James Cossins
Actor
Born December 4, 1933 in Beckenham, Kent, England, UK
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.
Filmography
Unnatural Causes
Justin Bryce
Immaculate Conception
Godfrey
Murder Most Horrid
Sir Hugh Lotterby
Miss Marple: At Bertram's Hotel
Colonel Luscombe
Grand Larceny
Call Me Mister
The Masks of Death
Frederick Bains
James Bond: The First 21 Years
Colthorpe (archive footage)
Number 10
Sir William Harcourt
Gandhi
Brigadier
Aliens
Major Lucas
Bergerac
Tuchel
Timon of Athens
Lucullus
Sphinx
Lord Carnarvon
Why Didn't They Ask Evans?
Henry Bassington-ffrench
Minder
Judge
The First Great Train Robbery
Harranby
All Creatures Great and Small
Mr. Barge
Don't Forget to Write!
Phillip Mounter
Citizen Smith
Court Judge
Fawlty Towers
Mr. Walt
Shadows
Custodian
The Good Life
Magistrate
The Sweeney
Colonel Rosier
Churchill's People
William
The Man with the Golden Gun
Colthorpe
Fall of Eagles
Count Josi Hoyos
The Pallisers
Sergeant Bunfit
Centre Play
Burret
Hitler: The Last Ten Days
German Officer
Bequest to the Nation
McKillop
Thriller
Kellet
Possession
Kellet
Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em
Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads?
Magistrate
A Day Out
Mr. Shorter
Death Line
James Manfred O.BE.
Crown Court
The Incredible Robert Baldick: Never Come Night
Peter Elmstead
Van der Valk
Noordhoff
Young Winston
Barnsby
Follow Me!
Party Guest (uncredited)
Fear in the Night
The Doctor
Pretenders
Old Elam
Blood from the Mummy's Tomb
Older Male Nurse
Justice
Mr. Ritson
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
Dr. Jervis
Villain
Brown
Melody
Headmaster
The Rainbirds
Father - Mr. Rainbird
The Piano
Jeremy
Say Hello to Yesterday
Policeman
The Rise and Rise of Michael Rimmer
Crodder
The Horror of Frankenstein
Dean
Scrooge
Party Guest (uncredited)
Wuthering Heights
Mr. Linton
Mad Jack
Carry On Camping
Man in Cinema (uncredited)
Otley
Jeffcot
The Lost Continent
Nick, chief engineer
A Dandy in Aspic
The Anniversary
Henry Taggart
How I Won the War
Drogue
Callan
Privilege
Professor Tatham
The Prophet
Interviewer
The Deadly Bees
Coroner
Mystery and Imagination
Landlord
Thirty-Minute Theatre
Tim Singleton
Strife
William Scantlebury
Darling
Mr. Basildon
Londoners
The Interviewer
Love's Labour's Lost
Holofernes
The Likely Lads
Vicar
Theatre 625
Henry
The Avengers
Henry
Coronation Street
Mr. Soames
No Hiding Place
Armchair Theatre
Uncle Eric