Occupation Actor Died May 3, 1966, Australia Role Actor | Name Wylie Watson Years active 1929-1960 Ex-spouse Ada Watson | |
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Born 6 February 1889 ( 1889-02-06 ) Lanarkshire, Scotland Movies The 39 Steps, Whisky Galore!, Brighton Rock, The Sundowners, London Belongs to Me Similar People Sidney Gilliat, Charles Frend, Alexander Mackendrick, Fred Zinnemann, Robert Montgomery | ||
Wylie Watson (6 February 1889 – 3 May 1966) (born John Wylie Robertson) was a British actor. Among his best-known roles were those of "Mr Memory", an amazing man who commits "50 new facts to his memory every day" in Alfred Hitchcock's film The 39 Steps (1935), and wily storekeeper Joseph Macroon in the Ealing comedy Whisky Galore! (1949). He emigrated to Australia in 1952, and made his final film appearance there in The Sundowners (1960).
Filmography
Actor
1960
The Sundowners as
Herb Johnson
1951
Happy Go Lovely as
Stage Door Keeper
1950
The Magnet as
Pickering
1950
Shadow of the Past as
Caretaker
1950
Operation Disaster as
Able Seaman Nobby Clarke
1950
Madeleine as
Huggins (uncredited)
1950
Eye Witness as
Mr. Widgery, Red Lion Proprietor
1949
Family Affairs (TV Series) as
Mr. Horatio Hornsby
- Linda Lays a Ghost (1949) - Mr. Horatio Hornsby
1949
Train of Events (uncredited)
1949
Whisky Galore! as
Joseph Macroon
1949
The History of Mr. Polly as
Mr. Rusper
1948
Things Happen at Night as
Watson - the butler
1948
No Room at the Inn as
Mr. Green
1948
Dulcimer Street as
Mr. Josser
1948
Tell Her the Truth (TV Movie) as
Parkin
1948
My Brother Jonathan as
Bagley
1948
Brighton Rock as
Spicer
1947
Fame Is the Spur as
Pendleton
1947
So Well Remembered as
Councillor Alstock (uncredited)
1947
Temptation Harbor as
Fred
1946
Flying with Prudence (Short) as
Mr. Weaver (uncredited)
1946
A Girl in a Million as
Peabody
1946
The Years Between as
Venning
1946
The Trojan Brothers as
Stage Manager
1945
Query as
The Tailor
1945
Waltz Time as
Josef
1945
Don Chicago as
Peabody
1945
The World Owes Me a Living as
Band Conductor
1945
Kiss the Bride Goodbye as
David Dodd
1945
Waterloo Road as
Tattooist
1944
Strawberry Roan as
Bill Gurd
1944
Don't Take It to Heart! as
Harry Bucket
1944
Tawny Pipit as
Crasker
1943
The Lamp Still Burns as
Diabetic Patient
1943
The Flemish Farm as
Farmer
1942
From the Four Corners (Short) as
Newspaper Vendor (uncredited)
1941
Mr. Proudfoot Shows a Light (Short) as
Friend
1941
The Saint Meets the Tiger as
Horace (Templar's butler)
1941
Danny Boy as
Fiddlestick
1941
My Wife's Family as
Noah Bagshott
1940
Bulldog Sees It Through as
Dancing Professor
1940
She Couldn't Say No as
Thrumgood
1940
Pack Up Your Troubles as
Eric Sampson
1939
Yes, Madam? as
Albert
1939
Jamaica Inn as
Salvation Watkins - Sir Humphrey's Gang
1938
Queer Cargo as
Rev. James Travers
1938
Oh! Letty (TV Movie) as
Chester Binney
1937
Gaiety Girls as
Clarence
1937
Why Pick on Me? as
Sam Tippett
1937
Please Teacher as
Oswald Clutterbuck
1936
Radio Lover as
Joe Morrison
1935
The Black Mask as
Jimmie Glass
1935
The 39 Steps as
Memory
1934
Road House as
Magician (uncredited)
1934
A Political Party as
Leader of Purity Party
1933
Hawley's of High Street as
Rev. Potter
1933
Leave It to Me as
Client
1932
For the Love of Mike as
Rev. James
1929
It's a Great Life as
Bit Role (uncredited)
Archive Footage
2003
Living Famously (TV Series documentary) as
Memory (clip from The 39 Steps (1935))
- Alfred Hitchcock (2003) - Memory (clip from The 39 Steps (1935)) (uncredited)
References
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