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James Ottaway

Born July 25, 1908 in Chertsey, Surrey, EnglandDied June 16, 199917 films

James Ottaway was a British film, television and stage actor whose career spanned seven decades.

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The Long Good Friday posterFirst watchThe Long Good Friday19807.2as CommissionaireIn the late 1970s, Cockney crime boss Harold Shand, a gangster trying to become a legitimate property mogul, has big plans to get the American Mafia to bankroll his transformation of a…View film

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Absolution poster6.5Absolution1978

Filmography

17 films as actor
  1. 1990The WidowmakerMourner
  2. 1983Where's the Key?Grandfather
  3. 1980The Long Good FridayCommissionaire
  4. 1980One Chance in FourAlcoholic Old Man
  5. 1979The Old CrowdPiano Tuner
  6. 1978AffrontMr. Johns
  7. 1978AbsolutionFather Matthews
  8. 1976MatchfitJack Grace
  9. 1973The Love-Girl and the InnocentBelobotnikov
  10. 1973That'll Be The DayGranddad
  11. 1972The Sullens SistersMr. Duffy
  12. 1970Ride, RideMr Stone
  13. 1968Inadmissible EvidenceDinner Guest
  14. 1963The Man Who Finally DiedRahn - Hotel Manager
  15. 1962The Cruel NecessityWhalley
  16. 1959In the Wake of a StrangerJohnson
  17. 1958Passport to ShameAssistant Registrar