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Known For
Acting
Birthday
February 25, 1912
Died
February 1, 1975
Place of Birth
Wednesbury, Staffordshire, England, UK
Also Known As
- Ричард Уоттис
- Richard Cameron Wattis
Richard Wattis
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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 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.
Known For
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Self (archive material)
Eric Sykes: One of the Great Troupers
1981
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Emperor Nanki
Aladdin
1974
4.9
Mr. Prendergast
Confessions of a Window Cleaner
1974
4.5
Sir Charles Furness
Take Me High
1973
8.0
Sir Hilary Stanton
Diamonds on Wheels
1973
4.9
Presenter
Sex and the Other Woman
1972
2.3
Simmonds
That's Your Funeral
1972
6.4
Charles Brown
Sykes
1972
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PC Eddie Edwards
Coppers End
1971
3.3
Mr. Lothran
Games That Lovers Play
1971
Credits
Eric Sykes: One of the Great Troupers
as Self (archive material)
1981
0.0
🎬
Aladdin
as Emperor Nanki
1974
0.0
Confessions of a Window Cleaner
as Mr. Prendergast
1974
4.9
Take Me High
as Sir Charles Furness
1973
4.5
Diamonds on Wheels
as Sir Hilary Stanton
1973
8.0
Sex and the Other Woman
as Presenter
1972
4.9
That's Your Funeral
as Simmonds
1972
2.3
Sykes
as Charles Brown
1972
6.4
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Coppers End
as PC Eddie Edwards
1971
0.0
Games That Lovers Play
as Mr. Lothran
1971
3.3
Too Close for Comfort
as Narrator
1971
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The Ballad of Tam Lin
as Elroy
1970
4.9
The Goodies
as TV Show Host
1970
7.5
Egghead's Robot
1970
3.0
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
as Secretary at Sweet Factory (uncredited)
1968
6.8
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
as Secretary at Sweet Factory (Uncredited)
1968
6.8
Wonderwall
as Perkins
1968
5.0
The Prisoner
as Fotheringay
1967
7.7
Casino Royale
as British Army Officer
1967
5.3
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The Troublesome Double
as Mr. Wentworth
1967
0.0
The Great St. Trinian's Train Robbery
as Manton Bassett
1966
6.1
The Alphabet Murders
as Wolf
1965
5.7
Up Jumped a Swagman
as Lever, Music Publisher
1965
4.0
The Liquidator
as Flying Instructor
1965
6.2
Bunny Lake Is Missing
as Shipping Clerk
1965
7.2
You Must Be Joking
as Parkins
1965
5.1
The Battle of the Villa Fiorita
as Travel Agent
1965
4.0
Operation Crossbow
as Sir Charles Sims
1965
6.7
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The Bargain
as Narrator
1965
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Carry On Spying
as Cobley
1964
6.4
The V.I.P.s
as Sanders
1963
6.1
Come Fly with Me
as Oliver Garson
1963
4.1
Venus fra Vestø
1962
5.6
The Longest Day
as British Paratrooper
1962
7.6
I Thank a Fool
as Ebblington
1962
5.5
Play It Cool
as Nervous Man
1962
5.9
Bon Voyage!
as Party Guest
1962
5.5
Dentist on the Job
as Macreedy
1961
6.2
Nearly a Nasty Accident
as Wagstaffe
1961
7.0
Very Important Person
as Entertainments Officer Woodcock
1961
5.2
The Avengers
as Clarke
1961
7.7
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The Dickie Henderson Show
1960
0.0
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Follow That Horse!
1960
0.0
Your Money or Your Wife
as Hubert Fry
1960
4.0
Sykes and a...
1960
6.0
Libel
as The Judge
1959
6.6
The Ugly Duckling
as Barclay
1959
5.8
Left Right and Centre
as Harding-Pratt
1959
6.0
Ten Seconds to Hell
as Major Haven
1959
6.2
The Captain's Table
as Chief Purser Herbert Prittlewell
1959
5.8
Follow a Star
as Dr. W. Chatterway
1959
6.1
The Inn of the Sixth Happiness
as Mr. Murfin
1958
6.7
Barnacle Bill
as Registrar of Shipping
1957
6.4
Hancock's Half Hour: Volume 1
as Hotelier
1957
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Blue Murder at St. Trinian's
as Manton Bassett
1957
6.7
High Flight
as Wilson
1957
5.8
The Abominable Snowman
as Dr. Peter Fox
1957
6.2
The Prince and the Showgirl
as Northbrook
1957
6.3
Second Fiddle
as Bill Turner
1957
5.6
The Green Man
as Doctor
1956
6.9
The Silken Affair
as Worthington
1956
1.0
A Touch of the Sun
as Purchase
1956
5.6
The Iron Petticoat
as Lingerie Clerk
1956
5.8
It's a Wonderful World
as Harold
1956
5.3
Eyewitness
as Anaesthetist
1956
6.7
Hancock's Half Hour
1956
7.3
The Man Who Knew Too Much
as Assistant Manager
1956
7.5
The Man Who Never Was
as Shop Assistant
1956
7.0
Colonel March of Scotland Yard
as Arthur Cabot
1956
7.3
Jumping for Joy
as Carruthers
1956
6.5
An Alligator Named Daisy
as Hoskins
1955
6.2
Simon and Laura
as Controller of Television Drama
1955
5.8
I Am a Camera
as Bespectacled Man at Book Launch (uncredited)
1955
6.0
As Long as They're Happy
as Hippodrome Stage Manager
1955
7.7
The Colditz Story
as Richard Gordon
1955
6.8
A Yank in Ermine
as Boone
1955
4.0
The Time of His Life
as Edgar
1955
6.2
Lease of Life
as Solicitor
1954
7.4
The Crowded Day
as Mr. Christopher
1954
5.4
The Belles of St. Trinian's
as Manton Bassett
1954
6.3
Hobson's Choice
as Albert Prosser
1954
7.4
Doctor in the House
as Medical Book Salesman (uncredited)
1954
6.5
Small Town Story
as Marsh
1953
5.2
Background
as David Wallace
1953
6.0
The Intruder
as School Master
1953
7.2
Blood Orange
as Detective Inspector MacLeod
1953
5.1
Park Plaza 605
as Theodore Feather
1953
4.3
Innocents in Paris
as Wilkinson
1953
4.8
Colonel March Investigates
as Cabot
1953
6.0
The Final Test
as Cricket Fan
1953
6.7
Appointment in London
as Pascal
1953
6.4
Top of the Form
as Willoughby-Gore
1953
5.0
Top Secret
as Barnes
1952
6.0
Made in Heaven
as The vicar
1952
4.3
Mother Riley Meets the Vampire
as P.C. Freddie
1952
4.2
Derby Day
as Editor
1952
6.5
The Importance of Being Earnest
as Seton
1952
7.2
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The Liberace Show
1952
0.0
Penny Princess
as Hotel Desk Clerk (uncredited)
1952
6.4
Song of Paris
as Carter
1952
5.5
Lady Godiva Rides Again
as Casting Director
1951
5.8
Appointment with Venus
as Carruthers - Higher Executive
1951
5.1
The Clouded Yellow
as Employment Agent
1950
6.2
The Happiest Days of Your Life
as Arnold Billings: Staff of Nutbourne
1950
6.6
The Chiltern Hundreds
as Vicar (uncredited)
1949
5.0
Helter Skelter
as Compere of Nick Nack Show (uncredited)
1949
6.2
Kind Hearts and Coronets
as Defence Counsel (uncredited)
1949
7.6
Marry Me
as Minor Role (uncredited)
1949
4.3
A Yank at Oxford
as Latin Speaker at Dinner (uncredited)
1938
6.7