death_date death_place years_active birth_place name birth_date image article_title birth_name
12 february 1997 hampshire , england , uk 1962-1994 beckenham , kent , england , uk james cossins 4 december 1933 james_cossins . jpg james cossins
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james cossins

james cossins -lrb- 4 december 1933 -- 12 february 1997 -rrb- was an english character 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 '' .
