Acting • AGE 63
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 ...


Unnatural Causes
Justin Bryce
1993

Immaculate Conception
Godfrey
1992

Murder Most Horrid
Sir Hugh Lotterby
1991

Miss Marple: At Bertram's Hotel
Colonel Luscombe
1987

Grand Larceny
1987

Call Me Mister
1986

The Masks of Death
Frederick Bains
1984

James Bond: The First 21 Years
Colthorpe (archive footage)
1983

Number 10
Sir William Harcourt
1983

Gandhi
Brigadier
1982

Aliens
Major Lucas
1982

Bergerac
Tuchel
1981

Timon of Athens
Lucullus
1981

Sphinx
Lord Carnarvon
1981

Why Didn't They Ask Evans?
Henry Bassington-ffrench
1980

Minder
Judge
1979

The First Great Train Robbery
Harranby
1978

All Creatures Great and Small
Mr. Barge
1978

Don't Forget to Write!
Phillip Mounter
1977

Citizen Smith
Court Judge
1977

Fawlty Towers
Mr. Walt
1975

Shadows
Custodian
1975

The Good Life
Magistrate
1975

The Sweeney
Colonel Rosier
1975

Churchill's People
William
1974

The Man with the Golden Gun
Colthorpe
1974

Fall of Eagles
Count Josi Hoyos
1974

The Pallisers
Sergeant Bunfit
1974

Centre Play
Burret
1973

Hitler: The Last Ten Days
German Officer
1973

Bequest to the Nation
McKillop
1973

Thriller
Kellet
1973

Possession
Kellet
1973

Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em
1973

Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads?
Magistrate
1973

A Day Out
Mr. Shorter
1972

Death Line
James Manfred O.BE.
1972

Crown Court
1972

The Incredible Robert Baldick: Never Come Night
Peter Elmstead
1972

Van der Valk
Noordhoff
1972

Young Winston
Barnsby
1972

Follow Me!
Party Guest (uncredited)
1972

Fear in the Night
The Doctor
1972

Pretenders
Old Elam
1972

Blood from the Mummy's Tomb
Older Male Nurse
1971

Justice
Mr. Ritson
1971

The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
Dr. Jervis
1971

Villain
Brown
1971

Melody
Headmaster
1971

The Rainbirds
Father - Mr. Rainbird
1971

The Piano
Jeremy
1971

Say Hello to Yesterday
Policeman
1971

The Rise and Rise of Michael Rimmer
Crodder
1970

The Horror of Frankenstein
Dean
1970

Scrooge
Party Guest (uncredited)
1970

Wuthering Heights
Mr. Linton
1970

Mad Jack
1970

Carry On Camping
Man in Cinema (uncredited)
1969

Otley
Jeffcot
1969

The Lost Continent
Nick, chief engineer
1968

A Dandy in Aspic
1968

The Anniversary
Henry Taggart
1968

How I Won the War
Drogue
1967

Callan
1967

Privilege
Professor Tatham
1967

The Prophet
Interviewer
1967

The Deadly Bees
Coroner
1966

Mystery and Imagination
Landlord
1966

Thirty-Minute Theatre
Tim Singleton
1965

Strife
William Scantlebury
1965

Darling
Mr. Basildon
1965

Londoners
The Interviewer
1965

Love's Labour's Lost
Holofernes
1965

The Likely Lads
Vicar
1964

Theatre 625
Henry
1964

The Avengers
Henry
1961

Coronation Street
Mr. Soames
1960

No Hiding Place
1959

Armchair Theatre
Uncle Eric
1956