- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- December 4, 1933
- Place of Birth
- Beckenham, Kent, England, UK
- Died
- February 12, 1997
James Cossins
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 repertory theatre and at the Nottingham Playhouse. He played a wide range of characters throughout his colourful and extensive career on television and stage, often portraying blustering, pompous, crusty and cantankerous characters. Cossins appeared in Charley's Aunt at the Apollo Theatre in 1971 with Tom Courtenay, David Horovitch, Garth For…
Filmography
The Funny Blokes of British Comedy
movieThe Funny Blokes of British Comedy
2005 · Mr. Walt (archive footage) (uncredited)
movieUnnatural Causes
1993 · Justin Bryce
movieImmaculate Conception
1992 · Godfrey
tvMurder Most Horrid
1991 · Sir Hugh Lotterby
tvMiss Marple: At Bertram's Hotel
1987 · Colonel Luscombe
movieGrand Larceny
1987
tvCall Me Mister
1986
Marjorie And Men
tvMarjorie And Men
1985 · Henry Bartlett
movieThe Masks of Death
1984 · Frederick Bains
movieJames Bond: The First 21 Years
1983 · Colthorpe (archive footage)
Good Night And God Bless
tvGood Night And God Bless
1983 · Geoffrey
tvNumber 10
1983 · Sir William Harcourt
movieGandhi
1982 · Brigadier
movieAliens
1982 · Major Lucas
L For Lester
tvL For Lester
1982 · Chief Inspector Rodgers
tvBergerac
1981 · Tuchel, Calhoun
movieTimon of Athens
1981 · Lucullus
movieSphinx
1981 · Lord Carnarvon
movieWhy Didn't They Ask Evans?
1980 · Henry Bassington-ffrench
tvMinder
1979 · Judge
movieThe First Great Train Robbery
1978 · Harranby
tvAll Creatures Great and Small
1978 · Mr. Barge, Aloysius Barge
tvDon't Forget to Write!
1977 · Phillip Mounter
tvCitizen Smith
1977 · Court Judge
One-Upmanship
tvOne-Upmanship
1976
tvFawlty Towers
1975 · Mr. Walt
tvShadows
1975 · Custodian
tvThe Good Life
1975 · Magistrate
tvThe Sweeney
1975 · Colonel Rosier
tvChurchill's People
1974 · William
movieThe Man with the Golden Gun
1974 · Colthorpe
Good Girl
tvGood Girl
1974 · Manager
tvFall of Eagles
1974 · Count Josi Hoyos
tvThe Pallisers
1974 · Sergeant Bunfit
What Next?
movieWhat Next?
1974
That Sinking Feeling
movieThat Sinking Feeling
1973 · Eric
tvCentre Play
1973 · Burret
movieHitler: The Last Ten Days
1973 · German Officer
movieBequest to the Nation
1973 · McKillop
tvThriller
1973 · Kellet
moviePossession
1973 · Kellet
tvSome Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em
1973
tvWhatever Happened to the Likely Lads?
1973 · Magistrate
movieA Day Out
1972 · Mr. Shorter
The Breaking of Colonel Keyser
movieThe Breaking of Colonel Keyser
1972 · Partridge
movieDeath Line
1972 · James Manfred O.BE.
tvCrown Court
1972 · , Graham Erringburn
movieThe Incredible Robert Baldick: Never Come Night
1972 · Peter Elmstead
tvVan der Valk
1972 · Noordhoff
movieYoung Winston
1972 · Barnsby
movieFollow Me!
1972 · Party Guest (uncredited)
movieFear in the Night
1972 · The Doctor
tvPretenders
1972 · Old Elam
movieBlood from the Mummy's Tomb
1971 · Older Male Nurse
tvJustice
1971 · Mr. Ritson
tvThe Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
1971 · Dr. Jervis
movieVillain
1971 · Brown
Bel Ami
movieBel Ami
1971 · Forestier
Bel Ami
tvBel Ami
1971 · Charles Forestier
The Ten Commandments
tvThe Ten Commandments
1971 · Tom
movieMelody
1971 · Headmaster
movieThe Rainbirds
1971 · Father - Mr. Rainbird
movieThe Piano
1971 · Jeremy
movieSay Hello to Yesterday
1971 · Policeman
movieThe Rise and Rise of Michael Rimmer
1970 · Crodder
movieThe Horror of Frankenstein
1970 · Dean
movieScrooge
1970 · Party Guest (uncredited)
movieWuthering Heights
1970 · Mr. Linton
movieMad Jack
1970
movieCarry On Camping
1969 · Man in Cinema (uncredited)
movieOtley
1969 · Jeffcot
movieThe Lost Continent
1968 · Nick, chief engineer
movieA Dandy in Aspic
1968
movieThe Anniversary
1968 · Henry Taggart
movieHow I Won the War
1967 · Drogue
tvCallan
1967
moviePrivilege
1967 · Professor Tatham
movieThe Prophet
1967 · Interviewer
movieThe Deadly Bees
1966 · Coroner
tvMystery and Imagination
1966 · Landlord
tvThirty-Minute Theatre
1965 · Tim Singleton
movieStrife
1965 · William Scantlebury
movieDarling
1965 · Mr. Basildon
Legend of Death
tvLegend of Death
1965 · Irwin
tvLondoners
1965 · The Interviewer
movieLove's Labour's Lost
1965 · Holofernes
tvThe Likely Lads
1964 · Vicar, Scoutmaster
tvTheatre 625
1964 · Henry
The Invasion
movieThe Invasion
1963 · TV Commentator
tvThe Avengers
1961 · Henry
tvCoronation Street
1960 · Mr. Soames
tvNo Hiding Place
1959
tvArmchair Theatre
1956 · Uncle Eric