Colin Tapley

Acting

Born May 7, 1907, Dunedin, South Island, New Zealand

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

• 1962Emergency — Dr. Lloyd
• 1962Gang War — Paul Alexis
• Richard the Lionheart — Steward, Chamberlain
• 1962Strongroom — Haynes
• 1962The Lamp in Assassin Mews — Inspector
• 1961So Evil, So Young — Inspector
• 1960An Honourable Murder — Casca
• 1960Compelled — Inspector
• 1960The Sundowners — Palmer (uncredited)
• 1959Innocent Meeting — Stannard
• 1959Man Accused — Inspector
• 1958The Safecracker — Colonel Charles Mercer
• 1957Stranger in Town — Henry Ryland
• The Adventures of Sir Lancelot — Lord Vanton, Everard
• 1955Barbados Quest — Lord Valchrist
• 1955The Dam Busters — Doctor W.H. Glanville, C.B., C.B.E.
• 1954The Diamond Wizard — Sir Stafford Beach
• 19533 Steps to the Gallows — Arnold Winslow
• 1953Noose for a Lady — Major Fergusson
• 1953Strange Stories — Charles ('Strange Journey')
• 1953The Steel Key — Dr. Crabtree
• 1952Angels One Five — Adjutant
• 1952Wide Boy — Mannering
• 1952Wings of Danger — Inspector Maxwell
• 1951Cloudburst — Inspector Davis
• 1949Samson and Delilah — Prince
• 1940Arizona — Bart Massey
• 1940North West Mounted Police — Mountie
• 1939The Light That Failed — Gardner
• 1938Booloo — Captain Robert Rogers
• 1938If I Were King — Jehan LeLoup
• 1938Storm Over Bengal — Hallett
• 1937Bulldog Drummond Escapes — Dixon
• 1937King of Gamblers — Joe
• 1937Maid of Salem — Roger's Friend (Uncredited)
• 1937Night of Mystery — Chester Greene
• 1937Souls at Sea — Donaldson (uncredited)
• 1937The Crime Nobody Saw — Dr. Brooks
• 1936Early to Bed — Doctor Vernon
• 1936My Marriage — Sir Philip Burleigh
• 1936Thank You, Jeeves! — Tom Brock
• 1936The Preview Murder Mystery — Studio Manager
• 1936The Return of Sophie Lang — Larry
• 1936Too Many Parents — Miller
• 1935Becky Sharp — William Dobbin
• 1935Peter Ibbetson — Clerk (uncredited)
• 1935The Black Room — Paul Hassel as a young lieutenant
• 1935The Last Outpost — Lieutenant Prescott
• 1935The Lives of a Bengal Lancer — Barrett
• 1934Double Door — Dr. John Lucas
• 1934Father Brown, Detective — Maître d' (uncredited)
• 1934Murder at the Vanities — Stage Manager (uncredited)
• 1934Wagon Wheels — Mountaineer