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Eric Sykes: One of the Great Troupers

as Self (archive material)

1981
Confessions of a Window Cleaner

as Carole's Father

1974
Take Me High

as Sir Charles Furness

1973
Diamonds on Wheels

as Sir Hilary Stanton

1973
That's Your Funeral

as Simmonds

1972
Games That Lovers Play

as Mr. Lothran

1971
The Ballad of Tam Lin

as Elroy

1970
Wonderwall

as Perkins

1968
You Must Be Joking

as Parkins

1965
Up Jumped a Swagman

as Lever, Music Publisher

1965
Carry On Spying

as Cobley

1964
The V.I.P.s

as

1963
Come Fly with Me

as Oliver Garson

1963
I Thank a Fool

as Ebblington

1962
Bon Voyage!

as

1962
Play It Cool

as Nervous Man

1962
Very Important Person

as Woodcock, Entertainments Officer

1961
Your Money or Your Wife

as Hubert Fry

1960
Ten Seconds to Hell

as Major Haven

1959
Follow a Star

as Dr. W. Chatterway

1959
Libel

as The Judge

1959
Left Right and Centre

as Harding-Pratt

1959
Richard Wattis Richard Wattis

Birthday

1912-02-25

Place of Birth

Wednesbury, Staffordshire, England, UK

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 of the 1950s and 1960s, often as a "Man from the Ministry" or similar character. He was also involved as the secretary to Lord Scrumptious in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. Such appearances included the St Trinian's films (The Belles of St Trinian's, Blue Murder at St Trinian's, and The Great St Trinian's Train Robbery) as Manton Bassett, a civil servant who was the Deputy Director of Schools in the Ministry of Education, where he was often seen frowning and expressing indignation at the outrageous behaviour of other characters. To American audiences, Wattis is probably best known for his performance as the British civil servant Northbrook in The Prince and the Showgirl (1957). He broke from this typecasting in his later films, such as his starring role in Games That Lovers Play. Wattis's other films included Hobson's Choice, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Carry On Spying, The Colditz Story, Dentist on the Job, Very Important Person, The Happiest Days of Your Life, and The Longest Day. He also appeared on television, including a long-running role in Sykes, and appearances in Danger Man, The Prisoner, The Goodies, Hancock's Half Hour, and Father, Dear Father. From 1957 to 1958, he appeared as Peter Jamison in three episodes of the American sitcom Dick and the Duchess.
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