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
Stories:	The Abominable Snowmen, The Web of Fear & Downtime
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 Reeltime Pictures video Downtime.

An archive interview with Jack was featured on the documentary Troughton in Tibet, which was released on the DVD and Blu-ray release of The Abominable Snowmen.

Personal life

He was the father of Deborah and Giles Watling. Deborah appeared alongside her father in his three DWU stories as the Second Doctor's companion Victoria Waterfield.

Career

He was best remembered for playing Don Henderson on boardroom drama The Plane Makers and its sequel, The Power Game.

External links

• Jack Watling at the Internet Movie Database