Torin Thatcher

Personal Info

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Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1905-01-15 (76 years old)

Deathday

1981-03-04

Place of Birth

Bombay, British India, India

Torin Thatcher

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Torin Thatcher (15 January 1905 - 4 March 1981) was an English actor born in Bombay, British India, India), to English parents. He was an imposing, powerfully built figure noted for his flashy portrayals of screen villains. He was educated in England at Bedford School and at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. He worked as a schoolmaster before first appearing on the London stage in 1927 and then entering British films in 1934. He appeared in the 1937 Old Vic stage production of Hamlet, in which Laurence Olivier made his first appearance in the title role, opposite Vivien Leigh as Ophelia. During the Sec...

Acting

1948

The Fallen Idol

as Policeman

1952

The Crimson Pirate

as Humble Bellows

1960

The Citadel

as Sir Robert Abbey

1962

1946

I See a Dark Stranger

as Police Constable

1953

The Desert Rats

as Col. Barney White

1953

The Robe

as Sen. Gallio

1956

Helen of Troy

as Ulysses

1957

Band of Angels

as Capt. Canavan

1953

Houdini

as Otto

1952

Affair in Trinidad

as Inspector Smythe

1958

The 7th Voyage of Sinbad

as Sokurah the Magician

1933

Red Wagon

as Eddie Prince

1958

Darby's Rangers

as Sergeant McTavish

1955

Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing

as Humphrey Palmer-Jones

1947

1954

Knock on Wood

as Godfrey Langston

1948

Bonnie Prince Charlie

as Colonel Ker

1965

The Sandpiper

as le juge Thompson

1952

Blackbeard, the Pirate

as Sir Henry Morgan

1955

1949

Now Barabbas

as Customs Officer

1957

Istanbul

as Douglas Fielding

1956

Diane

as Louis - Count de Breze

1954

Bengal Brigade

as Colonel Morrow

1964

Hell of Borneo

as Mr. Bellflower

1947

Jassy

as Bob Wicks

1961

The Canadians

as Superintendent Walker

1967

The King's Pirate

as Captain Cullen

1946

The Captive Heart

as Repatriation Official (uncredited)

1939

The Spy in Black

as Submarine Officer

1940

Let George Do It!

as U-Boat Commander

1940

Saloon Bar

as Mr. Garrod

1940

The Case of the Frightened Lady

as Jim Tilling, the Groundsman

1940

Contraband

as Sailor

1939

Old Mother Riley, MP

as Jack Nelson

1942

Saboteur

as Man (uncredited)

1938

Climbing High

as Jim Castle

1942

The Next of Kin

as German General

1939

1936

1963

Drums of Africa

as Jack Cuortemayn

1941

Gasbags

as SS Man

1941

Major Barbara

as Todger Fairmile

1946

Great Expectations

as Bentley Drummle

1939

The Lion Has Wings

as Seaman Receiving Information About German Activity

1937

Young and Innocent

as Nobby's Lodging House Caretaker (uncredited)

1966

Hawaii

as Reverend Thorn

1950

1937

Sabotage

as Mr. Verloc's Visitor (uncredited)

1962

1965

The Holy Terror

as Dr. Poole

1956

The Deadly Riddle

as The Red Knight

1940

Law and Disorder

as Karl Bergsen

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