Wylie Watson, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Wylie Watson

British actor

Date of Birth: 06-Feb-1889

Place of Birth: Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 03-May-1966

Profession: actor, singer

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

Wylie Watson (6 February 1889 – 3 May 1966) (born John Wylie Robertson) was a British 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).