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Ian Fleming (born Ian Macfarlane; 10 September 1888 – 1 January 1969) was an Australian character actor with credits in over 100 British films. [1] 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. [2]
Ian Fleming. Writer: Casino Royale. Born into a wealthy and influential English family, Ian Fleming spent his early years attending top British schools such as Eton and Sandhurst military academy.
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Born into a wealthy and influential English family, Ian Fleming spent his early years attending top British schools such as Eton and Sandhurst military academy. He took to writing while schooling in Kitzbuhel, Austria, and upon failing the entrance requirements for Foreign Service joined the news agency Reuters as a journalist -- winning the respec...
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 nov...
Fleming was married to Ann Charteris, who was divorced from the second Viscount Rothermere owing to her affair with the author. Fleming and Charteris had a son, Caspar. Fleming was a heavy smoker and drinker for most of his life and succumbed to heart disease in 1964 at the age of 56. Two of his James Bond books were published posthumously; other w...
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A new biographical mini-series shows that James Bond's creator, Ian Fleming, probably based the character on himself.
Ian Fleming was born on 10 September 1888 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. He was an actor, known for Sherlock Holmes' Fatal Hour (1931), The Triumph of Sherlock Holmes (1935) and Lucky Girl (1932). He died on 1 January 1969 in London, England, UK.
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- Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- London, England, UK
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.
Oct 16, 2012 · Major Valentine Fleming, of the Queen's Own Oxfordshire Hussars, was killed by shelling in Picardy, France in 1917. Ian Fleming was nine at the time of his father's death, and spent the rest of his life endeavoring to live up to his father's enormous legacy.
