Jack Watling

Jack Watling
Birth date:	13 January 1923
Death date:	22 May 2001
Work in the DWU
Main roles:	Edward Travers
Main jobs:	Actor
Main time period active:	1967-68, 1995
Career highlights
Notable non-DWU work:	The Way Ahead, The Winslow Boy, Meet Mr. Luther, Reach for the Sky, The Adventures of Robin Hood, A Night to Remember, William Tell, The Invisible Man, Sink the Bismark!, Hancock, Anna Karenina, The Plane Makers, The Power Game, The Newcomers, The Pathfinders, Harriet's Back in Town, The Cedar Tree, Doctor's Daughter's, Andy Robson, Fortunes of War, Bergerac, Jeeves and Wooster, The House of Elliot, Heartbeat
IMDb profile

Jack Watling (13 January 1923-22 May 2001) played Professor Edward Travers in the Doctor Who television stories The Abominable Snowmen and The Web of Fear and the video Downtime. He was the father of Deborah and Giles Watling. Deborah appeared alongside her father in those three stories as Victoria Waterfield.

Watling was a familiar face in British television, appearing in episodes of The Adventures of Robin Hood, Danger Man, Ghost Squad, Boyd Q.C., No Hiding Place, Dixon of Dock Green, Emergency – Ward 10, Softly, Softly, Paul Temple, Jason King and Bergerac. He was also known for playing Arthur Bourne on The Cedar Tree, but will be best remembered for playing Don Henderson on The Plane Makers and its sequel, The Power Game.

External links

• Jack Watling at the Internet Movie Database