Colin Tapley
Known For
Acting
Born
1907-05-07 in Dunedin, South Island, New Zealand
Died
1995-12-01
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 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.
Most Known For
Peter Ibbetson
as Clerk (uncredited)
Richard the Lionheart
as Steward
Richard the Lionheart
as Chamberlain
Samson and Delilah
as Prince
The Adventures of Sir Lancelot
as Lord Vanton
The Adventures of Sir Lancelot
as Everard
Barbados Quest
as Lord Valchrist
The Dam Busters
as Doctor W.H. Glanville, C.B., C.B.E.
Compelled
as Inspector
Thank You, Jeeves!
as Tom Brock
The Sundowners
as Palmer (uncredited)
The Lives of a Bengal Lancer
as Barrett
Arizona
as Bart Massey
My Marriage
as Sir Philip Burleigh
The Black Room
as Paul Hassel as a young lieutenant
Becky Sharp
as William Dobbin
Souls at Sea
as Donaldson (uncredited)
Murder at the Vanities
as Stage Manager (uncredited)
If I Were King
as Jehan LeLoup
Angels One Five
as Adjutant