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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 ...
Wylie Watson. Actor: The 39 Steps. Diminutive Scottish character player with trademark neatly-trimmed moustache, upturned at the ends, who began as a juvenile soprano vocalist in the late 1890's with a family variety act.
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- Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK
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Wylie Watson. Actor: The 39 Steps. Diminutive Scottish character player with trademark neatly-trimmed moustache, upturned at the ends, who began as a juvenile soprano vocalist in the late 1890's with a family variety act.
- February 6, 1889
- May 3, 1966
Wylie Watson was an actor who had a successful Hollywood career. Watson started off his career in film with roles in "Road House" (1934), the Robert Donat mystery adaptation "The 39...
Tomatometer®Audience ScoreTitleCredit79%Fresh audience score. 64%Herb Johnson (Character)No Score YetRotten audience score. 50%Able Seaman Nobby Clark (Character)No Score YetFresh audience score. 80%Stage Door Keeper (Character)No Score YetNo Score YetMr. Widgery (Character)Wylie Watson [1] was a British 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 ,[3] and wily storekeeper Joseph Macroon in the Ealing comedy Whisky Galore! .
Wylie Watson. Actor. Born February 6, 1889 in Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK. Diminutive Scottish character player with trademark neatly-trimmed moustache, upturned at the ends, who began as a juvenile soprano vocalist in the late 1890's with a family variety act. At one time he performed 15 times daily at a waxworks !
Wylie Watson is known as an Actor. Some of his work includes The 39 Steps, Whisky Galore!, Jamaica Inn, Brighton Rock, The Sundowners, London Belongs to Me, The Magnet, and Morning Departure.