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 Trinians films (The Belles of St Trinians, Blue Murder at St Trinians, and The Great St Trinians 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.Wattiss other films included Hobsons 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, Hancocks 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.

Filmes indisponível de Richard Wattis

Nearly a Nasty Accident

Wagstaffe

Filme 1961

The Importance of Being Earnest

Seton

Filme 1952

The Prince and the Showgirl

Northbrook

Filme 1957

Carry On Spying

Cobley

Filme 1964

Confessions of a Window Cleaner

Carole's Father

Filme 1974

Colonel March Investigates

Cabot

Filme 1953

The Great St. Trinian's Train Robbery

Manton Bassett

Filme 1966

The V.I.P.s

Sanders

Filme 1963

The Abominable Snowman

Dr. Peter Fox

Filme 1957

The Iron Petticoat

Lingerie Clerk

Filme 1956

The Clouded Yellow

Employment Agent

Filme 1950

Barnacle Bill

Registrar of Shipping

Filme 1957

Wonderwall

Perkins

Filme 1968

Come Fly with Me

Oliver Garson

Filme 1963

The Happiest Days of Your Life

Arnold Billings: Staff of Nutbourne

Filme 1950

Eric Sykes: One of the Great Troupers

Self (archive material)

Filme 1981

I Thank a Fool

Ebblington

Filme 1962

A Yank at Oxford

Latin Speaker at Dinner (uncredited)

Filme 1938

Made in Heaven

The vicar

Filme 1952

Too Close for Comfort

Narrator

Filme 1971

The Bargain

Narrator

Filme 1965

The Ballad of Tam Lin

Elroy

Filme 1970

The Belles of St. Trinian's

Manton Bassett

Filme 1954

Top Secret

Barnes

Filme 1952

Take Me High

Sir Charles Furness

Filme 1973

An Alligator Named Daisy

Hoskins

Filme 1955

Song of Paris

Carter

Filme 1952

Dentist on the Job

Macreedy

Filme 1961

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang

Secretary at Sweet Factory (uncredited)

Filme 1968

Play It Cool

Nervous Man

Filme 1962

A Touch of the Sun

Purchase

Filme 1956

That's Your Funeral

Simmonds

Filme 1972

You Must Be Joking

Parkins

Filme 1965

The Captain's Table

Prittlewell

Filme 1959

The Inn of the Sixth Happiness

Mr. Murfin

Filme 1958

Left Right and Centre

Harding-Pratt

Filme 1959

The Time of His Life

Edgar

Filme 1955

The Chiltern Hundreds

Vicar (uncredited)

Filme 1949

As Long as They're Happy

Hippodrome Stage Manager

Filme 1955

Venus fra Vestø

Filme 1962

Your Money or Your Wife

Hubert Fry

Filme 1960

Diamonds on Wheels

Sir Hilary Stanton

Filme 1973

Games That Lovers Play

Mr. Lothran

Filme 1971

Up Jumped a Swagman

Lever, Music Publisher

Filme 1965

Lease of Life

Solicitor

Filme 1954

Second Fiddle

Bill Turner

Filme 1957

Libel

The Judge

Filme 1959

The Liquidator

Flying Instructor

Filme 1965

Mother Riley Meets the Vampire

P.C. Freddie

Filme 1952

The Ugly Duckling

Barclay

Filme 1959

Doctor in the House

Medical Book Salesman (uncredited)

Filme 1954

Small Town Story

Marsh

Filme 1953

Top of the Form

Filme 1953

Simon and Laura

Controller of Television Drama

Filme 1955

Egghead's Robot

Filme 1970

Follow a Star

Dr. W. Chatterway

Filme 1959

Background

David Wallace

Filme 1953

Blood Orange

Detective Inspector MacLeod

Filme 1953

The Troublesome Double

Mr. Wentworth

Filme 1967

Follow That Horse!

Filme 1960

Casino Royale

British Army Officer

Filme 1967

Appointment in London

Pascal

Filme 1953

Kind Hearts and Coronets

Defence Counsel (uncredited)

Filme 1949

A Yank in Ermine

Boone

Filme 1955

The Green Man

Doctor

Filme 1956

It's a Wonderful World

Harold

Filme 1956

Lady Godiva Rides Again

Casting Director

Filme 1951

The Intruder

School Master

Filme 1953

Eyewitness

Anaesthetist

Filme 1956

The Final Test

Cricket Fan

Filme 1953

I Am a Camera

Bespectacled Man at Book Launch (uncredited)

Filme 1955

The Silken Affair

Worthington

Filme 1956

Sex and the Other Woman

Presenter

Filme 1972

Park Plaza 605

Theodore Feather

Filme 1953

Blue Murder at St. Trinian's

Manton Bassett

Filme 1957

Very Important Person

Woodcock, Entertainments Officer

Filme 1961

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang

Secretary at Sweet Factory (Uncredited)

Filme 1968

The Crowded Day

Mr. Christopher

Filme 1954

Jumping for Joy

Carruthers

Filme 1956

Marry Me

Minor Role (uncredited)

Filme 1949

The Man Who Never Was

Shop Assistant

Filme 1956

Appointment with Venus

Carruthers - Higher Executive

Filme 1951

Série de TV indisponível de Richard Wattis

The Prisoner

Fotheringay

Tv 1967

The Goodies

Tv 1970

Sykes and a...

Tv 1960

Sykes

Tv 1972

Colonel March of Scotland Yard

Arthur Cabot

Tv 1956

Hancock's Half Hour

Tv 1956

The Liberace Show

Tv 1952

Coppers End

Tv 1971

The Goodies

TV Show Host

Tv 1970

Sykes

Charles Brown

Tv 1972

The Avengers

Clarke

Tv 1961