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Richard Wattis is a Actor British born on 25 february 1912 at Staffordshire (United-kingdom)

Richard Wattis

Richard Wattis
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Birth name Richard Cameron Wattis
Nationality United-kingdom
Birth 25 february 1912 at Staffordshire (United-kingdom)
Death 1 february 1975 (at 62 years) at London (United-kingdom)

Richard Cameron Wattis (25 February 1912 – 1 February 1975) was an English actor.

Biography

Wattis was homosexual in an era when this was a taboo subject; unusually, in his role as Northbrook in The Prince and the Showgirl by gay playwright Terence Rattigan, he made it clear near the beginning of the film that he is attracted to the title character.

Best films

The Inn of the Sixth Happiness
The Inn of the Sixth Happiness
(1958)
(Actor)

Usually with

Frank Launder
Frank Launder
(7 films)
Sidney Gilliat
Sidney Gilliat
(8 films)
Cyril Chamberlain
Cyril Chamberlain
(14 films)
George Cole
George Cole
(12 films)
Reginald Beckwith
Reginald Beckwith
(11 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Richard Wattis (96 films)

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Actor

Jumping For Joy
Jumping For Joy (2002)
, 1h31
Directed by John Paddy Carstairs
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy
Actors Frankie Howerd, Lindsay Pulsipher, Stanley Holloway, Joe Estevez, Joan Hickson, Lionel Jeffries
Roles Carruthers
Rating58% 2.9085252.9085252.9085252.9085252.908525
A man buys a greyhound and enters it in a major race, but discovers the dog has one paw in the grave. As our hero nurses the pooch back to health, he also gets mixed up with criminals who want to fix the race by doping dogs.
Confessions of a Window Cleaner
Confessions of a Window Cleaner (1974)
, 1h30
Directed by Val Guest
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy
Themes Films about sexuality, Erotic films
Actors Robin Askwith, Anthony Booth, Linda Hayden, Sheila White, Dandy Nichols, Bill Maynard
Roles Carole's Father
Rating48% 2.4059652.4059652.4059652.4059652.405965
Like many British sex comedies of the 1970s the narrative involves a male protagonist who gets into compromising situations with a succession of women. The optimistic and inept Timothy Lea is freshly employed by his brother-in-law Sid as a window cleaner. With Sid an impending father to be, he looks to Timmy to fully 'satisfy' his customers, little realising that Timmy's accident prone ways often stretch to his sex life with his clients. Timmy bed hops from unsatisfied housewives to even a lesbian love tryst, all the while with his main eye on successful police woman, Elizabeth Radlett, who will have none of Timmy's sexual advances. He proposes as a result, much to his family's upset, unaware that Timmy's usual run of luck will affect the outcome!
Diamonds on Wheels
Diamonds on Wheels (1973)
, 1h24
Directed by Jerome Courtland
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Adventure
Themes Children's films
Actors Patrick Allen, George Sewell, Barry Jackson, Peter Firth, Derek Newark, Dudley Sutton
Roles Sir Hilary Stanton
Rating63% 3.1794153.1794153.1794153.1794153.179415
Trois enfants se mélangent avec des voleurs de bijoux et de diamants dans un rallye routier de 24 heures de vol.
The Ballad of Tam Lin
The Ballad of Tam Lin (1970)
, 1h46
Directed by Roddy McDowall
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Thriller, Horror
Actors Ava Gardner, Ian McShane, Richard Wattis, Cyril Cusack, Stephanie Beacham, Fabia Drake
Roles Elroy
Rating57% 2.852432.852432.852432.852432.85243
La richissime Michaela a peur de la vieillesse, aussi vit-elle entourée d'un groupe de jeunes gens devant se soumettre à ses moindres caprices. Son amant , Tom, lassé de jouer le rôle d'un gigolo, l'abandonne pour la jeune Janet. Elroy, le fondé de pouvoir de Michaela, met en garde le jeune homme: tous ceux qui ont tenté de rompre ont disparu dans de mystérieux accidents. Tom ne veut pas prendre cette révélation au sérieux...
Monte Carlo or Bust!
Monte Carlo or Bust! (1969)
, 2h
Directed by Ken Annakin
Genres Comedy, Action, Adventure
Themes Sports films, Transport films, Films about automobiles, Auto racing films, Road movies
Actors Tony Curtis, André Bourvil, Lando Buzzanca, Walter Chiari, Peter Cook, Terry-Thomas
Roles golf club secretary
Rating60% 3.0482853.0482853.0482853.0482853.048285
An international car rally in the 1920s attracts competitors from all over the world to compete in the Monte Carlo Rally. The arch rivals from England, Italy, France and Germany find that their greatest competition comes from the United States in the form of Chester Schofield (Tony Curtis), who had won half of an automobile factory in a poker game with the late father of baronet Sir Cuthbert Ware-Armitage (Terry-Thomas). Ware-Armitage has entered the race in a winner-take-all to exact revenge and win back the lost half of the company.
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (1968)
, 2h24
Directed by Ken Hughes, Brian W. Cook
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Science fiction, Comedy, Musical theatre, Fantasy, Adventure, Musical
Themes Monde imaginaire, Films about music and musicians, Transport films, Films about automobiles, Aviation films, Musical films, Road movies, Children's films
Actors Dick Van Dyke, Sally Ann Howes, Adrian Hall, Lionel Jeffries, Gert Fröbe, Anna Quayle
Roles Secretary at Sweet Factory (uncredited)
Rating68% 3.4492253.4492253.4492253.4492253.449225
Set in the 1910s, the story opens with a montage of European Grand Prix races in which a particular car appears to win every race. In the final race, the car swerves to avoid a girl and a dog, loses control, crashes, and catches fire, bringing its racing career to an end. The car ends up in an old garage in rural England, where two children, Jeremy and Jemima Potts, have grown fond of it. They are told by a junkman that he intends to buy the car from the garage owner for scrap. The children (who live with their widowed father Caractacus Potts, an eccentric inventor, and his equally peculiar father) implore their father to buy the car before the junkman does, but he does not have the money. While playing truant, they meet Truly Scrumptious, a beautiful upper class woman with her own motorcar. She brings them home to report their truancy to their father. Truly shows interest in Caractacus' odd inventions, but he is affronted by her insistence that his children should be in school.
Wonderwall
Wonderwall (1968)
, 1h25
Directed by Joe Massot
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Jack MacGowran, Jane Birkin, Irene Handl, Richard Wattis, Iain Quarrier, Beatrix Lehmann
Roles Perkins
Rating56% 2.8010952.8010952.8010952.8010952.801095
The reclusive, eccentric scientist Oscar Collins (Jack MacGowran) has for next-door neighbours a pop photographer (Iain Quarrier) and his girlfriend/model Penny Lane (Jane Birkin). Discovering a beam of light streaming through a hole in the wall between them, Collins follows the light and spots Penny modelling for a photo shoot. Intrigued, he begins to make more holes as days go by and they do more photo sessions. Oscar gradually becomes infatuated with the girl, and feels a part of the couple's lives, even forsaking work to observe them. When they quarrel and the couple splits, Penny takes an overdose of pills and passes out, but Oscar comes to her rescue.
Casino Royale
Casino Royale (1967)
, 2h11
Directed by Robert Parrish, John Huston, Ken Hughes, Val Guest, Richard Talmadge, Joseph McGrath
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Action, Adventure, Spy
Themes Films about children, Spy films, Politique, Films about terrorism, Political films
Actors David Niven, Peter Sellers, Ursula Andress, Orson Welles, Woody Allen, William Holden
Roles British Army Officer
Rating50% 2.503262.503262.503262.503262.50326
The story of Casino Royale is told in an episodic format. Val Guest oversaw the assembly of the sections, although he turned down the credit of "co-ordinating director".
The Great St. Trinian's Train Robbery
The Great St. Trinian's Train Robbery (1966)
, 1h30
Directed by Sidney Gilliat, Frank Launder
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy, Action, Crime
Themes Films about education, Transport films, Rail transport films
Actors Frankie Howerd, Dora Bryan, George Cole, Reg Varney, Raymond Huntley, Richard Wattis
Roles Manton Bassett
Rating58% 2.90222.90222.90222.90222.9022
"Alphonse" Askett (Frankie Howerd) is a hairdresser who is also the operational leader of a gang of crooks who are led behind the scenes by an invisible mastermind (voiced by Stratford Johns). He gives instructions to Askett about the robbery, Operation Windfall, using a variety of James Bond-like communications devices—including a converted showerhead.
The Legend of Young Dick Turpin
The Legend of Young Dick Turpin (1966)
, 2h
Directed by James Neilson
Origin USA
Actors George Cole, Leonard Whiting, Bernard Lee, Richard Pearson, Colin Blakely, Richard Wattis
Roles Shopkeeper
Rating73% 3.6821853.6821853.6821853.6821853.682185
Le jeune fermier Dick Turpin est contraint de devenir un bandit de grand chemin à cause de Lord Calmsden, un suzerain corrompu qui lui a confisqué sa ferme et tous ses biens.
The Amorous Adventures of Moll Flanders
The Amorous Adventures of Moll Flanders (1965)
, 2h6
Directed by Terence Young
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romance
Actors Kim Novak, Richard Johnson, Angela Lansbury, Vittorio De Sica, Leo McKern, George Sanders
Roles Jeweler
Rating57% 2.854492.854492.854492.854492.85449
In the 18th Century, an orphan, Moll Flanders, grows up to become a servant for the town's mayor, who has two grown sons. Moll is seduced and abandoned by one, then marries the other, a drunken sot who dies, making her a young widow.
The Liquidator
The Liquidator (1965)
, 1h45
Directed by Jack Cardiff, Brian W. Cook
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Thriller, Comedy, Action, Adventure, Spy, Crime
Themes Spy films, Political films
Actors Rod Taylor, Trevor Howard, Jill St John, Wilfrid Hyde-White, David Tomlinson, Akim Tamiroff
Roles Flying Instructor
Rating59% 2.952392.952392.952392.952392.95239
In 1944 during World War II, tank corps Sergeant "Boysie" Oakes stumbles and unwittingly shoots and kills two men attempting to assassinate British Intelligence Major Mostyn (Trevor Howard) in Paris. Mostyn mistakenly believes Oakes was lethal on purpose.
The Battle of the Villa Fiorita
The Battle of the Villa Fiorita (1965)
, 1h51
Directed by Delmer Daves
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama
Actors Maureen O'Hara, Rossano Brazzi, Richard Todd, Olivia Hussey, Phyllis Calvert, Martin Stephens
Roles Travel Agent
Rating58% 2.9035252.9035252.9035252.9035252.903525
In Italy, two children, Michael (Martin Stephens) and Debbie (Elizabeth Dear), are aware that their mother, Moira (Maureen O'Hara) has left them for a lover, a famous Italian composer and they are staying at the Villa Fiorita. Michael convinces Debbie to run away to the Villa to fetch their mother, and forces her to sell her prized pony to afford the journey. They arrive, and the lover, Lorenzo (Rossano Brazzi) calls their father to inform him that the children have run away and that he will be sending them home. However, Michael falls ill and Lorenzo allows them both to stay. Debbie joins forces with Donna, the daughter of their mother's lover, to manipulate Moira into returning to Britain. A hunger strike by the girls ensues which fails and culminates in Moira slapping Debbie and Lorenzo spanking Donna. Lorenzo finally decides to send the children home but Michael and Donna attempt to run away on a sailboat during a storm. After the two nearly drown, Moira and Lorenzo agree that they have lost the battle, and a heartbroken Moira returns to England with her children.