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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.

Known For: Acting

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

Died: 1995-12-01

Film

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1934	Double Door	Dr. John Lucas	68
2	1934	Murder at the Vanities	Stage Manager (uncredited)	55
3	1935	The Lives of a Bengal Lancer	Barrett	66
4	1935	Becky Sharp	William Dobbin	56
5	1935	The Black Room	Paul Hassel as a young lieutenant	64
6	1935	The Last Outpost	Lieutenant Prescott	61
7	1935	Peter Ibbetson	Clerk (uncredited)	68
8	1936	My Marriage	Sir Philip Burleigh	50
9	1936	The Preview Murder Mystery	Studio Manager	56
10	1936	Too Many Parents	Miller	50
11	1936	Early to Bed	Doctor Vernon	70
12	1936	The Return of Sophie Lang	Larry	60
13	1936	Thank You, Jeeves!	Tom Brock	60
14	1937	Bulldog Drummond Escapes	Dixon	59
15	1937	Maid of Salem	Roger's Friend (Uncredited)	59
16	1937	The Crime Nobody Saw	Dr. Brooks	50
17	1937	King of Gamblers	Joe	70
18	1937	Night of Mystery	Chester Greene	0
19	1937	Souls at Sea	Donaldson (uncredited)	60
20	1938	Booloo	Captain Robert Rogers	65
21	1938	If I Were King	Jehan LeLoup	68
22	1938	Storm Over Bengal	Hallett	53
23	1939	The Light That Failed	Gardner	60
24	1940	North West Mounted Police	Mountie	63
25	1940	Arizona	Bart Massey	62
26	1949	Samson and Delilah	Prince	65
27	1951	Cloudburst	Inspector Davis	63
28	1952	Angels One Five	Adjutant	61
29	1952	Wings of Danger	Inspector Maxwell	52
30	1952	Wide Boy	Mannering	63
31	1953	Strange Stories	Charles ('Strange Journey')	0
32	1953	Noose for a Lady	Major Fergusson	57
33	1953	The Steel Key	Dr. Crabtree	55
34	1953	3 Steps to the Gallows	Arnold Winslow	64
35	1954	The Diamond Wizard	Sir Stafford Beach	59
36	1955	The Dam Busters	Doctor W.H. Glanville, C.B., C.B.E.	69
37	1955	Barbados Quest	Lord Valchrist	45
38	1957	Stranger in Town	Henry Ryland	65
39	1958	The Safecracker	Colonel Charles Mercer	58
40	1959	Man Accused	Inspector	0
41	1960	An Honourable Murder	Casca	50
42	1960	Compelled	Inspector	50
43	1960	The Sundowners	Palmer (uncredited)	67
44	1961	So Evil, So Young		40
45	1962	Gang War	Paul Alexis	0
46	1962	Emergency	Dr. Lloyd	55
47	1962	Strongroom	Haynes	63

Television

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1956	The Adventures of Sir Lancelot	Lord Vanton	65
2	1956	The Adventures of Sir Lancelot	Everard	65
3	1962	Richard the Lionheart	Steward	0
4	1962	Richard the Lionheart	Chamberlain	0