James Ottaway - Revision history

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	'''William Cecil James Ottaway''' (25 July 1908 – 16 June 1999) was a British film, television and stage actor whose career spanned seven decades.<ref name=Obit>[https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/obituary-james-ottaway-1104743.html Ottaway's obituary] in ''[[w:The Independent\|]]'' - 7 July 1999</ref>		\| caption =
			\| birth_name = William Cecil James Ottaway<!-- only use if different from name -->
			\| birth_date = {{Birth date\|1908\|07\|25\|df=y}}
			\| birth_place = [[w:Chertsey\|Chertsey]], Surrey
			\| death_date = {{Death date and age\|1999\|06\|16\|1908\|07\|25\|df=y}}
			\| death_place = [[w:London\|London]]
			\| other_names =
			\| occupation = Actor
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			\| spouse = {{Marriage\|Anne Pichon\|1965}}
			}}
			'''William Cecil James Ottaway''' (25 July 1908 – 16 June 1999) was a British film, television and stage actor whose career spanned seven decades.<ref name=Obit>[https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/obituary-james-ottaway-1104743.html Ottaway's obituary] in ''[[w:The Independent\|The Independent]]'' - 7 July 1999</ref>

	==Family background==		==Family background==

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External links

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	==External links==		==External links==
	*{{IMDb name\|0653093}}		*{{IMDb name\|0653093}}

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Filmography

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	\|1958\|\| ''[[Passport to Shame]]'' \|\| Assistant Registrar \|\|		\|1958\|\| ''[[W:Passport to Shame\|Passport to Shame]]'' \|\| Assistant Registrar \|\|
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	\|1959\|\| ''[[The Man Who Liked Funerals]]'' \|\| Butler \|\|		\|1959\|\| ''[[W:The Man Who Liked Funerals\|The Man Who Liked Funerals]]'' \|\| Butler \|\|
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	\|1959\|\| ''[[In the Wake of a Stranger]]'' \|\| Johnson \|\|		\|1959\|\| ''[[W:In the Wake of a Stranger\|In the Wake of a Stranger]]'' \|\| Johnson \|\|
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	\|1963\|\| ''[[The Man Who Finally Died]]'' \|\| Rahn-Hotel Manager \|\| Uncredited		\|1963\|\| ''[[W:The Man Who Finally Died\|The Man Who Finally Died]]'' \|\| Rahn-Hotel Manager \|\| Uncredited
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	\|1965\|\| ''[[You Must Be Joking! (1965 film)\|You Must Be Joking!]]'' \|\| Army Officer \|\| Uncredited		\|1965\|\| ''[[W:You Must Be Joking! (1965 film)\|You Must Be Joking!]]'' \|\| Army Officer \|\| Uncredited
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	\|1968\|\| ''[[Inadmissible Evidence (film)\|Inadmissible Evidence]]'' \|\| Watson's Guest \|\|		\|1968\|\| ''[[W:Inadmissible Evidence (film)\|Inadmissible Evidence]]'' \|\| Watson's Guest \|\|
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	\|1973\|\| ''[[That'll Be the Day (film)\|That'll Be the Day]]'' \|\| Granddad \|\|		\|1973\|\| ''[[W:That'll Be the Day (film)\|That'll Be the Day]]'' \|\| Granddad \|\|
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	\|1978\|\| ''[[Absolution (1978 film)\|Absolution]]'' \|\| Father Matthews \|\|		\|1978\|\| ''[[W:Absolution (1978 film)\|Absolution]]'' \|\| Father Matthews \|\|
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	\|1979\|\| ''The Quatermass Conclusion'' \|\| Arthur \|\|		\|1979\|\| ''The Quatermass Conclusion'' \|\| Arthur \|\|
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	\|1980\|\| ''[[The Long Good Friday]]'' \|\| Commissionaire \|\|		\|1980\|\| ''[[W:The Long Good Friday\|The Long Good Friday]]'' \|\| Commissionaire \|\|
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Television and film

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	==Television and film==		==Television and film==
	His television appearances included The Soldier in ''Capital Punishment'' (1937); Peter in ''[[Romeo and Juliet]]'' (1947); Soldier in ''[[Edward II (play)\|Edward II]]'' (1947); Mr Brudenell in ''[[The Devil's Disciple (play)\|The Devil's Disciple]]'' (1949); Cibber in ''Whirligig'' (1950); ''The Passing Show'' (1951); Rev. Ambrose Wistons in ''The Cathedral'' (1952); ''[[Sunday Night Theatre]]'' (1952); Bates in ''The Commonplace Heart'' (1953); Dr Pennington in ''[[Emergency – Ward 10]]'' (1958); Second Doctor in [[The Blood Donor]] episode of ''[[Hancock's Half Hour]]'' (1961); Dr Cranston in ''[[The Saint (TV series)\|The Saint]]'' (1963); Mr Roberts/Allan in ''[[No Hiding Place]]'' (1960-1965); Mr Martin/Frank Meek in ''[[Dixon of Dock Green]]'' (1956-1969); Thomas Anthem in ''[[The Man in Room 17#The Fellows .28Late of Room 17.29 - Episodes\|The Fellows (Late of Room 17)]]'' (1967); Scrophulus in ''[[Up Pompeii!]]'' (1970); Member of Parliament in ''[[Dad's Army]]'' (1972); Thompson in ''[[Softly, Softly: Taskforce]]'' (1973); Bill Chadwick in ''[[Follyfoot]]'' (1973); Maxie in ''[[The Changes (TV series)\|The Changes]]'' (1975); Jack King in ''[[Z-Cars]]'' (1977); Uncle Billy in ''[[The Sweeney]]'' (1978); Dick Fawcett/Pub Customer in ''[[All Creatures Great and Small (1978 TV series)\|All Creatures Great and Small]]'' (1978-1988); Arthur in ''[[Quatermass (TV serial)\|Quatermass]]'' (1979); George Taylor in ''[[The Gentle Touch]]'' (1980-1984); Percy/Vickery in ''[[Minder (TV series)\|Minder]]'' (1980-1991); Reverend Fulljames in ''[[Hi-de-Hi!]]'' (1983); Bob Hilton in ''[[Auf Wiedersehen, Pet]]'' (1984); Vicar in ''[[Shine on Harvey Moon]]'' (1984); Mr Light in ''[[Grange Hill]]'' (1985); Ron Lucas/Edwin Palmer/Mr Wright in ''[[Casualty (TV series)\|Casualty]]'' (1987-1993); Mr North in ''[[Boon (TV series)\|Boon]]'' (1988); Mr Russell in ''[[Agatha Christie's Poirot]]'' (1989); Mr Oxley in ''[[Keeping Up Appearances]]'' (1990); Mourner in ''[[The Widowmaker]]'' (1990); Mr Burwash in ''[[Jeeves and Wooster]]'' (1993); Jack Coverly in ''[[Pie in the Sky (TV series)\|Pie in the Sky]]'' (1995); Mr Adams in ''[[A Touch of Frost]]'' (1995); Mr Wellington in ''[[As Time Goes By (UK TV series)\|As Time Goes By]]'' (1998); and Gordon Picket/Tommy Miller/Bus Passenger in ''[[The Bill]]'' (1992-1998).		His television appearances included The Soldier in ''Capital Punishment'' (1937); Peter in ''[[w:Romeo and Juliet\|Romeo and Juliet]]'' (1947); Soldier in ''[[w:Edward II (play)\|Edward II]]'' (1947); Mr Brudenell in ''[[w:The Devil's Disciple (play)\|The Devil's Disciple]]'' (1949); Cibber in ''Whirligig'' (1950); ''The Passing Show'' (1951); Rev. Ambrose Wistons in ''The Cathedral'' (1952); ''[[w:Sunday Night Theatre\|Sunday Night Theatre]]'' (1952); Bates in ''The Commonplace Heart'' (1953); Dr Pennington in ''[[w:Emergency – Ward 10\|Emergency – Ward 10]]'' (1958); Second Doctor in [[The Blood Donor]] episode of ''[[Hancock's Half Hour]]'' (1961); Dr Cranston in ''[[w:The Saint (TV series)\|The Saint]]'' (1963); Mr Roberts/Allan in ''[[w:No Hiding Place\|No Hiding Place]]'' (1960-1965); Mr Martin/Frank Meek in ''[[w:Dixon of Dock Green\|Dixon of Dock Green]]'' (1956-1969); Thomas Anthem in ''[[w:The Man in Room 17#The Fellows .28Late of Room 17.29 - Episodes\|The Fellows (Late of Room 17)]]'' (1967); Scrophulus in ''[[Up Pompeii!]]'' (1970); Member of Parliament in ''[[Dad's Army]]'' (1972); Thompson in ''[[w:Softly, Softly: Taskforce\|Softly]]'' (1973); Bill Chadwick in ''[[w:Follyfoot\|Follyfoot]]'' (1973); Maxie in ''[[w:The Changes (TV series)\|The Changes]]'' (1975); Jack King in ''[[w:Z-Cars\|Z-Cars]]'' (1977); Uncle Billy in ''[[w:The Sweeney\|The Sweeney]]'' (1978); Dick Fawcett/Pub Customer in ''[[w:All Creatures Great and Small (1978 TV series)\|All Creatures Great and Small]]'' (1978-1988); Arthur in ''[[w:Quatermass (TV serial)\|Quatermass]]'' (1979); George Taylor in ''[[w:The Gentle Touch\|The Gentle Touch]]'' (1980-1984); Percy/Vickery in ''[[w:Minder (TV series)\|Minder]]'' (1980-1991); Reverend Fulljames in ''[[Hi-de-Hi!]]'' (1983); Bob Hilton in ''[[Auf Wiedersehen, Pet]]'' (1984); Vicar in ''[[w:Shine on Harvey Moon\|Shine on Harvey Moon]]'' (1984); Mr Light in ''[[w:Grange Hill\|Grange Hill]]'' (1985); Ron Lucas/Edwin Palmer/Mr Wright in ''[[w:Casualty (TV series)\|Casualty]]'' (1987-1993); Mr North in ''[[w:Boon (TV series)\|Boon]]'' (1988); Mr Russell in ''[[w:Agatha Christie's Poirot\|Agatha Christie's Poirot]]'' (1989); Mr Oxley in ''[[Keeping Up Appearances]]'' (1990); Mourner in ''[[w:The Widowmaker\|The Widowmaker]]'' (1990); Mr Burwash in ''[[w:Jeeves and Wooster\|Jeeves and Wooster]]'' (1993); Jack Coverly in ''[[w:Pie in the Sky (TV series)\|Pie in the Sky]]'' (1995); Mr Adams in ''[[w:A Touch of Frost\|A Touch of Frost]]'' (1995); Mr Wellington in ''[[w:As Time Goes By (UK TV series)\|As Time Goes By]]'' (1998); and Gordon Picket/Tommy Miller/Bus Passenger in ''[[w:The Bill\|The Bill]]'' (1992-1998).

	Film appearances included Johnson in ''[[In the Wake of a Stranger]]'' (1959); Grandad in ''[[That'll Be the Day (film)\|That'll Be the Day]]'' (1973); Father Matthews in ''[[Absolution (1978 film)\|Absolution]]'' 1978) and Commissionaire in ''[[The Long Good Friday]]'' (1980), as well as appearing in ''[[Room 43]]'' (1958), ''[[The Man Who Liked Funerals]]'' (1959) and Rahn in ''[[The Man Who Finally Died]]'' (1962).<ref name=Obit/>		Film appearances included Johnson in ''[[w:In the Wake of a Stranger\|In the Wake of a Stranger]]'' (1959); Grandad in ''[[w:That'll Be the Day (film)\|That'll Be the Day]]'' (1973); Father Matthews in ''[[w:Absolution (1978 film)\|Absolution]]'' 1978) and Commissionaire in ''[[w:The Long Good Friday\|The Long Good Friday]]'' (1980), as well as appearing in ''[[w:Room 43\|Room 43]]'' (1958), ''[[w:The Man Who Liked Funerals\|The Man Who Liked Funerals]]'' (1959) and Rahn in ''[[w:The Man Who Finally Died\|The Man Who Finally Died]]'' (1962).<ref name=Obit/>

	==Personal life==		==Personal life==

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Personal life

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	==Personal life==		==Personal life==
	Ottaway first met his wife Anne Pichon when they were both members of the St Pancras People's Theatre, but they did not marry until 1965 after meeting again later in life. One nephew, [[Richard Ottaway\|Sir Richard Ottaway]], was the [[Conservative Party (United Kingdom)\|Conservative]] MP for [[Croydon South (UK Parliament constituency)\|Croydon South]], while another, Mark Ottaway, was chief travel writer on ''[[The Sunday Times]]''.		Ottaway first met his wife Anne Pichon when they were both members of the St Pancras People's Theatre, but they did not marry until 1965 after meeting again later in life. One nephew, [[w:Richard Ottaway\|Sir Richard Ottaway]], was the [[w:Conservative Party (United Kingdom)\|Conservative]] MP for [[w:Croydon South (UK Parliament constituency)\|Croydon South]], while another, Mark Ottaway, was chief travel writer on ''[[w:The Sunday Times\|The Sunday Times]]''.

	James Ottaway died on 16 June 1999 in London at the age of 90.		James Ottaway died on 16 June 1999 in London at the age of 90.

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Further theatre roles

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	==Further theatre roles==		==Further theatre roles==
	He made his stage debut in 1937 as the Club Waiter in ''The Island'' at the [[Q Theatre]], reprising the role at the [[Comedy Theatre]] in 1938. Later in 1937 [[Tyrone Guthrie]], the director of [[The Old Vic]], cast Ottaway as a Messenger alongside a young [[Laurence Olivier]] in the title role in ''[[Macbeth]]''. Ottaway subsequently toured with the Old Vic company during 1940 and 1941.		He made his stage debut in 1937 as the Club Waiter in ''The Island'' at the [[w:Q Theatre\|Q Theatre]], reprising the role at the [[w:Comedy Theatre\|Comedy Theatre]] in 1938. Later in 1937 [[w:Tyrone Guthrie\|Tyrone Guthrie]], the director of [[w:The Old Vic\|The Old Vic]], cast Ottaway as a Messenger alongside a young [[w:Laurence Olivier\|Laurence Olivier]] in the title role in ''[[w:Macbeth\|Macbeth]]''. Ottaway subsequently toured with the Old Vic company during 1940 and 1941.

	After service in the [[British Army]] during [[World War II]], Ottaway was [[demobbed]] in 1947 and resumed his theatrical career, playing Joseph Taft in ''[[Four Hours to Kill]]'' ([[Saville Theatre]], 1948); Mr Wingate in ''[[Top of the Ladder]]'' ([[St James's Theatre]], 1950); Dr Jadin in ''[[The Madwoman of Chaillot]]'' ([[St James's Theatre]], 1951); Forshaw in ''[[His House in Order (play)\|His House in Order]]'' ([[Noël Coward Theatre\|New Theatre]], 1951). From 1951 to 1955 he again appeared with [[Tyrone Guthrie]] and [[The Old Vic]] company, joining tours of South Africa in 1952 and Australia in 1955.		After service in the [[w:British Army\|British Army]] during [[w:World War II]], Ottaway was [[w:demobbed\|demobbed]] in 1947 and resumed his theatrical career, playing Joseph Taft in ''[[w:Four Hours to Kill\|Four Hours to Kill]]'' ([[w:Saville Theatre\|Saville Theatre]], 1948); Mr Wingate in ''[[w:Top of the Ladder\|Top of the Ladder]]'' ([[w:St James's Theatre\|St James's Theatre]], 1950); Dr Jadin in ''[[w:The Madwoman of Chaillot\|The Madwoman of Chaillot]]'' ([[w:St James's Theatre\|St James's Theatre]], 1951); Forshaw in ''[[w:His House in Order (play)\|His House in Order]]'' ([[w:Noël Coward Theatre\|New Theatre]], 1951). From 1951 to 1955 he again appeared with [[w:Tyrone Guthrie\|Tyrone Guthrie]] and [[w:The Old Vic\|The Old Vic]] company, joining tours of South Africa in 1952 and Australia in 1955.

	He acted for several seasons at the [[Open Air Theatre, Regent's Park]], playing [[Peter Quince\|Quince]] in ''[[A Midsummer Night's Dream]]'' (1962, 1967); Sir Nathaniel in ''[[Love's Labour's Lost]]'' (1962); Dr Welling in ''[[Kill Two Birds]]'' ([[St Martin's Theatre]], 1962); Verges in ''[[Much Ado About Nothing]]'' (1963); The Gentleman in ''[[The Devil May Care (play)\|The Devil May Care]]'' ([[Novello Theatre\|Strand Theatre]], 1963); in the [[pantomime]] ''The Man in the Moon'' with [[Charlie Drake]] ([[London Palladium]], 1963); Murchison in ''The Waiting Game'' ([[Arts Theatre]], 1966), and [[Geoffrey Chaucer\|Chaucer]] in the musical ''[[Canterbury Tales (musical)\|The Canterbury Tales]]'' ([[Phoenix Theatre (London)\|Phoenix Theatre]], 1968) and Ragueneau in ''[[Cyrano de Bergerac (play)\|Cyrano de Bergerac]]'' (1967). Ottaway played four roles in ''[[A Voyage Round My Father]]'' at the [[Greenwich Theatre]] (1970), played Kemp in ''[[Entertaining Mr Sloane]]'' at the [[Royal Court Theatre]], which later transferred to the [[Duke of York's Theatre]] (both 1975), and appeared as [[Polonius]] in ''[[Hamlet]]'' at the Thorndike Theatre in Leatherhead (1970).<ref name=Obit/>		He acted for several seasons at the [[w:Open Air Theatre, Regent's Park\|Open Air Theatre]], playing [[w:Peter Quince\|Quince]] in ''[[w:A Midsummer Night's Dream\|A Midsummer Night's Dream]]'' (1962, 1967); Sir Nathaniel in ''[[w:Love's Labour's Lost\|Love's Labour's Lost]]'' (1962); Dr Welling in ''[[w:Kill Two Birds\|Kill Two Birds]]'' ([[w:St Martin's Theatre\|St Martin's Theatre]], 1962); Verges in ''[[w:Much Ado About Nothing\|Much Ado About Nothing]]'' (1963); The Gentleman in ''[[w:The Devil May Care (play)\|The Devil May Care]]'' ([[w:Novello Theatre\|Strand Theatre]], 1963); in the [[w:pantomime\|pantomime]] ''The Man in the Moon'' with [[Charlie Drake]] ([[w:London Palladium\|London Palladium]], 1963); Murchison in ''The Waiting Game'' ([[w:Arts Theatre\|Arts Theatre]], 1966), and [[w:Geoffrey Chaucer\|Chaucer]] in the musical ''[[w:Canterbury Tales (musical)\|The Canterbury Tales]]'' ([[w:Phoenix Theatre (London)\|Phoenix Theatre]], 1968) and Ragueneau in ''[[w:Cyrano de Bergerac (play)\|Cyrano de Bergerac\|]]'' (1967). Ottaway played four roles in ''[[w:A Voyage Round My Father\|A Voyage Round My Father]]'' at the [[w:Greenwich Theatre\|Greenwich Theatre]] (1970), played Kemp in ''[[w:Entertaining Mr Sloane\|Entertaining Mr Sloane]]'' at the [[w:Royal Court Theatre\|Royal Court Theatre]], which later transferred to the [[w:Duke of York's Theatre\|Duke of York's Theatre]] (both 1975), and appeared as [[w:Polonius\|Polonius]] in ''[[w:Hamlet\|Hamlet]]'' at the Thorndike Theatre in Leatherhead (1970).<ref name=Obit/>

	==Television and film==		==Television and film==

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	==Early career and first theatre roles==		==Early career and first theatre roles==
	James Ottaway graduated from [[Imperial College London]] in 1929 and became a teacher. However, having become interested in acting while appearing in amateur dramatics, he left teaching to train at the [[Central School of Speech and Drama]]. Leaving in 1937, he made his stage debut in ''The Island'' at the [[Q Theatre]]. Also in 1937 he appeared in an early television production, ''Capital Punishment'', broadcast by the [[BBC]] from [[Alexandra Palace]].<ref name=Obit/>		James Ottaway graduated from [[w:Imperial College London\|Imperial College London]] in 1929 and became a teacher. However, having become interested in acting while appearing in amateur dramatics, he left teaching to train at the [[w:Central School of Speech and Drama\|Central School of Speech and Drama]]. Leaving in 1937, he made his stage debut in ''The Island'' at the [[w:Q Theatre]]. Also in 1937 he appeared in an early television production, ''Capital Punishment'', broadcast by the [[w:BBC\|BBC]] from [[w:Alexandra Palace\|Alexandra Palace]].<ref name=Obit/>

	==Further theatre roles==		==Further theatre roles==

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Family background

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	==Family background==		==Family background==
	Born in 1908 in [[Chertsey]] in Surrey, Ottaway was the son of William Henry Ottaway, an enthusiastic amateur actor with the St Pancras People's Theatre and the Superintendent of the School of Handicrafts for Poor Boys in Chertsey, and his wife Mary Ellen, the School's Matron. Their oldest son was Andrew Kenneth Cosway Ottaway (1905-1980), a lecturer in Education at the [[University of Leeds]]. A younger son was Christopher Wyndham Ottaway (1910-1978), Research Professor of Veterinary Science at the [[University of Bristol]] from 1973 to 1975.		Born in 1908 in [[w:Chertsey\|Chertsey]] in Surrey, Ottaway was the son of William Henry Ottaway, an enthusiastic amateur actor with the St Pancras People's Theatre and the Superintendent of the School of Handicrafts for Poor Boys in Chertsey, and his wife Mary Ellen, the School's Matron. Their oldest son was Andrew Kenneth Cosway Ottaway (1905-1980), a lecturer in Education at the [[w:University of Leeds\|University of Leeds]]. A younger son was Christopher Wyndham Ottaway (1910-1978), Research Professor of Veterinary Science at the [[w:University of Bristol\|University of Bristol]] from 1973 to 1975.

	==Early career and first theatre roles==		==Early career and first theatre roles==

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	'''William Cecil James Ottaway''' (25 July 1908 – 16 June 1999) was a British film, television and stage actor whose career spanned seven decades.<ref name=Obit>[https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/obituary-james-ottaway-1104743.html Ottaway's obituary] in ''[[The Independent]]'' - 7 July 1999</ref>		'''William Cecil James Ottaway''' (25 July 1908 – 16 June 1999) was a British film, television and stage actor whose career spanned seven decades.<ref name=Obit>[https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/obituary-james-ottaway-1104743.html Ottaway's obituary] in ''[[w:The Independent\|]]'' - 7 July 1999</ref>

	==Family background==		==Family background==

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