Colin Tapley
Acting
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.
Filmography 53
Movies (51)
Strongroom1962Haynes
Emergency1962Dr. Lloyd- The Lamp in Assassin Mews1962Inspector
- Gang War1962Paul Alexis
So Evil, So Young1961Inspector
The Sundowners1960Palmer (uncredited)
Compelled1960Inspector- An Honourable Murder1960Casca
Man Accused1959Inspector
Innocent Meeting1959Stannard
The Safecracker1958Colonel Charles Mercer
Stranger in Town1957Henry Ryland
Barbados Quest1955Lord Valchrist
The Dam Busters1955Doctor W.H. Glanville, C.B., C.B.E.
The Diamond Wizard1954Sir Stafford Beach
3 Steps to the Gallows1953Arnold Winslow
The Steel Key1953Dr. Crabtree
Noose for a Lady1953Major Fergusson
Strange Stories1953Charles ('Strange Journey')
Wings of Danger1952Inspector Maxwell
Wide Boy1952Mannering
Angels One Five1952Adjutant
Cloudburst1951Inspector Davis
Samson and Delilah1949Prince
Arizona1940Bart Massey
North West Mounted Police1940Mountie
The Light That Failed1939Gardner
Storm Over Bengal1938Hallett
If I Were King1938Jehan LeLoup- Booloo1938Captain Robert Rogers
Shows (2)
Richard the Lionheart1962Steward
The Adventures of Sir Lancelot1956Lord Vanton