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Richard Wattis - what members say

Danger Man - Vol. 2 review by from Norfolk

Oh Yes! My Name is Drake... 27 November 2004
...we get introduced to his sometime chief Mr Hardy, played with a cold reserve by Richard Wattis, more familiar in comedy roles such as 'Sykes'. The chemistry between the two p... Read customer review

The Abominable Snowman review by alienlanes from London

The Abominable Snowman 29 June 2008
... He is accompanied by his wife Helen (Maureen Connell) and colleague Peter Fox (Richard Wattis). He is also secretly awaiting the arrival of an American expedition, led by Dr... Read customer review

The Happiest Days Of Your Life review by A customer from Sussex

Well written, great cast, good acting 5 July 2009
...uits, with the remaining cast equally well suited to their roles - for example: Richard Wattis playing against Joyce Grenfell's character (the dippy school mistress 'Gossage'... Read customer review

Richard Wattis - filmography

Sykes - The First Colour Series (3 discs) (1972)
Starring: Eric Sykes, Joan Sims, Richard Wattis
Director: Roger Race
Certificate:
Famed British comedian Eric Sykes stars in his eponymous classic sit-com. The popular black and white series began in 1960 but the series burst into colour in 1972, and all 16 episodes of the first colour series are presented here. Hattie Jacques plays his twin sister with whom he shares 24 ..read more »

69% from 405 members
Not available for rental

Great St. Trinian's Train Robbery on DVD (1966)
Starring: Dora Bryan, George Cole, Eric Barker
Director: Sidney Gilliat, Frank Launder
Certificate:
Leaving a notorious trail of arson behind them, the St. Trinian's schoolgirls are always on the move. Their headmistress is more than 'just friends' with the Minister of Schools. Armed with a government grant, she re-houses her girls in yet another home - Hamingwell Grange. What she doesn't know is ..read more »

71% from 897 members

Your Money or Your Wife on DVD (1962)
Starring: Donald Sinden, Peggy Cummins, Richard Wattis
Director: Anthony Simmons
Certificate:
In this Romantic British comedy, newly wed couple Gay (Peggy Cummins) and Pel Butterworth (Donald Sinden) are forced to take in some strange paying guests when their inheritance proves troublesome, but all is not as straight forward as it seems, when they discover they may have to divorce to get ..read more »

37% from 19 members

Very Important Person (1961)
Starring: James Robertson Justice, Leslie Phillips, Stanley Baxter
Director: Ken Annakin
Certificate:
Testing one of his new radar inventions, Sir Ernest Pease is shot down and taken as a Prisoner Of War. While his fellow inmates initially believe him to be a German Spy, they soon realise that he is integral to their escape plan...

66% from 222 members
Not available for rental

Danger Man - Vol. 2 on DVD (1960)
Starring: Patrick McGoohan, Richard Wattis, Lionel Murton
Director: Peter Graham Scott, Ralph
Certificate:
Featuring the episodes, 'The Lovers', 'Girls In Pink Pyjamas', 'Position Of Trust', 'The Lonely Chair', 'The Sanctuary', 'An Affair Of State', 'The Key' and 'The Sisters'.

62% from 283 members

The Square Peg on DVD (1959)
Starring: Norman Wisdom, Honor Blackman, Edward Chapman
Director: John Paddy Carstairs, Robert Asher
Certificate:
Norman Pitkin (Norman Wisdom) is keen to help the war effort, and turns out to be a dead ringer for an enemy general. Joining up with his colleague, Mr Grimsdale, he is posted to France as part of a team repairing the damaged roads. Captured by the enemy, he turns his uncanny resemblance to his own ..read more »

71% from 739 members

The Captain's Table on DVD (1958)
Starring: John Gregson, Peggy Cummins, Donald Sinden
Director: Jack Lee
Certificate:
Adapted from the novel by Richard Gordon, this amusing British sea comedy tells of a nervous captain who gets himself into some sticky situations when he finds himself in command of a cruise liner full of beautiful women.

60% from 31 members

The Abominable Snowman on DVD (1957)
Starring: Forrest Tucker, Peter Cushing, Christopher Lee
Director: Val Guest
Certificate:
This is a so-so early Hammer horror film from Nigel Kneale, who also wrote The Quatermass Experiment. Forrest Tucker and botanist Peter Cushing lead an expedition to the Himalayan Mountains (actually the Pyrenees, but who's complaining?) in search of the legendary Yeti. Several mysterious locals ..read more »

61% from 518 members

The Prince And The Showgirl on DVD (1957)
Starring: Marilyn Monroe, Laurence Olivier, Rosamund Greenwood
Director: Laurence Olivier
Certificate:
Laurence Olivier is the Carpathian prince visiting England for the coronation of George V. Marilyn Monroe is Elsie Marina, an American actress doing a musical review at a nearby theater. When an old flame of the prince's turns out to be Elsie's boss at the theater, their paths cross--and Elsie's ..read more »

60% from 694 members

It's A Wonderful World on DVD (1956)
Starring: George Cole, Terence Morgan, Kathleen Harrison
Director: Val Guest
Certificate:
Would-be songsmiths, Ray Thompson (Terence Morgan) and Ken Miller (George Cole), manage to sell a tune by claiming that it was composed by a reclusive musical genius. When the ditty hits the top of the charts, Thompson and Miller find themselves in the embarrassing and unenviable position of having ..read more »

58% from 52 members

The Man Who Knew Too Much on DVD (1956)
Starring: Noel Willman, Christopher Olsen, James Stewart
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Certificate:
THE MAN WHO KNEW TOO MUCH is Hitchcock's remake of his own 1934 film of the same title. While vacationing in French Morocco, an American family becomes accidentally involved in a series of international incidents after the father overhears an assassination plot. Compared with its 1934 predecessor, ..read more »

68% from 4,738 members

Time Of His Life on DVD (1955)
Starring: Richard Hearne, Ellen Pollock, Richard Wattis
Director: Leslie S. Hiscott
Certificate:
In this comedy, a snooty socialite is so embarrassed by her father, an ex-con, that she tries to have him sent to Australia. That doesn't work so she locks him in an attic. That doesn't work either. In the end, the father gets a job as the governor's handyman.

48% from 21 members

The Final Test on DVD (1953)
Starring: Jack Warner, Robert Morley, George Relph
Director: Anthony Asquith
Certificate:
A cricket drama which follows the final test in the series between England and Australia. England's favourite player is retiring after the match and wants his son to witness his final game, but his son would rather interview an eccentric poet. Fortunately the poet would rather watch the match too.

68% from 94 members

Appointment in London on DVD (1952)
Starring: Dirk Bogarde, Ian Hunter, Dinah Sheridan
Director: Philip Leacock
Certificate:
A stirring and realistic wartime drama set around a bomber squadron and about a young Wing Commander close to breaking point in trying to fulfil his target of sorties. An atmosphere of grim fatalism is prevalant.

66% from 106 members

The Happiest Days Of Your Life on DVD (1950)
Starring: Margaret Rutherford, Joyce Grenfell, Alastair Sim
Director: Frank Launder
Certificate:
A mix-up by the Ministry sees boys joining the girls at Nurbourne College. With Joyce Grenfell as the Gym Mistress the scene is set for laughs.

71% from 617 members

Simon And Laura
Starring: Peter Finch, Kay Kendall, Muriel Pavlow
Director: Muriel Box
Certificate:
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A television producer decides to base a drama series on a happily married couple of actors. However, their marriage isn't as happy as it seems...

72% from 27 members
Not available for rental

Richard Wattis facts

5 most recent films

Sykes - The First Colour Series - 3.5 stars
Great St. Trinian's Train Robbery - 3.5 stars
Your Money or Your Wife - 2.0 stars
Very Important Person - 3.5 stars
Danger Man - Vol. 2 - 3.0 stars

5 highest-rated films

The Happiest Days Of Your Life - 3.5 stars
Great St. Trinian's Train Robbery - 3.5 stars
The Square Peg - 3.5 stars
Sykes - The First Colour Series - 3.5 stars
The Final Test - 3.5 stars

5 lowest-rated films

Your Money or Your Wife - 2.0 stars
Time Of His Life - 2.5 stars
The Captain's Table - 3.0 stars
Simon And Laura - 3.5 stars
It's A Wonderful World - 3.0 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Eric Sykes - 6 times - show films
Joan Sims - 5 times - show films
Joy Harington - 4 times - show films
John Le Mesurier - 3 times - show films
Maurice Denham - 3 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Roger Race - 4 times - show films
Frank Launder - 2 times - show films
Val Guest - 2 times - show films
Ken Annakin - 2 times - show films
Muriel Box - 2 times - show films