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Known For
Acting
Birthday
May 7, 1907
Died
December 1, 1995
Place of Birth
Dunedin, South Island, New Zealand
Colin Tapley
0.1 Popularity
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Colin Tapley, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
6.3
Haynes
Strongroom
1962
5.5
Dr. Lloyd
Emergency
1962
🎬
0.0
Paul Alexis
Gang War
1962
4.0
So Evil, So Young
1961
6.7
Palmer (uncredited)
The Sundowners
1960
5.0
Inspector
Compelled
1960
🎬
5.0
Casca
An Honourable Murder
1960
0.0
Inspector
Man Accused
1959
5.8
Colonel Charles Mercer
The Safecracker
1958
6.5
Henry Ryland
Stranger in Town
1957
Credits
Strongroom
as Haynes
1962
6.3
Emergency
as Dr. Lloyd
1962
5.5
🎬
Gang War
as Paul Alexis
1962
0.0
So Evil, So Young
1961
4.0
The Sundowners
as Palmer (uncredited)
1960
6.7
Compelled
as Inspector
1960
5.0
🎬
An Honourable Murder
as Casca
1960
5.0
Man Accused
as Inspector
1959
0.0
The Safecracker
as Colonel Charles Mercer
1958
5.8
Stranger in Town
as Henry Ryland
1957
6.5
The Adventures of Sir Lancelot
as Lord Vanton
1956
6.5
The Adventures of Sir Lancelot
as Everard
1956
6.5
Barbados Quest
as Lord Valchrist
1955
4.5
The Dam Busters
as Doctor W.H. Glanville, C.B., C.B.E.
1955
6.9
The Diamond Wizard
as Sir Stafford Beach
1954
5.9
3 Steps to the Gallows
as Arnold Winslow
1953
6.4
The Steel Key
as Dr. Crabtree
1953
5.5
Noose for a Lady
as Major Fergusson
1953
5.7
Strange Stories
as Charles ('Strange Journey')
1953
0.0
Wings of Danger
as Inspector Maxwell
1952
5.2
Wide Boy
as Mannering
1952
6.3
Angels One Five
as Adjutant
1952
6.1
Cloudburst
as Inspector Davis
1951
6.3
Samson and Delilah
as Prince
1949
6.5
Arizona
as Bart Massey
1940
6.2
North West Mounted Police
as Mountie
1940
6.3
The Light That Failed
as Gardner
1939
6.0
Storm Over Bengal
as Hallett
1938
5.3
If I Were King
as Jehan LeLoup
1938
6.8
🎬
Booloo
as Captain Robert Rogers
1938
6.5
Souls at Sea
as Donaldson (uncredited)
1937
6.0
Night of Mystery
as Chester Greene
1937
0.0
King of Gamblers
as Joe
1937
7.0
The Crime Nobody Saw
as Dr. Brooks
1937
5.0
Maid of Salem
as Roger's Friend (Uncredited)
1937
5.9
Bulldog Drummond Escapes
as Dixon
1937
5.9
Thank You, Jeeves!
as Tom Brock
1936
6.0
The Return of Sophie Lang
as Larry
1936
6.0
Early to Bed
as Doctor Vernon
1936
7.0
Too Many Parents
as Miller
1936
5.0
The Preview Murder Mystery
as Studio Manager
1936
5.6
My Marriage
as Sir Philip Burleigh
1936
5.0
Peter Ibbetson
as Clerk (uncredited)
1935
6.8
The Last Outpost
as Lieutenant Prescott
1935
6.1
The Black Room
as Paul Hassel as a young lieutenant
1935
6.4
Becky Sharp
as William Dobbin
1935
5.6
The Lives of a Bengal Lancer
as Barrett
1935
6.6
Murder at the Vanities
1934
5.4
Double Door
as Dr. John Lucas
1934
6.8