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Colin Tapley

Colin Tapley

Born: 1907-05-07 • Dunedin, South Island, New Zealand

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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.

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Filmography
Strongroom poster
Strongroom
1962 • Haynes
Emergency poster
Emergency
1962 • Dr. Lloyd
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Gang War
1962 • Paul Alexis
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The Lamp in Assassin Mews
1962 • Inspector
So Evil, So Young poster
So Evil, So Young
1961 • Inspector
The Sundowners poster
The Sundowners
1960 • Palmer (uncredited)
Compelled poster
Compelled
1960 • Inspector
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An Honourable Murder
1960 • Casca
Man Accused poster
Man Accused
1959 • Inspector
Innocent Meeting poster
Innocent Meeting
1959 • Stannard
The Safecracker poster
The Safecracker
1958 • Colonel Charles Mercer
Stranger in Town poster
Stranger in Town
1957 • Henry Ryland
Barbados Quest poster
Barbados Quest
1955 • Lord Valchrist
The Dam Busters poster
The Dam Busters
1955 • Doctor W.H. Glanville, C.B., C.B.E.
The Diamond Wizard poster
The Diamond Wizard
1954 • Sir Stafford Beach
3 Steps to the Gallows poster
3 Steps to the Gallows
1953 • Arnold Winslow
The Steel Key poster
The Steel Key
1953 • Dr. Crabtree
Noose for a Lady poster
Noose for a Lady
1953 • Major Fergusson
Strange Stories poster
Strange Stories
1953 • Charles ('Strange Journey')
Wings of Danger poster
Wings of Danger
1952 • Inspector Maxwell
Wide Boy poster
Wide Boy
1952 • Mannering
Angels One Five poster
Angels One Five
1952 • Adjutant
Cloudburst poster
Cloudburst
1951 • Inspector Davis
Samson and Delilah poster
Samson and Delilah
1949 • Prince
Arizona poster
Arizona
1940 • Bart Massey
North West Mounted Police poster
North West Mounted Police
1940 • Mountie
The Light That Failed poster
The Light That Failed
1939 • Gardner
Storm Over Bengal poster
Storm Over Bengal
1938 • Hallett
If I Were King poster
If I Were King
1938 • Jehan LeLoup
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Booloo
1938 • Captain Robert Rogers
Souls at Sea poster
Souls at Sea
1937 • Donaldson (uncredited)
Night of Mystery poster
Night of Mystery
1937 • Chester Greene
King of Gamblers poster
King of Gamblers
1937 • Joe
The Crime Nobody Saw poster
The Crime Nobody Saw
1937 • Dr. Brooks
Maid of Salem poster
Maid of Salem
1937 • Roger's Friend (Uncredited)
Bulldog Drummond Escapes poster
Bulldog Drummond Escapes
1937 • Dixon
Thank You, Jeeves! poster
Thank You, Jeeves!
1936 • Tom Brock
The Return of Sophie Lang poster
The Return of Sophie Lang
1936 • Larry
Early to Bed poster
Early to Bed
1936 • Doctor Vernon
Too Many Parents poster
Too Many Parents
1936 • Miller
The Preview Murder Mystery poster
The Preview Murder Mystery
1936 • Studio Manager
My Marriage poster
My Marriage
1936 • Sir Philip Burleigh
Peter Ibbetson poster
Peter Ibbetson
1935 • Clerk (uncredited)
The Last Outpost poster
The Last Outpost
1935 • Lieutenant Prescott
The Black Room poster
The Black Room
1935 • Paul Hassel as a young lieutenant
Becky Sharp poster
Becky Sharp
1935 • William Dobbin
The Lives of a Bengal Lancer poster
The Lives of a Bengal Lancer
1935 • Barrett
Father Brown, Detective poster
Father Brown, Detective
1934 • Maître d' (uncredited)
Murder at the Vanities poster
Murder at the Vanities
1934 • Stage Manager (uncredited)
Double Door poster
Double Door
1934 • Dr. John Lucas