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Acting

Richard Wattis

Career: Active from 1950 to 1974, busiest in 1959 with 5 main titles.

Leading roles: 8
top three billing

Average score: 60/100

Highest rated: The Inn of the Sixth Happiness
86/100

Characters

1

The characters Richard Wattis played, best-known titles first.

Richard Wattis as Peter Jamison

Character images: TheTVDB

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 54 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Richard Wattis Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Contemporary Realism
2.4, average 5.4
Violence
2.7, average 4.1
Pathos
3.9, average 5.2
Melancholy
3.4, average 4.7

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Nostalgic 4
British Comedy 4
Satirical 3
Romantic Comedy 3
Witty Dialogue 2
Classic Romantic Comedy 2
Classic British Sitcom 2
Gentle Humor 2
Character-Driven Comedy 2
Domestic Comedy 2
Suspenseful Investigation 2
Eccentric Characters 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

107

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

1970s

13 titles · average score 52

Confessions of a Window Cleaner

45

as Mr. Prendergast

Take Me High

48

as Sir Charles Furness

Centre Play

TV show · as Arthur

Diamonds on Wheels

as Sir Hilary Stanton

Sykes

70

TV show · as Charles Brown

That's Your Funeral

45

as Simmonds

Sex and the Other Woman

49

as Presenter

Games That Lovers Play

37

as Mr. Lothran

Too Close for Comfort

as Narrator

Coppers End

TV show · as PC Eddie Edwards

The Ballad of Tam Lin

47

as Elroy

The Goodies

77

TV show · as TV Show Host

1960s

30 titles · average score 62

Wonderwall

64

as Perkins

The Prisoner

80

TV show · as Fotheringay

Casino Royale

46

as British Army Officer

The Great St Trinian's Train Robbery

60

as Manton Bassett

I Thank a Fool

61

as Ebblington

The Longest Day

75

as British Paratrooper

The Avengers

80

TV show · as Clarke

Very Important Person

62

as Entertainments Officer Woodcock

Dentist on the Job

59

as Macreedy

Sykes and a...

TV show

Your Money or Your Wife

as Hubert Fry

Danger Man

76

TV show · as Hardy

1950s

59 titles · average score 63

Libel

69

as The Judge

Left Right and Centre

62

as Harding-Pratt

The Captain's Table

59

as Chief Purser Herbert Prittlewell

The Inn of the Sixth Happiness

86

as Mr. Murfin

The Abominable Snowman

61

as Dr. Peter Fox

The Prince and the Showgirl

58

as Northbrook

The Colditz Story

68

as Richard Gordon

The Time of His Life

as Edgar

Simon and Laura

64

as Controller of Television Drama

Hobson's Choice

85

as Albert Prosser

Mother Riley Meets the Vampire

27

as P.C. Freddie

The Happiest Days of Your Life

72

as Arnold Billings: Staff of Nutbourne

1940s

4 titles · average score 74

Kind Hearts and Coronets

91

as Defence Counsel (uncredited)

Helter Skelter

58

as Compere of Nick Nack Show (uncredited)

The Chiltern Hundreds

as Vicar (uncredited)

Marry Me

as Minor Role (uncredited)

1930s

1 title · average score 61

A Yank at Oxford

61

as Latin Speaker at Dinner (uncredited)