Colin Tapley
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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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Acted in
Strongroom
1962
as Haynes
Emergency
1962
as Dr. Lloyd
So Evil, So Young
1961
The Sundowners
1960
as Palmer (uncredited)
Compelled
1960
as Inspector
Man Accused
1959
as Inspector
The Safecracker
1958
as Colonel Charles Mercer
Stranger in Town
1957
as Henry Ryland
The Adventures of Sir Lancelot
1956
as Lord Vanton
The Adventures of Sir Lancelot
1956
as Everard
Barbados Quest
1955
as Lord Valchrist
The Dam Busters
1955
as Doctor W.H. Glanville, C.B., C.B.E.
The Diamond Wizard
1954
as Sir Stafford Beach
3 Steps to the Gallows
1953
as Arnold Winslow
The Steel Key
1953
as Dr. Crabtree
Noose for a Lady
1953
as Major Fergusson
Strange Stories
1953
as Charles ('Strange Journey')
Wings of Danger
1952
as Inspector Maxwell
Wide Boy
1952
as Mannering
Angels One Five
1952
as Adjutant
Cloudburst
1951
as Inspector Davis
Samson and Delilah
1949
as Prince
Arizona
1940
as Bart Massey
North West Mounted Police
1940
as Mountie
The Light That Failed
1939
as Gardner
Storm Over Bengal
1938
as Hallett
If I Were King
1938
as Jehan Le Loup
Booloo
1938
as Captain Robert Rogers
Souls at Sea
1937
as Donaldson (uncredited)
Night of Mystery
1937
as Chester Greene
King of Gamblers
1937
as Joe
The Crime Nobody Saw
1937
as Dr. Brooks
Maid of Salem
1937
as Roger's Friend (Uncredited)
Bulldog Drummond Escapes
1937
as Dixon
Thank You, Jeeves!
1936
as Tom Brock
The Return of Sophie Lang
1936
as Larry
Early to Bed
1936
as Doctor Vernon
Too Many Parents
1936
as Miller
The Preview Murder Mystery
1936
as Studio Manager
My Marriage
1936
as Sir Philip Burleigh
Peter Ibbetson
1935
as Clerk (uncredited)
The Last Outpost
1935
as Lieutenant Prescott
The Black Room
1935
as Paul Hassel as a young lieutenant
Becky Sharp
1935
as William Dobbin
The Lives of a Bengal Lancer
1935
as Barrett
Murder at the Vanities
1934
Double Door
1934
as Dr. John Lucas