Acting · Dunedin, South Island, New Zealand · Born May 7, 1907
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.
TVRichard the Lionheart
1962
as Steward
MovieStrongroom
1962
as Haynes
MovieEmergency
1962
as Dr. Lloyd
Gang War
1962
as Paul Alexis
The Lamp in Assassin Mews
1962
as Inspector
MovieSo Evil, So Young
1961
as Inspector
MovieThe Sundowners
1960
as Palmer (uncredited)
MovieCompelled
1960
as Inspector
An Honourable Murder
1960
as Casca
MovieMan Accused
1959
as Inspector
MovieInnocent Meeting
1959
as Stannard
MovieThe Safecracker
1958
as Colonel Charles Mercer
MovieStranger in Town
1957
as Henry Ryland
TVThe Adventures of Sir Lancelot
1956
as Lord Vanton
MovieBarbados Quest
1955
as Lord Valchrist
MovieThe Dam Busters
1955
as Doctor W.H. Glanville, C.B., C.B.E.
MovieThe Diamond Wizard
1954
as Sir Stafford Beach
Movie3 Steps to the Gallows
1953
as Arnold Winslow
MovieThe Steel Key
1953
as Dr. Crabtree
MovieNoose for a Lady
1953
as Major Fergusson
MovieStrange Stories
1953
as Charles ('Strange Journey')
MovieWings of Danger
1952
as Inspector Maxwell
MovieWide Boy
1952
as Mannering
MovieAngels One Five
1952
as Adjutant
MovieCloudburst
1951
as Inspector Davis
MovieSamson and Delilah
1949
as Prince
MovieArizona
1940
as Bart Massey
MovieNorth West Mounted Police
1940
as Mountie
MovieThe Light That Failed
1939
as Gardner
MovieStorm Over Bengal
1938
as Hallett
MovieIf I Were King
1938
as Jehan LeLoup
Booloo
1938
as Captain Robert Rogers
MovieSouls at Sea
1937
as Donaldson (uncredited)
MovieNight of Mystery
1937
as Chester Greene
MovieKing of Gamblers
1937
as Joe
MovieThe Crime Nobody Saw
1937
as Dr. Brooks
MovieMaid of Salem
1937
as Roger's Friend (Uncredited)
MovieBulldog Drummond Escapes
1937
as Dixon
MovieThank You, Jeeves!
1936
as Tom Brock
MovieThe Return of Sophie Lang
1936
as Larry
MovieEarly to Bed
1936
as Doctor Vernon
Too Many Parents
1936
as Miller
MovieThe Preview Murder Mystery
1936
as Studio Manager
MovieMy Marriage
1936
as Sir Philip Burleigh
MoviePeter Ibbetson
1935
as Clerk (uncredited)
MovieThe Last Outpost
1935
as Lieutenant Prescott
MovieThe Black Room
1935
as Paul Hassel as a young lieutenant
MovieBecky Sharp
1935
as William Dobbin
MovieThe Lives of a Bengal Lancer
1935
as Barrett
MovieFather Brown, Detective
1934
as Maître d' (uncredited)
MovieWagon Wheels
1934
as Mountaineer
MovieMurder at the Vanities
1934
as Stage Manager (uncredited)
MovieDouble Door
1934
as Dr. John Lucas
