James Cossins

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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 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

Department: Acting

Place of Birth: Beckenham, Kent, England, UK

Adult: No

Birthday: December 04, 1933

Age: 91 years old

Gender: Male

Deathday: February 12, 1997

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Known For:

Hitler: The Last Ten Days
Death Line
Villain
The Lost Continent
The Masks of Death
Sphinx
Fear in the Night
The Incredible Robert Baldick: Never Come Night
Privilege
The Anniversary
Wuthering Heights
Unnatural Causes
The Man with the Golden Gun
Love's Labour's Lost
A Day Out
Gandhi
Mad Jack
The Invasion
That Sinking Feeling
The Breaking of Colonel Keyser
Timon of Athens
Carry On Camping
What Next?
Say Hello to Yesterday
Immaculate Conception
The First Great Train Robbery
Melody
Otley
How I Won the War
Blood from the Mummy's Tomb
Darling
The Rainbirds
The Piano
Why Didn't They Ask Evans?
The Rise and Rise of Michael Rimmer
Bequest to the Nation
The Horror of Frankenstein
Aliens
The Deadly Bees
Possession
A Dandy in Aspic
Young Winston