Colin Tapley
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.
53 acting credits
Acting · 53
The Adventures of Sir Lancelot
1956
Richard the Lionheart
1962
Samson and Delilah
1949
North West Mounted Police
1940
The Sundowners
1960
Booloo
1938
The Dam Busters
1955
Arizona
1940
Early to Bed
1936
The Lives of a Bengal Lancer
1935
The Black Room
1935
Double Door
1934
Father Brown, Detective
1934
Souls at Sea
1937
If I Were King
1938
Becky Sharp
1935
Peter Ibbetson
1935
Bulldog Drummond Escapes
1937
Angels One Five
1952
Murder at the Vanities
1934
Maid of Salem
1937
Cloudburst
1951
The Preview Murder Mystery
1936
Too Many Parents
1936
Storm Over Bengal
1938
Noose for a Lady
1953
Thank You, Jeeves!
1936
My Marriage
1936
3 Steps to the Gallows
1953
Wagon Wheels
1934
The Last Outpost
1935
Strongroom
1962
The Safecracker
1958
Stranger in Town
1957
The Lamp in Assassin Mews
1962
The Steel Key
1953
The Light That Failed
1939
The Return of Sophie Lang
1936
The Diamond Wizard
1954
Man Accused
1959
Strange Stories
1953
Barbados Quest
1955
Wings of Danger
1952
Night of Mystery
1937
King of Gamblers
1937
The Crime Nobody Saw
1937
Gang War
1962
So Evil, So Young
1961
Emergency
1962
Innocent Meeting
1959
An Honourable Murder
1960
Compelled
1960
Wide Boy
1952