Ian Fleming (actor)
Ian Fleming | |
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 in the trailer for Silver Blaze (1937) | |
| Born | Ian Macfarlane 10 September 1888 |
| Died | 1 January 1969 (aged 80) London, England |
| Years active | 1926–1968 |
Ian Fleming (born Ian Macfarlane; 10 September 1888 – 1 January 1969) was an Australian character actor with credits in over 100 British films.[1] He is perhaps best known for playing Dr Watson in a series of Sherlock Holmes films of the 1930s opposite Arthur Wontner's Holmes.[2]
He also played 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).[1] He also appeared regularly in the films of musical comedian George Formby.[3][4][5] He also acted on stage, appearing as Robert Harley in the Norman Ginsbury's historical work Viceroy Sarah in the West End.
Fleming's later career included appearances in many television series of the 1950s and 1960s, such as Fabian of the Yard, Hancock's Half Hour, Educated Evans, Dixon of Dock Green, Dr. Finlay's Casebook, The Forsyte Saga and The Prisoner.[6]
Partial filmography[]
- Second to None (1927)
- The Ware Case (1928)
- The Devil's Maze (1929)
- The School for Scandal (1930)
- The Sleeping Cardinal (1931)
- The Missing Rembrandt (1932)
- Lucky Girl (1932)
- Called Back (1933)
- (1933)
- The Third Clue (1934)
- School for Stars (1935)
- The Triumph of Sherlock Holmes (1935)
- Sexton Blake and the Mademoiselle (1935)
- The Riverside Murder (1935)
- The Crouching Beast (1935)
- Prison Breaker (1936)
- Excuse My Glove (1936)
- Jump for Glory (1937)
- Racing Romance (1937)
- Darby and Joan (1937)
- Silver Blaze (1937), known in America as Murder at the Baskervilles
- Dial 999 (1938)
- Double or Quits (1938)
- The Nursemaid Who Disappeared (1939)
- The Good Old Days (1939) (lost)
- The Lion Has Wings (1939)
- Men Without Honour (1939)
- Q Planes (1939)
- Three Silent Men (1940)
- It Happened to One Man (1940)
- Jeannie (1941)
- They Flew Alone (1942)
- Let the People Sing (1942)
- I Didn't Do It (1945)
- They Knew Mr. Knight (1946)
- George in Civvy Street (1946)
- Appointment with Crime (1946)
- Hammer the Toff (1952)
- Wings of Danger (1952)
- The Voice of Merrill (1952)
- Black Orchid (1953)
- Park Plaza 605 (1953)
- Eight O'Clock Walk (1954)
- The Embezzler (1954)
- High Flight (1957)
- Innocent Meeting (1958)
- Your Money or Your Wife (1960)
- Bluebeard's Ten Honeymoons (1960)
- Return of a Stranger (1961)
- The Lamp in Assassin Mews (1962)
- Richard the Lionheart (1962)
- The Forsyte Saga (TV serial, 1967) : Lord Fontenoy
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Ian Fleming". BFI. Archived from the original on 2012-07-21.
- ^ Hal Erickson. "Ian Fleming - Biography, Movie Highlights and Photos - AllMovie". AllMovie.
- ^ Gifford, Denis (1 April 2016). "British Film Catalogue: Two Volume Set - The Fiction Film/The Non-Fiction Film". Routledge – via Google Books.
- ^ "Bell-bottom George (1944)".
- ^ "Let George Do It! (1940)".
- ^ "Ian Fleming". TV.com. CBS Interactive.
External links[]
- Ian Fleming at IMDb
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