Born In Beckenham

BORN IN BECKENHAM

Simon Ward

Actor SIMON WARD, born October 19, 1941 in Beckenham.

(Film debut) Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed, Warner Bros., 1970.
I Start Counting, 1970.
Title role, Young Winston, Columbia, 1972. Hitler: The Last Ten Days, Paramount, 1972. The Three Musketeers, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1974. Children of Rage, 1974. The Four Musketeers, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1975. Deadly Strangers, 1975. The Aces High, 1976. Battle Flag, 1976. Dominique, 1977. Holocaust 2000, 1977. The Chosen, 1978. Zulu Dawn, 1979. The Sabina, 1979. The Monster Club, 1980. Tug of Love, 1983. Supergirl, 1984. Leave All Fair, 1985. Mr. Linton, Emily Bronte's Wuthering Heights, 1992. Edward Ross, Double X: The Name of the Game, 1992.

Appeared in The Black Tulip, BBC; The Roads to Freedom,BBC; Holocaust, BBC, then PBS; The Rear Column, BBC. Credits; Television Appearances; Miniseries Thomas Flanagan, Around the World in 80 Days, NBC, 1989. Credits; Television Appearances; Episodic Stephen Lampart, "A Taste for Death," Mystery!, PBS, 1990. Credits; Television Appearances; Movies Arthur Holmwood, Dracula, CBS, 1974. James Herriot, All Creatures Great and Small, NBC, 1975. William Trench, The Four Feathers, NBC, 1978. Jock Leslie-Melville, The Last Giraffe, CBS, 1979. Duc de Chateau Renaud, The Corsican Brothers, CBS, 1985. Also appeared in Chips with Everything, BBC; Bloomsday; and Flowering Cherry.

James Cossins

JAMES COSSINS, born 4 December 1933 in Beckenham, Kent, he became widely recognised as the abrupt, bewildered Mr. Walt in the Fawlty Towers episode "The Hotel Inspectors". He played a wide range of characters throughout his colourful and extensive career on television and stage. His film credits include The Anniversary (1968), Gandhi (1982), and The Man with the Golden Gun (1974). On the small screen he appeared as a guest in a variety of show, including Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em, Minder, Bergerac, The Sweeney, All Creatures Great and Small, Citizen Smith, Just William, The Good Life, Z-Cars, and as the regular character Bruce Westrop (in 1974) in Emmerdale Farm. He also appeared in the first series of All in Good Faith in 1985. Cossins died at a young age of 63 in 1997.

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