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Torin Thatcher
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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 Second World War, he served with the Royal Artillery …
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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 Second World War, he served with the Royal Artillery and was demobilized with the rank of lieutenant colonel. Thatcher appeared in classic British films of the late 1930s and 1940s, including Major Barbara (1941) and Great Expectations (1946), in which he played Bentley Drummle. He moved to Hollywood in the 1950s. He was constantly in demand, invariably lending his looming figure and baleful countenance to sinister or stern roles in popular costume thrillers such as The Crimson Pirate (1952), Blackbeard the Pirate (1952), The Robe (1953) (as the disapproving father of Richard Burton's character), The Black Shield of Falworth (1954), Helen of Troy (1956), Darby's Rangers (1958), and The 7th Voyage of Sinbad (1958). He also appeared in the Marlon Brando and Trevor Howard 1962 remake of Mutiny on the Bounty. He returned to the stage quite frequently, notably on Broadway, in such esteemed productions as Edward, My Son (1948), That Lady (1949) and Billy Budd (1951). In 1959, he portrayed Captain Keller in the award-winning play The Miracle Worker with Anne Bancroft and Patty Duke. All of these plays were filmed, but Thatcher did not appear in the movie versions. Also a steady fixture on television, he appeared in such made-for-TV films as adaptations of A. J. Cronin's Beyond This Place (1957) and The Citadel (1960),Bonanza(1961), and Brenda Starr (1976). He also played the title role in a Philco Television Playhouse version of Othello and acted in a CBS production of Beyond This Place (1957). Thatcher died of cancer on March 4, 1981, in Thousand Oaks, California, in the Los Angeles area.
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The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
as Sir Turnbull
The King's Pirate
as Captain Cullen
No Poster
The Sweet and the Bitter
Hawaii
as Reverend Thorn
The Sandpiper
as le juge Thompson
The Holy Terror
as Dr. Poole
Hell of Borneo
as Mr. Bellflower
Decision at Midnight
as Southstream
Drums of Africa
as Jack Cuortemayn
Mutiny on the Bounty
as Staines
Jack the Giant Killer
as Pendragon
The Canadians
as Superintendent Walker
The Citadel
as Sir Robert Abbey
The 7th Voyage of Sinbad
as Sokurah the Magician
Darby's Rangers
as Sergeant McTavish
Witness for the Prosecution
as Mr. Myers
Band of Angels
as Capt. Canavan
Istanbul
as Douglas Fielding
So Soon to Die
as Inspector Galloway
The Deadly Riddle
as The Red Knight
Helen of Troy
as Ulysses
Diane
as Louis - Count de Breze
Lady Godiva of Coventry
as Lord Godwin
Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing
as Humphrey Palmer-Jones
Bengal Brigade
as Colonel Morrow
The Black Shield of Falworth
as Sir James
Knock on Wood
as Godfrey Langston
The Robe
as Sen. Gallio
Houdini
as Otto
The Desert Rats
as Col. Barney White
Blackbeard, the Pirate
as Sir Henry Morgan
The Crimson Pirate
as Humble Bellows
The Snows of Kilimanjaro
as Johnson
Affair in Trinidad
as Inspector Smythe
The Black Rose
as Harry
Now Barabbas
as Customs Officer
Bonnie Prince Charlie
as Colonel Ker
The Fallen Idol
as Policeman
The End of the River
as Lisboa
No Poster
When The Bough Breaks
as Adams
Jassy
as Bob Wicks
The Man Within
as Jailer
Great Expectations
as Bentley Drummle
I See a Dark Stranger
as Police Constable
The Captive Heart
as Repatriation Official (uncredited)
The Next of Kin
as German General
Saboteur
as Man (uncredited)
Major Barbara
as Todger Fairmile
Gasbags
as SS Man
Saloon Bar
as Mr. Garrod
The Case of the Frightened Lady
as Jim Tilling, the Groundsman
Night Train to Munich
Let George Do It!
as U-Boat Commander
Law and Disorder
as Karl Bergsen
Contraband
as Sailor
The Lion Has Wings
as Seaman Receiving Information About German Activity
No Poster
The Kindled Flame
as Festus
No Poster
Old Mother Riley, MP
as Jack Nelson
The Spy in Black
as Submarine Officer
Climbing High
as Jim Castle
The Challenge
as Young Officer (uncredited)
Young and Innocent
as Nobby's Lodging House Caretaker (uncredited)
Sabotage
as Mr. Verloc's Visitor (uncredited)
Crime Over London
The Man Who Could Work Miracles
as Observer
No Poster
The Common Round
as Martin
Drake of England
Red Wagon
as Eddie Prince