Colin Tapley
Profile info
Known forActing
GenderMale
Birthday7 May 1907
Died1 December 1995 (age 88)
Place of birthDunedin, South Island, New Zealand
Known credits53
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 la…
Richard the Lionheart
1962 · Steward
Richard the Lionheart
1962 · Chamberlain
Strongroom
1962 · Haynes
Emergency
1962 · Dr. Lloyd
Gang War
1962 · Paul Alexis
The Lamp in Assassin Mews
1962 · Inspector
So Evil, So Young
1961 · Inspector
The Sundowners
1960 · Palmer (uncredited)
Compelled
1960 · Inspector
An Honourable Murder
1960 · Casca
Man Accused
1959 · Inspector
Innocent Meeting
1959 · Stannard
The Safecracker
1958 · Colonel Charles Mercer
Stranger in Town
1957 · Henry Ryland
The Adventures of Sir Lancelot
1956 · Lord Vanton
The Adventures of Sir Lancelot
1956 · Everard
Barbados Quest
1955 · Lord Valchrist
The Dam Busters
1955 · Doctor W.H. Glanville, C.B., C.B.E.
The Diamond Wizard
1954 · Sir Stafford Beach
3 Steps to the Gallows
1953 · Arnold Winslow
The Steel Key
1953 · Dr. Crabtree
Noose for a Lady
1953 · Major Fergusson
Strange Stories
1953 · Charles ('Strange Journey')
Wings of Danger
1952 · Inspector Maxwell
Wide Boy
1952 · Mannering
Angels One Five
1952 · Adjutant
Cloudburst
1951 · Inspector Davis
Samson and Delilah
1949 · Prince
Arizona
1940 · Bart Massey
North West Mounted Police
1940 · Mountie
The Light That Failed
1939 · Gardner
Storm Over Bengal
1938 · Hallett
If I Were King
1938 · Jehan LeLoup
Booloo
1938 · Captain Robert Rogers
Souls at Sea
1937 · Donaldson (uncredited)
Night of Mystery
1937 · Chester Greene
King of Gamblers
1937 · Joe
The Crime Nobody Saw
1937 · Dr. Brooks
Maid of Salem
1937 · Roger's Friend (Uncredited)
Bulldog Drummond Escapes
1937 · Dixon
Thank You, Jeeves!
1936 · Tom Brock
The Return of Sophie Lang
1936 · Larry
Early to Bed
1936 · Doctor Vernon
Too Many Parents
1936 · Miller
The Preview Murder Mystery
1936 · Studio Manager
My Marriage
1936 · Sir Philip Burleigh
Peter Ibbetson
1935 · Clerk (uncredited)
The Last Outpost
1935 · Lieutenant Prescott
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