Richard Wattis

Actor Feb 25 (died age 62) Wednesbury, Staffordshire, England, UK 1938–1981 (43 year career)

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Biography

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 a…

Known For

Film

The Man Who Knew Too Much

Assistant Manager

Film

The Longest Day

British Paratrooper

Film

Kind Hearts and Coronets

Defence Counsel (uncredited)

Film

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang

Secretary at Sweet Factory (Uncredited)

Film

Bunny Lake Is Missing

Shipping Clerk

Film

Hobson's Choice

Albert Prosser

Film

Casino Royale

British Army Officer

Film

The Importance of Being Earnest

Seton

Filmography

Acting (110)

Movies (98)

Eric Sykes: One of the Great Troupers

1981

as Self (archive material)

Aladdin

1974

as Emperor Nanki

Confessions of a Window Cleaner

1974

as Mr. Prendergast

4.9

Take Me High

1973

as Sir Charles Furness

4.5

Diamonds on Wheels

1973

as Sir Hilary Stanton

8.0

Sex and the Other Woman

as Presenter

That's Your Funeral

as Simmonds

Games That Lovers Play

1971

as Mr. Lothran

3.3

Too Close for Comfort

1971

as Narrator

The Ballad of Tam Lin

as Elroy

Egghead's Robot

Wonderwall

as Perkins

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang

1968

as Secretary at Sweet Factory (Uncredited)

6.8

Casino Royale

1967

as British Army Officer

5.3

The Troublesome Double

1967

as Mr. Wentworth

The Great St Trinian's Train Robbery

1966

as Manton Bassett

6.1

Bunny Lake Is Missing

as Shipping Clerk

You Must Be Joking

as Parkins

The Bargain

as Narrator

Operation Crossbow

as Sir Charles Sims

The Liquidator

as Flying Instructor

The Alphabet Murders

as Wolf

The Battle of the Villa Fiorita

1965

as Travel Agent

4.0

Up Jumped a Swagman

1965

as Lever, Music Publisher

Carry On Spying

as Cobley

The V.I.P.s

as Sanders

Come Fly with Me

as Oliver Garson

The Longest Day

as British Paratrooper

Play It Cool

as Nervous Man

Bon Voyage!

as Party Guest

I Thank a Fool

as Ebblington

Venus fra Vestø

Nearly a Nasty Accident

1961

as Wagstaffe

7.0

Very Important Person

1961

as Entertainments Officer Woodcock

5.2

Dentist on the Job

1961

as Macreedy

6.2

Your Money or Your Wife

1960

as Hubert Fry

4.0

Follow That Horse!

1960

Left Right and Centre

as Harding-Pratt

Libel

as The Judge

Follow a Star

as Dr. W. Chatterway

The Captain's Table

as Chief Purser Herbert Prittlewell

Ten Seconds to Hell

as Major Haven

The Ugly Duckling

as Barclay

The Inn of the Sixth Happiness

as Mr. Murfin

High Flight

as Wilson

Second Fiddle

as Bill Turner

The Prince and the Showgirl

1957

as Northbrook

6.4

The Abominable Snowman

1957

as Dr. Peter Fox

6.2

Blue Murder at St Trinian's

1957

as Manton Bassett

6.7

Barnacle Bill

1957

as Registrar of Shipping

6.4

Hancock's Half Hour: Volume 1

1957

as Hotelier

The Man Who Knew Too Much

1956

as Assistant Manager

7.4

The Man Who Never Was

as Shop Assistant

The Iron Petticoat

as Lingerie Clerk

A Touch of the Sun

as Purchase

It's a Wonderful World

as Harold

Eyewitness

as Anaesthetist

The Green Man

as Doctor

The Silken Affair

as Worthington

Jumping for Joy

as Carruthers

The Colditz Story

as Richard Gordon

A Yank in Ermine

as Boone

Simon and Laura

as Controller of Television Drama

5.8

I Am a Camera

1955

as Bespectacled Man at Book Launch (uncredited)

6.0

An Alligator Named Daisy

1955

as Hoskins

6.2

As Long as They're Happy

1955

as Hippodrome Stage Manager

7.7

The Time of His Life

1955

as Edgar

6.2

The Belles of St Trinian's

as Manton Bassett

Hobson's Choice

as Albert Prosser

The Crowded Day

as Mr. Christopher

Doctor in the House

as Medical Book Salesman (uncredited)

Lease of Life

as Solicitor

Small Town Story

as Marsh

Innocents in Paris

as Wilkinson

Park Plaza 605

as Theodore Feather

The Intruder

as School Master

Top of the Form

as Willoughby-Gore

Blood Orange

as Detective Inspector MacLeod

5.1

Appointment in London

1953

as Pascal

6.4

Colonel March Investigates

as Cabot

Background

as David Wallace

The Final Test

as Cricket Fan

The Importance of Being Earnest

as Seton

Song of Paris

as Carter

Derby Day

as Editor

Penny Princess

as Hotel Desk Clerk (uncredited)

Made in Heaven

as The vicar

Top Secret

as Barnes

Mother Riley Meets the Vampire

1952

as P.C. Freddie

4.2

Appointment with Venus

1951

as Carruthers - Higher Executive

5.1

Lady Godiva Rides Again

1951

as Casting Director

5.8

The Happiest Days of Your Life

1950

as Arnold Billings: Staff of Nutbourne

6.7

The Clouded Yellow

1950

as Employment Agent

6.2

The Chiltern Hundreds

1949

as Vicar (uncredited)

5.0

Kind Hearts and Coronets

1949

as Defence Counsel (uncredited)

7.6

Helter Skelter

1949

as Compere of Nick Nack Show (uncredited)

6.2

Marry Me

1949

as Minor Role (uncredited)

4.3

A Yank at Oxford

1938

as Latin Speaker at Dinner (uncredited)

6.7

Television (12)

Centre Play

as Arthur

Sykes

Coppers End

as PC Eddie Edwards

The Goodies

as TV Show Host

The Prisoner

as Fotheringay

The Avengers

as Clarke

Danger Man

as Hardy

The Dickie Henderson Show

Sykes and a...

Hancock's Half Hour

Colonel March of Scotland Yard

1956

as Arthur Cabot

7.3

The Liberace Show

1952