Colin Tapley
Acting
1907-05-07 · Dunedin, South Island, New Zealand
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.
Filmography
Richard the Lionheart
1962 · Series
Strongroom
1962 · Movie
Emergency
1962 · Movie
The Lamp in Assassin Mews
1962 · Movie
Gang War
1962 · Movie
So Evil, So Young
1961 · Movie
The Sundowners
1960 · Movie
Compelled
1960 · Movie
An Honourable Murder
1960 · Movie
Man Accused
1959 · Movie
Innocent Meeting
1959 · Movie
The Safecracker
1958 · Movie
Stranger in Town
1957 · Movie
The Adventures of Sir Lancelot
1956 · Series
Barbados Quest
1955 · Movie
The Dam Busters
1955 · Movie
The Diamond Wizard
1954 · Movie
3 Steps to the Gallows
1953 · Movie
The Steel Key
1953 · Movie
Noose for a Lady
1953 · Movie
Strange Stories
1953 · Movie
Wings of Danger
1952 · Movie
Wide Boy
1952 · Movie
Angels One Five
1952 · Movie
Cloudburst
1951 · Movie
Samson and Delilah
1949 · Movie
Arizona
1940 · Movie
North West Mounted Police
1940 · Movie
The Light That Failed
1939 · Movie
Storm Over Bengal
1938 · Movie
If I Were King
1938 · Movie
Booloo
1938 · Movie
Souls at Sea
1937 · Movie
Night of Mystery
1937 · Movie
King of Gamblers
1937 · Movie
The Crime Nobody Saw
1937 · Movie
Maid of Salem
1937 · Movie
Bulldog Drummond Escapes
1937 · Movie
Thank You, Jeeves!
1936 · Movie
The Return of Sophie Lang
1936 · Movie
Early to Bed
1936 · Movie
Too Many Parents
1936 · Movie
The Preview Murder Mystery
1936 · Movie
My Marriage
1936 · Movie
Peter Ibbetson
1935 · Movie
The Last Outpost
1935 · Movie
The Black Room
1935 · Movie
Becky Sharp
1935 · Movie
The Lives of a Bengal Lancer
1935 · Movie
Father Brown, Detective
1934 · Movie
Wagon Wheels
1934 · Movie
Murder at the Vanities
1934 · Movie
Double Door
1934 · Movie