Acting · Bombay, British India, India · Born January 15, 1905
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Torin Thatcher (15 January 1905 - 4 March 1981) was an English actor born in Bombay, British India, India), to English parents. He was an imposing, powerfully built figure noted for his flashy portrayals of screen villains. He was educated in England at Bedford School and at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. He worked as a schoolmaster before first appearing on the London stage in 1927 and then entering British films in 1934. He appeared in the 1937 Old Vic stage production of Hamlet, in which Laurence Olivier made his first appearance in the title role, opposite Vivien Leigh as Ophelia. During the Second World War, he served with the Royal Artillery and was demobilized with the rank of lieutenant colonel. Thatcher appeared in classic British films of the late 1930s and 1940s, including Major Barbara (1941) and Great Expectations (1946), in which he played Bentley Drummle. He moved to Hollywood in the 1950s. He was constantly in demand, invariably lending his looming figure and baleful countenance to sinister or stern roles in popular costume thrillers such as The Crimson Pirate (1952), Blackbeard the Pirate (1952), The Robe (1953) (as the disapproving father of Richard Burton's character), The Black Shield of Falworth (1954), Helen of Troy (1956), Darby's Rangers (1958), and The 7th Voyage of Sinbad (1958). He also appeared in the Marlon Brando and Trevor Howard 1962 remake of Mutiny on the Bounty. He returned to the stage quite frequently, notably on Broadway, in such esteemed productions as Edward, My Son (1948), That Lady (1949) and Billy Budd (1951). In 1959, he portrayed Captain Keller in the award-winning play The Miracle Worker with Anne Bancroft and Patty Duke. All of these plays were filmed, but Thatcher did not appear in the movie versions. Also a steady fixture on television, he appeared in such made-for-TV films as adaptations of A. J. Cronin's Beyond This Place (1957) and The Citadel (1960),Bonanza(1961), and Brenda Starr (1976). He also played the title role in a Philco Television Playhouse version of Othello and acted in a CBS production of Beyond This Place (1957). Thatcher died of cancer on March 4, 1981, in Thousand Oaks, California, in the Los Angeles area.
TVPetrocelli
1974
TVSearch
1972
TVNight Gallery
1970
as Captain of the Lusitania (segment "Lone Survivor")
TVLand of the Giants
1968
as Dr. Berger
MovieThe Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
1968
as Sir Turnbull
TVThe Guns of Will Sonnett
1967
MovieThe King's Pirate
1967
as Captain Cullen
The Sweet and the Bitter
1967
MovieHawaii
1966
as Reverend Thorn
TVMission: Impossible
1966
as Archbishop Djelvas
TVThe Time Tunnel
1966
as Dr. Everett Holland
TVStar Trek
1966
as Marplon
TVGet Smart
1965
as Dr. Braam
TVLost in Space
1965
as The Space Trader
MovieThe Sandpiper
1965
as le juge Thompson
MovieThe Holy Terror
1965
as Dr. Poole
Profiles in Courage
1964
as Sewall
TVDaniel Boone
1964
as President John Adams
MovieHell of Borneo
1964
as Mr. Bellflower
MovieDecision at Midnight
1963
as Southstream
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1963
TVThe Great Adventure
1963
as General Howe
MovieDrums of Africa
1963
as Jack Cuortemayn
MovieMutiny on the Bounty
1962
as Staines
TVThe Alfred Hitchcock Hour
1962
as Alva Hardwicke
MovieJack the Giant Killer
1962
as Pendragon
MovieThe Canadians
1961
as Superintendent Walker
TVThriller
1960
as Jeremy Teal
MovieThe Citadel
1960
as Sir Robert Abbey
TVAdventures in Paradise
1959
as Michael Cameron
TVOne Step Beyond
1959
as Earl of Culdane
MovieThe 7th Voyage of Sinbad
1958
as Sokurah the Magician
TVThe Further Adventures of Ellery Queen
1958
as King Bendigo
TVPeter Gunn
1958
MovieDarby's Rangers
1958
as Sergeant McTavish
MovieWitness for the Prosecution
1957
as Mr. Myers
TVDuPont Show of the Month
1957
as Rees Mathry
TVPerry Mason
1957
as Walter Frazer
MovieBand of Angels
1957
as Capt. Canavan
MovieIstanbul
1957
as Douglas Fielding
MovieSo Soon to Die
1957
as Inspector Galloway
TVDick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956
as Ab Richards
MovieThe Deadly Riddle
1956
as The Red Knight
TVTelephone Time
1956
MovieHelen of Troy
1956
as Ulysses
MovieDiane
1956
as Louis - Count de Breze
MovieLady Godiva of Coventry
1955
as Lord Godwin
TVThe 20th Century Fox Hour
1955
TVAlfred Hitchcock Presents
1955
as Constable Johnson
TVGunsmoke
1955
as John Tyson
MovieLove Is a Many-Splendored Thing
1955
as Humphrey Palmer-Jones
TVThe Millionaire
1955
as Max MacIntyre
MovieBengal Brigade
1954
as Colonel Morrow
TVClimax!
1954
as John Philippson
MovieThe Black Shield of Falworth
1954
as Sir James
MovieKnock on Wood
1954
as Godfrey Langston
MovieThe Robe
1953
as Sen. Gallio
MovieHoudini
1953
as Otto
MovieThe Desert Rats
1953
as Col. Barney White
MovieBlackbeard, the Pirate
1952
as Sir Henry Morgan
MovieThe Crimson Pirate
1952
as Humble Bellows
MovieThe Snows of Kilimanjaro
1952
as Johnson
MovieAffair in Trinidad
1952
as Inspector Smythe
TVHallmark Hall of Fame
1951
as Dr. Poole
MovieThe Black Rose
1950
as Harry
MovieNow Barabbas
1949
as Customs Officer
MovieBonnie Prince Charlie
1948
as Colonel Ker
TVThe Philco Television Playhouse
1948
MovieThe Fallen Idol
1948
as Policeman
MovieThe End of the River
1947
as Lisboa
When The Bough Breaks
1947
as Adams
MovieJassy
1947
as Bob Wicks
MovieThe Man Within
1947
as Jailer
MovieGreat Expectations
1946
as Bentley Drummle
MovieI See a Dark Stranger
1946
as Police Constable
MovieThe Captive Heart
1946
as Repatriation Official (uncredited)
MovieThe Next of Kin
1942
as German General
MovieSaboteur
1942
as Man (uncredited)
MovieMajor Barbara
1941
as Todger Fairmile
MovieGasbags
1941
as SS Man
MovieSaloon Bar
1940
as Mr. Garrod
MovieThe Case of the Frightened Lady
1940
as Jim Tilling, the Groundsman
MovieNight Train to Munich
1940
MovieLet George Do It!
1940
as U-Boat Commander
MovieLaw and Disorder
1940
as Karl Bergsen
MovieContraband
1940
as Sailor
MovieThe Lion Has Wings
1939
as Seaman Receiving Information About German Activity
The Kindled Flame
1939
as Festus
Old Mother Riley, MP
1939
as Jack Nelson
MovieThe Spy in Black
1939
as Submarine Officer
MovieClimbing High
1938
as Jim Castle
MovieYoung and Innocent
1937
as Nobby's Lodging House Caretaker (uncredited)
MovieSabotage
1937
as Mr. Verloc's Visitor (uncredited)
MovieCrime Over London
1936
MovieThe Man Who Could Work Miracles
1936
as Observer
The Common Round
1936
as Martin
MovieDrake of England
1935
MovieRed Wagon
1933
as Eddie Prince
