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 Wontners 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 Hancocks Half Hour Dixon of Dock Green Dr Finlays Casebook The Forsyte Saga and The Prisoner He is not to be confused with the Ian Fleming who created the James Bond character