Ian Fleming

Actor Sep 9 (died age 80) Melbourne, Victoria, Australia 1927–1996 (69 year career)

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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 appearance…

Known For

Film

Night Train to Munich

British Official (uncredited)

Film

Laughter in Paradise

Doctor (uncredited)

Film

Q Planes

Air Ministry Officer

Film

The Trials of Oscar Wilde

Arthur

Film

We Dive at Dawn

6.4 1943

Film

The Woman in Question

Doctor

Film

The Saint's Return

Lord Merton

Film

Waterloo Road

5.9 1945

Filmography

Acting (108)

Movies (99)

In the Footsteps of Sherlock Holmes

1996

The Return of Mr. Moto

as Rogers

Seventy Deadly Pills

as Doctor

The Lamp in Assassin Mews

1962

as Albert Potts

5.3

The Boys

1962

as Clerk of the Court (uncredited)

7.8

What Every Woman Wants

1962

as Nelson

Return of a Stranger

1961

as Meecham

4.9

No, My Darling Daughter

1961

as Vicar

6.3

The Trials of Oscar Wilde

as Arthur

Too Hot to Handle

as Pawnbroker

Jackpot

Bluebeard's 10 Honeymoons

as Attorney

Innocent Meeting

as Andrew Garside

Virgin Island

Man Accused

as Sir Thomas Riddle

Asmodée

1959

as The Curé

Web of Suspicion

1959

as Forbes

Crash Drive

1959

as Paul Dixon

A Woman Possessed

1958

as Walter

5.5

King's Rhapsody

1957

as King Peter of Norseland

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

1956

as Dr. Hastie Lanyon

No Smoking

1955

as Dr. Moxom

9.0

Police Dog

1955

as Gentleman Walking His Dog (uncredited)

The Seekers

as Mr. Southey

The Embezzler

as Doctor

Delayed Action

as Dr. Jepson

It's a Grand Life

as Mr. Clements

Park Plaza 605

as Colonel Santling

Recoil

as Talbot

The Saint's Return

as Lord Merton

Black Orchid

as Coroner

Deadly Nightshade

as Dr. Wilson

Wings of Danger

as Mr. Talbot (uncredited)

The Voice of Merrill

as Dr. Forrest

Salute the Toff

as (uncredited)

Come Back Peter

as Bank Manager

Hammer the Toff

as Dr. Lancaster

Laughter in Paradise

as Doctor (uncredited)

6.4

Chelsea Story

1951

The Woman in Question

as Doctor

A Matter of Murder

as Insp. McKelvin

What a Carry On!

as Colonel

For Them That Trespass

1949

as First Prison Warden

5.0

Quartet

1948

as Ralph (segment "The Facts of Life")

6.2

Captain Boycott

1947

as Times correspondent

6.8

George in Civvy Street

as Uncle Shad

They Knew Mr. Knight

as Higgs

Appointment with Crime

as Prison governor

Waterloo Road

I Didn't Do It

as Chief Inspr. Twyning

Tawny Pipit

as Schoolmaster

The New Lot

as Medical Officer

We Dive at Dawn

They Met in the Dark

Yellow Canary

as Observe Corpsman in Opening Scene

5.1

The Butler's Dilemma

1943

as Sir Hubert Playfair

4.5

Sabotage at Sea

1942

as First Officer Gallagher

5.0

The Next of Kin

1942

as Naval Officer (uncredited)

5.1

Let the People Sing

1942

as United Plastics Barrister

They Flew Alone

as Secretary

Uncensored

as Newspaper Editor

The Lady from Lisbon

as Adams

Ships with Wings

as Colonel

Old Bill and Son

as Club Member (uncredited)

Three Silent Men

as Pennington

Let George Do It!

as Col. Harcourt (uncredited)

6.1

Night Train to Munich

1940

as British Official (uncredited)

7.3

It Happened to One Man

1940

as Sir Francis Hay

Dangerous Comment

1940

as Official

Men Without Honour

1939

as Frank Hardy

The Nursemaid Who Disappeared

The Lion Has Wings

as Air Officer

Sons of the Sea

as Naval Intelligence Officer

6.8

Q Planes

1939

as Air Ministry Officer

5.9

The Good Old Days

1939

as Lord Wakely

The Return of Carol Deane

1938

The Claydon Treasure Mystery

1938

as Dr. Cleveland - Coroner

Quiet, Please

1938

as Dr. Craven

Double or Quits

1938

as Sir Frederick Beal

Darby and Joan

as Sir Ralph Ferris

Silver Blaze

as Dr. John Watson

Jump for Glory

as Coroner

Racing Romance

as Martin Royce

Prison Breaker

1936

as Stephen Shand

Crime Over London

Royal Eagle

The Riverside Murder

as Henry Sanders

The Triumph of Sherlock Holmes

1935

as Dr. John Watson

5.2

The Crouching Beast

1935

as Major Abbott

Sexton Blake and the Mademoiselle

1935

as Henry Norman

Called Back

1933

as Dr Carter

After Dark

1933

as Henry Lea

6.0

The Missing Rembrandt

1932

as Dr. John Watson

Lucky Girl

1932

as Lord Henry

The Sleeping Cardinal

1931

as Dr. John Watson

5.3

The School for Scandal

1930

as Joseph Surface

The Devil's Maze

1929

as Derek Riffington

The Ware Case

1928

as Michael Adye, KC

Second to None

1927

as Brian Douglas

Television (9)

The Caesars

1968

as Sentius

7.8

The Prisoner

1967

as Man at Cafe and First Top Hat

7.7

Mystery and Imagination

1966

as Dougal

5.5

Dr. Finlay's Casebook

1962

6.0

Richard the Lionheart

1962

as Lord Chamberlain

Hancock's Half Hour

Armchair Theatre

as Tollemache

Jane Eyre

as Briggs

The Adventures of the Scarlet Pimpernel

1955

as Count Latour (uncredited)

7.6