Colin Tapley
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- May 7, 1907, Dunedin, South Island, New Zealand
- Died
- December 1, 1995
- Movies
- 52
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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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Best-Known Movies
Filmography
| 1962 | Strongroom | Haynes |
| 1962 | Emergency | Dr. Lloyd |
| 1962 | Gang War | Paul Alexis |
| 1962 | The Lamp in Assassin Mews | Inspector |
| 1961 | So Evil, So Young | Inspector |
| 1960 | The Sundowners | Palmer (uncredited) |
| 1960 | Compelled | Inspector |
| 1960 | An Honourable Murder | Casca |
| 1959 | Man Accused | Inspector |
| 1959 | Innocent Meeting | Stannard |
| 1958 | The Safecracker | Colonel Charles Mercer |
| 1958 | Son of a Stranger | |
| 1957 | Stranger in Town | Henry Ryland |
| 1955 | Barbados Quest | Lord Valchrist |
| 1955 | The Dam Busters | Doctor W.H. Glanville, C.B., C.B.E. |
| 1954 | The Diamond Wizard | Sir Stafford Beach |
| 1953 | 3 Steps to the Gallows | Arnold Winslow |
| 1953 | The Steel Key | Dr. Crabtree |
| 1953 | Noose for a Lady | Major Fergusson |
| 1953 | Strange Stories | Charles ('Strange Journey') |
| 1952 | Wings of Danger | Inspector Maxwell |
| 1952 | Wide Boy | Mannering |
| 1952 | Angels One Five | Adjutant |
| 1951 | Cloudburst | Inspector Davis |
| 1949 | Samson and Delilah | Prince |
| 1940 | Arizona | Bart Massey |
| 1940 | North West Mounted Police | Mountie |
| 1939 | The Light That Failed | Gardner |
| 1938 | Storm Over Bengal | Hallett |
| 1938 | If I Were King | Jehan LeLoup |
| 1938 | Booloo | Captain Robert Rogers |
| 1937 | Souls at Sea | Donaldson (uncredited) |
| 1937 | Night of Mystery | Chester Greene |
| 1937 | King of Gamblers | Joe |
| 1937 | The Crime Nobody Saw | Dr. Brooks |
| 1937 | Maid of Salem | Roger's Friend (Uncredited) |
| 1937 | Bulldog Drummond Escapes | Dixon |
| 1936 | Thank You, Jeeves! | Tom Brock |
| 1936 | The Return of Sophie Lang | Larry |
| 1936 | Early to Bed | Doctor Vernon |
| 1936 | Too Many Parents | Miller |
| 1936 | The Preview Murder Mystery | Studio Manager |
| 1936 | My Marriage | Sir Philip Burleigh |
| 1935 | Peter Ibbetson | Clerk (uncredited) |
| 1935 | The Last Outpost | Lieutenant Prescott |
| 1935 | The Black Room | Paul Hassel as a young lieutenant |
| 1935 | Becky Sharp | William Dobbin |
| 1935 | The Lives of a Bengal Lancer | Barrett |
| 1934 | Father Brown, Detective | Maître d' (uncredited) |
| 1934 | Wagon Wheels | Mountaineer |
| 1934 | Murder at the Vanities | Stage Manager (uncredited) |
| 1934 | Double Door | Dr. John Lucas |
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