David Torrence (born David Tayson; 17 January 1864 – 26 December 1951) was a Scottish film actor. He appeared in more than 100 films from 1913 to 1939. He has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. He was the brother of actor Ernest Torrence. He was born in Edinburgh, Scotland and died in Los Angeles.

Filmography

• 1939Bulldog Drummond's Bride — Bank Official
• 1939Rulers of the Sea — Donald Fenton
• 1939Stanley and Livingstone — Mr. Cranston
• 1937Ebb Tide — Tapena Tom
• 1937Lost Horizon — Prime Minister (uncredited)
• 1936Annie Laurie — Sir Robert Laurie
• 1936Beloved Enemy — Alroyd
• 1936Mary of Scotland — Lindsay
• 1936The Country Doctor — Governor General
• 1935Black Sheep — Captain Savage
• 1935Bonnie Scotland — Mr. Miggs the Lawyer
• 1935Captain Blood — Andrew Baynes
• 1935Harmony Lane — Mr. Pentland
• 1935Mutiny on the Bounty — Lord Hood
• 1934Charlie Chan in London — Home Secretary
• 1934Jane Eyre — Mr. Brocklehurst
• 1934Madame Spy — Seerfeldt
• 1934Mandalay — Capt. McAndrews
• 1934Queen Christina — Archbishop
• 1934What Every Woman Knows — Alick Wylie
• 1933Berkeley Square — Lord Stanley
• 1933Cavalcade — Man at Disarmament Conference (uncredited)
• 1933Horse Play — Uncle Percy
• 1933The Masquerader — Fraser
• 1933Voltaire — Dr. Tronchin
• 1932A Successful Calamity — Partington
• 1932Smilin' Through — Gardener
• 1932The Mask of Fu Manchu — McLeod
• 1931East Lynne — Sir Richard Hare
• 1931Five Star Final
• 1931How I Play Golf, by Bobby Jones No. 9: 'The Driver'
• 1931The Bachelor Father — Frank "Mac" MacDonald
• 1930City Girl — Lem's Father
• 1930Raffles — Inspector McKenzie
• 1930River's End — McDowell
• 1930Scotland Yard — Captain Graves
• 1930The Devil to Pay! — Mr. Hope
• 1929Disraeli — Lord Michael Probert
• 1929Hearts in Exile — Governor
• 1929Silks and Saddles — Judge Clifford
• 1929Strong Boy — Railroad President
• 1929The Black Watch — Field Marshal
• 1929Untamed Justice — George Morrow
• 1928The Big Noise — Managing Editor
• 1928The Cavalier — Ramón Torreno
• 1928Undressed — Martin Stanley
• 1927Annie Laurie — Sir Robert Laurie
• 1927Rolled Stockings — Mr. Treday
• 1927The Midnight Watch — Chief Callahan
• 1927The Mysterious Rider — Mark King
• 1927The World At Her Feet — Client
• 1926Brown of Harvard — Mr. Brown
• 1926Forever After — Mr. Clayton, Jennie's Father
• 1926Laddie — Paul Stanton
• 1926Oh! What a Nurse! — Big Tim Harrison
• 1926Sandy — Angus McNeil
• 1926The Auction Block — Robert Wharton Sr
• 1926The Isle of Retribution — Godfrey Cornet
• 1926The King of the Turf — Martyn Selsby
• 1926The Man in the Shadow — Robert Rodman
• 1926The Third Degree — Howard Jeffries Sr.
• 1926The Unknown Cavalier — Peter Gaunt
• 1925Fighting the Flames — Judge Horatio Manly
• 1925Her Husband's Secret — Ross Brewster
• 1925The Mystic — James Bradshaw
• 1925The Other Woman's Story — Judge
• 1925The Reckless Sex — Robert Lanning
• 1925The Tower of Lies — Eric
• 1925What Fools Men — Williamson
• 1924Idle Tongues — Cyrenus Stone
• 1924Love's Wilderness — The Governor
• 1924The Dawn of a Tomorrow — Sir Oliver Holt
• 1924The Sawdust Trail — Jonathan Butts
• 1924Tiger Love — Don Miguel Castelar
• 1924Which Shall It Be? — Robert Moore
• 1923Abysmal Brute — Mortimer Sangster
• 1923Railroaded — Judge Garbin
• 1923The Drums of Jeopardy — Cutty
• 1923The Light That Failed — Topenhow
• 1923The Man Next Door — Colonel Wright
• 1923The Power of a Lie — John Hammond
• 1923Trimmed in Scarlet — Charles Knight
• 1922A Virgin's Sacrifice — David Sherrill
• 1922Forsaking All Others — Mr. Morton
• 1922Sherlock Holmes — Count Von Stalburg
• 1922Tess of the Storm Country — Elias Graves
• 1921The Inside of the Cup — Eldon Parr
• 1913Tess of the D'Urbervilles — Alec D'Urberville
• 1913The Prisoner of Zenda — Michael, Duke of Strelsau

Appearances as themselves (1)

• 1943The Voice That Thrilled the World — Self (segment 'Disraeli') (archive footage)