Richard Wattis
Acting
- Nacimiento:
- 1912-02-25
- Fallecimiento:
- 1975-02-01
- Lugar de nacimiento:
- Wednesbury, Staffordshire, England, UK
Biografía
Richard Cameron Wattis (25 February 1912 – 1 February 1975) was an English actor. After leaving the family business, Wattis became an actor. His debut was with Croydon Repertory Theatre, and he made many stage appearances in the West End in London. His first appearance in a film was A Yank at Oxford (1938), but war service interrupted his career as an actor. He served as a second lieutenant in the Small Arms Section of Special Operations Executive at Station VI during World War II (James Bond author, Ian Fleming worked in the same section). He is best known for his appearances, wearing his thick-rimmed round spectacles, in British comedies of the 1950s and 1960s, often as a "Man from the Ministry" or similar character. He was also involved as the secretary to Lord Scrumptious in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. Such appearances included the St Trinian's films (The Belles of St Trinian's, Blue Murder at St Trinian's, and The Great St Trinian's Train Robbery) as Manton Bassett, a civil servant who was the Deputy Director of Schools in the Ministry of Education, where he was often seen frowning and expressing indignation at the outrageous behaviour of other characters. To American audiences, Wattis is probably best known for his performance as the British civil servant Northbrook in The Prince and the Showgirl (1957). He broke from this typecasting in his later films, such as his starring role in Games That Lovers Play. Wattis's other films included Hobson's Choice, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Carry On Spying, The Colditz Story, Dentist on the Job, Very Important Person, The Happiest Days of Your Life, and The Longest Day. He also appeared on television, including a long-running role in Sykes, and appearances in Danger Man, The Prisoner, The Goodies, Hancock's Half Hour, and Father, Dear Father. From 1957 to 1958, he appeared as Peter Jamison in three episodes of the American sitcom Dick and the Duchess.
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Filmografía
The Prince, The Showgirl and Me
Eric Sykes: One of the Great Troupers
Aladdin
Confesiones de un limpiaventanas
Take Me High
Diamonds on Wheels
Centre Play
Sex and the Other Woman
That's Your Funeral
Sykes
Coppers End
Games That Lovers Play
Too Close for Comfort
La viuda del diablo
The Goodies
Egghead's Robot
Wonderwall
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
El prisionero
Misleading Cases
Casino Royale
The Troublesome Double
The Great St Trinian's Train Robbery
Detective con rubia
Up Jumped a Swagman
El Liquidador
El rapto de Bunny Lake
You Must Be Joking
Escándalo en Villa Fiorita
Operación Crossbow
The Bargain
Carry On Spying
Hotel Internacional
Come Fly with Me
Venus fra Vestø
El día más largo
I Thank a Fool
Play It Cool
Los conflictos de papá
Dentist on the Job
Nearly a Nasty Accident
Hoy es día de fuga
Los vengadores
The Dickie Henderson Show
Danger Man
Follow That Horse!
Your Money or Your Wife
Sykes and a...
La noche es mi enemiga
The Ugly Duckling
Left Right and Centre
A diez segundos del infierno
The Captain's Table
Follow a Star
El albergue de la sexta felicidad
Barnacle Bill
Hancock's Half Hour: Volume 1
Blue Murder at St. Trinian's
High Flight
El abominable hombre de las nieves
El príncipe y la corista
Second Fiddle
El hombre verde
The Silken Affair
A Touch of the Sun
Faldas de acero
It's a Wonderful World
Testigo en peligro
Hancock's Half Hour
El hombre que sabía demasiado
El hombre que nunca existió
Colonel March of Scotland Yard
Jumping for Joy
An Alligator Named Daisy
Simon and Laura
Soy un cámara
As Long As They're Happy
La fuga de Colditz
The Time of His Life
A Yank in Ermine
Lease of Life
The Crowded Day
Las bellezas del St. Trinian
El déspota
Un médico en la familia
Small Town Story
Background
The Intruder
Blood Orange
Park Plaza 605
Inocentes en París
Colonel March Investigates
The Final Test
Appointment in London
Top of the Form
Top Secret
Made in Heaven
Mother Riley Meets the Vampire
Derby Day
La importancia de llamarse Ernesto
The Liberace Show
Penny Princess
Song of Paris
Lady Godiva Rides Again
Cita con Venus
Trágica obsesión
¡Aquellos días tan felices!
The Chiltern Hundreds
Helter Skelter
Ocho sentencias de muerte
Marry Me
Un yanqui en Oxford