Background
Watling is the son of actor Jack Watling and actress Patricia Hicks, and the brother of actresses Dilys Watling and Deborah Watling.
Watling is the son of actor Jack Watling and actress Patricia Hicks, and the brother of actresses Dilys Watling and Deborah Watling.
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. He is also a fairly prolific director of United Kingdom touring theatre. 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.
He is a Conservative councillor on Tendring Borough Council for Frinton ward, having been first elected in the United Kingdom local elections, 2007.