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 Forwood, Joanna McCallum, and Celia Bannerman. He appeared in more than forty films, including The Anniversary (recreating his West End stage role), and The Lost Continent (both 1968), Gandhi (1982), and The Man with the Golden Gun (1974).
On the small screen, Cossins appeared as a guest in a variety of shows, including The Likely Lads and Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads?, Minder, Bergerac, The Sweeney, Bless This House, Shadows, All Creatures Great and Small, Citizen Smith, Just William, The Good Life, L for Lester, Neville Dennis in Callan "Rules of the Game" (1972), Z-Cars, and as the regular character Bruce Westrop (in 1979) in Emmerdale Farm. He also played Major Bagstock in Dombey and Son (1983), and appeared in the first series of All in Good Faith in 1985. He played a magistrate in episodes of four different British sitcoms, Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads?, The Good Life, Citizen Smith and Minder.
Cossins's later appearances were limited by ill health and he lived in semi-retirement in Surrey. Cossins died from heart disease at the age of 63, in 1997
Fotos
Películas (51)
The Funny Blokes of British Comedy
2005 · Mr. Walt (archive footage) (uncredited)
Unnatural Causes
1993 · Justin Bryce
Immaculate Conception
1992 · Godfrey
Grand Larceny
1987
The Masks of Death
1984 · Frederick Bains
James Bond: The First 21 Years
1983 · Colthorpe (archive footage)
Gandhi
1982 · Brigadier
Aliens
1982 · Major Lucas
Loophole
1981 · 1st Interviewer
Timon of Athens
1981 · Lucullus
Sphinx
1981 · Lord Carnarvon
Why Didn't They Ask Evans?
1980 · Henry Bassington-ffrench
The First Great Train Robbery
1978 · Harranby
The Man with the Golden Gun
1974 · Colthorpe
What Next?
1974
That Sinking Feeling
1973 · Eric
Hitler: The Last Ten Days
1973 · German Officer
Bequest to the Nation
1973 · McKillop
Possession
1973 · Kellet
A Day Out
1972 · Mr. Shorter
The Breaking of Colonel Keyser
1972 · Partridge
Death Line
1972 · James Manfred O.BE.
The Incredible Robert Baldick: Never Come Night
1972 · Peter Elmstead
Young Winston
1972 · Barnsby
Follow Me!
1972 · Party Guest (uncredited)
Fear in the Night
1972 · The Doctor
Blood from the Mummy's Tomb
1971 · Older Male Nurse
Villain
1971 · Brown
Bel Ami
1971 · Forestier
Melody
1971 · Headmaster
The Rainbirds
1971 · Father - Mr. Rainbird
The Piano
1971 · Jeremy
Say Hello to Yesterday
1971 · Policeman
The Rise and Rise of Michael Rimmer
1970 · Crodder
The Horror of Frankenstein
1970 · Dean
Scrooge
1970 · Party Guest (uncredited)
Wuthering Heights
1970 · Mr. Linton
Mad Jack
1970
Carry On Camping
1969 · Man in Cinema (uncredited)
Otley
1969 · Jeffcot
The Lost Continent
1968 · Nick, chief engineer
A Dandy in Aspic
1968
The Anniversary
1968 · Henry Taggart
How I Won the War
1967 · Drogue
Privilege
1967 · Professor Tatham
The Prophet
1967 · Interviewer
The Deadly Bees
1966 · Coroner
Strife
1965 · William Scantlebury
Darling
1965 · Mr. Basildon
Love's Labour's Lost
1965 · Holofernes
The Invasion
1963 · TV Commentator
Series (45)
Murder Most Horrid
1991 · Sir Hugh Lotterby
Miss Marple: At Bertram's Hotel
1987 · Colonel Luscombe
Call Me Mister
1986
All in Good Faith
1985 · Major Andrews
Marjorie And Men
1985 · Henry Bartlett
Good Night And God Bless
1983 · Geoffrey
Number 10
1983 · Sir William Harcourt
L For Lester
1982 · Chief Inspector Rodgers
Bergerac
1981 · Tuchel, Calhoun
Minder
1979 · Judge
All Creatures Great and Small
1978 · Mr. Barge, Aloysius Barge
Don't Forget to Write!
1977 · Phillip Mounter
Citizen Smith
1977 · Court Judge
One-Upmanship
1976
Fawlty Towers
1975 · Mr. Walt
Shadows
1975 · Custodian
The Good Life
1975 · Magistrate
The Sweeney
1975 · Colonel Rosier
Churchill's People
1974 · William
Good Girl
1974 · Manager
Fall of Eagles
1974 · Count Josi Hoyos
The Pallisers
1974 · Sergeant Bunfit
Centre Play
1973 · Burret
Thriller
1973 · Kellet
Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em
1973 · Watson
Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads?
1973 · Magistrate
Crown Court
1972 · Graham Erringburn
Van der Valk
1972 · Noordhoff
Pretenders
1972 · Old Elam
Justice
1971 · Mr. Ritson
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
1971 · Dr. Jervis
Bel Ami
1971 · Charles Forestier
The Ten Commandments
1971 · Tom
Bless This House
1971 · Tom Williams
Callan
1967
Mystery and Imagination
1966 · Landlord
Thirty-Minute Theatre
1965 · Tim Singleton
Legend of Death
1965 · Irwin
Londoners
1965 · The Interviewer
The Likely Lads
1964 · Scoutmaster, Vicar
Theatre 625
1964 · Henry
The Avengers
1961 · Henry
Coronation Street
1960 · Mr. Soames
No Hiding Place
1959
Armchair Theatre
1956 · Uncle Eric