Ian Fleming (born Ian Macfarlane; 10 September 1888 – 1 January 1969) was an Australian character actor with credits in over 100 British films. One of his best known roles was playing Dr Watson in a series of Sherlock Holmes films of the 1930s opposite Arthur Wontner's Holmes. 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 ''We Dive at Dawn'' is a 1943 war film directed by Anthony Asquith and starring John Mills and Eric Portman as Royal Navy submariners in the Second World War. It was written by Val Valentine and J. B. Williams with uncredited assistance f ...

'', '' The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp'' (both 1943) and '' Waterloo Road'' (1945). He also appeared regularly in the films of musical comedian

George Formby George Formby, (born George Hoy Booth; 26 May 1904 – 6 March 1961) was an English actor, singer-songwriter and comedian who became known to a worldwide audience through his films of the 1930s and 1940s. On stage, screen and record he s ...

. He also acted on stage, appearing as Robert Harley in the Norman Ginsbury's historical work ''

Viceroy Sarah ''Viceroy Sarah'' is a 1935 historical play by the British writer Norman Ginsbury. It is based on the relationship between Sarah, Duchess of Marlborough and Queen Anne during the time of the War of the Spanish Succession. Its West End run l ...

'' in the

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. 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 ''Hancock's Half Hour'' was a BBC radio comedy, and later television comedy series, broadcast from 1954 to 1961 and written by Ray Galton and Alan Simpson. The series starred Tony Hancock, with Sidney James; the radio version also co-starred, ...

'', '' Educated Evans'', ''

Dixon of Dock Green ''Dixon of Dock Green'' was a BBC police procedural television series about daily life at a fictional London police station, with the emphasis on petty crime, successfully controlled through common sense and human understanding. It ran from 19 ...

'', '' Dr. Finlay's Casebook'', '' The Forsyte Saga'' and '' The Prisoner''.

Partial filmography

* '' Second to None'' (1927) * '' The Ware Case'' (1928) * '' The Devil's Maze'' (1929) * ''

The School for Scandal ''The School for Scandal'' is a comedy of manners written by Richard Brinsley Sheridan. It was first performed in London at Drury Lane Theatre on 8 May 1777. Plot Act I Scene I: Lady Sneerwell, a wealthy young widow, and her hireling Sn ...

'' (1930) * '' The Sleeping Cardinal'' (1931) * '' The Missing Rembrandt'' (1932) * '' Lucky Girl'' (1932) * '' Called Back'' (1933) * '' After Dark'' (1933) * ''

The Third Clue ''The Third Clue'' is a 1934 British crime film directed by Albert Parker and starring Basil Sydney, Molly Lamont and Raymond Lovell. The film was based on Neil Gordon's novel ''The Shakespeare Murders'', which also inspired ''The Claydon T ...

'' (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 ''Bluebeard's Ten Honeymoons'' is a 1960 British thriller film directed by W. Lee Wilder and starring George Sanders, Corinne Calvet, and Jean Kent. The story is loosely based on that of the real-life serial killer Henri Désiré Landru. It w ...

'' (1960) * '' Return of a Stranger'' (1961) * '' The Lamp in Assassin Mews'' (1962) * '' Richard the Lionheart'' (1962) * '' The Forsyte Saga'' (TV serial, 1967) : Lord Fontenoy

Selected stage appearances

* ''

The Berg The Berg was a proposed landscaping project by German architect Jakob Tigges to build the world's largest artificial mountain at the location of the present Tempelhof airport in Berlin, Germany.

'' by Ernest Raymond (1929) * ''

'' by Norman Ginsbury (1935) * ''

The Blue Goose ''The Blue Goose'' is a comedy play by the British writer Peter Blackmore. It was first staged at Richmond Theatre on 8 April 1940. The following year it transferred to the Comedy Theatre in London's West End where it ran for 68 performances ...

'' by Peter Blackmore (1941) * ''

His Excellency Excellency is an honorific style (manner of address), style given to certain high-level officers of a sovereign state, officials of an international organization, or members of an aristocracy. Once entitled to the title "Excellency", the holder ...

'' by

Campbell Christie Campbell Christie CBE (23 August 1937 – 28 October 2011) was the General Secretary of the Scottish Trades Union Congress from 1986 to 1998. The son of a Galloway quarryman, he joined the civil service at the age of 17, rising through the ranks ...

(1950)

References

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* 1888 births 1969 deaths Australian male film actors Male actors from Melbourne Australian expatriate male actors in the United Kingdom {{film-actor-stub