Richard Wattis

Richard Wattis

February 25, 1912 · 114 years old

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 Oxfor…

Known For

29 titles
1
The Man Who Knew Too Much

The Man Who Knew Too Much

1956 · 2h 0m · Movie

An American doctor and his wife, a former singing star, witness a murder while vacationing in Morocco, and are drawn into a twisting plot of international intrigue when their young son is kidnapped.

7.4
2
Hobson's Choice

Hobson's Choice

1954 · 1h 48m · Movie

Widower Henry Hobson refuses to let his three daughters get married because he doesn't want to pay settlements, so they'll just have to outsmart him.

7.7
3
The Prince and the Showgirl

The Prince and the Showgirl

1957 · 1h 55m · Movie

An American showgirl becomes entangled in political intrigue when the Prince Regent of a foreign country attempts to seduce her.

6.4
4
The Importance of Being Earnest

The Importance of Being Earnest

1952 · 1h 35m · Movie

After Algernon discovers that his friend Ernest, has created a fictional brother for whenever he needs a reason to escape dull country life, Algernon poses as the brother, resulting in ever-increasing confusion.

7.4
5
The Abominable Snowman

The Abominable Snowman

1957 · 1h 25m · Movie

A kindly English botanist and a gruff American scientist lead an expedition to the Himalayas in search of the legendary Yeti.

6.4
6
Carry on Spying

Carry on Spying

1964 · 1h 27m · Movie

Agent Simpkins and trainees chase STENCH (the Society for the Total Extinction of Non-Conforming Humans) for a stolen chemical formula, using gadgets and disguises to defeat villains The Fat Man, Dr Milchman, and Dr Crow.

6.2
7
The Colditz Story

The Colditz Story

1955 · 1h 34m · Movie

Allied prisoners - British, Dutch, French and Polish - pool their resources to plan numerous escapes from the "escape-proof" German P.O.W. camp housed in a Medieval castle known as "Colditz".

6.9
8
The Green Man

The Green Man

1956 · 1h 20m · Movie

An assassin is annoyed by a vacuum cleaner salesman determined to stop him.

7.1
9
The Alphabet Murders

The Alphabet Murders

1965 · 1h 30m · Movie

Hercule Poirot investigates a series of murders in London in which the victims are killed according to their initials.

5.3
10
The Happiest Days of Your Life

The Happiest Days of Your Life

1950 · 1h 21m · Movie

Chaos ensues for staff and students alike after an all-boys and an all-girls school are amalgamated into one.

7.2
11
Confessions of a Window Cleaner

Confessions of a Window Cleaner

1974 · 1h 30m · Movie

A young and clumsy window cleaner working for his brother-in-law begins to realize that "full service" goes beyond just cleaning windows. Soon, he meets and becomes infatuated with a young female police officer.

4.8
12
Libel

Libel

1959 · 1h 40m · Movie

A shell-shocked World War II veteran with memory problems is accused of being an impostor by a former comrade.

7.2
13
The Liquidator

The Liquidator

1965 · 1h 45m · Movie

Colonel Mostyn of the British Intelligence Service suspects there is a leak in his department and hires an American expatriate to eliminate various targets working for the Soviets.

5.9
14
The Iron Petticoat

The Iron Petticoat

1956 · 1h 27m · Movie

Russian Captain defects to England, not for politics but due to gender discrimination. English Captain ordered to sell capitalism. Defector argues communism better. They fall in love despite KGB attempts to retrieve her.

5.1
15
Ten Seconds to Hell

Ten Seconds to Hell

1959 · 1h 33m · Movie

After 1945, six German ex-soldiers are hired to defuse unexploded Allied bombs in the ruins of Berlin.

6.5
16
The Great St. Trinian's Train Robbery

The Great St. Trinian's Train Robbery

1966 · 1h 33m · Movie

The all-girl school foil an attempt by train robbers to recover two and a half million pounds hidden in their school.

5.8
17
Wonderwall

Wonderwall

1969 · 1h 32m · Movie

Professor Oscar Collins becomes obsessed with model Penny Lane and her boyfriend, drilling holes in their chaotic apartment and engaging in daydreams and delusions.

5.6
18
Raiders in the Sky

Raiders in the Sky

1953 · 1h 36m · Movie

War drama about the dangerous and stressful work of Lancaster bomber British crews during World War II.

6.5
19
Left Right and Centre

Left Right and Centre

1959 · 1h 35m · Movie

At the Earndale by-election natural history expert and TV personality Bob Wilcot for the Conservatives finds himself up against Billingsgate girl Stella Stoker for the socialists. Amateur politician against committed activist. But...

6.2
20
You Must Be Joking!

You Must Be Joking!

1965 · 1h 40m · Movie

A motley group of soldiers are set loose in swinging London in an initiative test to collect a selection of esoteric items.

5.9
21
Dentist on the Job

Dentist on the Job

1961 · 1h 28m · Movie

The marketing department of a pharmaceutical company decides to find a dentist to endorse its brand of toothpaste.

5.4
22
Simon and Laura

Simon and Laura

1955 · 1h 27m · Movie

In the 1950s days of only BBC television, a wet-behind-the-ears producer has the idea of basing a family drama series on a real-life happily-married actor couple. Unfortunately, he chooses the Fosters, who need the money and so do...

6.3
23
Take Me High

Take Me High

1973 · 1h 30m · Movie

Instead of New York, merchant banker Tim finds himself in Birmingham with a mission to pressure a failing eatery. He meets the owner, and their relationship blossoms into co-founding a glamorous new burger bar.

4.7
24
The Ugly Duckling

The Ugly Duckling

1959 · 1h 24m · Movie

Henry Jeckle was always the outsider, a bungling and awkward buffoon, relegated to waiting for his invitation to participate in life that never arrived: until he discovers a medical formula developed by a dead uncle, which claimed...

5.6
25
Play It Cool

Play It Cool

1962 · 1h 22m · Movie

Stars Billy Fury (Britain's answer to Elvis Presley) and features cameos from some other stars from the sixties, with Bobby Vee, Helen Shapiro and Shane Fenton (better known as Alvin Stardust). On a plane is Billy and his band on ...

5.6
26
Shop Spoiled

Shop Spoiled

1954 · 1h 22m · Movie

One day in the lives and loves of the staff in a large department store.

6.4
27
Three Stops to Murder

Three Stops to Murder

1953 · 1h 16m · Movie

Discharged by his employer, a private eye stays on a jewel theft case after a model with information for him is murdered.

5.2
28
Bachelor in Paris

Bachelor in Paris

1952 · 1h 23m · Movie

English businessman in Paris battles a French count for the heart of a cabaret artist.

5.3
29
The Prince, The Showgirl and Me

The Prince, The Showgirl and Me

2004 · 1h 0m · Movie

Colin Clark, younger brother of Alan Clark and son of Lord Kenneth Clark wanted to work in the movies. When Laurence Olivier and Vivien Leigh came to dine with his parents, he mentioned his ambition to them and they arranged for him to work as 3rd assistant director on the forthcoming The Prince and the Showgirl (1957). Colin kept a diary throughout the production and this documentary is a dramatization of that diary with lots of behind the scenes footage of Marilyn (and Arthur Miller) in England and of the production of the film with all of its associated problems.