Richard Wattis
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- 25 février 1912 · Wednesbury, Staffordshire, England, UK
- 1 février 1975
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 · En personne
- Eric Sykes: One of the Great Troupers · En personne
- Aladdin · Emperor Nanki
- Confessions of a Window Cleaner · Mr. Prendergast
- Take Me High · Sir Charles Furness
- La poursuite aux diamants · Sir Hilary Stanton
- Centre Play · Arthur
- Sex and the Other Woman · Presenter
- That's Your Funeral · Simmonds
- Sykes · Charles Brown
- Coppers End · PC Eddie Edwards
- Games That Lovers Play · Mr. Lothran
- Too Close for Comfort · Narrator
- The Ballad of Tam Lin · Elroy
- The Goodies · TV Show Host
- Egghead's Robot
- Wonderwall · Perkins
- Chitty Chitty Bang Bang · Secretary at Sweet Factory (uncredited)
- Le Prisonnier · Fotheringay
- Misleading Cases · Mr Grout
- Casino Royale · British Army Officer
- The Troublesome Double · Mr. Wentworth
- The Great St Trinian's Train Robbery · Manton Bassett
- A.B.C. contre Hercule Poirot · Wolf
- Up Jumped a Swagman · Lever, Music Publisher
- Le Liquidateur · Flying Instructor
- Bunny Lake a disparu · Clerk in Shipping Office
- You Must Be Joking · Parkins
- La Bataille de la Villa Fiorita · Travel Agent
- Opération Crossbow · Sir Charles Sims
- The Bargain · Narrator
- Agent secret 00.0H contre docteur Crow · Cobley
- Hôtel international · Sanders
- Les Filles de l'air · Oliver Garson
- Venus fra Vestø
- Le Jour le plus long · British Paratrooper
- Choc en retour · Ebblington
- Play It Cool · Nervous Man
- Bon Voyage ! · Party Guest
- Dentiste sur l'emploi · Macreedy
- Nearly a Nasty Accident · Wagstaffe
- Le prisonnier récalcitrant · Entertainments Officer Woodcock
- Chapeau melon et Bottes de cuir · Clarke
- The Dickie Henderson Show
- Destination Danger · Hardy
- Follow That Horse!
- Your Money or Your Wife · Hubert Fry
- Sykes and a...
- Libel · The Judge
- The Ugly Duckling · Barclay
- Left Right and Centre · Harding-Pratt
- Tout près de Satan · Major Haven
- The Captain's Table · Chief Purser Herbert Prittlewell
- Follow a Star · Dr. W. Chatterway
- L'Auberge du sixième bonheur · Mr. Murfin
- Il était un petit navire · Registrar of Shipping
- Hancock's Half Hour: Volume 1 · Hotelier
- Blue Murder at St. Trinian's · Manton Bassett
- High Flight · Wilson
- Le Redoutable Homme des neiges · Dr. Peter Fox
- Le Prince et la Danseuse · Northbrook
- Second Fiddle · Bill Turner
- Une bombe pas comme les autres · Doctor
- Le Gentleman et la Parisienne · Worthington
- A Touch of the Sun · Purchase
- Whisky, Vodka et Jupon de fer · Lingerie Clerk
- It's a Wonderful World · Harold
- Eyewitness · Anaesthetist
- Hancock's Half Hour
- L'Homme qui en savait trop · Assistant Manager
- L'Homme qui n'a jamais existé · Shop Assistant
- Les aventures du colonel March · Arthur Cabot
- Jumping for Joy · Carruthers
- An Alligator Named Daisy · Hoskins
- Simon and Laura · Controller of Television Drama
- Une fille comme ça · Bespectacled Man at Book Launch (uncredited)
- As Long As They're Happy · Hippodrome Stage Manager
- Les Indomptables de Colditz · Richard Gordon
- The Time of His Life · Edgar
- A Yank in Ermine · Boone