Colin Tapley
Known for Acting
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
The Dam Busters
1955
as Doctor W.H. Glanville, C.B., C.B.E.
Samson and Delilah
1949
as Prince
Peter Ibbetson
1935
as Clerk (uncredited)
North West Mounted Police
1940
as Mountie
The Sundowners
1960
as Palmer (uncredited)
The Lives of a Bengal Lancer
1935
as Barrett
If I Were King
1938
as Jehan LeLoup
Becky Sharp
1935
as William Dobbin
The Last Outpost
1935
as Lieutenant Prescott
Arizona
1940
as Bart Massey
Souls at Sea
1937
as Donaldson (uncredited)
Double Door
1934
as Dr. John Lucas
The Black Room
1935
as Paul Hassel as a young lieutenant
Angels One Five
1952
as Adjutant
The Light That Failed
1939
as Gardner
The Preview Murder Mystery
1936
as Studio Manager
Maid of Salem
1937
as Roger's Friend (Uncredited)
Early to Bed
1936
as Doctor Vernon
Storm Over Bengal
1938
as Hallett
Murder at the Vanities
1934
as Stage Manager (uncredited)