Cast & creator
Colin Tapley
Best known for Richard the Lionheart, Richard the Lionheart, The Adventures of Sir Lancelot
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.
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film credits
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television credits
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1934–1962 · acting roles
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Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (55)
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Richard the Lionheart
Steward
1962Richard the Lionheart
Chamberlain
1962
The Adventures of Sir Lancelot
Lord Vanton
1956The Adventures of Sir Lancelot
Everard
1956
Samson and Delilah
Prince
1949
Arizona
Bart Massey
1940
The Dam Busters
Doctor W.H. Glanville, C.B., C.B.E.
1955
North West Mounted Police
Mountie
1940
If I Were King
Jehan LeLoup
1938
Peter Ibbetson
Clerk (uncredited)
1935
Barbados Quest
Lord Valchrist
1955
Murder at the Vanities
Stage Manager (uncredited)
1934
My Marriage
Sir Philip Burleigh
1936
The Lives of a Bengal Lancer
Barrett
1935
The Black Room
Paul Hassel as a young lieutenant
1935
Innocent Meeting
Stannard
1959
Becky Sharp
William Dobbin
1935
The Preview Murder Mystery
Studio Manager
1936
The Sundowners
Palmer (uncredited)
1960
3 Steps to the Gallows
Arnold Winslow
1953
The Light That Failed
Gardner
1939
Angels One Five
Adjutant
1952
So Evil, So Young
Inspector
1961
Souls at Sea
Donaldson (uncredited)
1937
Noose for a Lady
Major Fergusson
1953
The Last Outpost
Lieutenant Prescott
1935
Compelled
Inspector
1960
Wagon Wheels
Mountaineer
1934The Lamp in Assassin Mews
Inspector
1962
Night of Mystery
Chester Greene
1937
Maid of Salem
Roger's Friend (Uncredited)
1937
Double Door
Dr. John Lucas
1934
The Return of Sophie Lang
Larry
1936
The Crime Nobody Saw
Dr. Brooks
1937
The Safecracker
Colonel Charles Mercer
1958
Father Brown, Detective
Maître d' (uncredited)
1934
The Diamond Wizard
Sir Stafford Beach
1954
Early to Bed
Doctor Vernon
1936
Thank You, Jeeves!
Tom Brock
1936
The Steel Key
Dr. Crabtree
1953
Bulldog Drummond Escapes
Dixon
1937
Storm Over Bengal
Hallett
1938
Strongroom
Haynes
1962
King of Gamblers
Joe
1937
Wings of Danger
Inspector Maxwell
1952
Strange Stories
Charles ('Strange Journey')
1953
Cloudburst
Inspector Davis
1951Too Many Parents
Miller
1936
Stranger in Town
Henry Ryland
1957
Wide Boy
Mannering
1952Gang War
Paul Alexis
1962An Honourable Murder
Casca
1960
Man Accused
Inspector
1959
Emergency
Dr. Lloyd
1962Booloo
Captain Robert Rogers
1938