Colin Tapley
Age: N/A | From: Dunedin, South Island, New Zealand
Person Details
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Aliases: No known aliases
Gender: Male
Place of birth: Dunedin, South Island, New Zealand
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Movie Involvements: 40
TV Involvements: 2
Most Famous Work
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.
Most Famous Work
Samson and Delilah
(1949) Prince
The Adventures of Sir Lancelot
(1956) Lord Vanton
The Dam Busters
(1955) Doctor W.H. Glanville, C.B., C.B.E.
The Sundowners
(1960) Palmer (uncredited)
The Black Room
(1935) Paul Hassel as a young lieutenant
Angels One Five
(1952) Adjutant
Becky Sharp
(1935) William Dobbin
Peter Ibbetson
(1935) Clerk (uncredited)Acting
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 1962 | Haynes | |
| Dr. Lloyd | ||
| 1961 | N/A | |
| 1960 | Palmer (uncredited) | |
| Inspector | ||
| 1958 | Colonel Charles Mercer | |
| 1957 | Henry Ryland | |
| 1956 | Everard | |
| Lord Vanton | ||
| 1955 | Lord Valchrist | |
| Doctor W.H. Glanville, C.B., C.B.E. | ||
| 1954 | Sir Stafford Beach | |
| 1953 | Arnold Winslow | |
| Dr. Crabtree | ||
| Major Fergusson | ||
| Charles ('Strange Journey') | ||
| 1952 | Inspector Maxwell | |
| Mannering | ||
| Adjutant | ||
| 1951 | Inspector Davis | |
| 1949 | Prince | |
| 1940 | Bart Massey | |
| Mountie | ||
| 1939 | Gardner | |
| 1938 | Hallett | |
| Jehan Le Loup | ||
| Captain Robert Rogers | ||
| 1937 | Donaldson (uncredited) | |
| Chester Greene | ||
| Joe | ||
| Dr. Brooks | ||
| Roger's Friend (Uncredited) | ||
| Dixon | ||
| 1936 | Tom Brock | |
| Larry | ||
| Doctor Vernon | ||
| Miller | ||
| Studio Manager | ||
| Sir Philip Burleigh | ||
| 1935 | Clerk (uncredited) | |
| Lieutenant Prescott | ||
| Paul Hassel as a young lieutenant | ||
| William Dobbin | ||
| Barrett | ||
| 1934 | Dr. John Lucas | |
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
