Ian Fleming

Born: 1888-09-09

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.


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Night Train to Munich

as British Official (uncredited)
Released: 1940-08-31

Czechoslovakia, March 1939, on the eve of World War II. As the German invaders occupy Prague,...

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The Seekers

as Mr. Southey
Released: 1954-06-22

A western set in New Zealand during the 1820s following a group of British pioneers seeking a...

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The Next of Kin

as Naval Officer (uncredited)
Released: 1942-06-15

Lots of slogans such as "Be like Dad, Keep Mum" and "Keep it under your Hat" are visible on the...

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The Boys

as Clerk of the Court (uncredited)
Released: 1962-08-31

A night watchman at a garage is found murdered, and four teddy boys are put on trial for the...

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They Flew Alone

as Secretary
Released: 1942-06-29

The story of flyer Amy Johnson the girl from Yorkshire who won the hearts of the British public...

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The Saint's Return

as Lord Merton
Released: 1953-10-12

A private detective goes after the people who murdered his girlfriend.

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The Riverside Murder

as Henry Sanders
Released: 1935-03-02

This is a great rainy day/night murder mystery in a mansion that all whodunit lovers will...

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Q Planes

as Air Ministry Officer
Released: 1939-02-21

In England, an eccentric police inspector, an earnest test pilot and a spunky female reporter...

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The Lion Has Wings

as Air Officer
Released: 1939-11-03

This early, influential propaganda film blends documentary and studio footage to show the...

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The Woman in Question

as Doctor
Released: 1950-10-03

Agnes "Astra" Huston, a fortune teller at a run-down fair, is found strangled in her bedroom. As...

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The Return of Mr. Moto

as Rogers
Released: 1965-12-01

Mr. Moto goes undercover to find out who has been blowing up oil wells and trying to gain total...

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The Trials of Oscar Wilde

as Arthur
Released: 1960-05-28

England, 1890s. The brutal and embittered Marquis of Queensberry, who believes that his youngest...

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Tawny Pipit

as Schoolmaster
Released: 1944-04-28

Jimmy Bancroft, a fighter pilot, who is recovering from injuries sustained during the Battle of...

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Quartet

as Ralph
Released: 1948-10-26

Somerset Maugham introduces four of his tales in this anthology film: "The Facts of Life," "The...

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Too Hot to Handle

as Pawnbroker
Released: 1960-12-01

A French reporter working on a steamy story about the secret strip joints found in London's Soho...

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Waterloo Road

as uncredited
Released: 1945-02-05

During WW2 a former railway employee who had been drafted, goes AWOL to hunt down the spiv and...

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Captain Boycott

as Times correspondent
Released: 1947-08-26

Based on real events, this historical drama is set in 19th-century Ireland, when...

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Sons of the Sea

as Naval Intelligence Officer
Released: 1939-12-23

The head of Dartmouth Training College has been murdered, and his successor, Captain Hyde,...

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They Met in the Dark

as uncredited
Released: 1943-08-11

A Royal navy Commander is tricked by a pretty girl who is working for the Nazis. She tricks him...

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The Triumph of Sherlock Holmes

as Dr. John Watson
Released: 1935-03-24

Holmes, retired to Sussex, is drawn into a last case when his arch enemy Moriarty arranges with...

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Wings of Danger

as Mr. Talbot (uncredited)
Released: 1952-04-01

A former pilot suffering from blackouts discovers that a fellow flyer is suspected of being...

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Virgin Island

as uncredited
Released: 1959-08-07

A British woman marries an American writer in spite of her family's disapproval and goes to live...

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The Voice of Merrill

as Dr. Forrest
Released: 1952-12-01

A convicted female blackmailer is found murdered in her flat and suspicion falls on three men,...

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The Embezzler

as Doctor
Released: 1954-07-01

Bank robber's plans for a wealthy lifestyle gradually turn to more noble aims.

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Crime Over London

as uncredited
Released: 1936-10-21

With the police on their tail, a gang of New York criminals decided to relocate to London where...

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Sabotage at Sea

as First Officer Gallagher
Released: 1942-09-07

The captain of a British cargo ship shanghais a group of sabateurs, unaware that the daughter of...

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Laughter in Paradise

as Doctor (uncredited)
Released: 1951-06-01

When an eccentric practical joker dies, he divides his fortune among four heirs. But before they...

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Park Plaza 605

as Colonel Santling
Released: 1953-09-11

Suave private investigator Norman Conquest intercepts a secret message and meets a beautiful but...

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They Knew Mr. Knight

as Higgs
Released: 1946-03-05

After a chance train encounter with Laurence Knight, Tom Blake's family's fortunes prosper on...

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Bluebeard's 10 Honeymoons

as Attorney
Released: 1960-04-02

A murderer enriches his finances by marrying and then killing off a series of wealthy women.

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Innocent Meeting

as Andrew Garside
Released: 1959-04-01

The daughter of a textile company owner falls in love with a young illustrator with a secret...

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Recoil

as Talbot
Released: 1953-08-01

A jeweller is killed in a gang robbery leaving the daughter as the only witness. When the police...

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Three Silent Men

as Pennington
Released: 1940-09-07

An inventor of a deadly weapon to be used against the allies is injured in a crash. Surgeon, Sir...

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What a Carry On!

as Colonel
Released: 1949-01-01

Northern comedy greats, Jimmy Jewel and Ben Warriss, decide to enlist in the army. Their singing...

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A Woman Possessed

as Walter
Released: 1958-09-14

English doctor John Winthrop (Francis Matthews) must protect his new wife, Ann (Kay Callard),...

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Hammer the Toff

as Dr. Lancaster
Released: 1952-05-01

A detective proves that a Robin Hood-type crook did not steal a metal formula.

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Yellow Canary

as Observe Corpsman in Opening Scene
Released: 1943-12-13

A socialite poses as a Nazi spy to mask her activities as a British agent.

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Ships with Wings

as Colonel
Released: 1941-11-10

Before the war, a Fleet Air Arm pilot is dismissed for causing the death of a colleague. Working...

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Silver Blaze

as Dr. John Watson
Released: 1937-07-01

Holmes takes a vacation and visits his old friend Sir Henry Baskerville. His vacation ends when...

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Salute the Toff

as (uncredited)
Released: 1952-12-02

The Toff solves the mystery of a missing employer. One of the BFi's most wanted films.

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Jackpot

as uncredited
Released: 1960-01-01

Back in London after serving time, an ex-convict learns that his wife is not willing to return...

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The Sleeping Cardinal

as Dr. John Watson
Released: 1931-02-15

A card cheat is threatened with exposure into joining a criminal enterprise that Sherlock Holmes...

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Uncensored

as Newspaper Editor
Released: 1942-08-24

During the Nazi occupation of Belgium during World War II, a Belgian resistance group revives...

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Prison Breaker

as Stephen Shand
Released: 1936-02-01

A British secret service agent falls in love with the daughter of a leading London criminal, and...

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Delayed Action

as Dr. Jepson
Released: 1954-07-01

Robert Ayres plays a moody author with a suicide complex. Ayres' melancholia plays right into...

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I Didn't Do It

as Chief Inspr. Twyning
Released: 1945-08-06

Gormless George Trotter (George Formby) moves down from Manchester to the bright lights of...

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Return of a Stranger

as Meecham
Released: 1961-01-01

An obsessed man returns to claim the woman he loves.

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Old Bill and Son

as Club Member (uncredited)
Released: 1941-03-01

Old Bill has grumbled his way through the trenches of the First World War. Now it is the Second...

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For Them That Trespass

as First Prison Warden
Released: 1949-04-21

In this drama, a frustrated upper-class writer decides that he will find real inspiration by...

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A Matter of Murder

as Insp. McKelvin
Released: 1949-12-01

An embezzler is implicated in his girlfriend’s murder.

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Let George Do It!

as Col. Harcourt
Released: 1940-07-12

Shortly after the start of World War II, a ukelele player (George) takes the wrong boat and...

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The Lady from Lisbon

as Adams
Released: 1942-09-01

When she learns that the Nazis have confiscated Leonardo da Vinci's masterpiece Mona Lisa,...

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The School for Scandal

as Joseph Surface
Released: 1930-09-05

Charles (Henry Hewitt), Joseph (Ian Fleming), and Sir Benjamin (John Charlton) are in love with...

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It's a Grand Life

as Mr. Clements
Released: 1953-11-28

Classic British comedy following an accident-prone army Private, played by music hall legend...

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Appointment with Crime

as Prison governor
Released: 1946-05-13

Small-time jewel thief Leo Martin is deserted by his partners-in-crime, club owner Gus Loman and...

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The New Lot

as Medical Officer
Released: 1943-01-01

A new batch of Army recruits, from diverse backgrounds and with varying degrees of commitment,...

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No, My Darling Daughter

as Vicar
Released: 1961-08-22

A British business tycoon is surprised to discover his teenage daughter is being courted by a...

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No Smoking

as Dr. Moxom
Released: 1955-11-01

A scientist invents a pill to cure smokers of their nicotine addiction. However, when he makes...

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The Missing Rembrandt

as Dr. John Watson
Released: 1932-02-12

Holmes goes on the trail of a Rembrandt painting, stolen by a drug-addicted artist.

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The Crouching Beast

as Major Abbott
Released: 1935-08-29

In 1915 during the First World War, a British secret agent is killed while stealing secret...

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Called Back

as Dr Carter
Released: 1933-06-05

'Spain. Revolutionary doctor foiled by blind man and amnesiac girl.' (British Film Catalogue)

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Black Orchid

as Coroner
Released: 1953-02-01

Caught in a loveless marriage, Dr. John Winnington (Ronald Howard) can't stop himself from...

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After Dark

as Henry Lea
Released: 1933-01-23

If it wasn't British, this would be in the Forgotten Horrors book. Hugh (Inspector Holt in HUMAN...

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Seventy Deadly Pills

as Doctor
Released: 1963-01-01

A small boy, Dickie Goodwin, finds some strychnine pills mixed with sweets in a stolen car left...

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Dangerous Comment

as Official
Released: 1940-05-18

A young pilot, annoyed at not being selected to take part in a raid on an enemy target, moans to...

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In the Footsteps of Sherlock Holmes

as uncredited
Released: 1996-07-01

Actor Patrick Macnee leads the viewer through London in the footsteps of the genius private...

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Deadly Nightshade

as Dr. Wilson
Released: 1953-03-01

Escapee switches identities but finds the new one quite a handful.

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George in Civvy Street

as Uncle Shad
Released: 1946-07-07

George Formby plays George Harper, a tavern owner, who works to turn a waitress from her current...

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Man Accused

as Sir Thomas
Released: 1959-10-01

Soon after celebrating his engagement to aristocratic heiress Kathy Riddle (Carol Marsh),...

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The Butler's Dilemma

as Sir Hubert Playfair
Released: 1943-11-29

Rodney Playfair is persuaded, by a promise to meet his gambling debts, to impersonate a...

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When Thief Meets Thief

as Coroner
Released: 1937-01-01

A London cat burglar falls for the girlfriend of a stockbroker who used to be his partner.

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Come Back Peter

as Bank Manager
Released: 1952-10-31

There's pandemonium in a country house when various relatives come to stay.

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Lucky Girl

as Lord Henry
Released: 1932-06-01

Stephan Gregorovitch, the unwilling king of a bankrupt Ruritanian country, along with his...

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The Ware Case

as Michael Adye, KC
Released: 1928-04-27

Eustace Ede, the unhinged brother of Lady Magda Ware, is discovered drowned in the lake of her...

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Dr. Finlay's Casebook

as uncredited
First aired: 1962-08-16

Dr Finlay's Casebook is a television series that was broadcast on the BBC from 1962 until 1971....

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The Prisoner

as Man at Cafe and First Top Hat
First aired: 1967-09-29

After resigning, a secret agent is abducted and taken to what looks like an idyllic village, but...

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Hancock's Half Hour

as uncredited
First aired: 1956-07-06

Hancock's Half Hour is a BBC radio comedy, and later television comedy, series of the 1950s and...

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The Adventures of the Scarlet Pimpernel

as Count Latour (uncredited)
First aired: 1955-09-28

The second collection of short stories written by Baroness Orczy about the gallant English hero,...

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The Caesars

as Sentius
First aired: 1968-09-22

The Caesars is a British television series produced by Granada Television for the ITV network in...

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