Colin Tapley
Actor
Born May 7, 1907 in Dunedin, South Island, New Zealand
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.
Filmography
Richard the Lionheart
Steward
Strongroom
Haynes
Emergency
Dr. Lloyd
So Evil, So Young
Inspector
The Sundowners
Palmer (uncredited)
Compelled
Inspector
Man Accused
Inspector
Innocent Meeting
Stannard
The Safecracker
Colonel Charles Mercer
Stranger in Town
Henry Ryland
The Adventures of Sir Lancelot
Lord Vanton
Barbados Quest
Lord Valchrist
The Dam Busters
Doctor W.H. Glanville, C.B., C.B.E.
The Diamond Wizard
Sir Stafford Beach
3 Steps to the Gallows
Arnold Winslow
The Steel Key
Dr. Crabtree
Noose for a Lady
Major Fergusson
Strange Stories
Charles ('Strange Journey')
Wings of Danger
Inspector Maxwell
Wide Boy
Mannering
Angels One Five
Adjutant
Cloudburst
Inspector Davis
Samson and Delilah
Prince
Arizona
Bart Massey
North West Mounted Police
Mountie
The Light That Failed
Gardner
Storm Over Bengal
Hallett
If I Were King
Jehan LeLoup
Souls at Sea
Donaldson (uncredited)
Night of Mystery
Chester Greene
King of Gamblers
Joe
The Crime Nobody Saw
Dr. Brooks
Maid of Salem
Roger's Friend (Uncredited)
Bulldog Drummond Escapes
Dixon
Thank You, Jeeves!
Tom Brock
The Return of Sophie Lang
Larry
Early to Bed
Doctor Vernon
The Preview Murder Mystery
Studio Manager
My Marriage
Sir Philip Burleigh
Peter Ibbetson
Clerk (uncredited)
The Last Outpost
Lieutenant Prescott
The Black Room
Paul Hassel as a young lieutenant
Becky Sharp
William Dobbin
The Lives of a Bengal Lancer
Barrett
Father Brown, Detective
Maître d' (uncredited)
Wagon Wheels
Mountaineer
Murder at the Vanities
Stage Manager (uncredited)
Double Door
Dr. John Lucas