Wylie Watson

Acting

Born February 4, 1889 · Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK

Died May 3, 1966

Also known as John Wylie Robertson · John Wylie Francis Robertson

Biography

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), 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).

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