Richard Wattis

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1912-02-25 (63 years old)

Deathday

1975-02-01

Place of Birth

Wednesbury, Staffordshire, England, UK

Richard Wattis

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 o...

Acting

1956

The Man Who Knew Too Much

as Assistant Manager

1961

1959

Ten Seconds to Hell

as Major Haven

1964

1974

1965

Operation Crossbow

as Sir Charles Sims

1963

The V.I.P.s

as Sanders

1957

The Abominable Snowman

as Dr. Peter Fox

1956

The Iron Petticoat

as Lingerie Clerk

1950

The Clouded Yellow

as Employment Agent

1957

Barnacle Bill

as Registrar of Shipping

1954

Hobson's Choice

as Albert Prosser

1968

Wonderwall

as Perkins

1963

Come Fly with Me

as Oliver Garson

1950

The Happiest Days of Your Life

as Arnold Billings: Staff of Nutbourne

1981

Eric Sykes: One of the Great Troupers

as Self (archive material)

1962

I Thank a Fool

as Ebblington

1938

A Yank at Oxford

as Latin Speaker at Dinner (uncredited)

1952

Made in Heaven

as The vicar

1971

1965

The Bargain

as Narrator

1954

1952

Top Secret

as Barnes

1973

Take Me High

as Sir Charles Furness

1952

Song of Paris

as Carter

1961

1968

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang

as Secretary at Sweet Factory (uncredited)

1962

Play It Cool

as Nervous Man

1956

1972

1965

1959

The Captain's Table

as Prittlewell

1959

Left Right and Centre

as Harding-Pratt

1949

The Chiltern Hundreds

as Vicar (uncredited)

1955

As Long as They're Happy

as Hippodrome Stage Manager

1960

1973

Diamonds on Wheels

as Sir Hilary Stanton

1971

1965

Bunny Lake Is Missing

as Shipping Clerk

1965

Up Jumped a Swagman

as Lever, Music Publisher

1957

High Flight

as Wilson

1954

Lease of Life

as Solicitor

1957

Second Fiddle

as Bill Turner

1959

Libel

as The Judge

1965

The Liquidator

as Flying Instructor

1959

1953

Innocents in Paris

as Wilkinson

1954

Doctor in the House

as Medical Book Salesman (uncredited)

1953

1955

The Colditz Story

as Richard Gordon

1955

Simon and Laura

as Controller of Television Drama

1959

Follow a Star

as Dr. W. Chatterway

1953

Background

as David Wallace

1953

Blood Orange

as Detective Inspector MacLeod

1967

The Troublesome Double

as Mr. Wentworth

1967

Casino Royale

as British Army Officer

1949

Kind Hearts and Coronets

as Defence Counsel (uncredited)

1955

1956

The Green Man

as Doctor

1951

Lady Godiva Rides Again

as Casting Director

1953

The Intruder

as School Master

1956

Eyewitness

as Anaesthetist

1953

The Final Test

as Cricket Fan

1955

I Am a Camera

as Bespectacled Man at Book Launch (uncredited)

1952

Derby Day

as Editor

1956

The Silken Affair

as Worthington

1972

1953

Park Plaza 605

as Theodore Feather

1962

Bon Voyage!

as Party Guest

1957

1961

Very Important Person

as Woodcock, Entertainments Officer

1968

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang

as Secretary at Sweet Factory (Uncredited)

1949

Helter Skelter

as Compere of Nick Nack Show

1954

The Crowded Day

as Mr. Christopher

1962

The Longest Day

as British Paratrooper

1956

Jumping for Joy

as Carruthers

1949

Marry Me

as Minor Role (uncredited)

1956

The Man Who Never Was

as Shop Assistant

1951

Appointment with Venus

as Carruthers - Higher Executive

1952

Penny Princess

as Hotel Desk Clerk (uncredited)

1974

Aladdin

as Emperor Nanki

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