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Colin Tapley

Actor
Died December 1, 1995 (88 years)
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Colin Tapley (7 May 1907 – 1 December 1995) was a British actor. Born in New Zealand, he served in the Royal Air Force and an expedition to Antarctica before winning a Paramount Pictures talent contest and moving to Hollywood. He acted in several films before returning to Britain during the Second World War as a flight controller with the Royal Canadian Air Force. He returned briefly to New Zealand before returning once again to Britain to renew his acting career. His most famous role is as William Glanville in The Dam Busters but he spent much of his later career typecast as a police inspector, a role he played in several films and TV series before retiring to Gloucestershire.

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Known For
  • The Dam Busters
  • The Lives of a Bengal Lancer
  • The Black Room
  • Cloudburst
  • White Fire
  • Emergency
  • The Vise
  • The Steel Key
  • Noose for a Lady
  • Late Night Final
  • Murder on Approval
  • So Evil, So Young
  • Shadow of Fear

Filmography

1969
Fraulein Doktor · as Gen. Metzler
1963
Shadow of Fear · as John Bowen
1963
Paranoiac · as Vicar
1962
Masters of Venus · as Scientist
1962
Richard the Lionheart (TV Series) · as Chamberlain
1962
Strongroom · as Haynes
1962
Emergency · as Dr. Lloyd
1962
1961
The Pursuers · as Bank Manager
1961
1960
The Cheaters (1960-62) (TV Series) · as Inspector Hook
1960
The Sundowners · as Palmer (uncredited)
1960
Compelled · as Inspector
1960
1960
Man from Interpol (TV Series) · as Doctor Peters
1960
Night Train for Inverness · as Doctor Jackson
1959
Man Accused · as Inspector
1959
Innocent Meeting · as Stannard
1959
The Great Van Robbery · as Police Control Room Officer
1958
The Safecracker · as Colonel Charles Mercer
1958
Blood of the Vampire · as Commissioner Of Prisons
1958
Ivanhoe (TV Series) · as Gerald
1957
Three Sundays to Live · as Prosecuting Counsel
1957
Rogue's Yarn · as Police Inspector
1957
A Stranger in Town · as Henry Ryland
1956
The Adventures of Sir Lancelot (TV Series) · as Everard
1955
The Dam Busters · as Doctor W.h. Glanville, C.b., C.b.e.
1955
Murder on Approval · as Lord Valchrist
1955
The Case of the Red Monkey · as Sir Clive Raglan
1954
The Vise (TV Series) · as Inspector Parker
1954
Late Night Final · as Inspector Turner
1954
The Diamond Wizard · as Sir Stafford Beach
1953
White Fire · as Arnold Winslow
1953
Noose for a Lady · as Major Fergusson
1953
The Steel Key · as Dr. Crabtree
1953
Strange Stories · as Charles ('strange Journey')
1952
Dead on Course · as Inspector Maxwell
1952
Wide Boy · as Mannering
1952
Angels One Five · as Adjutant
1951
Cloudburst · as Inspector Davis
1949
Samson and Delilah · as Prince
1949
Challenge to Lassie · as Officer On Horseback
1940
Arizona · as Bart Massey
1940
1940
Women in War · as Capt. Tedford, The Masher
1939
The Light That Failed · as Gardner
1938
Storm Over Bengal · as Hallett
1938
If I Were King · as Jehan Le Loup
1937
Souls at Sea · as Donaldson (uncredited)
1937
1937
The Crime Nobody Saw · as Dr. Brooks
1937
Maid of Salem · as Roger's Friend (uncredited)
1937
1936
Thank You, Jeeves! · as Tom Brock
1936
1936
Early to Bed · as Doctor Vernon
1936
Till We Meet Again · as English Artillery Officer
1936
Too Many Parents · as Miller
1936
The Preview Murder Mystery · as Studio Manager
1936
My Marriage · as Sir Philip Burleigh
1935
Peter Ibbetson · as Clerk (uncredited)
1935
The Last Outpost · as Lieutenant Prescott
1935
The Crusades · as Stranger - Messenger
1935
The Black Room · as Paul Hassel As A Young Lieutenant
1935
Becky Sharp · as William Dobbin
1935
1934
Limehouse Blues · as Man Fighting With Wife
1934
The Pursuit of Happiness · as Aide To Sir Henry Clinton
1934
Wagon Wheels · as Mountaineer
1934
The Notorious Sophie Lang · as Minor Role
1934
Murder at the Vanities · as Stage Manager
1934
Double Door · as Dr. John Lucas
1934
Come On, Marines! · as Marine
1934
Search for Beauty · as New Zealand Talent Contestant

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