Richard Wattis
Acting
- Nascimento:
- 1912-02-25
- Falecimento:
- 1975-02-01
- Local de nascimento:
- Wednesbury, Staffordshire, England, UK
Biografia
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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Filmografia
The Prince, The Showgirl and Me
Eric Sykes: One of the Great Troupers
Aladdin
Confessions of a Window Cleaner
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
A Balada de Tam Lin
The Goodies
Egghead's Robot
Wonderwall
O Calhambeque Mágico
The Prisoner
Misleading Cases
Cassino Royale
The Troublesome Double
The Great St Trinian's Train Robbery
The Alphabet Murders
Up Jumped a Swagman
Assassinato Por Encomenda
Bunny Lake Desapareceu
You Must Be Joking
The Battle of the Villa Fiorita
Operação Crossbow
The Bargain
Carry On Spying
The V.I.P.s
Come Fly with Me
Venus fra Vestø
O Mais Longo dos Dias
I Thank a Fool
Play It Cool
Bon Voyage, Enfim Paris!
Dentist on the Job
Nearly a Nasty Accident
O Gênio Que Sabia Demais
Os Vingadores
The Dickie Henderson Show
Danger Man
Follow That Horse!
Your Money or Your Wife
Sykes and a...
A Noite é Minha Inimiga
The Ugly Duckling
Left Right and Centre
A Dez Segundos do Inferno
Camarotes Indiscretos
Follow a Star
A Morada da Sexta Felicidade
Todos ao Mar!
Hancock's Half Hour: Volume 1
Blue Murder at St. Trinian's
High Flight
O Abominável Homem das Neves
O Príncipe Encantado
Second Fiddle
The Green Man
The Silken Affair
A Touch of the Sun
A Saia de Ferro
It's a Wonderful World
Eyewitness
Hancock's Half Hour
O Homem Que Sabia Demais
O Homem que Nunca Existiu
Colonel March of Scotland Yard
Jumping for Joy
An Alligator Named Daisy
Simon and Laura
I Am a Camera
As Long As They're Happy
Escapando do Inferno
The Time of His Life
A Yank in Ermine
Lease of Life
The Crowded Day
The Belles of St Trinian's
Papai é do Contra
Rivais na Conquista
Small Town Story
Background
The Intruder
Blood Orange
Park Plaza 605
Innocents in Paris
Colonel March Investigates
The Final Test
Appointment in London
Top of the Form
Era Uma Vez um Espião
Made in Heaven
Mother Riley Meets the Vampire
Derby Day
A Importância de Ser Ernesto
The Liberace Show
Penny Princess
Song of Paris
Lady Godiva Rides Again
Appointment with Venus
Nuvens de Desespero
The Happiest Days of Your Life
The Chiltern Hundreds
Helter Skelter
As Oito Vítimas
Marry Me
Um Yankee em Oxford