Was Mr. Memory (Wylie Watson) in The Thirty-Nine Steps (1935) based on a real person?

Yes, Mr. Memory (Wylie Watson) in The Thirty-Nine Steps (1935) was based on a real person.

Director Alfred Hitchcock said the man with the phenomenal memory was based on a music hall performer known as Datas.

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