Ian Fleming (actor)

Ian Fleming (born Ian Macfarlane, 10 September 1888 — 1 January 1969) was an Australian character actor with credits in over 100 British movies.

Ian Fleming
Born	Ian Macfarlane (1888-09-10)10 September 1888 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Died	1 January 1969(1969-01-01) (aged 80) London, England
Years active	1926-1968

He is perhaps best known for playing Dr. 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). He also appeared regularly in the films of musical comedian George Formby.

Fleming's 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.

Partial filmography

• The Devil's Maze (1929)
• The School for Scandal (1930) (lost)
• The Third Clue (1934)
• The Triumph of Sherlock Holmes (1935)
• The Riverside Murder (1935)
• The Crouching Beast (1935)
• Prison Breaker (1936)
• Jump for Glory (1937)
• Darby and Joan (1937)
• Silver Blaze (1937), known in America as Murder at the Baskervilles
• The Nursemaid Who Disappeared (1939)
• The Good Old Days (1939) (lost)
• The Lion Has Wings (1939)
• Men Without Honour (1939)
• Three Silent Men (1940)
• They Flew Alone (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)
• Return of a Stranger (1961)
• The Lamp in Assassin Mews (1962)

External links

• Ian Fleming at IMDb