James Cossins: movies and TV shows
James Cossins has 99 credits in the archive: 51 films and 48 TV series, from 1956 to 2005. Highest rated: Fawlty Towers (8.3/10).
Career timeline
1956 – 2005 · busiest year: 1971 (11 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | The Funny Blokes of British Comedy | Mr. Walt (archive footage) (uncredited) | Film | 6.5 | 71 |
| 1993 | Unnatural Causes | Justin Bryce | Film | 6.8 | 59 |
| 1992 | Immaculate Conception | Godfrey | Film | 5.4 | 58 |
| 1991 | Murder Most Horrid | Sir Hugh Lotterby | TV | 6.9 | 57 |
| 1987 | Miss Marple: At Bertram's Hotel | Colonel Luscombe | TV | 7.4 | 53 |
| 1987 | Grand Larceny | Film | 5.0 | 53 | |
| 1986 | Call Me Mister | TV | 6.0 | 52 | |
| 1985 | All in Good Faith | Major Andrews | TV | 2.3 | 51 |
| 1985 | Marjorie And Men | Henry Bartlett | TV | — | 51 |
| 1984 | The Masks of Death | Frederick Bains | Film | 5.4 | 50 |
| 1983 | Number 10 | Sir William Harcourt | TV | 7.0 | 49 |
| 1983 | James Bond: The First 21 Years | Colthorpe (archive footage) | Film | 6.7 | 49 |
| 1983 | Good Night And God Bless | Geoffrey | TV | — | 49 |
| 1982 | Gandhi | Brigadier | Film | 7.6 | 48 |
| 1982 | L For Lester | Chief Inspector Rodgers | TV | 7.5 | 48 |
| 1982 | Aliens | Major Lucas | Film | — | 48 |
| 1981 | Bergerac | Tuchel | TV | 6.7 | 47 |
| 1981 | Bergerac | Calhoun | TV | 6.7 | 47 |
| 1981 | Sphinx | Lord Carnarvon | Film | 5.7 | 47 |
| 1981 | Loophole | 1st Interviewer | Film | 6.3 | 47 |
| 1981 | Timon of Athens | Lucullus | Film | 8.5 | 47 |
| 1980 | Why Didn't They Ask Evans? | Henry Bassington-ffrench | Film | 6.7 | 46 |
| 1979 | Minder | Judge | TV | 7.2 | 45 |
| 1978 | All Creatures Great and Small | Mr. Barge | TV | 7.8 | 44 |
| 1978 | All Creatures Great and Small | Aloysius Barge | TV | 7.8 | 44 |
| 1978 | The First Great Train Robbery | Harranby | Film | 6.7 | 44 |
| 1977 | Citizen Smith | Court Judge | TV | 6.8 | 43 |
| 1977 | Don't Forget to Write! | Phillip Mounter | TV | 6.2 | 43 |
| 1976 | One-Upmanship | TV | 7.7 | 42 | |
| 1975 | The Sweeney | Colonel Rosier | TV | 8.1 | 41 |
| 1975 | Fawlty Towers | Mr. Walt | TV | 8.3 | 41 |
| 1975 | The Good Life | Magistrate | TV | 7.8 | 41 |
| 1975 | Shadows | Custodian | TV | 6.8 | 41 |
| 1974 | Churchill's People | William | TV | 5.0 | 40 |
| 1974 | The Pallisers | Sergeant Bunfit | TV | 6.4 | 40 |
| 1974 | The Man with the Golden Gun | Colthorpe | Film | 6.5 | 40 |
| 1974 | Fall of Eagles | Count Josi Hoyos | TV | 7.0 | 40 |
| 1974 | Good Girl | Manager | TV | — | 40 |
| 1974 | What Next? | Film | 10.0 | 40 | |
| 1973 | Centre Play | Burret | TV | 7.0 | 39 |
| 1973 | Thriller | Kellet | TV | 7.0 | 39 |
| 1973 | Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads? | Magistrate | TV | 7.7 | 39 |
| 1973 | Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em | TV | 7.6 | 39 | |
| 1973 | Hitler: The Last Ten Days | German Officer | Film | 6.2 | 39 |
| 1973 | Bequest to the Nation | McKillop | Film | 6.5 | 39 |
| 1973 | Possession | Kellet | Film | 7.8 | 39 |
| 1973 | That Sinking Feeling | Eric | Film | — | 39 |
| 1972 | Crown Court | TV | 5.7 | 38 | |
| 1972 | Crown Court | Graham Erringburn | TV | 5.7 | 38 |
| 1972 | Van der Valk | Noordhoff | TV | 6.2 | 38 |
| 1972 | Pretenders | Old Elam | TV | 6.5 | 38 |
| 1972 | Death Line | James Manfred O.BE. | Film | 5.8 | 38 |
| 1972 | Young Winston | Barnsby | Film | 6.2 | 38 |
| 1972 | Follow Me! | Party Guest (uncredited) | Film | 7.6 | 38 |
| 1972 | Fear in the Night | The Doctor | Film | 5.8 | 38 |
| 1972 | A Day Out | Mr. Shorter | Film | 5.5 | 38 |
| 1972 | The Incredible Robert Baldick: Never Come Night | Peter Elmstead | Film | 10.0 | 38 |
| 1972 | The Breaking of Colonel Keyser | Partridge | Film | — | 38 |
| 1971 | The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes | Dr. Jervis | TV | 7.5 | 37 |
| 1971 | Justice | Mr. Ritson | TV | 7.3 | 37 |
| 1971 | Blood from the Mummy's Tomb | Older Male Nurse | Film | 5.5 | 37 |
| 1971 | The Ten Commandments | Tom | TV | — | 37 |
| 1971 | Melody | Headmaster | Film | 7.1 | 37 |
| 1971 | Bel Ami | Charles Forestier | TV | 10.0 | 37 |
| 1971 | Bel Ami | Forestier | Film | — | 37 |
| 1971 | Say Hello to Yesterday | Policeman | Film | 4.4 | 37 |
| 1971 | Villain | Brown | Film | 6.1 | 37 |
| 1971 | The Rainbirds | Father - Mr. Rainbird | Film | 10.0 | 37 |
| 1971 | The Piano | Jeremy | Film | 9.0 | 37 |
| 1970 | Scrooge | Party Guest (uncredited) | Film | 6.8 | 36 |
| 1970 | Wuthering Heights | Mr. Linton | Film | 6.4 | 36 |
| 1970 | The Horror of Frankenstein | Dean | Film | 5.9 | 36 |
| 1970 | The Rise and Rise of Michael Rimmer | Crodder | Film | 6.0 | 36 |
| 1970 | Mad Jack | Film | 9.0 | 36 | |
| 1969 | Carry On Camping | Man in Cinema (uncredited) | Film | 6.6 | 35 |
| 1969 | Otley | Jeffcot | Film | 6.3 | 35 |
| 1968 | The Lost Continent | Nick, chief engineer | Film | 5.6 | 34 |
| 1968 | A Dandy in Aspic | Film | 6.9 | 34 | |
| 1968 | The Anniversary | Henry Taggart | Film | 6.6 | 34 |
| 1967 | Callan | TV | 7.0 | 33 | |
| 1967 | How I Won the War | Drogue | Film | 5.6 | 33 |
| 1967 | The Prophet | Interviewer | Film | — | 33 |
| 1967 | Privilege | Professor Tatham | Film | 6.7 | 33 |
| 1966 | Mystery and Imagination | Landlord | TV | 5.8 | 32 |
| 1966 | The Deadly Bees | Coroner | Film | 4.4 | 32 |
| 1965 | Thirty-Minute Theatre | Tim Singleton | TV | 4.2 | 31 |
| 1965 | Londoners | The Interviewer | TV | — | 31 |
| 1965 | Darling | Mr. Basildon | Film | 6.7 | 31 |
| 1965 | Legend of Death | Irwin | TV | — | 31 |
| 1965 | Love's Labour's Lost | Holofernes | Film | 8.0 | 31 |
| 1965 | Strife | William Scantlebury | Film | — | 31 |
| 1964 | Theatre 625 | Henry | TV | 7.2 | 30 |
| 1964 | The Likely Lads | Scoutmaster | TV | 7.3 | 30 |
| 1964 | The Likely Lads | Vicar | TV | 7.3 | 30 |
| 1963 | The Invasion | TV Commentator | Film | — | 29 |
| 1961 | The Avengers | Henry | TV | 7.8 | 27 |
| 1960 | Coronation Street | Mr. Soames | TV | 5.3 | 26 |
| 1959 | No Hiding Place | TV | 4.8 | 25 | |
| 1956 | Armchair Theatre | Uncle Eric | TV | 6.0 | 22 |