Acting

Colin Tapley

Born 1907-05-07 · Dunedin, South Island, New Zealand

Died 1995-12-01

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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Colin Tapley, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Credits

Newest first

Richard the Lionheart
as Steward
1962
Richard the Lionheart
as Chamberlain
1962
Strongroom
as Haynes
1962
Emergency
as Dr. Lloyd
1962
Gang War
as Paul Alexis
1962
The Lamp in Assassin Mews
as Inspector
1962
So Evil, So Young
as Inspector
1961
The Sundowners
as Palmer (uncredited)
1960
Compelled
as Inspector
1960
An Honourable Murder
as Casca
1960
Man Accused
as Inspector
1959
Innocent Meeting
as Stannard
1959
The Safecracker
as Colonel Charles Mercer
1958
Stranger in Town
as Henry Ryland
1957
The Adventures of Sir Lancelot
as Lord Vanton
1956
The Adventures of Sir Lancelot
as Everard
1956
Barbados Quest
as Lord Valchrist
1955
The Dam Busters
as Doctor W.H. Glanville, C.B., C.B.E.
1955
The Diamond Wizard
as Sir Stafford Beach
1954
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')
1953
Wings of Danger
as Inspector Maxwell
1952
Wide Boy
as Mannering
1952
Angels One Five
as Adjutant
1952
Cloudburst
as Inspector Davis
1951
Samson and Delilah
as Prince
1949
Arizona
as Bart Massey
1940
North West Mounted Police
as Mountie
1940
The Light That Failed
as Gardner
1939
Storm Over Bengal
as Hallett
1938
If I Were King
as Jehan LeLoup
1938
Booloo
as Captain Robert Rogers
1938
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
1937
Maid of Salem
as Roger's Friend (Uncredited)
1937
Bulldog Drummond Escapes
as Dixon
1937
Thank You, Jeeves!
as Tom Brock
1936
The Return of Sophie Lang
as Larry
1936
Early to Bed
as Doctor Vernon
1936
Too Many Parents
as Miller
1936
The Preview Murder Mystery
as Studio Manager
1936
My Marriage
as Sir Philip Burleigh
1936
Peter Ibbetson
as Clerk (uncredited)
1935
The Last Outpost
as Lieutenant Prescott
1935
The Black Room
as Paul Hassel as a young lieutenant
1935
Becky Sharp
as William Dobbin
1935
The Lives of a Bengal Lancer
as Barrett
1935
Father Brown, Detective
as Maître d' (uncredited)
1934
Wagon Wheels
as Mountaineer
1934
Murder at the Vanities
as Stage Manager (uncredited)
1934
Double Door
as Dr. John Lucas
1934