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James Cossins (4 December 1933 – 12 February 1997) was an English character actor. Born in Beckenham, Kent, he became widely recognised as the abrupt, bewildered Mr. Walt in the Fawlty Towers episode "The Hotel Inspectors". He played a magistrate in episodes of three different British sitcoms, Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads?, The Good Life and Citizen Smith.After serving in the Royal Air Force, he trained at RADA where he won the silver medal in 1952, later he appeared in repertory theatre and played a wide range of characters throughout his colourful and extensive career on television and stage. 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, he appeared as a guest in a variety of shows, including Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em, The Likely Lads and Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads?, Minder, Bergerac, The Sweeney, 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. His later appearances were limited by ill health, and he lived in semi-retirement in Surrey, with his beloved dog Oscar. Cossins died from heart disease at the age of 63, in 1997.
Date Of Birth December 4, 1933, Beckenham, United Kingdom Died February 12, 1997, Hampshire, United Kingdom Place Of Birth Beckenham, Kent, England, UK Height 6' (1.83 m) Profession Actor TV Shows All in Good Faith, Marjorie And Men Star Sign Sagittarius
Actor Title Year Status Character Under the Hammer 1994 TV Series Meredith Bland Unnatural Causes 1993 TV Movie Justin Bryce Immaculate Conception 1992 Godfrey Murder Most Horrid 1991 TV Series Sir Hugh Lotterby Woof! 1990 TV Series Mr. Hudson Chelworth 1989 TV Mini-Series Mr. Kilbeck All Creatures Great and Small 1980-1988 TV Series Aloysius Barge
Mr. Barge Bergerac 1981-1988 TV Series Calhoun / Tuchel Grand Larceny 1987 Miss Marple: At Bertram's Hotel 1987 TV Movie Colonel Luscombe Call Me Mister 1986 TV Series Charlie Staples All in Good Faith 1985-1986 TV Series Major Andrews / Mjaor Andrews My Brother Jonathan 1985 TV Series Reverend Perry Marjorie and Men 1985 TV Series Henry Bartlett The Pickwick Papers 1985 TV Series Nupkins Up the Elephant and Round the Castle 1985 TV Series The Major Sherlock Holmes and the Masks of Death 1984 TV Movie Frederick Baines Sharing Time 1984 TV Series Arthur Strangers and Brothers 1984 TV Series Mr. Knight Lady Is a Tramp 1984 TV Series Man Goodnight and God Bless 1983 TV Series Geoffrey Dombey & Son 1983 TV Mini-Series Major Bagstock Nanny 1983 TV Series Mr. Croome Number 10 1983 TV Mini-Series Lord Harcourt Gandhi 1982 Brigadier Play for Today 1971-1982 TV Series Major Lucas / Father - Mr. Rainbird / Jeremy L for Lester 1982 TV Series Chief Insp. Rodgers Minder 1982 TV Series Judge Bekenntnisse des Hochstaplers Felix Krull 1982 TV Mini-Series Lord Kilmarnock Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years 1981 TV Mini-Series Lord Lothian Roger Doesn't Live Here Anymore 1981 TV Series Baxter Crown Court 1973-1981 TV Series Graham Erringburn Timon of Athens 1981 TV Movie Lucullus Sphinx 1981 Lord Carnarvon Shelley 1981 TV Series Bernard Nelson Citizen Smith 1980 TV Series Court Judge Why Didn't They Ask Evans? 1980 TV Movie Henry Bassington-ffrench Jukes of Piccadilly 1980 TV Series Geoffrey Martindale The Jim Davidson Show 1980 TV Series Bernie 1978-1980 TV Series Prince Regent 1979 TV Mini-Series Sir Robert Gifford Don't Forget to Write! 1977-1979 TV Series Phillip Mounter The Great Train Robbery 1979 Harranby The Devil's Crown 1978 TV Series Hugues de Lusignan That's the Way the Money Goes 1978 TV Series Manager Just William 1978 TV Series Uncle Frederick The Sweeney 1976 TV Series Colonel Rosier One-Upmanship 1976 TV Series Shades of Greene 1976 TV Series Shop assistant Jackanory Playhouse 1976 TV Series King Love Thy Neighbour 1976 TV Series George Brittain Good Neighbors 1976 TV Series Magistrate Can We Please Have That the Right Way Round? 1976 Video short Centre Play 1975 TV Series Burret Fawlty Towers 1975 TV Series Mr. Walt Shadows 1975 TV Series Custodian CBS Children's Film Festival 1975 TV Series Phelps Z Cars 1962-1975 TV Series Sgt. Michaelson / Lionel Perkins / Gordon Lyle Churchill's People 1975 TV Series William Notorious Woman 1974 TV Mini-Series Gustave Flaubert The Man with the Golden Gun 1974 Colthorpe Oh No, It's Selwyn Froggitt 1974 TV Series Chairman Good Girl 1974 TV Series Manager Justice 1974 TV Series Mr. Ritson The Pallisers 1974 TV Mini-Series Sergeant Bunfit Fall of Eagles 1974 TV Mini-Series Count Josi Hoyos Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads? 1974 TV Series Magistrate What Next? 1974 TV Movie Phelps Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em 1973 TV Series Watson Armchair Theatre 1963-1973 TV Series Uncle Eric / Partridge Marked Personal 1973 TV Series J.C. Smart Van der Valk 1973 TV Series Noordhoff Harriet's Back in Town 1973 TV Series Arthur Thriller 1973 TV Series Kellet Hitler: The Last Ten Days 1973 German Officer A Day Out 1972 TV Movie Shorter Emmerdale 1972 TV Series Bruce Westrop (1979) The Incredible Robert Baldick: Never Come Night 1972 TV Movie Rev. Peter Elmstead Man at the Top 1972 TV Series Colonel Broadhurst Young Winston 1972 Barnsby The Public Eye 1972 Party Guest (uncredited) Fear in the Night 1972 The Doctor Dear Mother... ...Love Albert 1970-1972 TV Series Col. Tomlinson / S.M.N. Beanstock Pretenders 1972 TV Series Old Elam Callan 1972 TV Series Neville Dennis Raw Meat 1972 James Manfred, OBE Blood from the Mummy's Tomb 1971 Older Male Nurse The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes 1971 TV Series Dr. Jervis Bel Ami 1971 TV Series Forestier Villain 1971 Brown The Ten Commandments 1971 TV Series Tom Melody 1971 Headmaster Bless This House 1971 TV Series Tom Williams Say Hello to Yesterday 1971 Policeman Wuthering Heights 1970 Mr. Linton The Rise and Rise of Michael Rimmer 1970 Crodder The Horror of Frankenstein 1970 Dean Scrooge 1970 Party Guest (uncredited) Menace 1970 TV Series Controller Special Branch 1970 TV Series Det. Sgt. Davis Thirty-Minute Theatre 1970 TV Series Tim Singleton The Wednesday Play 1970 TV Series Colonel Jones-Williams Paul Temple 1970 TV Series Inspector Lescoe Strange Report 1969 TV Series Churchill The Contenders 1969 TV Mini-Series Bloater Dr. Finlay's Casebook 1969 TV Series Robbie Cannock The Power Game 1966-1969 TV Series Candleford / Henry Outram Otley 1969 Jeffcock The Avengers 1969 TV Series Henry Lasindall The Lost Continent 1968 Nick, Chief Engineer A Dandy in Aspic 1968 Heston-Stevas The Anniversary 1968 Henry Taggart How I Won the War 1967 Drogue ITV Play of the Week 1965-1967 TV Series William Scantlebury The Fellows 1967 TV Series Visitor Write a Play 1967 TV Series Hicks and Stokes 1967 TV Movie Privilege 1967 Professor Tatham Out of the Unknown 1967 TV Series Interviewer The Deadly Bees 1966 Coroner The Likely Lads 1965-1966 TV Series Scoutmaster / Vicar Theatre 625 1966 TV Series Henry Mystery and Imagination 1966 TV Series Landlord Legend of Death 1965 TV Series Irwin Darling 1965 Basildon The Man in Room 17 1965 TV Series Harry Morrison Londoners 1965 TV Series The interviewer Love's Labour's Lost 1965 TV Movie Holofernes Coronation Street 1965 TV Series Interviewer No Hiding Place 1965 TV Series 'Muddy' Waters The Sullavan Brothers 1965 TV Series Maurice Ashley Compact 1963 TV Series Newcastle Pope ITV Television Playhouse 1963 TV Series Hilliard The Caucasian Chalk Circle 1962 TV Mini-Series Schauwa / Servant Theatre Night 1961 TV Series Edgar Lucas, the bride's father Saturday Playhouse 1959 TV Series Frank Coppin The Dangerous Game 1958 TV Series Auctioneer
Self Title Year Status Character Ev 1970 TV Series Himself
Known for movies The Man with the Golden Gun (1974) as Colthorpe
Gandhi (1982) as Brigadier
The Great Train Robbery (1979) as Harranby
The Anniversary (1968) as Henry Taggart