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Thorley Walters
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Thorley Swinstead Walters (12 May 1913 – 6 July 1991) was an English character actor. He is probably best remembered for his comedy film roles such as in Two-Way Stretch and Carl…
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Thorley Swinstead Walters (12 May 1913 – 6 July 1991) 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 Trinian's. He later appeared as Butters, assistant to Education Ministry senior civil servant Culpepper-Brown (Eric Barker) in The Pure Hell of St Trinian's and played the part of Culpepper-Brown in The Wildcats of St Trinian's. In the 1960s he also appeared in several Hammer horror films, including The Phantom of the Opera (1962), Dracula, Prince of Darkness (1966), Frankenstein Created Woman (1967) and Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed (1969). In the DVD commentary to The Man Who Haunted Himself, Roger Moore mentioned that co-star Walters lived in Dolphin Square, the prestigious apartment block in Pimlico, London in which some scenes of the film were shot. Thorley and Richard Hope-Hawkins visited the ailing Terry-Thomas in Barnes, London in 1989. Walters had starred with Terry in the Boulting Brother's film Carlton-Browne of the F.O., and was shocked at his appearance (he was ill with Parkinson's Disease). That visit resulted in the "Terry-Thomas Gala" held in the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane in the same year which raised funds to help Terry live the rest of his life in comfort. Hope-Hawkins was with Walters and actress Siobhan Redmond, when he died in a London nursing home. Actor Ian Bannen gave the main address at his funeral held at Golders Green. Description above from the Wikipedia article Thorley Walters, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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2025
Mrs. Weekley's Lover
Movie Baron Von Richthofen
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1994
The World of Hammer
TV show Self (archive footage)
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1991
A Murder of Quality
Movie Bishop Harry
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1990
He's Asking For Me
Movie Uncle Harold
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1988
Onassis: The Richest Man in the World
Movie Winston Churchill
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1988
The Dunroamin' Rising
Movie Mr Finister
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1988
The Play on One
TV show Mr Finister
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1987
Hammer: The Studio That Dripped Blood
Movie Ludwig (archive footage)
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1986
David Copperfield
TV show Richard 'Mr Dick' Babley
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1986
Paradise Postponed
TV show
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1985
Bulman
TV show Bill Dugdale
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1985
In the Secret State
Movie Johnny Davenport
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1985
Screen Two
TV show Uncle Harold
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1984
The Little Drummer Girl
Movie Ned Quilley
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1983
The Sign of Four
Movie Major John Sholto
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1982
Spider's Web
Movie Hugo Birch
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1982
Soft Targets
Movie Old Wedding Guest
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1980
A Cup O' Tea An' A Slice O' Cake - Worzel Gummidge Christmas Special
Movie Colonel Bloodstock
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1980
The Wildcats of St Trinian's
Movie Hugo Culpepper Brown
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1980
Cribb
TV show CI Jowett
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1980
A Question of Guilt
TV show Sir Charles Russell
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1979
Henry V
Movie Charles the Sixth, King of France
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1979
Minder
TV show Magistrate
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1979
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
TV show Tufty Thessinger
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1979
Tales of the Unexpected
TV show Harry Gold
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1979
Malice Aforethought
TV show Sir Francis Lee-Bannerton
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1979
Worzel Gummidge
TV show Colonel Bloodstock
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1978
Will Shakespeare
TV show Mr Justice Fleminge
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1978
Strangers
TV show Bill Dugdale
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1977
Treasure Island
TV show
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1977
The People That Time Forgot
Movie Norfolk
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1977
The Sunday Drama
TV show Dr John Watson
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1977
Raffles
TV show Lord Lochmaben
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1977
Silver Blaze
Movie Dr. Watson
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1976
James and the Giant Peach
Movie Grasshopper
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1976
Beasts: The Dummy
Movie Sir Ramsey
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1976
Beasts
TV show Sir Ramsey
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1976
The Duchess of Duke Street
TV show Bulstrode
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1975
The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother
Movie Dr. Watson
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1975
Chips with Everything
Movie Wing Commander
