Colin Tapley
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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.
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Acting
Movie
Samson and Delilah
as Prince
1949
Movie
The Dam Busters
as Doctor W.H. Glanville, C.B., C.B.E.
1955
Movie
Peter Ibbetson
as Clerk (uncredited)
1935
Movie
The Black Room
as Paul Hassel as a young lieutenant
1935
Movie
The Sundowners
as Palmer (uncredited)
1960
Movie
The Lives of a Bengal Lancer
as Barrett
1935
Movie
North West Mounted Police
as Mountie
1940
Movie
Angels One Five
as Adjutant
1952
Movie
Arizona
as Bart Massey
1940
Movie
Becky Sharp
as William Dobbin
1935
Movie
Bulldog Drummond Escapes
as Dixon
1937
Movie
Strongroom
as Haynes
1962
Movie
Double Door
as Dr. John Lucas
1934
Movie
Cloudburst
as Inspector Davis
1951
Movie
If I Were King
as Jehan LeLoup
1938
Movie
Souls at Sea
as Donaldson (uncredited)
1937
Movie
The Diamond Wizard
as Sir Stafford Beach
1954
Movie
Murder at the Vanities
as Stage Manager (uncredited)
1934
Movie
3 Steps to the Gallows
as Arnold Winslow
1953
Movie
Wagon Wheels
as Mountaineer
1934
Movie
Wings of Danger
as Inspector Maxwell
1952
Movie
The Last Outpost
as Lieutenant Prescott
1935
Movie
The Light That Failed
as Gardner
1939
Movie
Thank You, Jeeves!
as Tom Brock
1936