[The Adventurer (TV series)|The Adventurer]]'' (1973, 1 episode) as Wyvern&lt;br /&gt;
* ''[[Love Story (British TV series)|Love Story]]'' (1973, 1 episode) as Mr. Miller&lt;br /&gt;
* ''[[Van der Valk]]'' (1973, 3 episodes) as Halsbeek&lt;br /&gt;
* ''[[Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em]]'' (1973, 1 episode) as Lockwood&lt;br /&gt;
* ''[[Play for Today]]'' (1973-1977, 2 episodes) as Harry Perlman / Mr. Crowley&lt;br /&gt;
* ''[[Vienna 1900]]'' (1974, 1 episode) as Herr Klingemann&lt;br /&gt;
* ''[[Marked Personal]]'' (1974, 1 episode) as Cartwright&lt;br /&gt;
* ''[[Village Hall (TV series)|Village Hall]]'' (1974, 1 episode) as Arthur Bolton&lt;br /&gt;
* ''[[Churchill's People]]'' (1975, 1 episode) as Haskelot&lt;br /&gt;
* ''[[Crown Court (TV series)|Crown Court]]'' (1975, 1 episode) as Harry Simons&lt;br /&gt;
* ''[[The Sweeney]]'' (1975, 1 episode) as Manny Bellow&lt;br /&gt;
* ''[[Wodehouse Playhouse]]'' (1975-1976, 2 episodes) as Isadore Q. Fishbein&lt;br /&gt;
* ''[[Yes, Honestly]]'' (1976, 1 episode) as Harry Burton&lt;br /&gt;
* ''[[Survivors (1975 TV series)|Survivors]]'' (1976, 2 episodes) as Manny&lt;br /&gt;
* ''[[Victorian Scandals]]'' (1976, 1 episode) as Achille Fould&lt;br /&gt;
* ''[[Thriller (British TV series)|Thriller]]'' (1976, 1 episode) as Sam Meadows&lt;br /&gt;
* ''[[Do You Remember? (TV series)|Do You Remember?]]'' (1978, 1 episode) as Ambrose Solto&lt;br /&gt;
* ''[[Devenish (TV series)|Devenish]]'' (1978, 1 episode) as Sidney Bloom&lt;br /&gt;
* ''[[Potter (TV series)|Potter]]'' (1979, 1 episode) as Harry Tooms&lt;br /&gt;
* ''[[The Cannon and Ball Show|Cannon and Ball]]'' (1979, 1 episode) as The Agent&lt;br /&gt;
* ''[[BBC2 Playhouse]]'' (1980, 1 episode) as Kugelmann&lt;br /&gt;
* ''[[The Enigma Files]]'' (1980, 1 episode) as Solly King (final appearance)&lt;br /&gt;
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==References==&lt;br /&gt;
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== External links ==&lt;br /&gt;
* {{IMDb name|0846407|Sydney Tafler}}&lt;br /&gt;
* [http://www.bris.ac.uk/theatrecollection/search/people_sub_plays?forename=Sydney&amp;amp;surname=TAFLER&amp;amp;job=Actor&amp;amp;pid=6865&amp;amp;image_view=Yes&amp;amp;x=19&amp;amp;y=17 Performances listed in Theatre Archive University of Bristol]&lt;br /&gt;
*{{Find a Grave|6871921}}&lt;br /&gt;
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{{Infobox person&lt;br /&gt;
| name = Jack Watling&lt;br /&gt;
| image = Actor_Jack_Watling.jpg&lt;br /&gt;
| caption = Publicity still for ''[[The Winslow Boy (1948 film)|The Winslow Boy]]'' (1948)&lt;br /&gt;
| birth_name = Jack Stanley Watling&lt;br /&gt;
| birth_date = {{birth date|1923|01|13|df=y}}&lt;br /&gt;
| birth_place = [[Chingford]], [[Essex]], England&lt;br /&gt;
| alma_mater = [[Italia Conti Academy of Theatre Arts]]&lt;br /&gt;
| death_date = {{death date and age|2001|05|22|1923|01|13|df=y}}&lt;br /&gt;
| death_place = [[Chelmsford]], Essex, England&lt;br /&gt;
 | occupation = Actor&lt;br /&gt;
| spouse     = {{marriage|Patricia Hicks&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;|1947}}&lt;br /&gt;
| children   = 5, including:&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;{{Plainlist|&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Deborah Watling]]&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Giles Watling]]&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Dilys Watling]] (stepdaughter)}}&lt;br /&gt;
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'''Jack Stanley Watling''' (13 January 1923 – 22 May 2001) was an [[English People|English]] [[actor]].&amp;lt;ref name=bfi&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=http://explore.bfi.org.uk/4ce2b9ef3d0ba|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120711144354/http://explore.bfi.org.uk/4ce2b9ef3d0ba|url-status=dead|archive-date=2012-07-11|title=Jack Watling|work=BFI}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=https://theatricalia.com/person/sg0/jack-watling|title=Jack Watling - Theatricalia|website=theatricalia.com}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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==Life and career==&lt;br /&gt;
The son of a travelling scrap metal dealer, 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 [[Weston's Music Hall|Holborn Empire]] in 1936.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1331630/Jack-Watling.html|title=Jack Watling|date=25 May 2001|via=www.telegraph.co.uk}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; He made his first film appearances (all uncredited) in ''[[Sixty Glorious Years]]'', ''[[Housemaster (film)|Housemaster]]'' (both 1938) and ''[[Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1939 film)|Goodbye, Mr Chips]]'' (1939).&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Hayward&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Anthony Hayward [https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/jack-watling-729148.html Obituary: Jack Watling]{{dead link|date=August 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}, ''The Independent'', 24 May 2001.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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In 1941, he played Bill Hopkins in ''Once a Crook'' in his [[West End theatre|West End]] debut.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mreCBAAAQBAJ&amp;amp;q=jack+watling++Once+a+Crook&amp;amp;pg=PA37|title=The London Stage 1940-1949: A Calendar of Productions, Performers, and Personnel|first=J. P.|last=Wearing|date=22 August 2014|publisher=Rowman &amp;amp; Littlefield|via=Google Books|isbn=9780810893061}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; He starred as [[Flight Lieutenant]] Teddy Graham in the original 1942 production of [[Terence Rattigan]]'s ''[[Flare Path]]''.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Hayward&amp;quot; /&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Watling had a long career in low-key British films, originally in easy-going boyish roles.&amp;lt;ref name=guardian/&amp;gt; His early appearances were in ''[[Cottage to Let]]'' (1941). ''[[We Dive at Dawn]]'' (1943), ''[[The Demi-Paradise]]'' (1943) opposite [[Laurence Olivier]], ''[[The Way Ahead]]'' (1944) with [[David Niven]], ''[[The Winslow Boy (1948 film)|The Winslow Boy]]'' (1948), ''[[Meet Mr. Lucifer]]'' (1953) and in [[Orson Welles]]' ''[[Mr. Arkadin]]'' (aka, ''Confidential Report'', 1955).&amp;lt;ref name=bfi/&amp;gt; In the account of the [[Sinking of the RMS Titanic|sinking of the Titantic]], the film ''[[A Night to Remember (1958 film)|A Night To Remember]]'' (1958), he played [[Joseph Boxhall|Fourth Officer Joseph Boxhall]] and in ''[[Sink the Bismarck!]]'' (1960) as the Signals officer who reports &amp;quot;HMS ''Hood''...has blown up!&amp;quot;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=https://www.allmovie.com/movie/sink-the-bismarck!-v44885/cast-crew|title=Sink the Bismarck! (1960) - Lewis Gilbert - Cast and Crew - AllMovie|website=AllMovie}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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==Television==&lt;br /&gt;
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 Plane Makers|The Power Game]]''.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=http://www.screenonline.org.uk/tv/id/550082/index.html|title=BFI Screenonline: Plane Makers/Power Game, The (1963-69)|website=www.screenonline.org.uk}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; Watling also appeared as Doc Saxon in the 1970s series ''[[Pathfinders (TV series)|Pathfinders]]''.&amp;lt;ref name=guardian&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2001/may/25/guardianobituaries.filmnews|title=Obituary: Jack Watling|first=Eric|last=Shorter|date=25 May 2001|website=The Guardian}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; He played [[Professor Edward Travers]] in the [[BBC]] [[science-fiction]] television series ''[[Doctor Who]]'' in the serials ''[[The Abominable Snowmen]]'' (1967) and ''[[The Web of Fear]]'' (1968), both of which also featuring his daughter [[Deborah Watling]] as the [[Second Doctor]]'s companion [[Victoria Waterfield]].&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/classic/photonovels/snowmen/intro.shtml|title=BBC - Doctor Who - Classic Series - Photonovels - The Abominable Snowmen|website=www.bbc.co.uk}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; He reprised the role decades later in the independent ''Doctor Who'' spin-off video ''[[Downtime (Doctor Who)|Downtime]]'' (1995).&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qMKSCgAAQBAJ&amp;amp;q=jack+watling+downtime&amp;amp;pg=PA150|title=A Critical History of Doctor Who on Television|first=John Kenneth|last=Muir|date=5 October 2007|publisher=McFarland|via=Google Books|isbn=9781476604541}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; He also took over the role of Arthur Bourne in the final series of [[The Cedar Tree]] in 1979&lt;br /&gt;
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His final roles were all on television, in series such as ''[[Bergerac (TV series)|Bergerac]]'' 4 episodes 1989-1991 as Frank Blakemore and ''[[Heartbeat (British TV series)|Heartbeat]]'' as The Colonel 1994 in Lost and Found. &amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=http://www.aveleyman.com/ActorCredit.aspx?ActorID=18016|title=Jack Watling|website=www.aveleyman.com}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZHnGCwAAQBAJ&amp;amp;q=jack+watling+heartbeat&amp;amp;pg=PA309|title=Obituaries in the Performing Arts, 2001: Film, Television, Radio, Theatre, Dance, Music, Cartoons and Pop Culture|first=Harris M. Lentz|last=III|date=16 April 2002|publisher=McFarland|via=Google Books|isbn=9780786452064}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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==Personal life==&lt;br /&gt;
Watling was married to former actress Patricia Hicks. He was the father of actress [[Deborah Watling]], actor/politician [[Giles Watling]], sculptor Nicky Matthews, and a fourth child, Adam, who died in infancy. Watling was also the stepfather of actress [[Dilys Watling]], Hicks's daughter from a previous marriage. The Watlings were long-term residents at Alderton Hall, [[Loughton]].&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2017/jul/24/deborah-watling-obituary|title=Deborah Watling obituary|first=Toby|last=Hadoke|date=24 July 2017|website=The Guardian}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=http://www.nndb.com/people/307/000279467/|title=Jack Watling|website=www.nndb.com}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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==Selected filmography==&lt;br /&gt;
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* ''[[Sixty Glorious Years]]'' (1938) – Minor Role (uncredited)&lt;br /&gt;
* ''[[The Day Will Dawn]]'' (1942) – Lieutenant (uncredited)&lt;br /&gt;
* ''[[Flying Fortress (film)|Flying Fortress]]'' (1942) – Rear Gunner (uncredited)&lt;br /&gt;
* ''[[The Young Mr. Pitt]]'' (1942) – Atkinson (uncredited)&lt;br /&gt;
* ''[[We Dive at Dawn]]'' (1943) – Navigating Officer – Lt. Gordon, R.N.&lt;br /&gt;
* ''[[The Demi-Paradise]]'' (1943) – Tom&lt;br /&gt;
* ''[[The Way Ahead]]'' (1944) – Buster – Marjorie's boyfriend&lt;br /&gt;
* ''[[Journey Together]]'' (1945) – John Aynesworth&lt;br /&gt;
* ''[[The Courtneys of Curzon Street]]'' (1947) – Teddy Courtney&lt;br /&gt;
* ''[[Easy Money (1948 film)|Easy Money]]'' (1948) – Dennis Stafford&lt;br /&gt;
* ''[[Quartet (1948 film)|Quartet]]'' (1948) – Nicky (segment &amp;quot;The Facts of Life&amp;quot;)&lt;br /&gt;
* ''[[The Winslow Boy (1948 film)|The Winslow Boy]]'' (1948) – Dickie Winslow&lt;br /&gt;
* ''[[Under Capricorn]]'' (1949) – Winter&lt;br /&gt;
* ''[[Once a Sinner]]'' (1950) – John Ross&lt;br /&gt;
* ''[[The Naked Heart]]'' (1950) – Robert Gagnon&lt;br /&gt;
* ''[[White Corridors]]'' (1951) – Dick Groom&lt;br /&gt;
* ''[[Private Information]]'' (1952) – Hugh&lt;br /&gt;
* ''[[Father's Doing Fine]]'' (1952) – Clifford Magill&lt;br /&gt;
* ''[[Flannelfoot]]'' (1953) – Frank Mitchell&lt;br /&gt;
* ''[[Meet Mr. Lucifer]]'' (1953) – Jim&lt;br /&gt;
* ''[[Stryker of the Yard]]'' (1953) – Tony Ashworth&lt;br /&gt;
* ''[[Dangerous Cargo]]'' (1954) – Tim Matthews&lt;br /&gt;
* ''[[Trouble in the Glen]]'' (1954) – Sammy Weller&lt;br /&gt;
* ''[[The Golden Link]]'' (1954) – Bill Howard&lt;br /&gt;
* ''[[The Sea Shall Not Have Them]]'' (1954) – Flying Officer Harding&lt;br /&gt;
* ''[[Adventure Theater#Film adaptations|Tale of Three Women]]'' (1954) – Dick (segment &amp;quot;Thief of London&amp;quot; story)&lt;br /&gt;
* ''[[Mr. Arkadin]]'' (1955) – Marquis of Rutleigh&lt;br /&gt;
* ''[[A Time to Kill (1955 film)|A Time to Kill]]'' (1955) – Dennis Willows&lt;br /&gt;
* ''[[Windfall (1955 film)|Windfall]]'' (1955) – John Lee&lt;br /&gt;
* ''[[Reach for the Sky]]'' (1956) – Peel&lt;br /&gt;
* ''[[That Woman Opposite]]'' (1957) – Toby Lawes&lt;br /&gt;
* ''[[The Admirable Crichton (1957 film)|The Admirable Crichton]]'' (1957) – Treherne&lt;br /&gt;
* ''[[The Birthday Present]]'' (1957) – Bill Thompson&lt;br /&gt;
* ''[[Gideon's Day (film)|Gideon's Day]]'' (1958) – Reverend Small&lt;br /&gt;
* ''[[A Night to Remember (1958 film)|A Night To Remember]]'' (1958) – Fourth Officer Joseph Boxhall&lt;br /&gt;
* ''[[Chain of Events]]'' (1958) – Freddie&lt;br /&gt;
* ''[[Links of Justice]]'' (1958) – Edgar Mills&lt;br /&gt;
* ''The Solitary Child'' (1958) – Cyril&lt;br /&gt;
* ''[[Sink the Bismarck!]]'' (1960) – Signals Officer&lt;br /&gt;
* ''[[Nearly a Nasty Accident]]'' (1961) – Flight Lt. Grogan&lt;br /&gt;
* ''[[Three on a Spree]]'' (1961) – Michael Brewster&lt;br /&gt;
* ''[[Mary Had a Little...]]'' (1961) – Scott Raymond&lt;br /&gt;
* ''[[Nothing Barred]]'' (1961) – Peter Brewster&lt;br /&gt;
* ''[[The Queen's Guards (film)|The Queen's Guards]]'' (1961) – Capt. Shergold&lt;br /&gt;
* ''[[Never Back Losers]]'' (1961)&lt;br /&gt;
* ''Flat Two'' (''[[Edgar Wallace Mysteries]]'') (1962) – Frank Leamington&lt;br /&gt;
* ''Who Was Maddox?'' (''[[Edgar Wallace Mysteries]]'')  (1964) – Jack Heath&lt;br /&gt;
* ''[[The Nanny (1965 film)|The Nanny]]'' (1965) – Dr. Medman&lt;br /&gt;
* ''[[Follow Me! (1972 film)|Follow Me!]]'' (1972) – Wealthy Client (uncredited)&lt;br /&gt;
* ''[[The Adventures of Barry McKenzie]]'' (1972) – TV Director&lt;br /&gt;
* ''[[Father, Dear Father (film)|Father, Dear Father]]'' (1973) – Bill Mossman&lt;br /&gt;
* ''[[11 Harrowhouse]]'' (1974) – Fitzmaurice&lt;br /&gt;
*  The Cedar Tree (1978-9) - Captain Palmer, and then Cdr. Bourne&lt;br /&gt;
* ''[[Slip-Up]]'' (1986, TV film) – Champion&lt;br /&gt;
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==References==&lt;br /&gt;
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==External links==&lt;br /&gt;
* {{IMDb name|0914453|Jack Watling}}&lt;br /&gt;
* {{IBDB name|109097}}&lt;br /&gt;
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