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James Cossins is a Actor British born on 4 december 1933 at Beckenham (United-kingdom)

James Cossins

James Cossins
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Birth name James Cossins
Nationality United-kingdom
Birth 4 december 1933 at Beckenham (United-kingdom)
Death 12 february 1997 (at 63 years)

James Cossins (4 December 1933 – 12 February 1997) was an English character actor. Born in Beckenham, Kent, he became widely recognised as the abrupt, bewildered Mr Walt in the Fawlty Towers episode "The Hotel Inspectors" and as Mr Watson the frustrated Public Relations training course instructor in an episode of Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em.

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Filmography of James Cossins (28 films)

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Immaculate Conception, 2h
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama
Actors James Wilby, Melissa Leo, Shabana Azmi, Zia Mohyeddin, James Cossins, Dr. Shriram Lagoo
Roles Godfrey
Rating61% 3.085533.085533.085533.085533.08553
Hannah, Jewish-American daughter of a US senator and her British lover Alistair working as an environmentalist in Pakistan, desperate for a child, visit the eunuch shrine of Gulab Shah which has a reputation for curing infertility. While Alistair is embroiled in a brief love affair with a Pakistani photographer, Hannah conceives and decides to convert to Islam coaxing Alistair also to do the same, causing a conflict with her family. Meanwhile, the eunuchs from the shrine develop an interest in the Hannah’s baby, leading to tension with clash of cultures and religious beliefs.
The Masks of Death, 1h12
Directed by Roy Ward Baker
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Thriller, Crime
Themes Sherlock Holmes films, Buddy films
Actors Peter Cushing, John Mills, Anne Baxter, Ray Milland, Anton Diffring, Gordon Jackson
Roles Frederick Bains
Rating61% 3.0955753.0955753.0955753.0955753.095575
The story takes place in 1913. Sherlock Holmes, virtually in retirement, is persuaded by Inspector Alec MacDonald of Scotland Yard to take on a baffling case. Three dead bodies have been found in London's East End, all with no discernible cause of death, but the expressions on their faces suggest that they all died in a state of terror.
Gandhi
Gandhi (1982)
, 3h11
Directed by Richard Attenborough
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Biography, Adventure, Historical
Themes Films set in Africa, Films about racism
Actors Ben Kingsley, Candice Bergen, Martin Sheen, Edward Fox, Roshan Seth, John Gielgud
Roles Brigadier
Rating79% 3.997673.997673.997673.997673.99767
The screenplay of Gandhi is available as a published book. The film opens with a statement from the filmmakers explaining their approach to the problem of filming Gandhi's complex life story:
Sphinx
Sphinx (1981)
, 1h58
Directed by Franklin J. Schaffner
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Fantasy, Action, Adventure, Horror
Themes Films set in Africa
Actors Lesley-Anne Down, Frank Langella, Maurice Ronet, Behrouz Vossoughi, John Gielgud, John Rhys-Davies
Roles Lord Carnarvon
Rating51% 2.556462.556462.556462.556462.55646
Dedicated Egyptologist Erica Baron is researching a paper about the chief architect to Pharaoh Seti. Soon after her arrival in Cairo, she witnesses the brutal murder of unscrupulous art dealer Abdu-Hamdi, meets a French journalist named Yeon, and is befriended by Akmed Khazzan, who heads the antiquities division of the United Nations. When she journeys to the Valley of the Kings in Luxor to search a tomb reportedly filled with treasures, she finds herself the target of black marketeers determined to keep the riches themselves.
The First Great Train Robbery, 1h50
Directed by Michael Crichton
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Thriller, Comedy, Action, Adventure, Crime
Themes Transport films, Rail transport films, Heist films, Gangster films, Escroquerie, Film se déroulant dans un train
Actors Sean Connery, Donald Sutherland, Lesley-Anne Down, Alan Webb, Pamela Salem, Malcolm Terris
Roles Harranby
Rating68% 3.447763.447763.447763.447763.44776
In 1854, Edward Pierce (Sean Connery), to all appearances a charismatic and well-established member of London's high society, is secretly an opportunistic and cynical master thief. He plans to steal a shipment of gold (sent monthly to finance the Crimean War) travelling from London to Folkestone. The bank has taken strict precautions, including locking the gold in two heavy Chubb safes, each of which has two locks, requiring a total of four keys to open them. When a test robbery (using a hired stooge to test the security measures) goes awry, Pierce recruits his old acquaintance Robert Agar (Donald Sutherland), a pickpocket and screwsman. Pierce's mistress Miriam (Lesley-Anne Down), a beautiful actress, and his driver Barlow (George Downing) join the plot, and the guard to the safe car, Burgess (Michael Elphick), is also bribed into participation. Pierce plans the robbery in exquisite detail, and procures information on the security measures and locations of the keys. The executives of the bank who store the gold and arrange its transport, Mr. Henry Fowler and Mr. Edgar Trent, each possess a key; the other two are locked in a cabinet at the offices of the South Eastern Railway at the London Bridge train station. The keys are not to be stolen, but wax impressions are to be made of them in order to hide the robbers' intentions.
The Man with the Golden Gun, 2h5
Directed by Guy Hamilton
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Thriller, Action, Adventure, Spy
Themes Films about children, Spy films, Films about terrorism
Actors Roger Moore, Christopher Lee, Britt Ekland, Maud Adams, Hervé Villechaize, James Cossins
Roles Colthorpe
Rating66% 3.347453.347453.347453.347453.34745
In London, a golden bullet with James Bond's code "007" etched into its surface is received by MI6. It is believed that it was sent by famed assassin Francisco Scaramanga, who uses a golden gun, to intimidate the agent. Because of the perceived threat to the agent's life, M relieves Bond of a mission revolving around the work of a scientist named Gibson, thought to be in possession of information crucial to solving the energy crisis with solar power. Bond sets out unofficially to find Scaramanga.
Bequest to the Nation, 1h58
Directed by James Cellan Jones
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Historical
Actors Glenda Jackson, Peter Finch, Michael Jayston, Anthony Quayle, Margaret Leighton, Dominic Guard
Roles McKillop (uncredited)
Rating62% 3.1440053.1440053.1440053.1440053.144005
Il s'agit d'un film historique relatant les relations entre l'amiral Nelson et Lady Hamilton durant les guerres napoléoniennes.
Young Winston, 2h37
Directed by Richard Attenborough, Brian W. Cook
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, War, Biography, Action, Adventure
Themes Films set in Africa, Political films
Actors Simon Ward, Robert Shaw, Jack Hawkins, Anne Bancroft, Anthony Hopkins, Ian Holm
Rating66% 3.345413.345413.345413.345413.34541
Le scenario est largement inspiré du livre de Winston Churchill, My Early Life (Mes Aventures de Jeunesse) film raconte la jeunesse du futur Premier Ministre britannique .
Death Line
Death Line (1972)
, 1h27
Directed by Gary Sherman
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Horror
Themes Transport films, Rail transport films
Actors Donald Pleasence, Norman Rossington, Christopher Lee, David Ladd, Clive Swift, James Cossins
Roles James Manfred O.BE.
Rating58% 2.948462.948462.948462.948462.94846
A family of cannibals descended from Victorian railway workers, who were buried alive during construction, continue to dwell in the disused lines of the London Underground tube network. The last member of the family frequently visits the neighbouring Russell Square and Holborn stations to pick off passengers for food, then takes them back to the gruesome 'pantry' at an incomplete station. When the cannibal kidnaps and kills an important politician, he is hunted by a detective as well as an American college student and his English girlfriend who were the last to see the victim in the tube station. Donald Pleasence and Norman Rossington star as the investigating police officers. At the climax, when finally cornered and with his wife and the last of his family members dead from disease, the cannibal screams a corrupted form of "Mind the doors!", having picked it up parrot-fashion from the guards on the Underground trains.
Fear in the Night, 1h34
Directed by Jimmy Sangster
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Thriller, Horror
Actors Judy Geeson, Joan Collins, Peter Cushing, Ralph Bates, James Cossins, Brian Grellis
Roles The Doctor
Rating59% 2.9506952.9506952.9506952.9506952.950695
Peggy (Judy Geeson), an unassuming twenty-two year old caregiver, has recently married Robert Heller (Ralph Bates), and is scheduled to move with him to a secluded boys' boarding school south of London for his work. The night before she is to meet Robert to leave the city, she is attacked in her home by a one-armed man with a prosthetic hand who strangles her until she falls unconscious. Rattled by the attack, she leaves with Robert the following morning to the boarding school, which is run by headmaster Michael Carmichael (Peter Cushing).
Fear in the Night, 1h34
Directed by Jimmy Sangster
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Thriller, Horror
Actors Joan Collins, Peter Cushing, Judy Geeson, Ralph Bates, James Cossins, Brian Grellis
Roles The Doctor
Rating59% 2.9506952.9506952.9506952.9506952.950695
Une jeune femme Peggy Heller : (Judy Geeson) est attaquée dans son appartement par un mystérieux personnage, elle ne distingue pas son visage mais remarque son bras gauche en bois. Quand Robert (Ralph Bates), son mari, la rejoint, elle lui demande d'appeler la police mais ce dernier veut croire que son épouse a été victime d'hallucinations. Le couple va s'installer dans une propriété bâtie près d'une école où Robert enseigne. Elle est de nouveau attaquée dans cette nouvelle maison puis est surprise pendant la visite de l'école de n'y rencontrer aucune trace de vie, alors que les classes et les réfectoires s'emplissent des chants et des cris des enfants. Devant rester seule une journée, à la suite d'un déplacement de son mari, Peggy voit entrer chez elle Michael Carmichael : (Peter Cushing) avec son bras en bois bien visible. Alors elle lui tire dessus avec une carabine….
Melody
Melody (1971)
, 1h43
Directed by Waris Hussein, David Puttnam
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romance
Actors Jack Wild, Mark Lester, Tracy Hyde, Sheila Steafel, Keith Barron, Roy Kinnear
Roles Headmaster
Rating75% 3.7933653.7933653.7933653.7933653.793365
This romantic story is told through the viewpoint of the children in the story, the adults playing only supporting roles. Daniel Latimer (Mark Lester) befriends the troublesome Ornshaw (Jack Wild). However, when Daniel falls in love with Melody Perkins (Tracy Hyde), the boys' friendship becomes jeopardized as Ornshaw grows jealous of the amount of time that Daniel gives her. Initially embarrassed by the attention, Melody comes to return Daniel's feelings, and the couple announce to their parents that they want to get married. Not sometime in the future, but now. The adults attempt to dissuade them, but Daniel's and Melody's determination leads Ornshaw to have a change of heart. Their classmates gather together at one of the children's hideouts to 'marry' the couple, with their discovery leading to a final showdown between children and teachers.
Say Hello to Yesterday, 1h36
Directed by Alvin Rakoff
Genres Drama, Comedy
Actors Jean Simmons, Leonard Whiting, Evelyn Laye, Jack Woolgar, John Lee, Derek Francis
Roles Policeman
Rating57% 2.854112.854112.854112.854112.85411
From one of the upper middle class suburbs of London, the Woman, having just quarrelled with her husband is going to London, shopping. Unhappily she drives to the station. Among the crowd as she boards the train is the Boy. He is 22 today. He is bored. He is determined to make the day a different one.