James Cossins
Born in Beckenham, Kent, England, UK — Dec 04 1933• Died Feb 12 1997
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James Cossins (4 December 1933 – 12 February 1997) was an English actor. Born in Beckenham, Kent, he became widely recognised as the abrupt, bewildered Mr Walt in the Fawlty Towers episode "The Hotel Inspectors" and as Mr Watson, the frustrated Public Relations training course instructor, in an episode of Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em. Cossins was born in Beckenham and educated at the City of London School. After serving in the Royal Air Force, he trained at Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, where he won the silver medal in 1952. Cossins first appeared in repe…
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Coronation Street
Mr. Soames
Minder
Judge
The Avengers
Henry
Bergerac
Tuchel
Crown Court
Theatre 625
Henry
All Creatures Great and Small
Mr. Barge
The Sweeney
Colonel Rosier
No Hiding Place
Thriller
Kellet
Churchill's People
William
Van der Valk
Noordhoff
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
Dr. Jervis
Fawlty Towers
Mr. Walt
Callan
The Pallisers
Sergeant Bunfit
Mystery and Imagination
Landlord
Justice
Mr. Ritson
Murder Most Horrid
Sir Hugh Lotterby
Fall of Eagles
Count Josi Hoyos
Centre Play
Burret
Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads?
Magistrate
Citizen Smith
Court Judge
The Man with the Golden Gun
Colthorpe
Shadows
Custodian
Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em
The First Great Train Robbery
Harranby
The Good Life
Magistrate
Gandhi
Brigadier
Call Me Mister
The Likely Lads
Vicar
The Ten Commandments
Tom
Londoners
The Interviewer
Number 10
Sir William Harcourt
Blood from the Mummy's Tomb
Older Male Nurse
Carry On Camping
Man in Cinema (uncredited)
Young Winston
Barnsby
Wuthering Heights
Mr. Linton
Miss Marple: At Bertram's Hotel
Colonel Luscombe
Darling
Mr. Basildon
Armchair Theatre
Uncle Eric
Melody
Headmaster
James Bond: The First 21 Years
Colthorpe (archive footage)
One-Upmanship
Pretenders
Old Elam
Bequest to the Nation
McKillop
Death Line
James Manfred O.BE.
Hitler: The Last Ten Days
German Officer
How I Won the War
Drogue
Villain
Brown
The Rise and Rise of Michael Rimmer
Crodder
The Deadly Bees
Coroner
The Horror of Frankenstein
Dean
A Dandy in Aspic
Grand Larceny
The Funny Blokes of British Comedy
Mr. Walt (archive footage) (uncredited)
Bel Ami
Charles Forestier
The Masks of Death
Frederick Bains
Sphinx
Lord Carnarvon
A Day Out
Mr. Shorter
Otley
Jeffcot
Good Girl
Manager
Timon of Athens
Lucullus
Privilege
Professor Tatham
The Lost Continent
Nick, chief engineer
The Anniversary
Henry Taggart
Why Didn't They Ask Evans?
Henry Bassington-ffrench
Bel Ami
Forestier
Immaculate Conception
Godfrey
Marjorie And Men
The Incredible Robert Baldick: Never Come Night
Peter Elmstead
Mad Jack
Aliens
Major Lucas
L For Lester
Chief Inspector Rodgers
The Rainbirds
Father - Mr. Rainbird
Love's Labour's Lost
Holofernes
Fear in the Night
The Doctor
The Piano
Jeremy
Unnatural Causes
Justin Bryce
What Next?
The Breaking of Colonel Keyser
Partridge
That Sinking Feeling
Eric
The Invasion
TV Commentator
Say Hello to Yesterday
Policeman
The Prophet
Interviewer
Possession
Kellet
Strife
William Scantlebury