Richard Wattis
Acting
- Naissance:
- 1912-02-25
- Décès:
- 1975-02-01
- Lieu de naissance:
- Wednesbury, Staffordshire, England, UK
Biographie
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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Filmographie
The Prince, The Showgirl and Me
Eric Sykes: One of the Great Troupers
Aladdin
Confessions of a Window Cleaner
Take Me High
La poursuite aux diamants
Centre Play
Sex and the Other Woman
That's Your Funeral
Sykes
Coppers End
Games That Lovers Play
Too Close for Comfort
The Ballad of Tam Lin
The Goodies
Egghead's Robot
Wonderwall
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
Le Prisonnier
Misleading Cases
Casino Royale
The Troublesome Double
The Great St Trinian's Train Robbery
A.B.C. contre Hercule Poirot
Up Jumped a Swagman
Le Liquidateur
Bunny Lake a disparu
You Must Be Joking
La Bataille de la Villa Fiorita
Opération Crossbow
The Bargain
Agent secret 00.0H contre docteur Crow
Hôtel international
Les Filles de l'air
Venus fra Vestø
Le Jour le plus long
Choc en retour
Play It Cool
Bon Voyage !
Dentiste sur l'emploi
Nearly a Nasty Accident
Le prisonnier récalcitrant
Chapeau melon et Bottes de cuir
The Dickie Henderson Show
Destination Danger
Follow That Horse!
Your Money or Your Wife
Sykes and a...
Libel
The Ugly Duckling
Left Right and Centre
Tout près de Satan
The Captain's Table
Follow a Star
L'Auberge du sixième bonheur
Il était un petit navire
Hancock's Half Hour: Volume 1
Blue Murder at St. Trinian's
High Flight
Le Redoutable Homme des neiges
Le Prince et la Danseuse
Second Fiddle
Une bombe pas comme les autres
Le Gentleman et la Parisienne
A Touch of the Sun
Whisky, Vodka et Jupon de fer
It's a Wonderful World
Eyewitness
Hancock's Half Hour
L'Homme qui en savait trop
L'Homme qui n'a jamais existé
Les aventures du colonel March
Jumping for Joy
An Alligator Named Daisy
Simon and Laura
Une fille comme ça
As Long As They're Happy
Les Indomptables de Colditz
The Time of His Life
A Yank in Ermine
Lease of Life
The Crowded Day
Les Belles de Saint-Trinian
Chaussure à son pied
Toubib or not Toubib
Small Town Story
Background
The Intruder
Blood Orange
Park Plaza 605
Week-end à Paris
Colonel March Investigates
The Final Test
Sa Dernière Mission
Top of the Form
Top Secret
Made in Heaven
Mother Riley contre le Robot
Derby Day
Il importe d'être Constant
The Liberace Show
Fromage à Gogo
Song of Paris
Lady Godiva Rides Again
Appointment with Venus
La Fille aux papillons
The Happiest Days of Your Life
The Chiltern Hundreds
Helter Skelter
Noblesse oblige
Marry Me
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