Wylie Watson

Wylie Watson (6 February 1889 – 3 May 1966) (born John Wylie Robertson) 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, and wily storekeeper Joseph Macroon in the Ealing comedy Whisky Galore! (1949). He emigrated to Australia in 1952, and made his final film appearance there in The Sundowners (1960).

Complete filmography

It's a Great Life (1929) as Bit Role (uncredited) For the Love of Mike (1932) as Rev. James Leave It to Me (1933) as Rev. Potter Hawleys of High Street (1933) as Client Road House (1934) as Magician (uncredited) The 39 Steps (1935) as Mr. Memory The Black Mask (1935) as Jimmie Glass Radio Lover (1936) as Joe Morrison Please Teacher (1937) as Oswald Clutterbuck Why Pick on Me? (1937) as Sam Tippett Paradise for Two (1937) as Clarence Oh! Letty (1938, TV Movie) as Chester Binney Queer Cargo (1938) as Rev. James Travers Jamaica Inn (1939) as Salvation Watkins - Sir Humphrey's Gang Yes, Madam? (1939) as Albert Pack Up Your Troubles (1940) as Eric Sampson She Couldn't Say No (1940) as Thrumgood Bulldog Sees It Through (1940) as Dancing Professor My Wife's Family (1941) as Noah Bagshott Danny Boy (1941) as Fiddlestick Mr. Proudfoot Shows a Light (1941, Short) as Friend From the Four Corners (1942, Short) as Newspaper Vendor (uncredited) The Saint Meets the Tiger (1943) as Horace The Flemish Farm (1943) as Farmer The Lamp Still Burns (1943) as Diabetic Patient Tawny Pipit (1944) as Crasker Don't Take It to Heart (1944) as Harry Bucket Strawberry Roan (1945) as Bill Gurd Kiss the Bride Goodbye (1945) as David Dodd The World Owes Me a Living (1945) as Conductor Waterloo Road (1945) as Tattooist Don Chicago (1945) as Peabody Waltz Time (1945) as Josef Murder in Reverse (1945) as Tailor The Trojan Brothers (1946) as Stage Manager The Years Between (1946) as Venning A Girl in a Million (1946) as Peabody Temptation Harbour (1947) as Fred Fame Is the Spur (1947) as Pendleton Brighton Rock (1948) as Spicer My Brother Jonathan (1948) as Bagley Tell Her the Truth (1948, TV Movie) as Parkin London Belongs to Me (1948) as Mr. Josser No Room at the Inn (1948) as Councilor Green Things Happen at Night (1948) as Watson, the butler The History of Mr. Polly (1949) as Mr. Rusper Whisky Galore! (1949) as Joseph Macroon Train of Events (1949) (uncredited) Your Witness (1950) as Mr. Widgery, Red Lion Proprietor Madeleine (1950) as Huggins (uncredited) Morning Departure (1950) as Able Seaman Nobby Clark Shadow of the Past (1950) as Caretaker The Magnet (1950) as Pickering Happy Go Lovely (1951) as Stage Door Keeper The Sundowners (1960) as Herb Johnson (final film role)