Campbell Cotts Explained

Honorific Prefix:	Sir
Campbell Cotts
Birth Name:	William Campbell Cotts
Birth Date:	21 April 1902
Birth Place:	Fondebosch, Cape Colony
Death Place:	London, England
Othername:	Sir William Campbell Mitchell-Cotts, 2nd Baronet
Occupation:	Actor, writer, barrister
Yearsactive:	1947–1962

Campbell Cotts (21 April 1902 – 19 February 1964) was a Cape Colony-born actor of British stage, film and television.^{[1] [2] [3]} 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).^{[4] [5]} His acting roles included a Broadway appearance opposite Katharine Hepburn in a revival of Shaw's The Millionairess at the Shubert Theatre in 1952.^[6]

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)
• My Seal and Them (1951)
• 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.

Notes and References

1. Chibnall p.334
2. Web site: Campbell Cotts. https://web.archive.org/web/20170905083429/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba9fe6fc8. dead. 5 September 2017.
3. Web site: Campbell Cotts – Theatricalia. theatricalia.com.
4. Web site: Surrender to Dreams by Campbell Mitchell Cotts – AbeBooks. abebooks.com.
5. Web site: Person Page. thepeerage.com.
6. Web site: The Millionairess – Broadway Play – 1952 Revival – IBDB. The Broadway. League. ibdb.com.