His best-known television roles were the hen-pecked husband Alf Larkin in '' The Larkins '' , first broadcast in 1958 , and a Jewish furniture maker in '' A Little Big Business '' . Film credits included '' The Young Lovers '' ( 1954 - for which he won a British Academy Film Award as '' Most Promising Newcomer to Film '' ) , '' A Kid for Two Farthings '' ( 1955 ) , his role as Morry in the Oscar-winning '' The Bespoke Overcoat '' ( 1956 ) , Professor Kokintz in '' The Mouse that Roared '' ( 1959 ) , starring Peter Sellers , and its sequel '' The Mouse on the Moon '' ( 1963 ) with Bernard Cribbins . He played Sigmund Freud 's father in '' Freud : The Secret Passion '' ( 1962 ) with Montgomery Clift in the lead
British Academy Film Award
8th British Academy Film Awards
David Kossoff