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Torin Thatcher
Actor
Died March 4, 1981 (76 years)
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Torin Thatcher (15 January 1905 - 4 March 1981) was an English actor born in Bombay, British India, India), to English parents. He was an imposing, powerfully built figure noted for his flashy portrayals of screen villains.
He was educated in England at Bedford School and at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. He worked as a schoolmaster before first appearing on the London stage in 1927 and then entering British films in 1934. He appeared in the 1937 Old Vic stage production of Hamlet, in which Laurence Olivier made his first appearance in the title role, opposite Vivien Leigh as Ophelia. During the Second World War, he served with the Royal Artillery and was demobilized with the rank of lieutenant colonel.
Thatcher appeared in classic British films of the late 1930s and 1940s, including Major Barbara (1941) and Great Expectations (1946), in which he played Bentley Drummle. He moved to Hollywood in the 1950s. He was constantly in demand, invariably lending his looming figure and baleful countenance to sinister or stern roles in popular costume thrillers such as The Crimson Pirate (1952), Blackbeard the Pirate (1952), The Robe (1953) (as the disapproving father of Richard Burton's character), The Black Shield of Falworth (1954), Helen of Troy (1956), Darby's Rangers (1958), and The 7th Voyage of Sinbad (1958). He also appeared in the Marlon Brando and Trevor Howard 1962 remake of Mutiny on the Bounty.
He returned to the stage quite frequently, notably on Broadway, in such esteemed productions as Edward, My Son (1948), That Lady (1949) and Billy Budd (1951). In 1959, he portrayed Captain Keller in the award-winning play The Miracle Worker with Anne Bancroft and Patty Duke. All of these plays were filmed, but Thatcher did not appear in the movie versions.
Also a steady fixture on television, he appeared in such made-for-TV films as adaptations of A. J. Cronin's Beyond This Place (1957) and The Citadel (1960),Bonanza(1961), and Brenda Starr (1976). He also played the title role in a Philco Television Playhouse version of Othello and acted in a CBS production of Beyond This Place (1957).
Thatcher died of cancer on March 4, 1981, in Thousand Oaks, California, in the Los Angeles area.
Torin Thatcher (15 January 1905 - 4 March 1981) was an English actor born in Bombay, British India, India), to English parents. He was an imposing, powerfully built figure noted for his flashy portrayals of screen villains.
He was educated in England at Bedford School and at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. He worked as a schoolmaster before first appearing on the London stage in 1927 and then entering British films in 1934. He appeared in the 1937 Old Vic stage production of Hamlet, in which Laurence Olivier made his first appearance in the title role, opposite Vivien Leigh as Ophelia. During the Second World War, he served with the Royal Artillery and was demobilized with the rank of lieutenant colonel.
Thatcher appeared in classic British films of the late 1930s and 1940s, including Major Barbara (1941) and Great Expectations (1946), in which he played Bentley Drummle. He moved to Hollywood in the 1950s. He was constantly in demand, invariably lending his looming figure and baleful countenance to sinister or stern roles in popular costume thrillers such as The Crimson Pirate (1952), Blackbeard the Pirate (1952), The Robe (1953) (as the disapproving father of Richard Burton's character), The Black Shield of Falworth (1954), Helen of Troy (1956), Darby's Rangers (1958), and The 7th Voyage of Sinbad (1958). He also appeared in the Marlon Brando and Trevor Howard 1962 remake of Mutiny on the Bounty.
He returned to the stage quite frequently, notably on Broadway, in such esteemed productions as Edward, My Son (1948), That Lady (1949) and Billy Budd (1951). In 1959, he portrayed Captain Keller in the award-winning play The Miracle Worker with Anne Bancroft and Patty Duke. All of these plays were filmed, but Thatcher did not appear in the movie versions.
Also a steady fixture on television, he appeared in such made-for-TV films as adaptations of A. J. Cronin's Beyond This Place (1957) and The Citadel (1960),Bonanza(1961), and Brenda Starr (1976). He also played the title role in a Philco Television Playhouse version of Othello and acted in a CBS production of Beyond This Place (1957).
Thatcher died of cancer on March 4, 1981, in Thousand Oaks, California, in the Los Angeles area.
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Filmography
| 1998 | The Harryhausen Chronicles · as Sokurah The Magician |
| 1976 | Brenda Starr · as Lassiter |
| 1974 | Petrocelli (TV Series) |
| 1972 | Search (TV Series) |
| 1970 | The Interns (TV Series) · as Brother Anselm |
| 1969 | Night Gallery (TV Series) · as Captain Of The Lusitania (segment "lone Survivor") |
| 1968 | Land of the Giants (TV Series) · as Dr. Berger |
| 1968 | The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde · as Sir Turnbull |
| 1967 | Cowboy in Africa (TV Series) · as Hawkins |
| 1967 | The Guns of Will Sonnett (TV Series) |
| 1967 | The King's Pirate · as Captain Cullen |
| 1966 | Hawaii · as Reverend Thorn |
| 1966 | Mission: Impossible (TV Series) · as Archbishop Djelvas |
| 1966 | The Time Tunnel (TV Series) · as Dr. Everett Holland |
| 1966 | Star Trek (TV Series) · as Marplon |
| 1965 | Get Smart (TV Series) |
| 1965 | Lost in Space (TV Series) · as The Space Trader |
| 1965 | The Sandpiper · as Le Juge Thompson |
| 1965 | |
| 1964 | Profiles in Courage (TV Series) · as Cannon |
| 1964 | Daniel Boone (TV Series) · as Cyrus Blake / Enoch Blake |
| 1964 | Slattery's People (TV Series) · as Walter Cameron |
| 1964 | Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (TV Series) · as Macdougall |
| 1964 | Destry (TV Series) · as James Fairhaven |
| 1964 | Hell of Borneo · as Mr. Bellflower |
| 1963 | Bob Hope Presents The Chrysler Theatre (TV Series) |
| 1963 | The Great Adventure (TV Series) · as General Howe |
| 1963 | East Side/West Side (TV Series) · as Judge Morrison |
| 1963 | Drums of Africa · as Jack Cuortemayn |
| 1962 | Mutiny on the Bounty · as Staines |
| 1962 | The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (TV Series) · as Alva Hardwicke |
| 1962 | Jack the Giant Killer · as Pendragon |
| 1961 | Hazel (TV Series) · as Sir Horace |
| 1961 | Follow The Sun (TV Series) · as Driscoll |
| 1961 | The Defenders (TV Series) · as Admiral Lucas Kiley |
| 1961 | The Canadians · as Superintendent Walker |
| 1960 | My Three Sons (TV Series) · as Sir George Heather |
| 1960 | Thriller (TV Series) · as Jeremy Teal |
| 1960 | Diagnosis: Unknown (TV Series) · as Professor Paul Gordon |
| 1959 | The Miracle · as The Duke Of Wellington |
| 1959 | Adventures in Paradise (TV Series) · as Michael Cameron |
| 1959 | |
| 1959 | Markham (TV Series) · as Cyrus Robinson |
| 1959 | The Untouchables (TV Series) · as Ed 'the Duke' Monte |
| 1959 | One Step Beyond (TV Series) · as Earl Of Culdane |
| 1958 | The 7th Voyage of Sinbad · as Sokurah The Magician |
| 1958 | Peter Gunn (TV Series) |
| 1958 | Darby's Rangers · as Sergeant Mctavish |
| 1958 | Shirley Temple's Storybook (TV Series) · as Human King |
| 1957 | Witness for the Prosecution · as Mr. Myers |
| 1957 | The Real McCoys (TV Series) · as Sir Fergus Mccoy |
| 1957 | The DuPont Show of the Month (TV Series) · as Rees Mathry |
| 1957 | Perry Mason (TV Series) · as Walter Frazer |
| 1957 | Wagon Train (TV Series) · as Lord Steve Campden |
| 1957 | Band of Angels · as Capt. Canavan |
| 1957 | Tales of Wells Fargo (TV Series) · as Grey Man |
| 1957 | Istanbul · as Douglas Fielding |
| 1956 | Zane Grey Theater (TV Series) · as Ab Richards |
| 1956 | Playhouse 90 (TV Series) · as Inspector Galloway |
| 1956 | Telephone Time (TV Series) |
| 1956 | Helen of Troy · as Ulysses |
| 1956 | Diane · as Louis - Count De Breze |
| 1955 | Lady Godiva of Coventry · as Lord Godwin |
| 1955 | The 20th Century-Fox Hour (TV Series) |
| 1955 | Alfred Hitchcock Presents (TV Series) · as Felix Edward Manbridge |
| 1955 | Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing · as Humphrey Palmer-Jones |
| 1955 | Gunsmoke (TV Series) · as John Tyson |
| 1955 | The Millionaire (TV Series) · as Max Macintyre |
| 1954 | Camera Three (TV Series) · as The Red Knight |
| 1954 | Bengal Brigade · as Colonel Morrow |
| 1954 | Climax! (TV Series) · as Fred Beresford |
| 1954 | The Black Shield of Falworth · as Sir James |
| 1954 | Knock on Wood · as Godfrey Langston |
| 1953 | The Robe · as Sen. Gallio |
| 1953 | The United States Steel Hour (TV Series) · as Nicholas Carter |
| 1953 | Houdini · as Otto |
| 1953 | The Desert Rats · as Col. Barney White |
| 1952 | The Snows of Kilimanjaro · as Johnson |
| 1952 | Blackbeard, the Pirate · as Sir Henry Morgan |
| 1952 | Omnibus (TV Series) · as Cauchon (segment "the Trial Of St. Joan") |
| 1952 | The Crimson Pirate · as Humble Bellows |
| 1952 | Affair in Trinidad · as Inspector Smythe |
| 1951 | Hallmark Hall Of Fame (TV Series) · as Dr. Poole |
| 1950 | The Pulitzer Prize Playhouse (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 1950 | The Lux Video Theatre (TV Series) · as Uncle |
| 1950 | The Black Rose · as Harry |
| 1949 | Now Barabbas · as Customs Officer |
| 1949 | Suspense (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 1948 | Bonnie Prince Charlie · as Colonel Ker |
| 1948 | The Fallen Idol · as Policeman |
| 1948 | Ford Theatre (TV Series) · as Kenyon |
| 1948 | The Philco Television Playhouse (TV Series) · as Othello |
| 1948 | The Chevrolet Tele-Theatre (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 1947 | The End of the River · as Lisboa |
| 1947 | When the Bough Breaks · as Adams |
| 1947 | Jassy · as Bob Wicks |
| 1947 | The Smugglers · as Jailer |
| 1947 | Kraft Television Theatre (TV Series) · as Papa |
| 1946 | Great Expectations · as Bentley Drummle |
| 1946 | I See a Dark Stranger · as Police Constable |
| 1946 | The Captive Heart · as Repatriation Official (uncredited) |
| 1942 | The Next of Kin · as German General |
| 1942 | Saboteur · as Man (uncredited) |
| 1941 | Major Barbara · as Todger Fairmile |
| 1941 | Gasbags · as Ss Man |
| 1940 | Blackout · as Sailor |
| 1940 | Saloon Bar · as Mr. Garrod |
| 1940 | The Frightened Lady · as Jim Tilling, The Groundsman |
| 1940 | |
| 1940 | To Hell with Hitler · as U-Boat Commander |
| 1940 | Law and Disorder · as Karl Bergsen |
| 1939 | The Lion Has Wings · as Seaman Receiving Information About German Activity |
| 1939 | |
| 1939 | Old Mother Riley M.P. · as Jack Nelson |
| 1938 | Climbing High · as Jim Castle |
| 1938 | The Challenge · as Young Officer |
| 1937 | The Return of the Scarlet Pimpernel · as Minor Role |
| 1937 | Knight Without Armor · as British Passport Official |
| 1937 | Dark Journey · as Strasser |
| 1937 | Young and Innocent · as Nobby's Lodging House Caretaker (uncredited) |
| 1936 | |
| 1936 | The Man Who Could Work Miracles · as Observer |
| 1935 |