Acting
Colin Tapley
Birth Date
May 7, 1907
Death Date
December 1, 1995
(passed away at 88)
Place of Birth
Dunedin, South Island, New Zealand
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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.
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The Adventures of Sir Lancelot
Lord Vanton
1956 • 1 episode
Richard the Lionheart
Steward
1962 • 1 episode
Samson and Delilah
Prince
1949
The Black Room
Paul Hassel as a young lieutenant
1935
The Dam Busters
Doctor W.H. Glanville, C.B., C.B.E.
1955
North West Mounted Police
Mountie
1940
The Lives of a Bengal Lancer
Barrett
1935
The Sundowners
Palmer (uncredited)
1960
Murder at the Vanities
Stage Manager (uncredited)
1934
If I Were King
Jehan LeLoup
1938
Arizona
Bart Massey
1940
The Preview Murder Mystery
Studio Manager
1936
Peter Ibbetson
Clerk (uncredited)
1935
Barbados Quest
Lord Valchrist
1955
3 Steps to the Gallows
Arnold Winslow
1953
The Light That Failed
Gardner
1939
Becky Sharp
William Dobbin
1935
Innocent Meeting
Stannard
1959
Noose for a Lady
Major Fergusson
1953
My Marriage
Sir Philip Burleigh
1936