Colin Tapley
51 movies · 2 TV shows
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- May 7, 1907
- Died
- Dec 1, 1995 (age 88)
- Place of birth
- Dunedin, South Island, New Zealand
Biography
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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.
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Colin Tapley: movies and TV shows
Acting (53)
- 1962
- 1962 Strongroom
as Haynes
- 1962 Emergency
as Dr. Lloyd
- 1962 Gang War
as Paul Alexis
- 1962 The Lamp in Assassin Mews
as Inspector
- 1961 So Evil, So Young
as Inspector
- 1960 The Sundowners
as Palmer (uncredited)
- 1960 Compelled
as Inspector
- 1960 An Honourable Murder
as Casca
- 1959 Man Accused
as Inspector
- 1959 Innocent Meeting
as Stannard
- 1958 The Safecracker
as Colonel Charles Mercer
- 1957 Stranger in Town
as Henry Ryland
- 1956
- 1955 Barbados Quest
as Lord Valchrist
- 1955 The Dam Busters
as Doctor W.H. Glanville, C.B., C.B.E.
- 1954 The Diamond Wizard
as Sir Stafford Beach
- 1953 3 Steps to the Gallows
as Arnold Winslow
- 1953 The Steel Key
as Dr. Crabtree
- 1953 Noose for a Lady
as Major Fergusson
- 1953 Strange Stories
as Charles ('Strange Journey')
- 1952 Wings of Danger
as Inspector Maxwell
- 1952 Wide Boy
as Mannering
- 1952 Angels One Five
as Adjutant
- 1951 Cloudburst
as Inspector Davis
- 1949 Samson and Delilah
as Prince
- 1940 Arizona
as Bart Massey
- 1940 North West Mounted Police
as Mountie
- 1939 The Light That Failed
as Gardner
- 1938 Storm Over Bengal
as Hallett
- 1938 If I Were King
as Jehan LeLoup
- 1938 Booloo
as Captain Robert Rogers
- 1937 Souls at Sea
as Donaldson (uncredited)
- 1937 Night of Mystery
as Chester Greene
- 1937 King of Gamblers
as Joe
- 1937 The Crime Nobody Saw
as Dr. Brooks
- 1937 Maid of Salem
as Roger's Friend (Uncredited)
- 1937 Bulldog Drummond Escapes
as Dixon
- 1936 Thank You, Jeeves!
as Tom Brock
- 1936 The Return of Sophie Lang
as Larry
- 1936 Early to Bed
as Doctor Vernon
- 1936 Too Many Parents
as Miller
- 1936 The Preview Murder Mystery
as Studio Manager
- 1936 My Marriage
as Sir Philip Burleigh
- 1935 Peter Ibbetson
as Clerk (uncredited)
- 1935 The Last Outpost
as Lieutenant Prescott
- 1935 The Black Room
as Paul Hassel as a young lieutenant
- 1935 Becky Sharp
as William Dobbin
- 1935 The Lives of a Bengal Lancer
as Barrett
- 1934 Father Brown, Detective
as Maître d' (uncredited)
- 1934 Wagon Wheels
as Mountaineer
- 1934 Murder at the Vanities
as Stage Manager (uncredited)
- 1934 Double Door
as Dr. John Lucas