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)
Emergency
as Dr. Lloyd
(1962)
Gang War
as Paul Alexis
(1962)
Lamp in Assassin Mews
as Inspector
(1962)
Strongroom
as Haynes
(1961)
(1960)
An Honourable Murder
as Casca
(1960)
The Sundowners
as Palmer (uncredited)
(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)
The Steel Key
as Dr. Crabtree
(1953)
3 Steps to the Gallows
as Arnold Winslow
(1953)
Noose for a Lady
as Major Fergusson
(1953)
Strange Stories
as Charles ('Strange Journey')
(1952)
Wings of Danger
as Inspector Maxwell
(1952)
Angels One Five
as Adjutant
(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)
Booloo
as Captain Robert Rogers
(1938)
Storm Over Bengal
as Hallett
(1937)
Bulldog Drummond Escapes
as Dixon
(1937)
Souls at Sea
as Donaldson (uncredited)
(1937)
Night of Mystery
as Chester Greene
(1937)
Maid of Salem
as Roger's Friend (Uncredited)
(1937)
The Crime Nobody Saw
as Dr. Brooks
(1937)
King of Gamblers
as Joe
(1936)
Too Many Parents
as Miller
(1936)
Early to Bed
as Doctor Vernon
(1936)
The Preview Murder Mystery
as Studio Manager
(1936)
The Return of Sophie Lang
as Larry
(1936)
My Marriage
as Sir Philip Burleigh
(1936)
Thank You, Jeeves!
as Tom Brock
(1935)
Becky Sharp
as William Dobbin
(1935)
The Black Room
as Paul Hassel as a young lieutenant
(1935)
The Lives of a Bengal Lancer
as Barrett
(1935)
The Last Outpost
as Lieutenant Prescott
(1935)
Peter Ibbetson
as Clerk (uncredited)
(1934)
Father Brown, Detective
as Maître d' (uncredited)
(1934)
Double Door
as Dr. John Lucas
(1934)
Murder at the Vanities
as Stage Manager (uncredited)