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.
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- Born:
- May 7, 1907
- Movie/TV Credits:
- 43
- First Appeared:
- In the movie Double Door 1934-05-04
- Latest Project:
- Movie Strongroom 1962-05-04
Known For
Filmography
| Movie | Strongroom | Haynes | 1962-05-04 |
| Movie | Emergency | Dr. Lloyd | 1962-03-02 |
| Movie | So Evil, So Young | 1961-01-01 | |
| Movie | Compelled | Inspector | 1960-12-01 |
| Movie | The Sundowners | Palmer (uncredited) | 1960-12-08 |
| Movie | Man Accused | Inspector | 1959-10-01 |
| Movie | The Safecracker | Colonel Charles Mercer | 1958-03-05 |
| Movie | Stranger in Town | Henry Ryland | 1957-05-01 |
| Movie | The Dam Busters | Doctor W.H. Glanville, C.B., C.B.E. | 1955-05-16 |
| Movie | Barbados Quest | Lord Valchrist | 1955-07-01 |
| Movie | The Diamond Wizard | Sir Stafford Beach | 1954-04-01 |
| Movie | Noose for a Lady | Major Fergusson | 1953-04-01 |
| Movie | The Steel Key | Dr. Crabtree | 1953-05-01 |
| Movie | 3 Steps to the Gallows | Arnold Winslow | 1953-12-01 |
| Movie | Angels One Five | Adjutant | 1952-03-19 |
| Movie | Wide Boy | Mannering | 1952-04-01 |
| Movie | Wings of Danger | Inspector Maxwell | 1952-04-01 |
| Movie | Cloudburst | Inspector Davis | 1951-07-01 |
| Movie | Samson and Delilah | Prince | 1949-12-21 |
| Movie | North West Mounted Police | Mountie | 1940-10-22 |
| Movie | Arizona | Bart Massey | 1940-12-25 |
| Movie | The Light That Failed | Gardner | 1939-12-24 |
| Movie | Storm Over Bengal | Hallett | 1938-11-14 |
| Movie | Booloo | Captain Robert Rogers | 1938-07-29 |
| Movie | If I Were King | Jehan Le Loup | 1938-09-28 |
| Movie | Maid of Salem | Roger's Friend (Uncredited) | 1937-02-12 |
| Movie | Bulldog Drummond Escapes | Dixon | 1937-01-22 |
| Movie | The Crime Nobody Saw | Dr. Brooks | 1937-03-12 |
| Movie | King of Gamblers | Joe | 1937-04-22 |
| Movie | Souls at Sea | Donaldson (uncredited) | 1937-09-03 |
| Movie | Night of Mystery | Chester Greene | 1937-05-21 |
| Movie | Too Many Parents | Miller | 1936-03-19 |
| Movie | The Preview Murder Mystery | Studio Manager | 1936-02-28 |
| Movie | The Return of Sophie Lang | Larry | 1936-06-18 |
| Movie | Early to Bed | Doctor Vernon | 1936-06-05 |
| Movie | Thank You, Jeeves! | Tom Brock | 1936-10-04 |
| Movie | Becky Sharp | William Dobbin | 1935-06-28 |
| Movie | The Lives of a Bengal Lancer | Barrett | 1935-01-11 |
| Movie | The Black Room | Paul Hassel as a young lieutenant | 1935-07-15 |
| Movie | The Last Outpost | Lieutenant Prescott | 1935-10-11 |
| Movie | Peter Ibbetson | Clerk (uncredited) | 1935-11-07 |
| Movie | Double Door | Dr. John Lucas | 1934-05-04 |
| Movie | Murder at the Vanities | 1934-05-18 |