Campbell Cotts


Campbell Cotts was a Cape Colony-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. 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 The Brass Monkey The Idol of Paris Trottie True Stop Press Girl Dear Mr. Prohack Last Holiday The Angel with the Trumpet My Seal and Them The Hour of 13 Barbados Quest Three Men in a Boat Just My Luck