James Cossins

Actor Dec 4 (died age 63) Beckenham, Kent, England, UK 1956–2005 (49 year career)

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Biography

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 w…

Known For

Film

Gandhi

Brigadier

Film

The Man with the Golden Gun

Colthorpe

Film

The First Great Train Robbery

Harranby

Film

Scrooge

Party Guest (uncredited)

Film

Darling

Mr. Basildon

Film

Carry On Camping

Man in Cinema (uncredited)

Film

Melody

Headmaster

Film

Death Line

James Manfred O.BE.

Filmography

Acting (92)

Movies (50)

The Funny Blokes of British Comedy

2005

as Mr. Walt (archive footage) (uncredited)

6.0

Unnatural Causes

1993

as Justin Bryce

6.0

Immaculate Conception

as Godfrey

Grand Larceny

The Masks of Death

as Frederick Bains

James Bond: The First 21 Years

1983

as Colthorpe (archive footage)

Gandhi

as Brigadier

Aliens

as Major Lucas

Sphinx

as Lord Carnarvon

Timon of Athens

as Lucullus

Why Didn't They Ask Evans?

1980

as Henry Bassington-ffrench

6.7

The First Great Train Robbery

1978

as Harranby

6.7

The Man with the Golden Gun

as Colthorpe

What Next?

Hitler: The Last Ten Days

1973

as German Officer

6.2

Bequest to the Nation

1973

as McKillop

5.7

That Sinking Feeling

1973

as Eric

Possession

as Kellet

A Day Out

as Mr. Shorter

Follow Me!

as Party Guest (uncredited)

7.5

The Incredible Robert Baldick: Never Come Night

1972

as Peter Elmstead

Fear in the Night

as The Doctor

Young Winston

as Barnsby

Death Line

as James Manfred O.BE.

5.8

The Breaking of Colonel Keyser

1972

as Partridge

Melody

1971

as Headmaster

7.1

Blood from the Mummy's Tomb

as Older Male Nurse

Villain

as Brown

Say Hello to Yesterday

1971

as Policeman

3.7

Bel Ami

1971

as Forestier

The Piano

1971

as Jeremy

The Rainbirds

1971

as Father - Mr. Rainbird

Wuthering Heights

1970

as Mr. Linton

6.4

The Horror of Frankenstein

1970

as Dean

5.9

Scrooge

1970

as Party Guest (uncredited)

6.8

The Rise and Rise of Michael Rimmer

as Crodder

Mad Jack

Carry On Camping

as Man in Cinema (uncredited)

Otley

as Jeffcot

The Lost Continent

as Nick, chief engineer

A Dandy in Aspic

The Anniversary

as Henry Taggart

How I Won the War

as Drogue

Privilege

as Professor Tatham

The Prophet

as Interviewer

The Deadly Bees

as Coroner

Darling

as Mr. Basildon

Love's Labour's Lost

as Holofernes

Strife

1965

as William Scantlebury

The Invasion

1963

as TV Commentator

Television (42)

Murder Most Horrid

1991

as Sir Hugh Lotterby

6.8

Miss Marple: At Bertram's Hotel

as Colonel Luscombe

Call Me Mister

Marjorie And Men

as Henry Bartlett

Number 10

1983

as Sir William Harcourt

7.0

Good Night And God Bless

1983

as Geoffrey

L For Lester

1982

as Chief Inspector Rodgers

Bergerac

as Tuchel

Minder

as Judge

All Creatures Great and Small

as Mr. Barge

Citizen Smith

as Court Judge

One-Upmanship

The Sweeney

as Colonel Rosier

Fawlty Towers

as Mr. Walt

The Good Life

as Magistrate

Shadows

as Custodian

Churchill's People

as William

Fall of Eagles

as Count Josi Hoyos

The Pallisers

as Sergeant Bunfit

Good Girl

as Manager

Thriller

1973

as Kellet

7.0

Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em

1973

7.6

Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads?

as Magistrate

Centre Play

as Burret

Crown Court

Van der Valk

as Noordhoff

Pretenders

as Old Elam

The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes

as Dr. Jervis

Justice

as Mr. Ritson

The Ten Commandments

as Tom

Bel Ami

1971

as Charles Forestier

Callan

1967

7.0

Mystery and Imagination

1966

as Landlord

5.5

Thirty-Minute Theatre

1965

as Tim Singleton

4.2

Londoners

1965

as The Interviewer

Legend of Death

1965

as Irwin

Theatre 625

as Henry

The Likely Lads

as Vicar

The Avengers

as Henry

Coronation Street

as Mr. Soames

No Hiding Place

Armchair Theatre

as Uncle Eric