Acting credits
47
Established
Large and steady acting portfolio.
Actor
Colin Tapley
Acting
Career Snapshot
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TMDB popularity
1.0
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Movies: 45Series: 2
TMDB ID: 96743
IMDb ID: nm0850029
Known for: Acting
Born: May 7, 1907
Died: December 1, 1995
Age: 88
Place of birth: Dunedin, South Island, New Zealand
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1934 - 1962
Years active: 29
Average TMDB rating: 6.47
Wikidata: Q892692
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.
Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Colin Tapley.
6.2
Strongroom
as Haynes
1962 Movie
5.5
Emergency
as Dr. Lloyd
1962 Movie
4.0
So Evil, So Young
as Inspector
1961 Movie
6.7
The Sundowners
as Palmer (uncredited)
1960 Movie
5.0
Compelled
as Inspector
1960 Movie
Man Accused
as Inspector
1959 Movie
5.8
The Safecracker
as Colonel Charles Mercer
1958 Movie
6.5
Stranger in Town
as Henry Ryland
1957 Movie
4.4
Barbados Quest
as Lord Valchrist
1955 Movie
6.9
The Dam Busters
as Doctor W.H. Glanville, C.B., C.B.E.
1955 Movie
5.8
The Diamond Wizard
as Sir Stafford Beach
1954 Movie
6.3
3 Steps to the Gallows
as Arnold Winslow
1953 Movie
6.1
The Steel Key
as Dr. Crabtree
1953 Movie
5.7
Noose for a Lady
as Major Fergusson
1953 Movie
Strange Stories
as Charles ('Strange Journey')
1953 Movie
5.3
Wings of Danger
as Inspector Maxwell
1952 Movie
6.3
Wide Boy
as Mannering
1952 Movie
6.1
Angels One Five
as Adjutant
1952 Movie
6.3
Cloudburst
as Inspector Davis
1951 Movie
6.6
Samson and Delilah
as Prince
1949 Movie
6.4
Arizona
as Bart Massey
1940 Movie
6.4
North West Mounted Police
as Mountie
1940 Movie
5.6
The Light That Failed
as Gardner
1939 Movie
5.3
Storm Over Bengal
as Hallett
1938 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Colin Tapley.
