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Richard Wattis‌

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Richard Wattis

Wednesbury, Staffordshire, England, UK

Richard Wattis

Wednesbury, Staffordshire, England, UK

Gender

Male

Birthday

calendar1912-02-25

Popularity

star2.5

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.

Movie Credits

The Man Who Knew Too Much

The Man Who Knew Too Much‌
star7.5
calendar 1956

Nearly a Nasty Accident

Nearly a Nasty Accident‌
star7.0
calendar 1961

The Importance of Being Earnest

The Importance of Being Earnest‌
star7.2
calendar 1952

The Prince and the Showgirl

The Prince and the Showgirl‌
star6.3
calendar 1957

Ten Seconds to Hell

Ten Seconds to Hell‌
star6.2
calendar 1959

Carry On Spying

Carry On Spying‌
star6.5
calendar 1964

Confessions of a Window Cleaner

Confessions of a Window Cleaner‌
star4.8
calendar 1974

Colonel March Investigates

Colonel March Investigates‌
star6.0
calendar 1953

The Great St. Trinian's Train Robbery

The Great St. Trinian's Train Robbery‌
star5.8
calendar 1966

Operation Crossbow

Operation Crossbow‌
star6.7
calendar 1965

The V.I.P.s

The V.I.P.s‌
star6.2
calendar 1963

The Abominable Snowman

The Abominable Snowman‌
star6.2
calendar 1957

The Iron Petticoat

The Iron Petticoat‌
star5.8
calendar 1956

The Clouded Yellow

The Clouded Yellow‌
star6.1
calendar 1950

Barnacle Bill

Barnacle Bill‌
star6.3
calendar 1957

Hobson's Choice

Hobson's Choice‌
star7.3
calendar 1954

Wonderwall

Wonderwall‌
star5.2
calendar 1968

Come Fly with Me

Come Fly with Me‌
star4.4
calendar 1963

The Happiest Days of Your Life

The Happiest Days of Your Life‌
star6.3
calendar 1950

Eric Sykes: One of the Great Troupers

Eric Sykes: One of the Great Troupers‌
star0.0
calendar 1981

I Thank a Fool

I Thank a Fool‌
star5.4
calendar 1962

A Yank at Oxford

A Yank at Oxford‌
star6.7
calendar 1938

Made in Heaven

Made in Heaven‌
star4.0
calendar 1952

Too Close for Comfort

Too Close for Comfort‌
star0.0
calendar 1971

The Bargain

The Bargain‌
star0.0
calendar 1965

The Ballad of Tam Lin

The Ballad of Tam Lin‌
star5.4
calendar 1970

The Belles of St. Trinian's

The Belles of St. Trinian's‌
star6.2
calendar 1954

Top Secret

Top Secret‌
star6.0
calendar 1952

Take Me High

Take Me High‌
star4.9
calendar 1973

An Alligator Named Daisy

An Alligator Named Daisy‌
star6.2
calendar 1955

The Battle of the Villa Fiorita

The Battle of the Villa Fiorita‌
star4.8
calendar 1965

Song of Paris

Song of Paris‌
star5.5
calendar 1952

Dentist on the Job

Dentist on the Job‌
star6.2
calendar 1961

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang‌
star6.8
calendar 1968

Play It Cool

Play It Cool‌
star5.9
calendar 1962

A Touch of the Sun

A Touch of the Sun‌
star5.6
calendar 1956

That's Your Funeral

That's Your Funeral‌
star1.5
calendar 1972

You Must Be Joking

You Must Be Joking‌
star5.6
calendar 1965

The Captain's Table

The Captain's Table‌
star5.8
calendar 1959

The Inn of the Sixth Happiness

The Inn of the Sixth Happiness‌
star6.8
calendar 1958

Left Right and Centre

Left Right and Centre‌
star5.4
calendar 1959

The Time of His Life

The Time of His Life‌
star6.5
calendar 1955

The Chiltern Hundreds

The Chiltern Hundreds‌
star5.0
calendar 1949

As Long as They're Happy

As Long as They're Happy‌
star8.0
calendar 1955

Venus fra Vestø

Venus fra Vestø‌
star5.6
calendar 1962

Your Money or Your Wife

Your Money or Your Wife‌
star4.0
calendar 1960

Diamonds on Wheels

Diamonds on Wheels‌
star8.0
calendar 1973

Games That Lovers Play

Games That Lovers Play‌
star4.2
calendar 1971

Bunny Lake Is Missing

Bunny Lake Is Missing‌
star7.2
calendar 1965

Up Jumped a Swagman

Up Jumped a Swagman‌
star4.0
calendar 1965

High Flight

High Flight‌
star5.8
calendar 1957

Second Fiddle

Second Fiddle‌
star5.6
calendar 1957

Lease of Life

Lease of Life‌
star7.4
calendar 1954

Libel

Libel‌
star7.1
calendar 1959

The Liquidator

The Liquidator‌
star6.2
calendar 1965

Mother Riley Meets the Vampire

Mother Riley Meets the Vampire‌
star4.2
calendar 1952

The Ugly Duckling

The Ugly Duckling‌
star5.8
calendar 1959

Innocents in Paris

Innocents in Paris‌
star5.1
calendar 1953

Doctor in the House

Doctor in the House‌
star6.3
calendar 1954

Small Town Story

Small Town Story‌
star5.2
calendar 1953

Top of the Form

Top of the Form‌
star5.0
calendar 1953

The Colditz Story

The Colditz Story‌
star6.6
calendar 1955

Simon and Laura

Simon and Laura‌
star5.5
calendar 1955

Egghead's Robot

Egghead's Robot‌
star3.0
calendar 1970

Follow a Star

Follow a Star‌
star6.1
calendar 1959

Blood Orange

Blood Orange‌
star5.9
calendar 1953

Background

Background‌
star6.0
calendar 1953

The Troublesome Double

The Troublesome Double‌
star0.0
calendar 1967

Follow That Horse!

Follow That Horse!‌
star0.0
calendar 1960

Casino Royale

Casino Royale‌
star5.3
calendar 1967

Appointment in London

Appointment in London‌
star6.2
calendar 1953

Kind Hearts and Coronets

Kind Hearts and Coronets‌
star7.7
calendar 1949

A Yank in Ermine

A Yank in Ermine‌
star4.0
calendar 1955

The Green Man

The Green Man‌
star7.0
calendar 1956

It's a Wonderful World

It's a Wonderful World‌
star5.3
calendar 1956

Lady Godiva Rides Again

Lady Godiva Rides Again‌
star5.9
calendar 1951

The Intruder

The Intruder‌
star7.2
calendar 1953

Eyewitness

Eyewitness‌
star6.7
calendar 1956

The Final Test

The Final Test‌
star6.6
calendar 1953

I Am a Camera

I Am a Camera‌
star6.0
calendar 1955

Derby Day

Derby Day‌
star6.5
calendar 1952

The Silken Affair

The Silken Affair‌
star1.0
calendar 1956

Sex and the Other Woman

Sex and the Other Woman‌
star5.4
calendar 1972

Park Plaza 605

Park Plaza 605‌
star5.2
calendar 1953

Bon Voyage!

Bon Voyage!‌
star5.3
calendar 1962

Blue Murder at St. Trinian's

Blue Murder at St. Trinian's‌
star6.4
calendar 1957

Very Important Person

Very Important Person‌
star5.5
calendar 1961

The Alphabet Murders

The Alphabet Murders‌
star5.8
calendar 1965

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang‌
star6.8
calendar 1968

Helter Skelter

Helter Skelter‌
star6.2
calendar 1949

The Crowded Day

The Crowded Day‌
star5.4
calendar 1954

The Longest Day

The Longest Day‌
star7.6
calendar 1962

Jumping for Joy

Jumping for Joy‌
star6.5
calendar 1956

Marry Me

Marry Me‌
star4.3
calendar 1949

The Man Who Never Was

The Man Who Never Was‌
star7.0
calendar 1956

Appointment with Venus

Appointment with Venus‌
star5.1
calendar 1951

Tv Credits

The Prisoner

The Prisoner‌
star7.8
calendar 1967

The Goodies

The Goodies‌
star7.5
calendar 1970

Sykes and a...

Sykes and a...‌
star5.0
calendar 1960

Sykes

Sykes‌
star6.4
calendar 1972

Colonel March of Scotland Yard

Colonel March of Scotland Yard‌
star7.3
calendar 1956

Hancock's Half Hour

Hancock's Half Hour‌
star7.5
calendar 1956

The Liberace Show

The Liberace Show‌
star0.0
calendar 1952

Coppers End

Coppers End‌
star0.0
calendar 1971

The Goodies

The Goodies‌
star7.5
calendar 1970

Sykes

Sykes‌
star6.4
calendar 1972

The Avengers

The Avengers‌
star7.7
calendar 1961