Ian Fleming

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1888-09-09 (81 years old)

Deathday

1969-01-01

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 Forsyt...

Acting

1937

Silver Blaze

as Dr. John Watson

1935

1952

The Voice of Merrill

as Dr. Forrest

1953

Park Plaza 605

as Colonel Santling

1946

Appointment with Crime

as Prison governor

1953

Black Orchid

as Coroner

1962

Lamp in Assassin Mews

as Albert Potts

1959

Man Accused

as Sir Thomas

1942

Uncensored

as Newspaper Editor

1948

Quartet

as Ralph (segment "The Facts of Life")

1953

Recoil

as Talbot

1958

1959

Crash Drive

as Paul Dixon

1933

Called Back

as Dr Carter

1937

Racing Romance

as Martin Royce

1955

No Smoking

as Dr. Moxom

1961

1959

Innocent Meeting

as Andrew Garside

1935

The Riverside Murder

as Henry Sanders

1947

Captain Boycott

as Times correspondent

1949

1953

It's a Grand Life

as Mr. Clements

1952

Wings of Danger

as Mr. Talbot (uncredited)

1939

Men Without Honour

as Frank Hardy

1932

Lucky Girl

as Lord Henry

1939

Q Planes

as Air Ministry Officer

1949

For Them That Trespass

as First Prison Warden

1940

Let George Do It!

as Col. Harcourt (uncredited)

1952

Come Back Peter

as Bank Manager

1939

Sons of the Sea

as Naval Intelligence Officer

1946

1928

The Ware Case

as Michael Adye, KC

1956

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

as Dr. Hastie Lanyon

1954

The Embezzler

as Doctor

1939

The Good Old Days

as Lord Wakely

1935

The Crouching Beast

as Major Abbott

1938

Double or Quits

as Sir Frederick Beal

1938

Quiet, Please

as Dr. Craven

1942

They Flew Alone

as Secretary

1943

The Butler's Dilemma

as Sir Hubert Playfair

1938

The Claydon Treasure Mystery

as Dr. Cleveland - Coroner

1941

Old Bill and Son

as Club Member (uncredited)

1941

1940

It Happened to One Man

as Sir Francis Hay

1930

The School for Scandal

as Joseph Surface

1932

The Missing Rembrandt

as Dr. John Watson

1933

After Dark

as Henry Lea

1944

Tawny Pipit

as Schoolmaster

1953

Deadly Nightshade

as Dr. Wilson

1960

Too Hot to Handle

as Pawnbroker

1936

Prison Breaker

as Stephen Shand

1931

The Sleeping Cardinal

as Dr. John Watson

1939

The Lion Has Wings

as Air Officer

1943

The New Lot

as Medical Officer

1940

1952

Salute the Toff

as (uncredited)

1952

Hammer the Toff

as Dr. Lancaster

1940

Three Silent Men

as Pennington

1945

I Didn't Do It

as Chief Inspr. Twyning

1940

Night Train to Munich

as British Official (uncredited)

1954

The Seekers

as Mr. Southey

1942

The Next of Kin

as Naval Officer (uncredited)

1949

A Matter of Murder

as Insp. McKelvin

1962

The Boys

as Clerk of the Court (uncredited)

1942

Sabotage at Sea

as First Officer Gallagher

1943

Yellow Canary

as Observe Corpsman in Opening Scene

1953

The Saint's Return

as Lord Merton

1954

Delayed Action

as Dr. Jepson

1959

Asmodée

as The Curé

1951

Laughter in Paradise

as Doctor (uncredited)

1937

Darby and Joan

as Sir Ralph Ferris

1929

The Devil's Maze

as Derek Riffington

1957

King's Rhapsody

as King Peter of Norseland

1959

1927

Second to None

as Brian Douglas

1942

Let the People Sing

as United Plastics Barrister

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