Ian Fleming
Born: 1888-09-09 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Died: 1969-01-01
Known For: Acting
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.
Filmography
1968
- The Caesars as Sentius
1967
- The Prisoner as Man at Cafe and First Top Hat
1966
- Mystery and Imagination as Dougal
1965
- The Return of Mr. Moto as Rogers
1963
- Espionage as Policeman
- Seventy Deadly Pills as Doctor
1962
- Dr. Finlay's Casebook
- Richard the Lionheart as Lord Chamberlain
- The Boys as Clerk of the Court (uncredited)
- What Every Woman Wants as Nelson
- The Lamp in Assassin Mews as Albert Potts
1961
- No, My Darling Daughter as Vicar
- Return of a Stranger as Meecham
1960
- The Trials of Oscar Wilde as Arthur
- Too Hot to Handle as Pawnbroker
- Jackpot
- Bluebeard's 10 Honeymoons as Attorney
1959
- Virgin Island
- Web of Suspicion as Forbes
- Man Accused as Sir Thomas Riddle
- Asmodée as The Curé
- Innocent Meeting as Andrew Garside
- Crash Drive as Paul Dixon
1958
- A Woman Possessed as Walter
1957
- King's Rhapsody as King Peter of Norseland
1956
- Hancock's Half Hour
- Armchair Theatre as Tollemache
- Jane Eyre as Briggs
- Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde as Dr. Hastie Lanyon
1955
- The Adventures of the Scarlet Pimpernel as Count Latour (uncredited)
- No Smoking as Dr. Moxom
- Police Dog as Gentleman Walking His Dog (uncredited)
1954
- The Seekers as Mr. Southey
- The Embezzler as Doctor
- Delayed Action as Dr. Jepson
1953
- Park Plaza 605 as Colonel Santling
- Black Orchid as Coroner
- Recoil as Talbot
- The Saint's Return as Lord Merton
- Deadly Nightshade as Dr. Wilson
- It's a Grand Life as Mr. Clements
1952
- The Voice of Merrill as Dr. Forrest
- Wings of Danger as Mr. Talbot (uncredited)
- Salute the Toff as (uncredited)
- Hammer the Toff as Dr. Lancaster
- Come Back Peter as Bank Manager
1951
- Laughter in Paradise as Doctor (uncredited)
- Chelsea Story
1950
- The Woman in Question as Doctor
1949
- For Them That Trespass as First Prison Warden
- What a Carry On! as Colonel
- 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
- They Knew Mr. Knight as Higgs
- George in Civvy Street as Uncle Shad
1945
- Waterloo Road
- I Didn't Do It as Chief Inspr. Twyning
1944
- Tawny Pipit as Schoolmaster
1943
- We Dive at Dawn
- They Met in the Dark
- The New Lot as Medical Officer
- The Butler's Dilemma as Sir Hubert Playfair
- Yellow Canary as Observe Corpsman in Opening Scene
1942
- Sabotage at Sea as First Officer Gallagher
- The Next of Kin as Naval Officer (uncredited)
- They Flew Alone as Secretary
- Uncensored as Newspaper Editor
- Let the People Sing as United Plastics Barrister
- The Lady from Lisbon as Adams
1941
- Old Bill and Son as Club Member (uncredited)
- Ships with Wings as Colonel
1940
- Night Train to Munich as British Official (uncredited)
- Let George Do It! as Col. Harcourt (uncredited)
- Three Silent Men as Pennington
- It Happened to One Man as Sir Francis Hay
- Dangerous Comment as Official
1939
- Q Planes as Air Ministry Officer
- Sons of the Sea as Naval Intelligence Officer
- The Lion Has Wings as Air Officer
- The Good Old Days as Lord Wakely
- The Nursemaid Who Disappeared
- Men Without Honour as Frank Hardy
1938
- The Claydon Treasure Mystery as Dr. Cleveland - Coroner
- Quiet, Please as Dr. Craven
- Double or Quits as Sir Frederick Beal
- The Return of Carol Deane
1937
- Jump for Glory as Coroner
- Silver Blaze as Dr. John Watson
- Racing Romance as Martin Royce
- Darby and Joan as Sir Ralph Ferris
1936
- Prison Breaker as Stephen Shand
- Crime Over London
- Royal Eagle
1935
- The Triumph of Sherlock Holmes as Dr. John Watson
- The Riverside Murder as Henry Sanders
- The Crouching Beast as Major Abbott
- Sexton Blake and the Mademoiselle as Henry Norman
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
1927
- Second to None as Brian Douglas