Acting
Colin Tapley
EN cinema · 52 credits
Born
7 May 1907
Died
1 December 1995 (aged 88)
Birthplace
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.
Known for
Filmography
Emergency
as Dr. Lloyd
Strongroom
as Haynes
Gang War
1962
Gang War
as Paul Alexis
So Evil, So Young
as Inspector
Compelled
as Inspector
The Sundowners
as Palmer (uncredited)
Man Accused
as Inspector
Innocent Meeting
as Stannard
The Safecracker
as Colonel Charles Mercer
Stranger in Town
as Henry Ryland
The Dam Busters
as Doctor W.H. Glanville, C.B., C.B.E.
Barbados Quest
as Lord Valchrist
The Diamond Wizard
as Sir Stafford Beach
Strange Stories
as Charles ('Strange Journey')
3 Steps to the Gallows
as Arnold Winslow
Noose for a Lady
as Major Fergusson
The Steel Key
as Dr. Crabtree
Wings of Danger
as Inspector Maxwell
Wide Boy
as Mannering
Angels One Five
as Adjutant
Cloudburst
as Inspector Davis
Samson and Delilah
as Prince
Arizona
as Bart Massey
North West Mounted Police
as Mountie
The Light That Failed
as Gardner
If I Were King
as Jehan LeLoup
Booloo
1938
Booloo
as Captain Robert Rogers
Storm Over Bengal
as Hallett
The Crime Nobody Saw
as Dr. Brooks
Night of Mystery
as Chester Greene
Souls at Sea
as Donaldson (uncredited)
Maid of Salem
as Roger's Friend (Uncredited)
The Preview Murder Mystery
as Studio Manager
My Marriage
as Sir Philip Burleigh
Thank You, Jeeves!
as Tom Brock
Early to Bed
as Doctor Vernon
The Black Room
as Paul Hassel as a young lieutenant
The Lives of a Bengal Lancer
as Barrett
Peter Ibbetson
as Clerk (uncredited)
Becky Sharp
as William Dobbin
The Last Outpost
as Lieutenant Prescott
Murder at the Vanities
as Stage Manager (uncredited)
Double Door
as Dr. John Lucas
Father Brown, Detective
as Maître d' (uncredited)
Wagon Wheels
as Mountaineer