Campbell Cotts

Sir Campbell Cotts Bt
Portrait by John Vere Brown, 1957
Born	William Campbell Cotts (1902-04-21)21 April 1902 Fondebosch, South Africa
Died	19 February 1964(1964-02-19) (aged 61) London, England
Other names	Sir William Campbell Mitchell-Cotts, 2nd Baronet
Occupation(s)	Actor, writer, barrister
Years active	1947–1962

Campbell Cotts (21 April 1902 – 19 February 1964) was a South African-born actor of British stage, film and television. A former barrister and a published poet, Cotts studied at Cambridge and fought in Second World War, attaining the rank of 1st Lieutenant in the Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment). His acting roles included a Broadway appearance opposite Katharine Hepburn in a revival of Shaw's The Millionairess at the Shubert Theatre in 1952.

Selected filmography

• Fame Is the Spur (1947)
• The Brass Monkey (1948)
• The Idol of Paris (1948)
• Trottie True (1949)
• Stop Press Girl (1949)
• Dear Mr. Prohack (1949)
• Last Holiday (1950)
• The Angel with the Trumpet (1950)
• The Hour of 13 (1952)
• Barbados Quest (1955)
• Three Men in a Boat (1956)
• Just My Luck (1957)
• The Good Companions (1957)

Bibliography

• Steve Chibnall. J. Lee Thompson. Manchester University Press, 2000.

External links

• Campbell Cotts at IMDb
• Campbell Cotts at the Internet Broadway Database