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James Ottaway was a British film, television and stage actor whose career spanned seven decades.
Birth Name
William Cecil James Ottaway
Born
Saturday, 25 July 1908
Died
Wednesday, 16 June 1999
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Pie in the Sky | Jack Coverly | 1994 |
| The Detectives | Collapsing old gentleman | 1993 |
| A Touch of Frost | Mr. Adams | 1992 |
| As Time Goes By | Mr. Wellington | 1992 |
| Keeping Up Appearances | Mr Oxley | 1990 |
| Jeeves and Wooster | Mr Burwash | 1990 |
| The Paradise Club | Syd Mellors | 1989 |
| Poirot | Mr Russell | 1989 |
| Casualty | Mr. Wright / Edwin Palmer / Ron Lucas | 1986 |
| Boon | Mr. North | 1986 |
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Pie in the Sky | Jack Coverly | 1994 |
| The Detectives | Collapsing old gentleman | 1993 |
| A Touch of Frost | Mr. Adams | 1992 |
| As Time Goes By | Mr. Wellington | 1992 |
| Keeping Up Appearances | Mr Oxley | 1990 |
| Jeeves and Wooster | Mr Burwash | 1990 |
| The Paradise Club | Syd Mellors | 1989 |
| Poirot | Mr Russell | 1989 |
| Casualty | Mr. Wright / Edwin Palmer / Ron Lucas | 1986 |
| Boon | Mr. North | 1986 |
| The Brief | Tommy Miller / Husband on Bus / Gordon Picket | 1984 |
| Auf Wiedersehen, Pet | Bob Hilton | 1983 |
| Claire | Andy | 1982 |
| Shine on Harvey Moon | Vicar | 1982 |
| The Long Good Friday | Commissionaire | 1981 |
| The Gentle Touch | George Taylor / George | 1980 |
| Hi-de-Hi! | Reverend Fulljames | 1980 |
| Minder | Percy / Vickery | 1979 |
| The Quatermass Conclusion | Arthur | 1979 |
| Quatermass | Arthur | 1979 |
| The Old Crowd | Piano Tuner | 1979 |
| Absolution | Father Matthews | 1978 |
| Grange Hill | Mr. Light | 1978 |
| All Creatures Great and Small | Pub Customer / Dick Fawcett | 1978 |
| Secret Army | Priest | 1977 |
| Shadows | Mason | 1975 |
| Angels | Mr. Appleby | 1975 |
| Nightingale's Boys | Bert | 1975 |
| The Changes | Maxie | 1975 |
| The Sweeney | Uncle Billy | 1975 |
| Orson Welles' Great Mysteries | Hotel Porter | 1973 |
| Sam | Taffy Dent | 1973 |
| That'll Be the Day | Granddad | 1973 |
| Crown Court | Joseph Pearson / Trevor Deakins / Mr. Prendergast | 1972 |
| The Protectors | Bradley | 1972 |
| Country Matters | Mr. Duffy | 1972 |
| The Shadow of the Tower | Thomas Asshehurst | 1972 |
| Justice | County Court Judge | 1971 |
| The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes | Parsloe | 1971 |
| Follyfoot | Bill Chadwick | 1971 |
| Jamie | Innkeeper | 1971 |
| Tales of Unease | Mr. Stone | 1970 |
| Wicked Women | Evans | 1970 |
| Doomwatch | Mr. Clark | 1970 |
| The Waiters | Boyfriend | 1969 |
| Up Pompeii! | Scrophulus | 1969 |
| As Good Cooks Go | Chief Superintendent | 1969 |
| Dad's Army | the 1st Member of Parliament | 1968 |
| Inadmissible Evidence | Watson's Guest | 1968 |
| Vanity Fair | General Tufto | 1967 |
| ITV Playhouse | Alcoholic old man / Smart | 1967 |
| The Power Game | Customer | 1965 |
| Buddenbrooks | Pastor Trieschke | 1965 |
| BBC Play of the Month | Belobotnikov | 1965 |
| You Must Be Joking! | Army Officer | 1965 |
| Mogul | Cox | 1965 |
| Gideon C.I.D. | Sideman | 1964 |
| The Wednesday Play | Scrubbs | 1964 |
| The Man Who Finally Died | Rahn-Hotel Manager / Rahn - Hotel Manager | 1963 |
| The Saint | Dr. Cranston | 1962 |
| Brothers in Law | Mr. Larkin | 1962 |
| No Hiding Place | Mr. Roberts / Allan | 1959 |
| Probation Officer | Mr. Melvin | 1959 |
| The Man Who Finally Died | Shop Assistant | 1959 |
| In the Wake of a Stranger | Johnson | 1959 |
| The Man Who Liked Funerals | Butler | 1959 |
| Room 43 | Assistant Registrar | 1958 |
| Emergency-Ward 10 | Dr. Pennington / Angus Muir | 1957 |
| Dixon of Dock Green | Mr. Martin / Frank Meek | 1955 |
