Ian Fleming
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.
Born: September 9, 1888
Place of Birth: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Known For
No Smoking
A scientist invents a pill to cure smokers of their nicotine addiction. However, when he makes his discovery public, he encounters strong resistance from the tobacco industry.
The Caesars
The Caesars is a British television series produced by Granada Television for the ITV network in 1968. Made in black-and-white and written and produced by Philip Mackie, it covered similar dramatic territory to the later BBC adaptation of I, Claudius, dealing with the lives of the early emperors of Ancient Rome, but differed in its less sensationalist depictions of historical characters and their motives.
The Boys
A night watchman at a garage is found murdered, and four teddy boys are put on trial for the crime. Witnesses and suspects give differing accounts of the lead-up to the crime, and the truth emerges.
The Prisoner
After resigning, a secret agent is abducted and taken to what looks like an idyllic village, but is really a bizarre Kafkaesque prison. His warders demand information. He gives them nothing, but only tries to escape.
The Adventures of the Scarlet Pimpernel
The second collection of short stories written by Baroness Orczy about the gallant English hero, the Scarlet Pimpernel and his League.
George in Civvy Street
George Formby plays George Harper, a tavern owner, who works to turn a waitress from her current employer, a rival tavern owner, when Formby falls in love with her.
Night Train to Munich
Czechoslovakia, March 1939, on the eve of World War II. As the German invaders occupy Prague, inventor Axel Bomasch manages to flee and reach England; but those who need to put his knowledge at the service of the Nazi war machine, in order to carry out their evil plans of destruction, will stop at nothing to capture him.
Hancock's Half Hour
Hancock's Half Hour is a BBC television comedy series of the 1950s and 60s written by Ray Galton and Alan Simpson. The series starred Tony Hancock with Sid James. The final series, renamed simply Hancock, starred Hancock alone. Comedian Tony Hancock starred in the show, playing an exaggerated and much poorer version of his own character and lifestyle, Anthony Aloysius St John Hancock, a down-at-heel comedian living at the dilapidated 23 Railway Cuttings in East Cheam. The series was influential in the development of the situation comedy, with its move away from radio variety towards a focus on character development.
Captain Boycott
Based on real events, this historical drama is set in 19th-century Ireland, when poverty-stricken tenants dispossessed by greedy landowner Capt. Boycott (Cecil Parker) band together to assert their rights. Patriotic farmer Hugh Davin (Stewart Granger) leads the rebels. Choosing nonviolent resistance, the villagers ostracize their nemesis, who squanders his fortune to repair his ruined reputation and wagers what's left on a horse race.
Sons of the Sea
The head of Dartmouth Training College has been murdered, and his successor, Captain Hyde, suspects that he himself may have been the intended target. He enlists the help of his own son Philip, a reluctant cadet at the college, to help him confirm his suspicions about planned enemy action... but meanwhile, there is a Secret Service agent staying at the college observatory, the foreign-born professor of astronomy is behaving strangely, and Naval Intelligence disclaim any knowledge of what is going on...
Filmography
as Sentius
as Man at Cafe and First Top Hat
as Dougal
as Rogers
as Doctor
as Clerk of the Court (uncredited)
as John Logan
as Nelson
as Lord Chamberlain
as Vicar
as Meecham
as Pawnbroker
as Arthur
as Attorney
as Sir Thomas Riddle
as Forbes
as Andrew Garside
as Walter
as Dr. Moxom
as Count Latour (uncredited)
as Gentleman Walking His Dog (uncredited)
as Doctor
as Dr. Jepson
as Mr. Southey
as Mr. Clements
as Lord Merton
as Colonel Santling
as Talbot
as Dr. Wilson
as Coroner
as (uncredited)
as Dr. Forrest
as Bank Manager
as Dr. Lancaster
as Mr. Talbot (uncredited)
as Doctor (uncredited)
as Doctor
as Insp. McKelvin
as First Prison Warden
as Colonel
as Ralph (segment "The Facts of Life")
as Times correspondent
as Uncle Shad
as Prison governor
as Higgs
as Chief Inspr. Twyning
as Schoolmaster
as Observe Corpsman in Opening Scene
as Sir Hubert Playfair
as Medical Officer
as First Officer Gallagher
as Adams
as Newspaper Editor
as United Plastics Barrister
as Secretary
as Naval Officer (uncredited)
as Colonel
as Club Member (uncredited)
as Pennington
as British Official (uncredited)
as Col. Harcourt (uncredited)
as Official
as Naval Intelligence Officer
as Air Officer
as Air Ministry Officer
as Dr. John Watson
as Sir Ralph Ferris
as Coroner
as Stephen Shand
as Major Abbott
as Dr. John Watson
as Henry Sanders
as Dr Carter
as Henry Lea
as Lord Henry
as Dr. John Watson
as Dr. John Watson
as Joseph Surface
as Derek Riffington
as Michael Adye, KC