Giles Watling
| Giles Watling | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Giles Francis Watling 18 February 1953 Chingford, Essex |
| Occupation | Actor and Politician |
| Political party | Conservative [1] |
| Spouse(s) | Vanda Watling |
| Children | 2 |
| Parent(s) |
Jack Watling Patricia Hicks |
| Website | Giles Watling |
Giles Francis Watling (born 18 February 1953 in Chingford, Essex) is an English actor. Watling is the son of actor Jack Watling and actress Patricia Hicks, and the brother of actresses Dilys Watling and Deborah Watling.
Career
He has worked extensively in the British theatre and television, and is probably best known for the role of the vicar Oswald in Carla Lane's Bread.[2] He is also a fairly prolific director of UK touring theatre.[3]
He is a Conservative councillor on Tendring Borough Council for Frinton ward, having been first elected in the United Kingdom local elections, 2007.[4] On 10 September 2014, he was shortlisted in the Conservative's Clacton open primary to decide the party's candidate against Douglas Carswell in the Clacton by-election and was adopted following a public meeting on 11 September 2014.[2][5][6]
Filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1964 | Crossroads | Larry | 1 episode |
| 1965 | Gideon's Way | Malcolm Gideon | 8 episodes |
| 1974 | Upstairs, Downstairs | 2nd Lt. James Marriott | 1 episode |
| 1978 | You're Only Young Twice | PC Henry | 1 episode |
| 1979 | The Human Factor | Colin | 1 episode |
| 1979-1980 | How's Your Father? | Martin Matthews | 13 episodes |
| 1980 | Keep It in the Family | Young man | 1 episode |
| 1984 | No Place Like Home | Maurice | 1 episode |
| 1988-1991 | Bread | Oswald | 49 episodes |
| 1990 | Motormouth | Himself | 1 episode |
| 1992 | 'Allo 'Allo! | Major Twistleton-Smythe | 1 episode |
| 1997 | Melissa | Gangster at Airport | 1 episode |
| 1999 | Grange Hill | Mr. Radcliffe | 1 episode |
| 2001 | The Tutankhamun Conspiracy | Howard Carter | TV movie |
| 2012 | Run for Your Wife | Man in Pub | Feature film |
References
- ↑ Rowena Mason, political correspondent (2014-09-11). "Conservatives select former 1980s television star to fight Ukip in Clacton". The Guardian. Retrieved 2016-08-25.
- 1 2 "Two Conservative councillors to fight Clacton primary". BBC News. 10 September 2014.
- ↑ "Clacton: Bread's Giles Watling to stand for Conservatives". BBC News. 10 September 2014.
- ↑ "Councillor Watling G F". Tendring District Council. 2007-05-03. Retrieved 2016-08-25.
- ↑ James Dwan (2014-09-10). "TORY 'open primary' candidates for Clacton by-election are Frinton actor Giles Watling and Colchester councillor Sue Lissimore". Clacton & Frinton Gazette. Retrieved 2016-08-25.
- ↑ "Two candidates shortlisted for the Clacton by-election". Conservativehome.com. 2014-09-10. Retrieved 2016-08-25.