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)
Emergency
as Dr. Lloyd
(1962)
Gang War
as Paul Alexis
(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)
Noose for a Lady
as Major Fergusson
(1953)
Strange Stories
as Charles ('Strange Journey')
(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)
If I Were King
as Jehan LeLoup
(1938)
Storm Over Bengal
as Hallett
(1938)
Booloo
as Captain Robert Rogers
(1937)
Bulldog Drummond Escapes
as Dixon
(1937)
Maid of Salem
as Roger's Friend (Uncredited)
(1937)
Souls at Sea
as Donaldson (uncredited)
(1937)
Night of Mystery
as Chester Greene
(1937)
King of Gamblers
as Joe
(1937)
The Crime Nobody Saw
as Dr. Brooks
(1936)
The Return of Sophie Lang
as Larry
(1936)
Thank You, Jeeves!
as Tom Brock
(1936)
The Preview Murder Mystery
as Studio Manager
(1936)
Early to Bed
as Doctor Vernon
(1936)
Too Many Parents
as Miller
(1936)
My Marriage
as Sir Philip Burleigh
(1935)
Becky Sharp
as William Dobbin
(1935)
Peter Ibbetson
as Clerk (uncredited)
(1935)
The Lives of a Bengal Lancer
as Barrett
(1935)
The Black Room
as Paul Hassel as a young lieutenant
(1935)
The Last Outpost
as Lieutenant Prescott
(1934)
Murder at the Vanities
as Stage Manager (uncredited)
(1934)
Double Door
as Dr. John Lucas