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Thorley Walters
- Name: Thorley Walters
- Birthday: 1913-05-12
- Also known as: Thorley Swinstead Walters
- Place of birth: Teigngrace, Devon, England, UK
- Popularity: 4.488
Biography:
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
Thorley Swinstead Walters (born 12 May 1913, Teigngrace, Devon – 6 July 1991, London) was an English character actor.
He is probably best remembered for his comedy film roles such as in Two-Way Stretch and Carlton-Browne of the FO. He also appeared in the acclaimed TV drama Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy.
Walters played Sherlock Holmes sidekick Doctor Watson in four unrelated films: Sherlock Holmes and the Deadly Necklace (1962), The Best House in London (1969), The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother (1975), and Silver Blaze (1977).
He featured in three of the St Trinian's movies, starting as an army major in Blue Murder at St... Read More
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| Title | Release date |
|---|---|
| A Murder of Quality as Bishop Harry | 1991-10-04 |
| He's Asking For Me as Uncle Harold | 1990-02-18 |
| Onassis: The Richest Man in the World as Winston Churchill | 1988-05-01 |
| The Dunroamin' Rising as Mr Finister | 1988-02-19 |
| Hammer: The Studio That Dripped Blood as Ludwig (archive footage) | 1987-06-26 |
| In the Secret State as Johnny Davenport | 1985-03-10 |
| The Little Drummer Girl as Ned Quilley | 1984-10-19 |
| The Sign of Four as Major John Sholto | 1983-12-06 |
| Spider's Web as Hugo Birch | 1982-12-26 |
| Soft Targets as Old Wedding Guest | 1982-10-19 |
| A Cup O' Tea An' A Slice O' Cake - Worzel Gummidge Christmas Special as Colonel Bloodstock | 1980-12-27 |
| The Wildcats of St. Trinian's as Hugo Culpepper Brown | 1980-09-10 |
| Henry V as Charles the Sixth, King of France | 1979-12-23 |
| The People That Time Forgot as Norfolk | 1977-07-06 |
| Silver Blaze as Dr. Watson | 1977-01-20 |
| James and the Giant Peach as Grasshopper | 1976-12-28 |
| Beasts: The Dummy as Sir Ramsey | 1976-11-20 |
| The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother as Dr. Watson | 1975-12-14 |
| Goodbye as Chalcott-Bentinck | 1975-03-06 |
| The Apple Cart as Home Secretary | 1975-01-19 |
| Soft Beds, Hard Battles as General Erhardt | 1974-01-24 |
| Ring Once for Death as Dr. Ledworth | 1973-12-06 |
| Vampire Circus as Burgermeister | 1972-04-30 |
| Mr. Forbush and the Penguins as Mr. Forbush Sr. | 1971-07-29 |
| There's a Girl in My Soup as Manager of Carlton Hotel | 1970-12-15 |
| Bartleby as The Colleague | 1970-10-30 |
| Trog as Magistrate | 1970-10-24 |
| The Man Who Haunted Himself as Frank Bellamy | 1970-09-17 |
| Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed as Insp. Fritsch | 1969-05-22 |
| The Last Shot You Hear as Gen. Jowett | 1969-05-14 |
| Crooks and Coronets as Hubbard | 1969-04-02 |
| Oh! What a Lovely War as Staff Officer | 1969-03-10 |
| The Best House in London as Doctor Watson | 1969-01-01 |
| Twisted Nerve as Sir John Forrester | 1968-12-20 |
| On the Eve of Publication as Holland | 1968-11-27 |
| Frankenstein Created Woman as Dr. Hertz | 1967-03-15 |
| The Family Way as Vicar | 1966-12-18 |
| The Wrong Box as Patience | 1966-06-19 |
| The Psychopath as Martin Roth | 1966-02-04 |
| Dracula: Prince of Darkness as Ludwig | 1966-01-09 |
| Rotten to the Core as Chief Constable Preston | 1965-07-14 |
| Joey Boy as Col. Grant | 1965-01-01 |
| The Earth Dies Screaming as Edgar Otis | 1964-10-14 |
| Ring of Spies as Cmdr. Winters | 1964-03-23 |
| Heavens Above! as Tranquilax Executive | 1963-05-20 |
| Sherlock Holmes and the Deadly Necklace as Dr. Watson | 1962-11-30 |
| The Phantom of the Opera as Lattimer | 1962-06-25 |
| Petticoat Pirates as Captain Jerome Robertson | 1961-11-01 |
| Murder She Said as Cedric Ackenthorpe | 1961-09-26 |
| Invasion Quartet | 1961-09-01 |
| The Pure Hell of St. Trinian's as Butters | 1960-12-22 |
| Two Way Stretch as Col. Parkright | 1960-12-20 |
| Suspect as Special Agent Prince | 1960-11-15 |
| A French Mistress as Colonel Edmonds | 1960-08-25 |
| Carlton-Browne of the F.O. as Colonel Bellingham | 1959-03-10 |
| Don't Panic Chaps! | 1959-01-01 |
| Happy Is the Bride as Jim | 1958-03-04 |
| A Lady Mislaid as Mr. Smith | 1958-01-01 |
| Blue Murder at St. Trinian's as Major Whitehart | 1957-12-01 |
| The Birthday Present as Photographer | 1957-10-31 |
| The Truth About Women as Trevor Eaton | 1957-10-01 |
| Second Fiddle as Charles | 1957-06-10 |
| The Passionate Stranger as Jimmy | 1957-03-04 |
| Who Done It? as Raymond Courtney | 1956-03-20 |
| Private's Progress as Captain Bootle | 1956-02-17 |
| You Can't Escape as Chadwick | 1956-01-01 |
| Josephine and Men as Salesman | 1955-11-09 |
| Captain Boycott as Army Officer (uncredited) | 1947-08-26 |
| Waltz Time as Stefan Ravenne | 1945-08-13 |
| Medal for the General as Andrew | 1944-11-06 |
| It Happened to One Man as Ronnie | 1940-10-12 |
| The Kindled Flame as Cleon | 1939-08-29 |
| Design for Murder as Huey Frazer | 1939-03-27 |
| Life of St. Paul as Unidentified role | 1938-09-30 |
| The Love Test as Chemist | 1935-06-30 |
| Once in a New Moon as Beamish | 1935-01-01 |
