Biography: life and films
Richard Wattis was an English actor. He was born in Wednesbury, Staffordshire, England on 25th February 1912 and died in London, England on 1st February 1975, aged 62.His best films as an actor include Anthony Asquith's The Importance of Being Earnest (1952), Leslie S. Hiscott's comedy The Time of His Life (1955), Sidney Gilliat's Left Right and Centre (1959), Joe Massot's Wonderwall (1968) and Roddy McDowall's Tam Lin (1970).
Richard Wattis appeared in 86 films.
He has most frequently worked with the following directors: Val Guest (4 films), John Paddy Carstairs (4), Anthony Asquith (4), Ralph Thomas (3), Muriel Box (3), John Gilling (3), Gordon Parry (3), Frank Launder (3), Sidney Gilliat (2), Roddy McDowall (2), Milo Lewis (2), Michael Winner (2), Mark Robson (2), Ken Annakin (2), John Guillermin (2), Guy Hamilton (2) and Charles Frend (2).
His most frequent genres include: comedy (47 films), drama (24), comedy-romance (11), comedy-drama (6), War (6), Thriller (6), Horror (6), romance (4), crime-thriller (3) and comedy-thriller (3).
Our average rating for Richard Wattis over all films is: 2.8
Filmography
Key: a = actor
A Yank at Oxford (1938) [a]
The Chiltern Hundreds (1949) [a]
The Happiest Days of Your Life (1950) [a]
Appointment with Venus (1951) [a]
The Clouded Yellow (1951) [a]
Appointment in London (1952) [a]
Made in Heaven (1952) [a]
Mother Riley Meets the Vampire (1952) [a]
Penny Princess (1952) [a]
Song of Paris (1952) [a]
The Happy Family (1952) [a]
The Importance of Being Earnest (1952) [a]
Top Secret (1952) [a]
Background (1953) [a]
Blood Orange (1953) [a]
Park Plaza 605 (1953) [a]
Small Town Story (1953) [a]
The Final Test (1953) [a]
The Intruder (1953) [a]
Top of the Form (1953) [a]
Lease of Life (1954) [a]
The Belles of St. Trinian's (1954) [a]
The Crowded Day (1954) [a]
A Yank in Ermine (1955) [a]
An Alligator Named Daisy (1955) [a]
Colonel March Investigates (1955) [a]
See How They Run (1955) [a]
Simon and Laura (1955) [a]
The Time of His Life (1955) [a]
A Touch of the Sun (1956) [a]
Eyewitness (1956) [a]
It's a Wonderful World (1956) [a]
Jumping for Joy (1956) [a]
The Green Man (1956) [a]
The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956) [a]
The Man Who Never Was (1956) [a]
The Silken Affair (1956) [a]
Barnacle Bill (1957) [a]
Blue Murder at St. Trinian's (1957) [a]
High Flight (1957) [a]
Second Fiddle (1957) [a]
The Abominable Snowman (1957) [a]
The Little Hut (1957) [a]
The Prince and the Showgirl (1957) [a]
The Inn of the Sixth Happiness (1958) [a]
Left Right and Centre (1959) [a]
Libel (1959) [a]
Ten Seconds to Hell (1959) [a]
The Captain's Table (1959) [a]
The Ugly Duckling (1959) [a]
Follow That Horse! (1960) [a]
Your Money or Your Wife (1960) [a]
Dentist on the Job (1961) [a]
Nearly a Nasty Accident (1961) [a]
Very Important Person (1961) [a]
Bon Voyage! (1962) [a]
I Thank a Fool (1962) [a]
Play It Cool (1962) [a]
Come Fly with Me (1963) [a]
The V.I.P.s (1963) [a]
Bunny Lake Is Missing (1965) [a]
Operation Crossbow (1965) [a]
The Alphabet Murders (1965) [a]
The Battle of the Villa Fiorita (1965) [a]
The Liquidator (1965) [a]
Up Jumped a Swagman (1965) [a]
You Must Be Joking! (1965) [a]
The Great St. Trinian's Train Robbery (1966) [a]
The Troublesome Double (1967) [a]
Monte Carlo or Bust (1969) [a]
Egghead's Robot (1970) [a]
Games That Lovers Play (1970) [a]
The Ballad of Tam Lin (1970) [a]
Sex and the Other Woman (1972) [a]
That's Your Funeral (1972) [a]
Take Me High (1973) [a]
Confessions of a Window Cleaner (1974) [a]
Diamonds on Wheels (1974) [a]
The very best of French film comedy
The brighter side of Franz Kafka
The best of American film noir
