Personal Info
- Known ForActing
- GenderMale
- Birthday1933-12-04
- Day of Death1997-02-12 (63 years)
- Place of BirthBeckenham, Kent, England, UK
- Also Known As-
James Cossins
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...Read More
Acting Career
- 1993
Unnatural Causes
As: Justin Bryce
- 1992
Immaculate Conception
As: Godfrey
- 1991
Murder Most Horrid
As: Sir Hugh Lotterby
- 1987
Miss Marple: At Bertram's Hotel
As: Colonel Luscombe
- 1984
The Masks of Death
As: Frederick Bains
- 1983
Number 10
As: Sir William Harcourt
- 1982
Gandhi
As: Brigadier
- 1982
Aliens
As: Major Lucas
1981Bergerac
As: Tuchel
- 1981
Bergerac
As: Calhoun
1981Timon of Athens
As: Lucullus
1981Sphinx
As: Lord Carnarvon
1980Why Didn't They Ask Evans?
As: Henry Bassington-ffrench
1979Minder
As: Judge
- 1978
The First Great Train Robbery
As: Harranby
1978All Creatures Great and Small
As: Mr. Barge
- 1978
All Creatures Great and Small
As: Aloysius Barge
1977Citizen Smith
As: Court Judge
1975Fawlty Towers
As: Mr. Walt
1975Shadows
As: Custodian
1975The Good Life
As: Magistrate
1975The Sweeney
As: Colonel Rosier
1974Churchill's People
As: William
- 1974
The Man with the Golden Gun
As: Colthorpe
1974Fall of Eagles
As: Count Josi Hoyos
1974The Pallisers
As: Sergeant Bunfit
1973Hitler: The Last Ten Days
As: German Officer
1973Bequest to the Nation
As: McKillop
1973Thriller
As: Kellet
1973Possession
As: Kellet
1973Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads?
As: Magistrate
1972A Day Out
As: Mr. Shorter
- 1972
Death Line
As: James Manfred O.BE.
1972Crown Court
As: Graham Erringburn
1972The Incredible Robert Baldick: Never Come Night
As: Peter Elmstead
1972Van der Valk
As: Noordhoff
1972Young Winston
As: Barnsby
1972Fear in the Night
As: The Doctor
1972Pretenders
As: Old Elam
1971Blood from the Mummy's Tomb
As: Older Male Nurse
1971Justice
As: Mr. Ritson
1971The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
As: Dr. Jervis
1971Villain
As: Brown
1971Melody
As: Headmaster
1971The Rainbirds
As: Father - Mr. Rainbird
1971The Piano
As: Jeremy
1971Say Hello to Yesterday
As: Policeman
1970The Rise and Rise of Michael Rimmer
As: Crodder
1970The Horror of Frankenstein
As: Dean
1970Wuthering Heights
As: Mr. Linton
1969Carry On Camping
As: Man in Cinema (uncredited)
1969Otley
As: Jeffcot
1968The Lost Continent
As: Nick, chief engineer
1968The Anniversary
As: Henry Taggart
1967How I Won the War
As: Drogue
1967Privilege
As: Professor Tatham
1966The Deadly Bees
As: Coroner
1966Mystery and Imagination
As: Landlord
1965Strife
As: William Scantlebury
- 1965
Darling
As: Mr. Basildon
1965Londoners
As: The Interviewer
1965Love's Labour's Lost
As: Holofernes
1964The Likely Lads
As: Scoutmaster
- 1964
The Likely Lads
As: Vicar
1964Theatre 625
As: Henry
1961The Avengers
As: Henry
1960Coronation Street
As: Mr. Soames