Ian Lancaster Fleming (28 May 1908 – 12 August 1964) was an English author, journalist and naval intelligence officer, best known for his James Bond series of spy novels. Fleming came from a wealthy family connected to the merchant bank Robert Fleming & Co., and his father was the Member of Parliament for Henley from 1910 until his death on the Western Front in 1917. Educated at Eton, Sandhurst and, briefly, the universities of Munich and Geneva, Fleming moved through several jobs before he started writing.While working for Britain's Naval Intelligence Division during the Second World War, Fleming was involved in planning Operation Goldeneye and in the planning and oversight of two intelligence units, 30 Assault Unit and T-Force. His wartime service and his career as a journalist provided much of the background, detail and depth of the James Bond novels.Fleming wrote his first Bond novel, Casino Royale, in 1952. It was a success, with three print runs being commissioned to cope with the demand. Eleven Bond novels and two short-story collections followed between 1953 and 1966. The novels revolved around James Bond, an officer in the Secret Intelligence Service, commonly known as MI6. Bond was also known by his code number, 007, and was a commander in the Royal Naval Reserve. The Bond stories rank among the best-selling series of fictional books of all time, having sold over 100 million copies worldwide. Fleming also wrote the children's story Chitty-Chitty-Bang-Bang and two works of non-fiction. In 2008, The Times ranked Fleming 14th on its list of "The 50 greatest British writers since 1945".He was married to Ann Charteris, who was divorced from the second Viscount Rothermere as a result of her affair with Fleming. Fleming and Charteris had a son, Caspar. Fleming was a heavy smoker and drinker who suffered from heart disease; he died in 1964, aged 56, from a heart attack. Two of his James Bond books were published posthumously; other writers have since produced Bond novels. Fleming's creation has appeared in film twenty-five times, portrayed by seven actors.
Fair haired, dapper Australian-born character actor in British films, often as public servants or judicial figures. Acted on stage from 1904. He was best known as a rather self-effacing Dr. Watson opposite Arthur Wontner in several Sherlock Holmes films made in the mid-1930's.
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Not to be confused with the creator of James Bond, Ian Fleming.
Actor
Title
Year
Status
Character
ITV Play of the Week
1956
TV Series
Commissioner
The Scarlet Pimpernel
1956
TV Series
Count Latour
The Count of Monte Cristo
1956
TV Series
Louis Martel
Jane Eyre
1956
TV Series
Briggs
No Smoking
1955
Dr. Moxom
Police Dog
1955
Gentleman Walking His Dog (uncredited)
Patrol Car
1955
TV Series
Sir Digby Button
Fantastic Summer
1955
TV Movie
Dr. Bernard Franks
Companions in Crime
1954
Delayed Action
1954
Dr. Jepson
The Embezzler
1954
Doctor
Land of Fury
1954
Mr. Southey
Eight O'Clock Walk
1954
Jury Member (uncredited)
Stryker of the Yard
1953
It's a Grand Life
1953
Mr. Clements
The Disagreeable Man
1953
TV Short
Dr. Sainsbury
The Saint's Girl Friday
1953
Lord Merton
Heidi
1953
TV Movie
The Pastor
Norman Conquest
1953
Colonel Santling
Recoil
1953
Talbot
Stand by to Shoot
1953
TV Mini-Series
Clive Dunstan
Rookery Nook
1953
TV Movie
Admiral Juddy
Robin Hood
1953
TV Mini-Series
Father of Maid Marian
Deadly Nightshade
1953
Dr. Wilson (uncredited)
Black Orchid
1953
Coroner
Murder Will Out
1952
Dr. Forrest
Evidence for Hire
1952
Commander Hewitt
Larger Than Life
1952
TV Movie
Wilson
Hammer the Toff
1952
Dr. Lancaster
Dead on Course
1952
Mr. Talbot (uncredited)
Brighthaven Express
1952
uncredited
Nocturne in Scotland
1951
TV Movie
Campbell Gower
Chelsea Story
1951
Laughter in Paradise
1951
Doctor (uncredited)
Five Angles on Murder
1950
Doctor (uncredited)
Shadow of the Past
1950
Doctor
School for Randle
1949
What a Carry On!
1949
Colonel
A Matter of Murder
1949
Insp. McKelvin
The Perfect Alibi
1949
TV Movie
Arthur Ludgrove
Marriage Aforethought
1949
TV Movie
Pelham Fenchurch
For Them That Trespass
1949
First Prison Warden
And So to Bed
1949
TV Movie
Pelling, the potticary
Quinneys
1948
TV Movie
Dupont Jordan
Quartet
1948
Ralph (segment "The Facts of Life")
Tilly of Bloomsbury
1948
TV Movie
Abel Mainwaring, MP
Kid Flanagan
1948
TV Movie
Grandpa
Loyalties
1948
TV Movie
General Canynge
Mary Rose
1947
TV Movie
Mr. Morland
Captain Boycott
1947
Times correspondent
Appointment with Crime
1946
Prison governor
George in Civvy Street
1946
Uncle Shad
They Knew Mr. Knight
1946
Higgs
I Didn't Do It
1945
Chief Insp. Twyning
Waterloo Road
1945
Officer at Station (uncredited)
He Snoops to Conquer
1945
Newspaper Editor (uncredited)
Tawny Pipit
1944
Schoolmaster
The Hundred Pound Window
1944
Racecourse Teller (uncredited)
Bell-Bottom George
1944
Lt. Cmdr. Carter (uncredited)
The Butler's Dilemma
1943
Sir Hubert Playfair
Up with the Lark
1943
Rev. Swallow
They Met in the Dark
1943
Yellow Canary
1943
Observer Corpsman in Opening Scene (uncredited)
Escape to Danger
1943
uncredited
The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp
1943
Maj. Plumley (1902) (uncredited)
We Dive at Dawn
1943
Captain (uncredited)
According to Our Records
1943
Short
The New Lot
1943
Short
Medical Officer (uncredited)
Talk About Jacqueline
1942
uncredited
Sabotage at Sea
1942
First Officer Gallagher
Lady from Lisbon
1942
Adams
Salute John Citizen
1942
Vicar (uncredited)
Let the People Sing
1942
United Plastics barrister
Wings and the Woman
1942
Secretary
The Next of Kin
1942
Naval Officer (uncredited)
This Was Paris
1942
French Officer (uncredited)
A.J. Cronin's Hatter's Castle
1942
Sir John Latta
Ships with Wings
1942
Colonel (uncredited)
Jeannie
1941
Old Bill and Son
1941
Club Member (uncredited)
It Happened to One Man
1940
Sir Francis Hay
The Briggs Family
1940
Air Vice Marshal
Three Silent Men
1940
Pennington
Night Train to Munich
1940
Official at Home Office, MI5 (uncredited)
Tilly of Bloomsbury
1940
uncredited
To Hell with Hitler
1940
Col. Harcourt (uncredited)
The Good Old Days
1940
Lord Wakely
Dangerous Comment
1940
Short
Official
Shadowed Eyes
1940
Dr. McKane
Sons of the Sea
1939
Naval Intelligence Officer
The Lion Has Wings
1939
Air Officer
Men Without Honour
1939
Frank Hardy
The Nursemaid Who Disappeared
1939
Sir Egbert Lucas
Clouds Over Europe
1939
Air Ministry Officer (uncredited)
Me and My Pal
1939
Dr. Russell
The Return of Carol Deane
1938
uncredited
Almost a Honeymoon
1938
Sir James Hooper
Double or Quits
1938
Sir Frederick Beal
If I Were Boss
1938
Mr. Biltmore
The Claydon Treasure Mystery
1938
Dr. Cleveland - Coroner (uncredited)
Quiet Please
1938
Dr. Craven
Dial 999
1938
Sir Edward Rigg
The Reverse Be My Lot
1937
Dr. Murray
Racing Romance
1937
Martin Royce
Murder at the Baskervilles
1937
Dr. Watson
When Thief Meets Thief
1937
Coroner
Darby and Joan
1937
Sir Ralph Ferris
Hearts of Humanity
1936
Rector
Crime Over London
1936
uncredited
Royal Eagle
1936
Prison Breaker
1936
Stephen Shand
Sexton Blake and the Mademoiselle
1935
Henry Norman
The Crouching Beast
1935
Major Abbott
School for Stars
1935
Sir Geoffrey Hilliard
The Riverside Murder
1935
Henry Sanders
The Triumph of Sherlock Holmes
1935
Dr. Watson
The Third Clue
1934
Mark Clayton
Called Back
1933
Dr. Carter
After Dark
1933
Henry Lea
Lucky Girl
1932
Lord Henry
Sherlock Holmes and the Missing Rembrandt
1932
Dr. Watson
Sherlock Holmes' Fatal Hour
1931
Dr. John Watson (as Jan Fleming)
School for Scandal
1930
Joseph Surface
The Devil's Maze
1929
Derek Riffington
The Ware Case
1928
Michael Adye
Second to None
1927
Brian Douglas
The Caesars
1968
TV Mini-Series
Senitus
Misleading Cases
1968
TV Series
Vicar
Mystery and Imagination
1968
TV Series
Dougal
The Prisoner
1967
TV Series
Man at Cafe and First Top Hat
No Hiding Place
1960-1967
TV Series
Kendal / Rev. Lewis
River Rivals
1967
TV Series
The Forsyte Saga
1967
TV Mini-Series
Lord Fontenoy
ITV Sunday Night Drama
1966
TV Series
Chamberlain
The Return of Mr. Moto
1965
Rogers--Westering's Butler
The Wednesday Play
1965
TV Series
Waiter
Alexander Graham Bell
1965
TV Movie
Dr. Jamieson
Gideon C.I.D.
1964
TV Series
Doctor
Crooks in Cloisters
1964
Pemberton (uncredited)
Silas Marner
1964
TV Series
Clergyman
Dr. Finlay's Casebook
1962-1964
TV Series
Mackay / Mr. Logan / John Logan
Seventy Deadly Pills
1964
Doctor
Espionage
1963
TV Series
Policeman
Tamahine
1963
Manservant
Richard the Lionheart
1962-1963
TV Series
Lord Chancellor / Chamberlain / Chancellor
Ghost Squad
1963
TV Series
Sir Charles
The Lamp in Assassin Mews
1962
Albert Potts
What Every Woman Wants
1962
Nelson
The Boys
1962
uncredited
The Cheaters
1960-1962
TV Series
The Doctor / Ben Clarke / John
BBC Sunday-Night Play
1961
TV Mini-Series
Dr. Chambers / Major Gillespie
Stryker of the Yard
1961
TV Series
No My Darling Daughter
1961
Vicar
Yorky
1961
TV Series
Doctor
The Charlie Drake Show
1961
TV Series
The Citadel
1960-1961
TV Mini-Series
Dr. Thoroughgood
Return of a Stranger
1961
Meecham
Make Mine Mink
1960
Mr. Callwell (uncredited)
Man from Interpol
1960
TV Series
The Governor / Wilmot
Whack-O!
1960
TV Series
Dr. Ross
The Trials of Oscar Wilde
1960
Arthur
Playgirl After Dark
1960
Pawnbroker
Francis Storm Investigates
1960
TV Series
Bluebeard's 10 Honeymoons
1960
Attorney
Your Money or Your Wife
1960
The judge
The Flesh and the Fiends
1960
Priest (uncredited)
Crash Drive
1959
Paul Dixon
Man Accused
1959
Sir Thomas
The Food of Love
1959
TV Movie
Canon Carter-Smith
Heidi
1959
TV Series
Pastor
Asmodée
1959
TV Movie
The Curé
Web of Suspicion
1959
Forbes
Innocent Meeting
1959
Garside
The Flying Doctor
1959
TV Series
Roger Henderson
The Vise
1958-1959
TV Series
President / Denning / Doctor / ...
Charlie Drake
1958
TV Series
Dixon of Dock Green
1958
TV Series
Doctor
Our Virgin Island
1958
Charlesworth at Large
1958
TV Series
Mr. Wedlake
A Woman Possessed
1958
Walter
BBC Sunday-Night Theatre
1952-1958
TV Series
Dr. Pascoe / Dr. Felton / Sir John Carey / ...
Armchair Theatre
1956-1957
TV Series
Doctor MacIntyre / Tollemache
Hancock's Half Hour
1957
TV Series
Housing Officer
Educated Evans
1957
TV Series
Mr. Justice Bleaker
High Flight
1957
Bishop
King's Rhapsody
1957
TV Movie
King Peter of Norseland
The Grove Family
1954-1957
TV Series
Dr. Henley
ITV Television Playhouse
1955-1957
TV Series
Lord Birten - Foreign Minister / Michael's Father
Rheingold Theatre
1956-1957
TV Series
Churchill / Clerk to the Court
The New Adventures of Charlie Chan
1957
TV Series
Christopher Wingate
The Errol Flynn Theatre
1956
TV Series
Dr. Darnley / General
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
1956
TV Series
Dr. Hastie Lanyon
Bill Radford: Reporter
1956
TV Series
Charlie Legge
Nom-de-Plume
1956
TV Series
Maitre Clunet
Lilli Palmer Theatre
1955-1956
TV Series
Judge / Governor / Mr. Fountain
Archive Footage
Title
Year
Status
Character
ITV Television Playhouse
1958
TV Series
Doctor Lancaster
Known for movies
Quartet (1948) as Ralph (segment "The Facts of Life")
Murder at the Baskervilles (1937) as Dr. Watson
Sherlock Holmes' Fatal Hour (1931) as Dr. John Watson