Richard Wattis

Richard Wattis

Birthday: 1912-02-25

Deathday: 1975-02-01

Place of birth: Wednesbury, Staffordshire, England, UK

Also known as: Ричард Уоттис, Richard Cameron Wattis

imdb_id: nm0915077

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.

Played in movies:

Diamonds on Wheels

Score: 8.0

As Long as They're Happy

Score: 7.7

Kind Hearts and Coronets

Score: 7.6

The Longest Day

Score: 7.6

The Man Who Knew Too Much

Score: 7.5

Lease of Life

Score: 7.4

Hobson's Choice

Score: 7.3

The Intruder

Score: 7.2

Bunny Lake Is Missing

Score: 7.2

The Importance of Being Earnest

Score: 7.2

The Green Man

Score: 7.0

Nearly a Nasty Accident

Score: 7.0

The Man Who Never Was

Score: 7.0

Libel

Score: 6.9

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang

Score: 6.8

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang

Score: 6.8

Operation Crossbow

Score: 6.8

The Colditz Story

Score: 6.7

The Final Test

Score: 6.7

Eyewitness

Score: 6.7

The Inn of the Sixth Happiness

Score: 6.7

A Yank at Oxford

Score: 6.7

Blue Murder at St. Trinian's

Score: 6.6

The Happiest Days of Your Life

Score: 6.5

Jumping for Joy

Score: 6.5

Derby Day

Score: 6.5

Doctor in the House

Score: 6.5

The Time of His Life

Score: 6.5

Carry On Spying

Score: 6.5

Penny Princess

Score: 6.4

Barnacle Bill

Score: 6.4

The Prince and the Showgirl

Score: 6.4

The Belles of St. Trinian's

Score: 6.3

The Abominable Snowman

Score: 6.2

The Liquidator

Score: 6.2

Helter Skelter

Score: 6.2

Appointment in London

Score: 6.2

Dentist on the Job

Score: 6.2

An Alligator Named Daisy

Score: 6.2

The Clouded Yellow

Score: 6.2

The V.I.P.s

Score: 6.1

Follow a Star

Score: 6.1

Ten Seconds to Hell

Score: 6.1

The Great St. Trinian's Train Robbery

Score: 6.1

I Am a Camera

Score: 6.0

Background

Score: 6.0

Left Right and Centre

Score: 6.0

Top Secret

Score: 6.0

Colonel March Investigates

Score: 6.0

Play It Cool

Score: 5.9

Lady Godiva Rides Again

Score: 5.8

The Ugly Duckling

Score: 5.8

High Flight

Score: 5.8

The Captain's Table

Score: 5.8

The Iron Petticoat

Score: 5.8

The Alphabet Murders

Score: 5.7

Simon and Laura

Score: 5.6

Second Fiddle

Score: 5.6

Venus fra Vestø

Score: 5.6

A Touch of the Sun

Score: 5.6

Song of Paris

Score: 5.5

I Thank a Fool

Score: 5.5

Sex and the Other Woman

Score: 5.4

The Crowded Day

Score: 5.4

Bon Voyage!

Score: 5.3

It's a Wonderful World

Score: 5.3

Casino Royale

Score: 5.2

Very Important Person

Score: 5.2

Blood Orange

Score: 5.2

Small Town Story

Score: 5.2

Wonderwall

Score: 5.2

You Must Be Joking

Score: 5.1

Appointment with Venus

Score: 5.1

Innocents in Paris

Score: 5.1

The Ballad of Tam Lin

Score: 5.1

Top of the Form

Score: 5.0

The Chiltern Hundreds

Score: 5.0

Confessions of a Window Cleaner

Score: 4.9

The Battle of the Villa Fiorita

Score: 4.8

Park Plaza 605

Score: 4.7

Take Me High

Score: 4.5

Come Fly with Me

Score: 4.4

Marry Me

Score: 4.3

Mother Riley Meets the Vampire

Score: 4.2

A Yank in Ermine

Score: 4.0

Up Jumped a Swagman

Score: 4.0

Your Money or Your Wife

Score: 4.0

Made in Heaven

Score: 4.0

Games That Lovers Play

Score: 3.7

Egghead's Robot

Score: 3.0

That's Your Funeral

Score: 2.3

The Silken Affair

Score: 1.0

Aladdin

Score: 0.0

Follow That Horse!

Score: 0.0

The Troublesome Double

Score: 0.0

The Bargain

Score: 0.0

Too Close for Comfort

Score: 0.0

Eric Sykes: One of the Great Troupers

Score: 0.0

Played in tv shows:

The Avengers

Score: 7.7

The Prisoner

Score: 7.7

The Goodies

Score: 7.5

Hancock's Half Hour

Score: 7.3

Colonel March of Scotland Yard

Score: 7.3

Sykes

Score: 6.4

Sykes and a...

Score: 6.0

Coppers End

Score: 0.0

The Dickie Henderson Show

Score: 0.0

The Liberace Show

Score: 0.0