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Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
September 9, 1888
Place of Birth:
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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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 Forsyte Saga and The Prisoner.
He is not to be confused with the Ian Fleming who created the James Bond character.
Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | In the Footsteps of Sherlock Holmes | |
| 1965 | The Return of Mr. Moto | Rogers |
| 1963 | Seventy Deadly Pills | Doctor |
| 1962 | Lamp in Assassin Mews | Albert Potts |
| 1962 | The Boys | Clerk of the Court (uncredited) |
| 1962 | What Every Woman Wants | Nelson |
| 1961 | Return of a Stranger | Meecham |
| 1961 | No, My Darling Daughter | Vicar |
| 1960 | The Trials of Oscar Wilde | Arthur |
| 1960 | Jackpot | |
| 1960 | Bluebeard's 10 Honeymoons | Attorney |
| 1960 | Too Hot to Handle | Pawnbroker |
| 1959 | Man Accused | Sir Thomas |
| 1959 | Crash Drive | Paul Dixon |
| 1959 | Innocent Meeting | Andrew Garside |
| 1959 | Virgin Island | |
| 1959 | Asmodée | The Curé |
| 1959 | Web of Suspicion | Forbes |
| 1958 | A Woman Possessed | Walter |
| 1957 | King's Rhapsody | King Peter of Norseland |
| 1956 | Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde | Dr. Hastie Lanyon |
| 1955 | No Smoking | Dr. Moxom |
| 1954 | The Embezzler | Doctor |
| 1954 | The Seekers | Mr. Southey |
| 1954 | Delayed Action | Dr. Jepson |
| 1953 | Park Plaza 605 | Colonel Santling |
| 1953 | Black Orchid | Coroner |
| 1953 | Recoil | Talbot |
| 1953 | It's a Grand Life | Mr. Clements |
| 1953 | Deadly Nightshade | Dr. Wilson |
| 1953 | The Saint's Return | Lord Merton |
| 1952 | The Voice of Merrill | Dr. Forrest |
| 1952 | Wings of Danger | Mr. Talbot (uncredited) |
| 1952 | Come Back Peter | Bank Manager |
| 1952 | Salute the Toff | (uncredited) |
| 1952 | Hammer the Toff | Dr. Lancaster |
| 1951 | Laughter in Paradise | Doctor (uncredited) |
| 1950 | The Woman in Question | Doctor |
| 1949 | What a Carry On! | Colonel |
| 1949 | For Them That Trespass | First Prison Warden |
| 1949 | A Matter of Murder | Insp. McKelvin |
| 1948 | Quartet | Ralph (segment "The Facts of Life") |
| 1947 | Captain Boycott | Times correspondent |
| 1946 | Appointment with Crime | Prison governor |
| 1946 | They Knew Mr. Knight | Higgs |
| 1946 | George in Civvy Street | Uncle Shad |
| 1945 | I Didn't Do It | Chief Inspr. Twyning |
| 1945 | Waterloo Road | |
| 1944 | Tawny Pipit | Schoolmaster |
| 1943 | The Butler's Dilemma | Sir Hubert Playfair |
| 1943 | The New Lot | Medical Officer |
| 1943 | They Met in the Dark | |
| 1943 | Yellow Canary | Observe Corpsman in Opening Scene |
| 1942 | Uncensored | Newspaper Editor |
| 1942 | The Lady from Lisbon | Adams |
| 1942 | They Flew Alone | Secretary |
| 1942 | The Next of Kin | Naval Officer (uncredited) |
| 1942 | Sabotage at Sea | First Officer Gallagher |
| 1942 | Let the People Sing | United Plastics Barrister |
| 1941 | Old Bill and Son | Club Member (uncredited) |
| 1941 | Ships with Wings | Colonel |
| 1940 | Let George Do It! | Col. Harcourt (uncredited) |
| 1940 | It Happened to One Man | Sir Francis Hay |
| 1940 | Dangerous Comment | Official |
| 1940 | Three Silent Men | Pennington |
| 1940 | Night Train to Munich | British Official (uncredited) |
| 1939 | The Nursemaid Who Disappeared | |
| 1939 | Men Without Honour | Frank Hardy |
| 1939 | Q Planes | Air Ministry Officer |
| 1939 | Sons of the Sea | Naval Intelligence Officer |
| 1939 | The Good Old Days | Lord Wakely |
| 1939 | The Lion Has Wings | Air Officer |
| 1938 | Double or Quits | Sir Frederick Beal |
| 1938 | Quiet, Please | Dr. Craven |
| 1938 | The Claydon Treasure Mystery | Dr. Cleveland - Coroner |
| 1938 | The Return of Carol Deane | |
| 1937 | Silver Blaze | Dr. John Watson |
| 1937 | Racing Romance | Martin Royce |
| 1937 | When Thief Meets Thief | Coroner |
| 1937 | Darby and Joan | Sir Ralph Ferris |
| 1936 | Royal Eagle | |
| 1936 | Crime Over London | |
| 1936 | Prison Breaker | Stephen Shand |
| 1935 | The Triumph of Sherlock Holmes | Dr. John Watson |
| 1935 | The Riverside Murder | Henry Sanders |
| 1935 | Sexton Blake and the Mademoiselle | Henry Norman |
| 1935 | The Crouching Beast | Major Abbott |
| 1933 | Called Back | Dr Carter |
| 1933 | After Dark | Henry Lea |
| 1932 | Lucky Girl | Lord Henry |
| 1932 | The Missing Rembrandt | Dr. John Watson |
| 1931 | The Sleeping Cardinal | Dr. John Watson |
| 1930 | The School for Scandal | Joseph Surface |
| 1929 | The Devil's Maze | Derek Riffington |
| 1928 | The Ware Case | Michael Adye, KC |
| 1927 | Second to None | Brian Douglas |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1968 | The Caesars | Sentius |
| 1967 | The Prisoner | Man at Cafe and First Top Hat |
| 1962 | Dr. Finlay's Casebook | |
| 1956 | Hancock's Half Hour | |
| 1955 | The Adventures of the Scarlet Pimpernel | Count Latour (uncredited) |