Colin Tapley
Personal Info
Know For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1907-05-07 (88 years old)
Deathday
1995-12-01
Place of Birth
Dunedin, South Island, New Zealand
Also known As
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Colin Tapley
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 later career typecast as a police inspector, a role ...
Acting
1935
as Paul Hassel as a young lieutenant
1955
as Doctor W.H. Glanville, C.B., C.B.E.
1951
as Inspector Davis
1935
as Barrett
1955
as Lord Valchrist
1937
as Dixon
1935
as Clerk (uncredited)
1935
as William Dobbin
1954
as Sir Stafford Beach
1952
as Inspector Maxwell
1938
as Jehan LeLoup
1952
as Mannering
1953
as Charles ('Strange Journey')
1937
as Dr. Brooks
1936
as Miller
1936
as Studio Manager
1960
as Inspector
1937
as Chester Greene
1936
as Larry
1937
as Donaldson (uncredited)
1936
as Sir Philip Burleigh
1960
as Palmer (uncredited)
1939
as Gardner
1962
as Dr. Lloyd
1940
as Bart Massey
1959
as Inspector
1936
as Tom Brock
1938
as Captain Robert Rogers
1953
as Arnold Winslow
1940
as Mountie
1937
as Joe
1935
as Lieutenant Prescott
1934
as Stage Manager (uncredited)
1938
as Hallett
1936
as Doctor Vernon
1934
as Dr. John Lucas
1949
as Prince
1937
as Roger's Friend (Uncredited)
1953
as Major Fergusson
1962
as Haynes
1953
as Dr. Crabtree
1958
as Colonel Charles Mercer
1952
as Adjutant
1957
as Henry Ryland
1962
as Paul Alexis
1960
as Casca
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