Wylie Watson

Wylie Watson was a Scottish actor. 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 film)|The 39 Steps], and wily storekeeper Joseph Macroon in the Ealing comedy Whisky Galore!. He emigrated to Australia in 1952, and made his final film appearance there in The Sundowners.

Complete filmography

It's a Great Life as Bit Role For the Love of Mike as Rev. JamesLeave It to Me as Rev. PotterHawley's of High Street as ClientRoad House as Magician The 39 Steps as Mr. MemoryThe [Black Mask (1935 film)|The Black Mask] as Jimmie GlassRadio Lover as Joe MorrisonPlease Teacher as Oswald ClutterbuckWhy [Pick on Me? (1937 film)|Why Pick on Me?] as Sam TippettParadise for Two as ClarenceOh! Letty as Chester BinneyQueer Cargo as Rev. James TraversJamaica Inn as Salvation Watkins - Sir Humphrey's GangYes, Madam? as AlbertPack Up Your Troubles as Eric SampsonShe [Couldn't Say No (1939 film)|She Couldn't Say No] as ThrumgoodBulldog Sees It Through as Dancing ProfessorMy Wife's Family as Noah BagshottDanny Boy as FiddlestickMr. Proudfoot Shows a Light as FriendFrom the Four Corners as Newspaper Vendor The Saint Meets the Tiger as HoraceThe Flemish Farm as FarmerThe Lamp Still Burns as Diabetic PatientTawny Pipit as CraskerDon't Take It to Heart as Harry BucketStrawberry Roan as Bill GurdKiss the Bride Goodbye as David DoddThe World Owes Me a Living as ConductorWaterloo Road as TattooistDon Chicago as PeabodyWaltz Time as JosefMurder in Reverse as TailorThe [Trojan Brothers (film)|The Trojan Brothers] as Stage ManagerThe Years Between as VenningA Girl in a Million as PeabodyTemptation Harbour as FredFame Is the Spur as PendletonBrighton Rock as SpicerMy [Brother Jonathan (film)|My Brother Jonathan] as BagleyTell Her the Truth as ParkinLondon [Belongs to Me] as Mr. JosserNo Room at the Inn as Councilor GreenThings Happen at Night as Watson, the butlerThe History of Mr. Polly as Mr. RusperWhisky Galore! as Joseph MacroonTrain of Events Your Witness as Mr. Widgery, Red Lion ProprietorMadeleine as Huggins Morning Departure as Able Seaman Nobby ClarkShadow of the Past as CaretakerThe Magnet as PickeringHappy Go Lovely as Stage Door KeeperThe Sundowners as Herb Johnson