Torin Thatcher

Actor Jan 15 (died age 76) Bombay, British India, India 1933–1974 (41 year career)

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Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Torin Thatcher (15 January 1905 - 4 March 1981) was an English actor born in Bombay, British India, India), to English parents. He was an imposing, powerfully built figure noted for his flashy portrayals of screen villains. He was educated in England at Bedford School and at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. He worked as a schoolmaster before first appearing on the London stage in 1927 and then entering British films in 1934. He appeared in the 1937 Old V…

Known For

Film

Witness for the Prosecution

Mr. Myers

Film

Saboteur

Man (uncredited)

Film

Great Expectations

Bentley Drummle

Film

Mutiny on the Bounty

Staines

Film

The 7th Voyage of Sinbad

Sokurah the Magician

Film

Sabotage

Mr. Verloc's Visitor (uncredited)

Film

The Robe

Sen. Gallio

Film

The Fallen Idol

Policeman

Filmography

Acting (97)

Movies (66)

The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

as Sir Turnbull

The King's Pirate

as Captain Cullen

Hawaii

as Reverend Thorn

The Holy Terror

as Dr. Poole

The Sandpiper

as le juge Thompson

Hell of Borneo

as Mr. Bellflower

Drums of Africa

as Jack Cuortemayn

Decision at Midnight

Mutiny on the Bounty

as Staines

Jack the Giant Killer

1962

as Pendragon

6.5

The Canadians

1961

as Superintendent Walker

6.5

The Citadel

1960

as Sir Robert Abbey

Darby's Rangers

1958

as Sergeant McTavish

5.9

The 7th Voyage of Sinbad

1958

as Sokurah the Magician

6.9

Witness for the Prosecution

as Mr. Myers

Istanbul

as Douglas Fielding

So Soon to Die

as Inspector Galloway

Band of Angels

as Capt. Canavan

Helen of Troy

as Ulysses

Diane

as Louis - Count de Breze

5.8

The Deadly Riddle

1956

as The Red Knight

Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing

1955

as Humphrey Palmer-Jones

6.0

Lady Godiva of Coventry

as Lord Godwin

Bengal Brigade

as Colonel Morrow

The Black Shield of Falworth

as Sir James

Knock on Wood

as Godfrey Langston

The Robe

as Sen. Gallio

Houdini

as Otto

The Desert Rats

as Col. Barney White

The Crimson Pirate

as Humble Bellows

The Snows of Kilimanjaro

as Johnson

Affair in Trinidad

as Inspector Smythe

Blackbeard, the Pirate

as Sir Henry Morgan

The Black Rose

as Harry

Now Barabbas

as Customs Officer

Bonnie Prince Charlie

as Colonel Ker

The Fallen Idol

as Policeman

The Man Within

as Jailer

When The Bough Breaks

as Adams

Jassy

as Bob Wicks

The End of the River

as Lisboa

Great Expectations

as Bentley Drummle

The Captive Heart

as Repatriation Official (uncredited)

6.2

I See a Dark Stranger

as Police Constable

The Next of Kin

as German General

Saboteur

as Man (uncredited)

Gasbags

as SS Man

Major Barbara

as Todger Fairmile

Law and Disorder

as Karl Bergsen

Contraband

as Sailor

Let George Do It!

as U-Boat Commander

Saloon Bar

as Mr. Garrod

Night Train to Munich

1940

7.3

The Case of the Frightened Lady

1940

as Jim Tilling, the Groundsman

6.3

The Kindled Flame

1939

as Festus

Old Mother Riley, MP

1939

as Jack Nelson

5.6

The Lion Has Wings

1939

as Seaman Receiving Information About German Activity

The Spy in Black

as Submarine Officer

Young and Innocent

as Nobby's Lodging House Caretaker (uncredited)

Climbing High

as Jim Castle

Sabotage

as Mr. Verloc's Visitor (uncredited)

6.7

The Common Round

1936

as Martin

The Man Who Could Work Miracles

as Observer

Crime Over London

Drake of England

Red Wagon

as Eddie Prince

Television (31)

Petrocelli

Night Gallery

as Captain of the Lusitania (segment "Lone Survivor")

7.8

Land of the Giants

1968

as Dr. Berger

6.7

The Guns of Will Sonnett

Star Trek

as Marplon

Mission: Impossible

as Archbishop Djelvas

7.6

The Time Tunnel

1966

as Dr. Everett Holland

Lost in Space

as The Space Trader

Get Smart

Daniel Boone

as President John Adams

7.0

Profiles in Courage

1964

as Sewall

5.0

Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre

1963

5.7

The Great Adventure

1963

as General Howe

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

as Alva Hardwicke

Thriller

as Jeremy Teal

One Step Beyond

as Earl of Culdane

Adventures in Paradise

as Michael Cameron

Peter Gunn

The Further Adventures of Ellery Queen

1958

as King Bendigo

Perry Mason

1957

as Walter Frazer

7.7

DuPont Show of the Month

1957

as Rees Mathry

6.8

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

as Ab Richards

Telephone Time

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

as Constable Johnson

The Millionaire

as Max MacIntyre

Gunsmoke

as John Tyson

The 20th Century Fox Hour

Climax!

as John Philippson

Hallmark Hall of Fame

1951

as Dr. Poole

8.6

The Philco Television Playhouse

1948

6.3