Torin Thatcher
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- January 15, 1905, Bombay, British India, India
- Died
- March 4, 1981
- Movies
- 68
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Torin Thatcher (15 January 1905 - 4 March 1981) was an English actor born in Bombay, British India, India), to English parents. He was an imposing, powerfully built figure noted for his flashy portrayals of screen villains.
He was educated in England at Bedford School and at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. He worked as a schoolmaster before first appearing on the London stage in 1927 and then entering British films in 1934. He appeared in the 1937 Old Vic stage production of Hamlet, in which Laurence Olivier made his first appearance in the title role, opposite Vivien Leigh as Ophelia. During the Second World War, he served with the Royal Artillery and was demobilized with the rank of lieutenant colonel.
Best-Known Movies
Filmography
| 1968 | The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde | Sir Turnbull |
| 1967 | The King's Pirate | Captain Cullen |
| 1967 | The Sweet and the Bitter | |
| 1966 | Hawaii | Reverend Thorn |
| 1965 | The Sandpiper | le juge Thompson |
| 1965 | The Holy Terror | Dr. Poole |
| 1964 | Hell of Borneo | Mr. Bellflower |
| 1963 | Decision at Midnight | Southstream |
| 1963 | Drums of Africa | Jack Cuortemayn |
| 1962 | Mutiny on the Bounty | Staines |
| 1962 | Jack the Giant Killer | Pendragon |
| 1961 | The Canadians | Superintendent Walker |
| 1960 | The Citadel | Sir Robert Abbey |
| 1958 | The 7th Voyage of Sinbad | Sokurah the Magician |
| 1958 | Darby's Rangers | Sergeant McTavish |
| 1957 | Witness for the Prosecution | Mr. Myers |
| 1957 | Band of Angels | Capt. Canavan |
| 1957 | Istanbul | Douglas Fielding |
| 1957 | So Soon to Die | Inspector Galloway |
| 1956 | The Deadly Riddle | The Red Knight |
| 1956 | Helen of Troy | Ulysses |
| 1956 | Diane | Louis - Count de Breze |
| 1955 | Lady Godiva of Coventry | Lord Godwin |
| 1955 | Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing | Humphrey Palmer-Jones |
| 1954 | Bengal Brigade | Colonel Morrow |
| 1954 | The Black Shield of Falworth | Sir James |
| 1954 | Knock on Wood | Godfrey Langston |
| 1953 | The Robe | Sen. Gallio |
| 1953 | Houdini | Otto |
| 1953 | The Desert Rats | Col. Barney White |
| 1952 | Blackbeard, the Pirate | Sir Henry Morgan |
| 1952 | The Crimson Pirate | Humble Bellows |
| 1952 | The Snows of Kilimanjaro | Johnson |
| 1952 | Affair in Trinidad | Inspector Smythe |
| 1950 | The Black Rose | Harry |
| 1949 | Now Barabbas | Customs Officer |
| 1948 | Bonnie Prince Charlie | Colonel Ker |
| 1948 | The Fallen Idol | Policeman |
| 1947 | The End of the River | Lisboa |
| 1947 | When The Bough Breaks | Adams |
| 1947 | Jassy | Bob Wicks |
| 1947 | The Man Within | Jailer |
| 1946 | Great Expectations | Bentley Drummle |
| 1946 | I See a Dark Stranger | Police Constable |
| 1946 | The Captive Heart | Repatriation Official (uncredited) |
| 1942 | The Next of Kin | German General |
| 1942 | Saboteur | Man (uncredited) |
| 1941 | Major Barbara | Todger Fairmile |
| 1941 | Gasbags | SS Man |
| 1940 | Saloon Bar | Mr. Garrod |
| 1940 | The Case of the Frightened Lady | Jim Tilling, the Groundsman |
| 1940 | Night Train to Munich | |
| 1940 | Let George Do It! | U-Boat Commander |
| 1940 | Law and Disorder | Karl Bergsen |
| 1940 | Contraband | Sailor |
| 1939 | The Lion Has Wings | Seaman Receiving Information About German Activity |
| 1939 | The Kindled Flame | Festus |
| 1939 | Old Mother Riley, MP | Jack Nelson |
| 1939 | The Spy in Black | Submarine Officer |
| 1938 | Climbing High | Jim Castle |
| 1938 | The Challenge | Young Officer (uncredited) |
| 1937 | Young and Innocent | Nobby's Lodging House Caretaker (uncredited) |
| 1936 | Sabotage | Mr. Verloc's Visitor (uncredited) |
| 1936 | Crime Over London | |
| 1936 | The Man Who Could Work Miracles | Observer |
| 1936 | The Common Round | Martin |
| 1935 | Drake of England | |
| 1933 | Red Wagon | Eddie Prince |
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