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Colin Tapley

b. 1909 — d. 1995 (aged 86) Dunedin, South Island, New Zealand
Actor

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.                    ​

Known For

Filmography

Shadow of Fear
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★ 5.2
Shadow of Fear
1963 Actor
John Bowen
Emergency
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★ 5.4
Emergency
1962 Actor
Dr. Lloyd
The Lamp in Assassin Mews
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★ 6.2
The Lamp in Assassin Mews
1962 Actor
Inspector
Gang War
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★ 5.7
Gang War
1962 Actor
Paul Alexis
So Evil, So Young
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★ 5.2
So Evil, So Young
1961 Actor
Inspector
The Cheaters
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★ 7.2
The Cheaters
1960 Actor
Marsden
An Honourable Murder
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★ 5.3
An Honourable Murder
1960 Actor
Casca
Compelled
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★ 5.1
Compelled
1960 Actor
Inspector
Man Accused
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★ 5.7
Man Accused
1959 Actor
Inspector Long
Innocent Meeting
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★ 5.8
Innocent Meeting
1959 Actor
Stannard
High Jump
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★ 4.0
High Jump
1959 Actor
Security Guard
A Stranger in Town
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★ 6.0
A Stranger in Town
1957 Actor
Henry Ryland
🎬
📺
New Ramps for Old
1956 Actor
Det. Insp. Welsh
The Dam Busters
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★ 7.4
The Dam Busters
1955 Actor
Doctor W. H. Glanville, C.B., C.B.E.
Murder on Approval
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★ 5.8
Murder on Approval
1955 Actor
Lord Valchrist
The Vise
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★ 7.0
The Vise
1954 Actor
Inspector Price
Late Night Final
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★ 6.7
Late Night Final
1954 Actor
Inspector Turner
White Fire
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★ 6.4
White Fire
1953 Actor
Winslow
Noose for a Lady
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★ 6.1
Noose for a Lady
1953 Actor
Major Fergusson
The Steel Key
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★ 5.8
The Steel Key
1953 Actor
Dr. Crabtree
Strange Stories
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★ 6.2
Strange Stories
1953 Actor
Charles
Dead on Course
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★ 5.3
Dead on Course
1952 Actor
Inspector Maxwell
Wide Boy
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★ 6.6
Wide Boy
1952 Actor
Mannering
Cloudburst
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★ 6.6
Cloudburst
1951 Actor
Insp. Davis
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🎞️
Away from It All
1950 Actor
Daniel B. Delane
Women in War
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★ 5.7
Women in War
1940 Actor
Capt. Tedford, the Masher
The Light That Failed
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★ 6.4
The Light That Failed
1939 Actor
Gardner
Storm Over Bengal
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★ 5.2
Storm Over Bengal
1938 Actor
Hallett
Booloo
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★ 4.4
Booloo
1938 Actor
Capt. Robert Rogers
The Crime Nobody Saw
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★ 6.2
The Crime Nobody Saw
1937 Actor
Dr. Randolph Brooks
King of Gamblers
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★ 6.0
King of Gamblers
1937 Actor
Joe
Wild Money
🎞️
★ 6.6
Wild Money
1937 Actor
Cole
Night of Mystery
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★ 4.8
Night of Mystery
1937 Actor
Chester Greene
The Preview Murder Mystery
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★ 6.4
The Preview Murder Mystery
1936 Actor
Studio Manager
Thank You, Jeeves!
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★ 6.2
Thank You, Jeeves!
1936 Actor
Tom Brock
The Return of Sophie Lang
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★ 6.7
The Return of Sophie Lang
1936 Actor
Larry - the Purser
My Marriage
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★ 5.8
My Marriage
1936 Actor
Sir Philip Burleigh
Too Many Parents
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★ 6.5
Too Many Parents
1936 Actor
Miller
Early to Bed
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★ 6.7
Early to Bed
1936 Actor
Dr. Vernon
The Lives of a Bengal Lancer
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★ 7.0
The Lives of a Bengal Lancer
1935 Actor
Lt. Barrett
The Black Room
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★ 6.9
The Black Room
1935 Actor
Lt. Paul Hassel
The Last Outpost
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★ 6.0
The Last Outpost
1935 Actor
Lieutenant Prescott
Double Door
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★ 6.8
Double Door
1934 Actor
Dr. John Lucas