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Colin Tapley
Dunedin, South Island, New Zealand
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…
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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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1962
Richard the Lionheart
TV show Steward
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1962
Strongroom
Movie Haynes
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1962
Emergency
Movie Dr. Lloyd
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1962
The Lamp in Assassin Mews
Movie Inspector
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1962
Gang War
Movie Paul Alexis
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1961
So Evil, So Young
Movie Inspector
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1960
The Sundowners
Movie Palmer (uncredited)
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1960
Compelled
Movie Inspector
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1960
An Honourable Murder
Movie Casca
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1959
Man Accused
Movie Inspector
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1959
Innocent Meeting
Movie Stannard
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1958
The Safecracker
Movie Colonel Charles Mercer
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1957
Stranger in Town
Movie Henry Ryland
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1956
The Adventures of Sir Lancelot
TV show Lord Vanton
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1955
Barbados Quest
Movie Lord Valchrist
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1955
The Dam Busters
Movie Doctor W.H. Glanville, C.B., C.B.E.
More credits
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1954
The Diamond Wizard
Movie Sir Stafford Beach
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1953
3 Steps to the Gallows
Movie Arnold Winslow
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1953
The Steel Key
Movie Dr. Crabtree
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1953
Noose for a Lady
Movie Major Fergusson
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1953
Strange Stories
Movie Charles ('Strange Journey')
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1952
Wings of Danger
Movie Inspector Maxwell
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1952
Wide Boy
Movie Mannering
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1952
Angels One Five
Movie Adjutant
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1951
Cloudburst
Movie Inspector Davis
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1949
Samson and Delilah
Movie Prince
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1940
Arizona
Movie Bart Massey
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1940
North West Mounted Police
Movie Mountie
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1939
The Light That Failed
Movie Gardner
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1938
Storm Over Bengal
Movie Hallett
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1938
If I Were King
Movie Jehan LeLoup
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1938
Booloo
Movie Captain Robert Rogers
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1937
Souls at Sea
Movie Donaldson (uncredited)
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1937
Night of Mystery
Movie Chester Greene
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1937
King of Gamblers
Movie Joe
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1937
The Crime Nobody Saw
Movie Dr. Brooks
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1937
Maid of Salem
Movie Roger's Friend (Uncredited)
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1937
Bulldog Drummond Escapes
Movie Dixon
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1936
Thank You, Jeeves!
Movie Tom Brock
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1936
The Return of Sophie Lang
Movie Larry
