Ian Fleming
Actor
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
Q Planes
as Air Ministry Officer 1939
Laughter in Paradise
as Doctor (uncredited) 1951
The Trials of Oscar Wilde
as Arthur 1960
The Saint's Return
as Lord Merton 1953
The Triumph of Sherlock Holmes
as Dr. John Watson 1935
We Dive at Dawn
1943
Too Hot to Handle
as Pawnbroker 1960
The Woman in Question
as Doctor 1950
Waterloo Road
1945
Silver Blaze
as Dr. John Watson 1937
Appointment with Crime
as Prison governor 1946
Quartet
as Ralph (segment "The Facts of Life") 1948
The Sleeping Cardinal
as Dr. John Watson 1931
Yellow Canary
as Observe Corpsman in Opening Scene 1943
Let George Do It!
as Col. Harcourt (uncredited) 1940
The Lion Has Wings
as Air Officer 1939