- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- May 7, 1907
- Place of Birth
- Dunedin, South Island, New Zealand
- Died
- December 1, 1995
Colin Tapley
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.
Filmography
tvRichard the Lionheart
1962 · Steward, Chamberlain
movieStrongroom
1962 · Haynes
movieEmergency
1962 · Dr. Lloyd
Gang War
movieGang War
1962 · Paul Alexis
The Lamp in Assassin Mews
movieThe Lamp in Assassin Mews
1962 · Inspector
movieSo Evil, So Young
1961 · Inspector
movieThe Sundowners
1960 · Palmer (uncredited)
movieCompelled
1960 · Inspector
An Honourable Murder
movieAn Honourable Murder
1960 · Casca
movieMan Accused
1959 · Inspector
movieInnocent Meeting
1959 · Stannard
movieThe Safecracker
1958 · Colonel Charles Mercer
movieStranger in Town
1957 · Henry Ryland
tvThe Adventures of Sir Lancelot
1956 · Lord Vanton, Everard
movieBarbados Quest
1955 · Lord Valchrist
movieThe Dam Busters
1955 · Doctor W.H. Glanville, C.B., C.B.E.
movieThe Diamond Wizard
1954 · Sir Stafford Beach
movie3 Steps to the Gallows
1953 · Arnold Winslow
movieThe Steel Key
1953 · Dr. Crabtree
movieNoose for a Lady
1953 · Major Fergusson
movieStrange Stories
1953 · Charles ('Strange Journey')
movieWings of Danger
1952 · Inspector Maxwell
movieWide Boy
1952 · Mannering
movieAngels One Five
1952 · Adjutant
movieCloudburst
1951 · Inspector Davis
movieSamson and Delilah
1949 · Prince
movieArizona
1940 · Bart Massey
movieNorth West Mounted Police
1940 · Mountie
movieThe Light That Failed
1939 · Gardner
movieStorm Over Bengal
1938 · Hallett
movieIf I Were King
1938 · Jehan LeLoup
Booloo
movieBooloo
1938 · Captain Robert Rogers
movieSouls at Sea
1937 · Donaldson (uncredited)
movieNight of Mystery
1937 · Chester Greene
movieKing of Gamblers
1937 · Joe
movieThe Crime Nobody Saw
1937 · Dr. Brooks
movieMaid of Salem
1937 · Roger's Friend (Uncredited)
movieBulldog Drummond Escapes
1937 · Dixon
movieThank You, Jeeves!
1936 · Tom Brock
movieThe Return of Sophie Lang
1936 · Larry
movieEarly to Bed
1936 · Doctor Vernon
Too Many Parents
movieToo Many Parents
1936 · Miller
movieThe Preview Murder Mystery
1936 · Studio Manager
movieMy Marriage
1936 · Sir Philip Burleigh
moviePeter Ibbetson
1935 · Clerk (uncredited)
movieThe Last Outpost
1935 · Lieutenant Prescott
movieThe Black Room
1935 · Paul Hassel as a young lieutenant
movieBecky Sharp
1935 · William Dobbin
movieThe Lives of a Bengal Lancer
1935 · Barrett
movieFather Brown, Detective
1934 · Maître d' (uncredited)
movieWagon Wheels
1934 · Mountaineer
movieMurder at the Vanities
1934 · Stage Manager (uncredited)
movieDouble Door
1934 · Dr. John Lucas