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
1964
- The Wednesday Play as Waiter
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
- Too Hot to Handle as Pawnbroker
- The Trials of Oscar Wilde as Arthur
- Jackpot
- Bluebeard's 10 Honeymoons as Attorney
1959
- Innocent Meeting as Andrew Garside
- Virgin Island
- Web of Suspicion as Forbes
- Man Accused as Sir Thomas Riddle
- Crash Drive as Paul Dixon
- Asmodée as The Curé
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
- The Saint's Return as Lord Merton
- Park Plaza 605 as Colonel Santling
- Black Orchid as Coroner
- Recoil as Talbot
- Deadly Nightshade as Dr. Wilson
- It's a Grand Life as Mr. Clements
1952
- Wings of Danger as Mr. Talbot (uncredited)
- Salute the Toff as (uncredited)
- The Voice of Merrill as Dr. Forrest
- 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
- A Matter of Murder as Insp. McKelvin
- What a Carry On! as Colonel
1948
- Quartet as Ralph (segment "The Facts of Life")
1947
- Captain Boycott as Times correspondent
1946
- They Knew Mr. Knight as Higgs
- Appointment with Crime as Prison governor
- 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
- The New Lot as Medical Officer
- They Met in the Dark
- Yellow Canary as Observe Corpsman in Opening Scene
- The Butler's Dilemma as Sir Hubert Playfair
1942
- They Flew Alone as Secretary
- The Next of Kin as Naval Officer (uncredited)
- Uncensored as Newspaper Editor
- Let the People Sing as United Plastics Barrister
- Sabotage at Sea as First Officer Gallagher
- The Lady from Lisbon as Adams
1941
- Ships with Wings as Colonel
- Old Bill and Son as Club Member (uncredited)
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
- Enemy Interrogation of Prisoners
1939
- Q Planes as Air Ministry Officer
- The Lion Has Wings as Air Officer
- Sons of the Sea as Naval Intelligence Officer
- The Nursemaid Who Disappeared
- Men Without Honour as Frank Hardy
- The Good Old Days as Lord Wakely
1938
- The Claydon Treasure Mystery as Dr. Cleveland - Coroner
- The Return of Carol Deane
- Double or Quits as Sir Frederick Beal
- Quiet, Please as Dr. Craven
1937
- Silver Blaze as Dr. John Watson
- Jump for Glory as Coroner
- 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 Riverside Murder as Henry Sanders
- The Triumph of Sherlock Holmes as Dr. John Watson
- 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
- The Missing Rembrandt as Dr. John Watson
- Lucky Girl as Lord Henry
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