James Cossins
Acting
Born December 4, 1933 · Beckenham, Kent, England, UK
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 Play…
Known For · 40 titles
Coronation Street
The Avengers
Minder
Crown Court
Theatre 625
Thirty-Minute Theatre
Bergerac
No Hiding Place
The Sweeney
All Creatures Great and Small
Churchill's People
Centre Play
Thriller
Mystery and Imagination
Van der Valk
The Pallisers
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
Fawlty Towers
Murder Most Horrid
Justice
Scrooge
Callan
The Man with the Golden Gun
The Good Life
Fall of Eagles
Londoners
Citizen Smith
Shadows
Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads?
Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em
The Likely Lads
Gandhi
The Ten Commandments
The First Great Train Robbery
Call Me Mister
Number 10
Armchair Theatre
Miss Marple: At Bertram's Hotel
One-Upmanship
Blood from the Mummy's Tomb