James Cossins
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Acting Credits
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
Filmography
The Funny Blokes of British Comedy
2005
as Mr. Walt (archive footage) (uncredited)
Unnatural Causes
1993
as Justin Bryce
Immaculate Conception
1992
as Godfrey
Murder Most Horrid
1991
as Sir Hugh Lotterby
Grand Larceny
1987
Miss Marple: At Bertram's Hotel
1987
as Colonel Luscombe
Call Me Mister
1986
Marjorie And Men
1985
as Henry Bartlett
All in Good Faith
1985
as Major Andrews
The Masks of Death
1984
as Frederick Bains
James Bond: The First 21 Years
1983
as Colthorpe (archive footage)
Number 10
1983
as Sir William Harcourt
Good Night And God Bless
1983
as Geoffrey
Gandhi
1982
as Brigadier
Aliens
1982
as Major Lucas
L For Lester
1982
as Chief Inspector Rodgers
Sphinx
1981
as Lord Carnarvon
Timon of Athens
1981
as Lucullus
Loophole
1981
as 1st Interviewer
Bergerac
1981
as Tuchel
Bergerac
1981
as Calhoun
Why Didn't They Ask Evans?
1980
as Henry Bassington-ffrench
Minder
1979
as Judge
The First Great Train Robbery
1978
as Harranby
All Creatures Great and Small
1978
as Mr. Barge
All Creatures Great and Small
1978
as Aloysius Barge
Citizen Smith
1977
as Court Judge
Don't Forget to Write!
1977
as Phillip Mounter
One-Upmanship
1976
Fawlty Towers
1975
as Mr. Walt
The Sweeney
1975
as Colonel Rosier
The Good Life
1975
as Magistrate
Shadows
1975
as Custodian
The Man with the Golden Gun
1974
as Colthorpe
What Next?
1974
Fall of Eagles
1974
as Count Josi Hoyos
Churchill's People
1974
as William
Good Girl
1974
as Manager
The Pallisers
1974
as Sergeant Bunfit
Hitler: The Last Ten Days
1973
as German Officer
That Sinking Feeling
1973
as Eric
Bequest to the Nation
1973
as McKillop
Possession
1973
as Kellet
Thriller
1973
as Kellet
Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads?
1973
as Magistrate
Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em
1973
Centre Play
1973
as Burret
Death Line
1972
as James Manfred O.BE.
Fear in the Night
1972
as The Doctor
The Incredible Robert Baldick: Never Come Night
1972
as Peter Elmstead
A Day Out
1972
as Mr. Shorter
The Breaking of Colonel Keyser
1972
as Partridge
Young Winston
1972
as Barnsby
Follow Me!
1972
as Party Guest (uncredited)
Crown Court
1972
Van der Valk
1972
as Noordhoff
Crown Court
1972
as Graham Erringburn
Pretenders
1972
as Old Elam
Villain
1971
as Brown
Say Hello to Yesterday
1971
as Policeman
Melody
1971
as Headmaster
Blood from the Mummy's Tomb
1971
as Older Male Nurse
The Rainbirds
1971
as Father - Mr. Rainbird
The Piano
1971
as Jeremy
Bel Ami
1971
as Forestier
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
1971
as Dr. Jervis
Justice
1971
as Mr. Ritson
The Ten Commandments
1971
as Tom
Bel Ami
1971
as Charles Forestier
Bless This House
1971
as Tom Williams
Wuthering Heights
1970
as Mr. Linton
Mad Jack
1970
The Rise and Rise of Michael Rimmer
1970
as Crodder
The Horror of Frankenstein
1970
as Dean
Scrooge
1970
as Party Guest (uncredited)
Carry On Camping
1969
as Man in Cinema (uncredited)
Otley
1969
as Jeffcot
The Lost Continent
1968
as Nick, chief engineer
The Anniversary
1968
as Henry Taggart
A Dandy in Aspic
1968
Privilege
1967
as Professor Tatham
How I Won the War
1967
as Drogue
The Prophet
1967
as Interviewer
Callan
1967
The Deadly Bees
1966
as Coroner
Mystery and Imagination
1966
as Landlord
Love's Labour's Lost
1965
as Holofernes
Darling
1965
as Mr. Basildon
Strife
1965
as William Scantlebury
Londoners
1965
as The Interviewer
Thirty-Minute Theatre
1965
as Tim Singleton
Legend of Death
1965
as Irwin
The Likely Lads
1964
as Scoutmaster
The Likely Lads
1964
as Vicar
Theatre 625
1964
as Henry
The Invasion
1963
as TV Commentator
The Avengers
1961
as Henry
Coronation Street
1960
as Mr. Soames
No Hiding Place
1959
Armchair Theatre
1956
as Uncle Eric