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	\| spouse = {{marriage\|Patricia Hicks~~<br />~~\|1947}}		\| spouse = {{marriage\|Patricia Hicks\|1947}}
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{{short description|English actor}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2016}}
{{Use British English|date=August 2016}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Jack Watling
| image = Actor_Jack_Watling.jpg
| caption = Publicity still for ''[[The Winslow Boy (1948 film)|The Winslow Boy]]'' (1948)
| birth_name = Jack Stanley Watling
| birth_date = {{birth date|1923|01|13|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Chingford]], [[Essex]], England
| alma_mater = [[Italia Conti Academy of Theatre Arts]]
| death_date = {{death date and age|2001|05|22|1923|01|13|df=y}}
| death_place = [[Chelmsford]], Essex, England
| occupation = Actor
| spouse = {{marriage|Patricia Hicks<br />|1947}}
| children = 5, including:<br>{{Plainlist|
* [[Deborah Watling]]
* [[Giles Watling]]
* [[Dilys Watling]] (stepdaughter)}}
}}
'''Jack Stanley Watling''' (13 January 1923 – 22 May 2001) was an [[English People|English]] [[actor]].<ref name=bfi>{{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}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://theatricalia.com/person/sg0/jack-watling|title=Jack Watling - Theatricalia|website=theatricalia.com}}</ref>

==Life and career==
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.<ref>{{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}}</ref> 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).<ref name="Hayward">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.</ref>

In 1941, he played Bill Hopkins in ''Once a Crook'' in his [[West End theatre|West End]] debut.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mreCBAAAQBAJ&q=jack+watling++Once+a+Crook&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 & Littlefield|via=Google Books|isbn=9780810893061}}</ref> He starred as [[Flight Lieutenant]] Teddy Graham in the original 1942 production of [[Terence Rattigan]]'s ''[[Flare Path]]''.<ref name="Hayward" />

Watling had a long career in low-key British films, originally in easy-going boyish roles.<ref name=guardian/> 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).<ref name=bfi/> 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 "HMS ''Hood''...has blown up!"<ref>{{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}}</ref>

==Television==
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]]''.<ref>{{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}}</ref> Watling also appeared as Doc Saxon in the 1970s series ''[[Pathfinders (TV series)|Pathfinders]]''.<ref name=guardian>{{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}}</ref> 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]].<ref>{{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}}</ref> He reprised the role decades later in the independent ''Doctor Who'' spin-off video ''[[Downtime (Doctor Who)|Downtime]]'' (1995).<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qMKSCgAAQBAJ&q=jack+watling+downtime&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}}</ref> He also took over the role of Arthur Bourne in the final series of [[The Cedar Tree]] in 1979

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. <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.aveleyman.com/ActorCredit.aspx?ActorID=18016|title=Jack Watling|website=www.aveleyman.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZHnGCwAAQBAJ&q=jack+watling+heartbeat&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}}</ref>

==Personal life==
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]].<ref>{{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}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nndb.com/people/307/000279467/|title=Jack Watling|website=www.nndb.com}}</ref>

==Selected filmography==
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* ''[[Sixty Glorious Years]]'' (1938) – Minor Role (uncredited)
* ''[[The Day Will Dawn]]'' (1942) – Lieutenant (uncredited)
* ''[[Flying Fortress (film)|Flying Fortress]]'' (1942) – Rear Gunner (uncredited)
* ''[[The Young Mr. Pitt]]'' (1942) – Atkinson (uncredited)
* ''[[We Dive at Dawn]]'' (1943) – Navigating Officer – Lt. Gordon, R.N.
* ''[[The Demi-Paradise]]'' (1943) – Tom
* ''[[The Way Ahead]]'' (1944) – Buster – Marjorie's boyfriend
* ''[[Journey Together]]'' (1945) – John Aynesworth
* ''[[The Courtneys of Curzon Street]]'' (1947) – Teddy Courtney
* ''[[Easy Money (1948 film)|Easy Money]]'' (1948) – Dennis Stafford
* ''[[Quartet (1948 film)|Quartet]]'' (1948) – Nicky (segment "The Facts of Life")
* ''[[The Winslow Boy (1948 film)|The Winslow Boy]]'' (1948) – Dickie Winslow
* ''[[Under Capricorn]]'' (1949) – Winter
* ''[[Once a Sinner]]'' (1950) – John Ross
* ''[[The Naked Heart]]'' (1950) – Robert Gagnon
* ''[[White Corridors]]'' (1951) – Dick Groom
* ''[[Private Information]]'' (1952) – Hugh
* ''[[Father's Doing Fine]]'' (1952) – Clifford Magill
* ''[[Flannelfoot]]'' (1953) – Frank Mitchell
* ''[[Meet Mr. Lucifer]]'' (1953) – Jim
* ''[[Stryker of the Yard]]'' (1953) – Tony Ashworth
* ''[[Dangerous Cargo]]'' (1954) – Tim Matthews
* ''[[Trouble in the Glen]]'' (1954) – Sammy Weller
* ''[[The Golden Link]]'' (1954) – Bill Howard
* ''[[The Sea Shall Not Have Them]]'' (1954) – Flying Officer Harding
* ''[[Adventure Theater#Film adaptations|Tale of Three Women]]'' (1954) – Dick (segment "Thief of London" story)
* ''[[Mr. Arkadin]]'' (1955) – Marquis of Rutleigh
* ''[[A Time to Kill (1955 film)|A Time to Kill]]'' (1955) – Dennis Willows
* ''[[Windfall (1955 film)|Windfall]]'' (1955) – John Lee
* ''[[Reach for the Sky]]'' (1956) – Peel
* ''[[That Woman Opposite]]'' (1957) – Toby Lawes
* ''[[The Admirable Crichton (1957 film)|The Admirable Crichton]]'' (1957) – Treherne
* ''[[The Birthday Present]]'' (1957) – Bill Thompson
* ''[[Gideon's Day (film)|Gideon's Day]]'' (1958) – Reverend Small
* ''[[A Night to Remember (1958 film)|A Night To Remember]]'' (1958) – Fourth Officer Joseph Boxhall
* ''[[Chain of Events]]'' (1958) – Freddie
* ''[[Links of Justice]]'' (1958) – Edgar Mills
* ''The Solitary Child'' (1958) – Cyril
* ''[[Sink the Bismarck!]]'' (1960) – Signals Officer
* ''[[Nearly a Nasty Accident]]'' (1961) – Flight Lt. Grogan
* ''[[Three on a Spree]]'' (1961) – Michael Brewster
* ''[[Mary Had a Little...]]'' (1961) – Scott Raymond
* ''[[Nothing Barred]]'' (1961) – Peter Brewster
* ''[[The Queen's Guards (film)|The Queen's Guards]]'' (1961) – Capt. Shergold
* ''[[Never Back Losers]]'' (1961)
* ''Flat Two'' (''[[Edgar Wallace Mysteries]]'') (1962) – Frank Leamington
* ''Who Was Maddox?'' (''[[Edgar Wallace Mysteries]]'') (1964) – Jack Heath
* ''[[The Nanny (1965 film)|The Nanny]]'' (1965) – Dr. Medman
* ''[[Follow Me! (1972 film)|Follow Me!]]'' (1972) – Wealthy Client (uncredited)
* ''[[The Adventures of Barry McKenzie]]'' (1972) – TV Director
* ''[[Father, Dear Father (film)|Father, Dear Father]]'' (1973) – Bill Mossman
* ''[[11 Harrowhouse]]'' (1974) – Fitzmaurice
* The Cedar Tree (1978-9) - Captain Palmer, and then Cdr. Bourne
* ''[[Slip-Up]]'' (1986, TV film) – Champion
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==References==
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==External links==
* {{IMDb name|0914453|Jack Watling}}
* {{IBDB name|109097}}

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