James Cossins
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" and as Mr Watson, the frustrated Public Relations training course instructor, in an episode of Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em.
Acted in
Unnatural Causes
1993
as Justin Bryce
Immaculate Conception
1992
as Godfrey
Murder Most Horrid
1991
as Sir Hugh Lotterby
Miss Marple: At Bertram's Hotel
1987
as Colonel Luscombe
Call Me Mister
1986
All in Good Faith
1985
Marjorie And Men
1985
Miss Marple
1984
as Colonel Luscombe
The Masks of Death
1984
as Frederick Bains
Gandhi
1982
as Brigadier
Aliens
1982
as Major Lucas
Bergerac
1981
as Tuchel
Bergerac
1981
as Calhoun
Timon of Athens
1981
as Lucullus
Sphinx
1981
as Lord Carnarvon
Why Didn't They Ask Evans?
1980
as Henry Bassington-ffrench
Minder
1979
as Judge
The First Great Train Robbery
1978
as Harranby
BBC Television Shakespeare
1978
All Creatures Great and Small
1978
as Mr. Barge
All Creatures Great and Small
1978
as Aloysius Barge
Citizen Smith
1977
as Court Judge
Fawlty Towers
1975
as Mr. Walt
The Good Life
1975
as Magistrate
The Sweeney
1975
as Colonel Rosier
The Man with the Golden Gun
1974
as Colthorpe
Fall of Eagles
1974
as Count Josi Hoyos
What Next?
1974
That Sinking Feeling
1973
as Eric
Hitler: The Last Ten Days
1973
as German Officer
Bequest to the Nation
1973
as McKillop (uncredited)
Thriller
1973
as Kellet
Possession
1973
as Kellet
Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em
1973
Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads?
1973
as Magistrate
A Day Out
1972
as Mr. Shorter
The Breaking of Colonel Keyser
1972
as Partridge
Death Line
1972
as James Manfred O.BE.
Crown Court
1972
Crown Court
1972
as Graham Erringburn
The Incredible Robert Baldick: Never Come Night
1972
as Peter Elmstead
Van der Valk
1972
as Noordhoff
Fear in the Night
1972
as The Doctor
Pretenders
1972
as Old Elam
Justice
1971
as Mr. Ritson
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
1971
as Dr. Jervis
Blood from the Mummy's Tomb
1971
as Older Male Nurse
Villain
1971
as Brown
Melody
1971
as Headmaster
The Rainbirds
1971
as Father - Mr. Rainbird
The Piano
1971
as Jeremy
Say Hello to Yesterday
1971
as Policeman
The Rise and Rise of Michael Rimmer
1970
as Crodder
The Horror of Frankenstein
1970
as Dean
Wuthering Heights
1970
as Mr. Linton
Mad Jack
1970
Carry On Camping
1969
as Man in Cinema (uncredited)
Otley
1969
as Jeffcot
The Lost Continent
1968
as Nick, chief engineer
The Anniversary
1968
as Henry Taggart
How I Won the War
1967
as Drogue
Callan
1967
Privilege
1967
as Professor Tatham
The Deadly Bees
1966
as Coroner
Mystery and Imagination
1966
Darling
1965
as Mr. Basildon
Love's Labour's Lost
1965
as Holofernes
The Likely Lads
1964
as Vicar
The Likely Lads
1964
as Scoutmaster
The Invasion
1963
as TV Commentator
The Avengers
1961
as Henry
No Hiding Place
1959