Colin Tapley
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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.
Movies
(51 total)
Samson and Delilah
as Prince
The Dam Busters
as Doctor W.H. Glanville, C.B., C.B.E.
The Black Room
as Paul Hassel as a young lieutenant
Peter Ibbetson
as Clerk (uncredited)
The Sundowners
as Palmer (uncredited)
The Lives of a Bengal Lancer
as Barrett
North West Mounted Police
as Mountie
Angels One Five
as Adjutant
Arizona
as Bart Massey
Becky Sharp
as William Dobbin
Bulldog Drummond Escapes
as Dixon
Strongroom
as Haynes
Cloudburst
as Inspector Davis
Double Door
as Dr. John Lucas
If I Were King
as Jehan LeLoup
Souls at Sea
as Donaldson (uncredited)
Murder at the Vanities
as Stage Manager (uncredited)
The Diamond Wizard
as Sir Stafford Beach
Wings of Danger
as Inspector Maxwell
3 Steps to the Gallows
as Arnold Winslow
TV Shows
(4 total)
The Adventures of Sir Lancelot
as Lord Vanton
The Adventures of Sir Lancelot
as Everard
Richard the Lionheart
as Steward
Richard the Lionheart
as Chamberlain