Colin Tapley
Known for ActingBorn 1907-05-07 — died 1995-12-01Dunedin, South Island, New Zealand
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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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Known for
Samson and Delilah
1949 · as Prince
Peter Ibbetson
1935 · as Clerk (uncredited)
The Dam Busters
1955 · as Doctor W.H. Glanville, C.B., C.B.E.
The Sundowners
1960 · as Palmer (uncredited)
Innocent Meeting
1959 · as Stannard
Becky Sharp
1935 · as William Dobbin
The Black Room
1935 · as Paul Hassel as a young lieutenant
The Lives of a Bengal Lancer
1935 · as Barrett
Barbados Quest
1955 · as Lord Valchrist
North West Mounted Police
1940 · as Mountie
Arizona
1940 · as Bart Massey
Angels One Five
1952 · as Adjutant
If I Were King
1938 · as Jehan LeLoup
My Marriage
1936 · as Sir Philip Burleigh
Wings of Danger
1952 · as Inspector Maxwell
Booloo
1938 · as Captain Robert Rogers
Thank You, Jeeves!
1936 · as Tom Brock
Souls at Sea
1937 · as Donaldson (uncredited)