Colin Tapley
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1907-05-07
Day of Death
1995-12-01 (88 years old)
Place of Birth
Dunedin, South Island, New Zealand
Colin Tapley
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
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
Acting
(1962)
Strongroom
as Haynes
(1962)
Gang War
as Paul Alexis
(1962)
Emergency
as Dr. Lloyd
(1961)
(1960)
The Sundowners
as Palmer (uncredited)
(1960)
An Honourable Murder
as Casca
(1960)
Compelled
as Inspector
(1959)
Man Accused
as Inspector
(1958)
The Safecracker
as Colonel Charles Mercer
(1957)
Stranger in Town
as Henry Ryland
(1955)
The Dam Busters
as Doctor W.H. Glanville, C.B., C.B.E.
(1955)
Barbados Quest
as Lord Valchrist
(1954)
The Diamond Wizard
as Sir Stafford Beach
(1953)
3 Steps to the Gallows
as Arnold Winslow
(1953)
The Steel Key
as Dr. Crabtree
(1953)
Strange Stories
as Charles ('Strange Journey')
(1953)
Noose for a Lady
as Major Fergusson
(1952)
Angels One Five
as Adjutant
(1952)
Wings of Danger
as Inspector Maxwell
(1952)
Wide Boy
as Mannering
(1951)
Cloudburst
as Inspector Davis
(1949)
Samson and Delilah
as Prince
(1940)
Arizona
as Bart Massey
(1940)
North West Mounted Police
as Mountie
(1939)
The Light That Failed
as Gardner
(1938)
Booloo
as Captain Robert Rogers
(1938)
If I Were King
as Jehan LeLoup
(1938)
Storm Over Bengal
as Hallett
(1937)
Maid of Salem
as Roger's Friend (Uncredited)
(1937)
Bulldog Drummond Escapes
as Dixon
(1937)
Souls at Sea
as Donaldson (uncredited)
(1937)
King of Gamblers
as Joe
(1937)
The Crime Nobody Saw
as Dr. Brooks
(1937)
Night of Mystery
as Chester Greene
(1936)
Too Many Parents
as Miller
(1936)
Early to Bed
as Doctor Vernon
(1936)
My Marriage
as Sir Philip Burleigh
(1936)
Thank You, Jeeves!
as Tom Brock
(1936)
The Preview Murder Mystery
as Studio Manager
(1936)
The Return of Sophie Lang
as Larry
(1935)
The Black Room
as Paul Hassel as a young lieutenant
(1935)
Peter Ibbetson
as Clerk (uncredited)
(1935)
The Lives of a Bengal Lancer
as Barrett
(1935)
Becky Sharp
as William Dobbin
(1935)
The Last Outpost
as Lieutenant Prescott
(1934)
(1934)
Double Door
as Dr. John Lucas