Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
12/4/1933
Place of Birth
Beckenham, Kent, England, UK
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 London School. After serving in the Royal Air Force, he trained at Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, where he won the silver medal in 1952.
Cossins first appeared in repertory theatre and at the Nottingham Play...
Known For
How I Won the War
as Drogue
The Man with the Golden Gun
as Colthorpe
Melody
as Headmaster
Aliens
as Major Lucas
Strife
as William Scantlebury
Gandhi
as Brigadier
Wuthering Heights
as Mr. Linton
The Piano
as Jeremy
Privilege
as Professor Tatham
Possession
as Kellet
Darling
as Mr. Basildon
Otley
as Jeffcot
Immaculate Conception
as Godfrey
Young Winston
as Barnsby
Unnatural Causes
as Justin Bryce
The Anniversary
as Henry Taggart
Villain
as Brown
Death Line
as James Manfred O.BE.
Blood from the Mummy's Tomb
as Older Male Nurse
Sphinx
as Lord Carnarvon
Career Timeline
1983
1981
1979
1978
1975
1974
1973
1972
A Day Out
as Mr. Shorter
The Breaking of Colonel Keyser
as Partridge
Death Line
as James Manfred O.BE.
Crown Court
Role unknown
Crown Court
as Graham Erringburn
The Incredible Robert Baldick: Never Come Night
as Peter Elmstead
Van der Valk
as Noordhoff
Young Winston
as Barnsby
Fear in the Night
as The Doctor
Pretenders
as Old Elam
1971
Justice
as Mr. Ritson
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
as Dr. Jervis
Blood from the Mummy's Tomb
as Older Male Nurse
Villain
as Brown
Bel Ami
as Forestier
Bel Ami
as Charles Forestier
The Ten Commandments
as Tom
Melody
as Headmaster
The Rainbirds
as Father - Mr. Rainbird
The Piano
as Jeremy
Say Hello to Yesterday
as Policeman