James Cossins
James Cossins ( born December 4, 1933, Beckenham, Kent, † February 12, 1997 ) was a British actor.
Life
Cossins completed his acting training at the prestigious RADA, where he was honored for his artistic power with the silver medal of his graduating class. Among his stage stations included Farnham, Ipswich, Hull and Nottingham Theatre. In 1961 he made his acting debut in London's West End, where he was able to celebrate successes in plays by John Osborne and Frank Wedekind some years at the Royal Court and at the Old Vic. However handed the repertoire of the great mime with the distinguished mustache and full voice, which seemed to be downright predestined for the presentation of representatives of governmental and military authorities, from comic about serious to tragic roles. He played the "Falstaff" in William Shakespeare's Merry Wives of Windsor, the " Peachum " in Bertolt Brecht 's Threepenny Opera and Sir Francis Chesney in Charley's Aunt.
Cossins 1965 was in John Schlesinger's Darling made his feature film debut. This was followed by film roles in productions of various genres, in Cossins was indeed often stereotyped in roles occupied by judges and officers, but never let be its representation into a caricature. He starred in Richard Attenborough's epic Gandhi biography, in the James Bond film The Man with the Golden Gun, alongside Sean Connery in The Great Train robbery in the comedy A Fish Called Wanda ( John Cleese ), but also in horror movies such as The tunnel of living corpses.
In addition, he found a wide field of activity in television, where he too alike in literary adaptations such as Dombey and Son and The Pickwick Papers ( by Charles Dickens ) and lighter entertainment such as John Cleese's Fawlty Towers or the hit TV series The Doctor and Small was seen.
From 1982 his health deteriorated, so that his performances were rare in film, television and theater. James Cossins died on 12 February 1997 at the age of 63 years from a heart condition.