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James Cossins
Actor
Born December 4, 1933Died February 12, 1997 (63 years)
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 Playhouse. He played a wide range of characters throughout his colourful and extensive career on television and stage, often portraying blustering, pompous, crusty and cantankerous characters. Cossins appeared in Charley's Aunt at the Apollo Theatre in 1971 with Tom Courtenay, David Horovitch, Garth Forwood, Joanna McCallum, and Celia Bannerman. He appeared in more than forty films, including The Anniversary (recreating his West End stage role), and The Lost Continent (both 1968), Gandhi (1982), and The Man with the Golden Gun (1974).
On the small screen, Cossins appeared as a guest in a variety of shows, including The Likely Lads and Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads?, Minder, Bergerac, The Sweeney, Bless This House, Shadows, All Creatures Great and Small, Citizen Smith, Just William, The Good Life, L for Lester, Neville Dennis in Callan "Rules of the Game" (1972), Z-Cars, and as the regular character Bruce Westrop (in 1979) in Emmerdale Farm. He also played Major Bagstock in Dombey and Son (1983), and appeared in the first series of All in Good Faith in 1985. He played a magistrate in episodes of four different British sitcoms, Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads?, The Good Life, Citizen Smith and Minder.
Cossins's later appearances were limited by ill health and he lived in semi-retirement in Surrey. Cossins died from heart disease at the age of 63, in 1997
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 Playhouse. He played a wide range of characters throughout his colourful and extensive career on television and stage, often portraying blustering, pompous, crusty and cantankerous characters. Cossins appeared in Charley's Aunt at the Apollo Theatre in 1971 with Tom Courtenay, David Horovitch, Garth Forwood, Joanna McCallum, and Celia Bannerman. He appeared in more than forty films, including The Anniversary (recreating his West End stage role), and The Lost Continent (both 1968), Gandhi (1982), and The Man with the Golden Gun (1974).
On the small screen, Cossins appeared as a guest in a variety of shows, including The Likely Lads and Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads?, Minder, Bergerac, The Sweeney, Bless This House, Shadows, All Creatures Great and Small, Citizen Smith, Just William, The Good Life, L for Lester, Neville Dennis in Callan "Rules of the Game" (1972), Z-Cars, and as the regular character Bruce Westrop (in 1979) in Emmerdale Farm. He also played Major Bagstock in Dombey and Son (1983), and appeared in the first series of All in Good Faith in 1985. He played a magistrate in episodes of four different British sitcoms, Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads?, The Good Life, Citizen Smith and Minder.
Cossins's later appearances were limited by ill health and he lived in semi-retirement in Surrey. Cossins died from heart disease at the age of 63, in 1997
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Filmography
| 1993 | Under the Hammer (1994) (TV Series) · as Meredith Bland |
| 1993 | Unnatural Causes · as Justin Bryce |
| 1992 | Immaculate Conception · as Godfrey |
| 1991 | Murder Most Horrid (TV Series) · as Sir Hugh Lotterby |
| 1989 | Woof! (TV Series) · as Mr. Hudson |
| 1987 | Grand Larceny · as Cast |
| 1987 | Miss Marple: At Bertram's Hotel (TV Series) · as Colonel Luscombe |
| 1985 | All in Good Faith (TV Series) |
| 1985 | My Brother Jonathan (TV Series) · as The Rev. Perry |
| 1985 | The Pickwick Papers (TV Series) · as Nupkins |
| 1984 | Miss Marple (TV Series) · as Colonel Luscombe |
| 1984 | Sherlock Holmes and the Masks of Death · as Frederick Bains |
| 1984 | Strangers and Brothers (TV Series) · as Mr. Knight |
| 1983 | Up the Elephant and Round the Castle (TV Series) · as The Major |
| 1983 | James Bond: The First 21 Years · as Colthorpe |
| 1983 | Number 10 (TV Series) · as Lord Harcourt |
| 1983 | Dombey and Son (TV Series) · as Major Bagstock |
| 1982 | Gandhi · as Brigadier |
| 1982 | The Confessions of Felix Krull (TV Series) · as Lord Kilmarnock |
| 1981 | Bergerac (TV Series) · as Tuchel |
| 1981 | Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years (TV Series) · as Lord Lothian |
| 1981 | Timon of Athens · as Lucullus |
| 1981 | Loophole · as 1st Interviewer |
| 1981 | Sphinx · as Lord Carnarvon |
| 1981 | Nanny (1981) (TV Series) · as Mr. Croome |
| 1980 | Why Didn't They Ask Evans? · as Henry Bassington-Ffrench |
| 1979 | Minder (TV Series) · as Judge |
| 1979 | Prince Regent (TV Series) · as Sir Robert Gifford |
| 1979 | Shelley (TV Series) · as Bernard Nelson |
| 1978 | The Great Train Robbery · as Harranby |
| 1978 | BBC Television Shakespeare (TV Series) · as Lucullus |
| 1978 | The Devil's Crown (TV Series) · as Hugues De Lusignan |
| 1978 | All Creatures Great and Small (TV Series) · as Aloysius Barge |
| 1977 | Don't Forget to Write (TV Series) · as Phillip Mounter |
| 1977 | Citizen Smith (TV Series) · as Court Judge |
| 1977 | Just William (TV Series) · as Uncle Frederick |
| 1975 | Fawlty Towers (TV Series) · as Mr. Walt |
| 1975 | Shadows (TV Series) · as Custodian |
| 1975 | The Good Life (1975) (TV Series) · as Magistrate |
| 1975 | The Sweeney (TV Series) · as Colonel Rosier |
| 1974 | The Man with the Golden Gun · as Colthorpe |
| 1974 | Notorious Woman (TV Series) · as Gustave Flaubert |
| 1974 | Oh No It's Selwyn Froggitt (TV Series) · as Chairman |
| 1974 | Fall of Eagles (TV Series) · as Count Josi Hoyos |
| 1974 | The Pallisers (TV Series) · as Sergeant Bunfit |
| 1974 | |
| 1974 | The Stud · as Eric |
| 1973 | The Nelson Affair · as Mckillop (uncredited) |
| 1973 | Hitler: The Last Ten Days · as German Officer |
| 1973 | Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em (TV Series) |
| 1973 | Thriller (1973) (TV Series) · as Kellet |
| 1973 | Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads (TV Series) · as Magistrate |
| 1972 | A Day Out · as Mr. Shorter |
| 1972 | Crown Court (TV Series) · as Graham Erringburn |
| 1972 | Emmerdale (TV Series) · as Bruce Westrop (1979) |
| 1972 | Death Line · as James Manfred O.be. |
| 1972 | Van der Valk (TV Series) · as Noordhoff |
| 1972 | The Public Eye · as Party Guest |
| 1972 | Young Winston · as Barnsby |
| 1972 | Fear in the Night · as The Doctor |
| 1972 | Love Thy Neighbour (TV Series) · as George Brittain |
| 1971 | Blood from the Mummy's Tomb · as Older Male Nurse |
| 1971 | Justice (1971) (TV Series) · as Mr. Ritson |
| 1971 | Villain · as Brown |
| 1971 | The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes (TV Series) · as Dr. Jervis |
| 1971 | Say Hello to Yesterday · as Policeman |
| 1971 | Melody · as Headmaster |
| 1971 | Bless This House (TV Series) · as Tom Williams |
| 1970 | Man At The Top (TV Series) · as Colonel Broadhurst |
| 1970 | |
| 1970 | The Rise and Rise of Michael Rimmer · as Crodder |
| 1970 | Play for Today (TV Series) · as Father |
| 1970 | The Horror of Frankenstein · as Dean |
| 1970 | Wuthering Heights · as Mr. Linton |
| 1969 | Paul Temple (TV Series) · as Inspector Lescoe |
| 1969 | Strange Report (TV Series) · as Richard Churchill |
| 1969 | Special Branch (TV Series) · as Det. Sgt. Davis |
| 1969 | Dear Mother.... ....Love Albert (TV Series) · as Col. Tomlinson |
| 1969 | Carry on Camping · as Man In Cinema (uncredited) |
| 1969 | Otley · as Jeffcot |
| 1968 | The Anniversary · as Henry Taggart |
| 1968 | The Lost Continent · as Nick, Chief Engineer |
| 1968 | |
| 1967 | How I Won the War · as Drogue |
| 1967 | Callan (TV Series) |
| 1967 | Privilege · as Professor Tatham |
| 1967 | CBS Children's Film Festival (TV Series) · as Phelps |
| 1966 | The Deadly Bees · as Coroner |
| 1966 | Mystery and Imagination (TV Series) |
| 1965 | Jackanory (TV Series) · as Storyteller |
| 1965 | The Power Game (TV Series) · as Candleford |
| 1965 | Thirty-Minute Theatre (TV Series) · as Tim Singleton |
| 1965 | Out of the Unknown (TV Series) · as Interviewer |
| 1965 | Darling · as Mr. Basildon |
| 1965 | The Man in Room 17 (TV Series) · as Harry Morrison |
| 1964 | The Likely Lads (TV Series) · as Scoutmaster |
| 1964 | The Wednesday Play (TV Series) · as Col. Jones-Williams |
| 1964 | Theatre 625 (TV Series) · as Henry |
| 1962 | Dr. Finlay's Casebook (TV Series) · as Robbie Cannock |
| 1962 | Z Cars (TV Series) · as Sgt. Michaelson |
| 1961 | Comedy Playhouse (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 1961 | The Avengers (TV Series) · as Henry |
| 1960 | Coronation Street (TV Series) · as Mr. Soames |
| 1959 | No Hiding Place (TV Series) |
| 1957 | Theatre Night (TV Series) · as Edgar Lucas, The Bride's Father |
| 1956 | Armchair Theatre (TV Series) · as Partridge |
| 1955 | ITV Play of the Week (TV Series) · as William Scantlebury |
| 1955 | ITV Television Playhouse (TV Series) · as Hilliard |