Wylie Watson

Scottish actor (1889–1966)

Wylie Watson
Watson in The 39 Steps, 1935
Born	(1889-02-06)6 February 1889 Lanarkshire, Scotland
Died	3 May 1966(1966-05-03) (aged 77) Australia
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1929–1960
Spouse	Ada Watson

Wylie Watson (6 February 1889 – 3 May 1966) (born John Wylie Robertson)^[1] was a Scottish actor.^[2] 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),^[3] 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).

Complete filmography

It's a Great Life (1929) as Bit Role (uncredited)
For the Love of Mike (1932) as Rev. James
Leave It to Me (1933) as Rev. Potter
Hawley's of High Street (1933) as Client
Road House (1934) as Magician (uncredited)
The 39 Steps (1935) as Mr. Memory
The Black Mask (1935) as Jimmie Glass
Radio Lover (1936) as Joe Morrison
Please Teacher (1937) as Oswald Clutterbuck
Why Pick on Me? (1937) as Sam Tippett
Paradise for Two (1937) as Clarence
Oh! Letty (1938, TV Movie) as Chester Binney
Queer Cargo (1938) as Rev. James Travers
Jamaica Inn (1939) as Salvation Watkins - Sir Humphrey's Gang
Yes, Madam? (1939) as Albert
Pack Up Your Troubles (1940) as Eric Sampson
She Couldn't Say No (1940) as Thrumgood
Bulldog Sees It Through (1940) as Dancing Professor
My Wife's Family (1941) as Noah Bagshott
Danny Boy (1941) as Fiddlestick
Mr. Proudfoot Shows a Light (1941, Short) as Friend
From the Four Corners (1942, Short) as Newspaper Vendor (uncredited)
The Saint Meets the Tiger (1943) as Horace
The Flemish Farm (1943) as Farmer
The Lamp Still Burns (1943) as Diabetic Patient
Tawny Pipit (1944) as Crasker
Don't Take It to Heart (1944) as Harry Bucket
Strawberry Roan (1945) as Bill Gurd
Kiss the Bride Goodbye (1945) as David Dodd
The World Owes Me a Living (1945) as Conductor
Waterloo Road (1945) as Tattooist
Don Chicago (1945) as Peabody
Waltz Time (1945) as Josef
Murder in Reverse? (1945) as Tailor
The Trojan Brothers (1946) as Stage Manager
The Years Between (1946) as Venning
A Girl in a Million (1946) as Peabody
Temptation Harbour (1947) as Fred
Fame Is the Spur (1947) as Pendleton
Brighton Rock (1948) as Spicer
My Brother Jonathan (1948) as Bagley
Tell Her the Truth (1948, TV Movie) as Parkin
London Belongs to Me (1948) as Mr. Josser
No Room at the Inn (1948) as Councilor Green
Things Happen at Night (1948) as Watson, the butler
The History of Mr. Polly (1949) as Mr. Rusper
Whisky Galore! (1949) as Joseph Macroon
Train of Events (1949) (uncredited)
Your Witness (1950) as Mr. Widgery, Red Lion Proprietor
Madeleine (1950) as Huggins (uncredited)
Morning Departure (1950) as Able Seaman Nobby Clark
Shadow of the Past (1950) as Caretaker
The Magnet (1950) as Pickering
Happy Go Lovely (1951) as Stage Door Keeper
The Sundowners (1960) as Herb Johnson (final film role)

References

^ McFarlane, Brian (2016). The Encyclopedia of British Film: Fourth edition. Oxford University Press. p. 807. ISBN 9781526111975. Retrieved 11 June 2017.
^ Born: 6 February 1889Died: 3 May 1966 (3 May 1966). "Wylie Watson | BFI | BFI". Explore.bfi.org.uk. Archived from the original on 11 July 2012. Retrieved 14 April 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
^ "BFI Screenonline: Watson, Wylie (1889-1966) Biography". Screenonline.org.uk. Retrieved 14 April 2014.