# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/james-cossins
# Generated: 2026-08-13T07:31:56.452Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/james-cossins"
name: "James Cossins"
slug: "james-cossins"
description: "James Cossins was an English actor. Born in Beckenham, Kent, he became widely recognised as the abrupt, bewildered Mr Walt in the Fawlty Towers episode \"The Hotel Inspectors\" and as Mr Watson, the frustrated Public Relations training course instructor, in an episode of Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em."
tagline: "British actor (1933-1997)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/9/94/James_Cossins.jpg"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1933-12-04"
deathDate: "1997-02-12"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           47.57
  momentum:             0
  historical:           9.073080000000001
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0167839/"
    handle:    "nm0167839"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/434394"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%8A%D9%85%D8%B3_%D9%83%D9%88%D8%B2%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%B2"
    title: "جيمس كوزانز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%8A%D9%85%D8%B3_%D9%83%D9%88%D8%B2%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%B2"
    title: "جيمس كوزانز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%DB%8C%D9%85%D8%B2_%DA%A9%D8%A7%D8%B2%DB%8C%D9%86%D8%B2"
    title: "جیمز کازینز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Cossins"
    title: "James Cossins"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Cossins"
    title: "James Cossins"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%DB%8C%D9%85%D8%B2_%DA%A9%D8%A7%D8%B2%DB%8C%D9%86%D8%B2"
    title: "جیمز کازینز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Cossins"
    title: "James Cossins"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Cossins"
    title: "James Cossins"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/def87ca5-287d-4724-819f-17989f25c6f1"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1680201"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/33109"
    title: "James Cossins"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump