Colin Tapley
Date of birth: 1907-05-07
Place of birth: Dunedin, South Island, New Zealand
Known for: Acting
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Biography
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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The Black Room
1935-07-15
In a 16th-century European town, the ruling family has been given a prophecy that, should there ever
The Dam Busters
1955-05-16
The story of the conception of a new British weapon for smashing the German dams in the Ruhr industr
Cloudburst
1951-07-01
Canadian World War II veteran John Graham works in London as a code breaker. Tragedy strikes when hi
The Lives of a Bengal Lancer
1935-01-11
In the Northwest Frontier of India, the 41st Bengal Lancers led by the harsh Colonel Tom Stone are h
Barbados Quest
1955-07-01
Special investigator Duke Martin is in London to investigate the authenticity of a rare postage stam
Bulldog Drummond Escapes
1937-01-22
Drummond manages to save a woman from jumping in front of his car but she runs away with his car. He
Peter Ibbetson
1935-11-07
When his mother dies, young Peter Ibbetson leaves Paris and his best friend, Mary, behind to live wi
Becky Sharp
1935-06-28
In early 19th century England, ambitious and ruthless orphan Rebecca Sharp advances from the positio
The Diamond Wizard
1954-04-01
While in London trying to nab several fugitives who stole a million dollars from a U.S. Treasury vau
Wings of Danger
1952-04-01
A former pilot suffering from blackouts discovers that a fellow flyer is suspected of being mixed up
If I Were King
1938-09-28
King Louis XI masquerades as a commoner in Paris, seeking out the treachery he is sure lurks in his
Wide Boy
1952-04-01
Picking a pocket leads to blackmail and murder for a petty criminal in London.
Strange Stories
1953-01-01
'Strange Stories' consists of two stories, 'The Strange Mr Bartleby' and 'The Strange Journey'. The
The Crime Nobody Saw
1937-03-12
Three playwrights develop a plot around a drunk who gets killed in their apartment.
Too Many Parents
1936-03-19
Boys are sent to military school in order to get them out of the way of their too-busy-to-bother par
So Evil, So Young
1961-01-01
A young girl is framed for a robbery and sent to a harsh reform school, where she becomes the target
The Preview Murder Mystery
1936-02-28
Someone is murdering the cast and crew of a new Hollywood movie, and the leading lady may be next. A
Compelled
1960-12-01
An ex-convict who's built a respectable post-prison life for himself as an engineer discovers that a
Night of Mystery
1937-05-21
One of a series of movies based on the character Philo Vance
The Return of Sophie Lang
1936-06-18
In order to give up her life of crime and go straight, renowned jewel thief Sophie Lang fakes her ow
Souls at Sea
1937-09-03
Michael 'Nuggin' Taylor and Powdah save lives during a sea tragedy in this story about the slave tra
My Marriage
1936-01-31
When gangster's bullets put an end to the career of H.J. Barton, underworld gambling czar who masque
The Sundowners
1960-12-08
In the Australian Outback, the Carmody family--Paddy, Ida, and their teenage son Sean--are sheep dro
The Light That Failed
1939-12-24
A London artist struggles to complete one last painting before going blind.
Emergency
1962-03-02
When a little girl is knocked down it is discovered that there are only three donors of the right bl
Arizona
1940-12-25
Phoebe Titus is a tough, swaggering pioneer woman, but her ways become decidedly more feminine when
Man Accused
1959-10-01
Soon after celebrating his engagement to aristocratic heiress Kathy Riddle (Carol Marsh), engineer B
Thank You, Jeeves!
1936-10-04
Jeeves tries to keep his young master out of trouble.
Booloo
1938-07-29
White hunters in a Malayan jungle stalk a white tiger and bait their trap with a native girl. Captai
3 Steps to the Gallows
1953-12-01
A U.S. sailor docks in London and in three days tries to save his brother from the gallows.
North West Mounted Police
1940-10-22
Texas Ranger Dusty Rivers ("Isn't that a contradiction in terms?", another character asks him) trave
King of Gamblers
1937-04-22
Working for a slick restaurateur who has fallen for her, a down-on-life songstress falls instead for
The Last Outpost
1935-10-11
During WW1, the destinies of British officers Michael Andrews and John Stevenson seem intertwined on
Murder at the Vanities
1934-05-18
Shortly before the curtain goes up the first time at the latest performance of Earl Carroll's Vaniti
Storm Over Bengal
1938-11-14
This being a Republic picture, it should come as no surprise that Storm Over Bengal was filmed in it
Early to Bed
1936-06-05
Chester Beatty and Tessie Weeks have been engaged for 5 years and going together for 15 years before
Double Door
1934-05-04
In 1910 Manhattan, Victoria Van Brett, a bitter spinster heiress lives an isolated life with her sis
Samson and Delilah
1949-12-21
When strongman Samson rejects the love of the beautiful Philistine woman Delilah, she seeks vengeanc
Maid of Salem
1937-02-12
When a young woman named Barbara Clarke has an affair with adventurer Roger Coverman, it causes a sc
Noose for a Lady
1953-04-01
A woman has been sentenced to death by hanging. Her cousin believes she is innocent and he works aga
Strongroom
1962-05-04
During a bank robbery, the manager and a cashier are locked in the strongroom, while the crooks esca
The Steel Key
1953-05-01
An adventurer investigates the theft of a formula for hardened steel, assisted by his girlfriend.
The Safecracker
1958-03-05
Safe cracker, Colley Dawson, is recruited to steal a list of Nazi agents from a safe in a Nazi occup
Angels One Five
1952-03-19
The year is 1940 and Pilot Officer T.B. Baird arrives straight out of flight school to join a front
Stranger in Town
1957-05-01
A vacationing journalist investigates the mysterious death of a composer and debunks the theory that
Gang War
1962-01-01
During the early 1960s, a Chicago mobster and a Londoner try to get involved in a jukebox racket.
An Honourable Murder
1960-03-31
A modern boardroom take on Julius Caesar.
Father Brown, Detective
1934-12-14
After notorious jewel thief Flambeau meets Evelyn Fischer during a raid on a casino, he falls deeply
The Lamp in Assassin Mews
1962-01-01
To beautify his street and trim city spending, stuffy councilman Jack (Francis Matthews) pushes to h