Colin Tapley

Known for ActingBorn 1907-05-07Died 1995-12-01Dunedin, 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. Read more

Movies & web series

Night of Mystery

Richard the Lionheart

Early to Bed

Booloo

King of Gamblers

Gang War

An Honourable Murder

Man Accused

The Adventures of Sir Lancelot

If I Were King

The Dam Busters

Wide Boy

Stranger in Town

Peter Ibbetson

The Sundowners

Double Door

Innocent Meeting

3 Steps to the Gallows

The Return of Sophie Lang

Strongroom

The Lamp in Assassin Mews

Samson and Delilah

The Steel Key

My Marriage

The Lives of a Bengal Lancer

Souls at Sea

Arizona

The Black Room

Cloudburst

Father Brown, Detective

North West Mounted Police

Thank You, Jeeves!

Angels One Five

Emergency

Compelled

The Safecracker

The Last Outpost

Maid of Salem

Noose for a Lady

Bulldog Drummond Escapes

The Diamond Wizard

Storm Over Bengal

Wings of Danger

The Preview Murder Mystery

The Light That Failed

Becky Sharp

The Crime Nobody Saw

Murder at the Vanities