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Colin Tapley
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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 re…
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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.
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Colin Tapley's Filmography
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Strongroom
as Haynes
Emergency
as Dr. Lloyd
No Poster
The Lamp in Assassin Mews
as Inspector
No Poster
Gang War
as Paul Alexis
So Evil, So Young
as Inspector
The Sundowners
as Palmer (uncredited)
Compelled
as Inspector
No Poster
An Honourable Murder
as Casca
Man Accused
as Inspector
Innocent Meeting
as Stannard
The Safecracker
as Colonel Charles Mercer
Stranger in Town
as Henry Ryland
Barbados Quest
as Lord Valchrist
The Dam Busters
as Doctor W.H. Glanville, C.B., C.B.E.
The Diamond Wizard
as Sir Stafford Beach
3 Steps to the Gallows
as Arnold Winslow
The Steel Key
as Dr. Crabtree
Noose for a Lady
as Major Fergusson
Strange Stories
as Charles ('Strange Journey')
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
Storm Over Bengal
as Hallett
If I Were King
as Jehan LeLoup
No Poster
Booloo
as Captain Robert Rogers
Souls at Sea
as Donaldson (uncredited)
Night of Mystery
as Chester Greene
King of Gamblers
as Joe
The Crime Nobody Saw
as Dr. Brooks
Maid of Salem
as Roger's Friend (Uncredited)
Bulldog Drummond Escapes
as Dixon
Thank You, Jeeves!
as Tom Brock
The Return of Sophie Lang
as Larry
Early to Bed
as Doctor Vernon
No Poster
Too Many Parents
as Miller
The Preview Murder Mystery
as Studio Manager
My Marriage
as Sir Philip Burleigh
Peter Ibbetson
as Clerk (uncredited)
The Last Outpost
as Lieutenant Prescott
The Black Room
as Paul Hassel as a young lieutenant
Becky Sharp
as William Dobbin
The Lives of a Bengal Lancer
as Barrett
Father Brown, Detective
as Maître d' (uncredited)
Wagon Wheels
as Mountaineer
Murder at the Vanities
as Stage Manager (uncredited)
Double Door
as Dr. John Lucas