About
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 Oxford (1938), but war service interrupted his career as an actor. He served as a second lieutenant in the Small Arms Section of Special Operations Executive at Station VI during World War II (James Bond author, Ian Fleming worked in the same section). He is best known for his appearances, wearing his thick-rimmed round spectacles, in British comedies of the 1950s and 1960s, often as a "Man from the Ministry" or similar character. He was also involved as the secretary to Lord Scrumptious in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. Such appearances included the St Trinian's films (The Belles of St Trinian's, Blue...
Known for
The AvengersSeries • 1961
Danger ManSeries • 1960
The PrisonerSeries • 1967
SykesSeries • 1972
Centre PlaySeries • 1973
Hancock's Half HourSeries • 1956
Casino RoyaleMovie • 1967
The GoodiesSeries • 1970
The Longest DayMovie • 1962
Chitty Chitty Bang BangMovie • 1968
The Man Who Knew Too MuchMovie • 1956
The Prince and the ShowgirlMovie • 1957
Kind Hearts and CoronetsMovie • 1949
The Man Who Never WasMovie • 1956
Bunny Lake Is MissingMovie • 1965
Confessions of a Window CleanerMovie • 1974
Hobson's ChoiceMovie • 1954
Operation CrossbowMovie • 1965
The Colditz StoryMovie • 1955
The Inn of the Sixth HappinessMovie • 1958
Ten Seconds to HellMovie • 1959
The Abominable SnowmanMovie • 1957
The V.I.P.sMovie • 1963
The Alphabet MurdersMovie • 1965