Actor
Colin Tapley
Born 1907 · 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 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.
Acting
Samson and Delilah
Prince · 1949
The Dam Busters
Doctor W.H. Glanville, C.B., C.B.E. · 1955
Peter Ibbetson
Clerk (uncredited) · 1935
The Sundowners
Palmer (uncredited) · 1960
The Black Room
Paul Hassel as a young lieutenant · 1935
The Lives of a Bengal Lancer
Barrett · 1935
North West Mounted Police
Mountie · 1940
Night of Mystery
Chester Greene · 1937
Arizona
Bart Massey · 1940
Angels One Five
Adjutant · 1952
If I Were King
Jehan LeLoup · 1938
Double Door
Dr. John Lucas · 1934
Richard the Lionheart
Steward · 1962
Strongroom
Haynes · 1962
Souls at Sea
Donaldson (uncredited) · 1937
Becky Sharp
William Dobbin · 1935
Cloudburst
Inspector Davis · 1951
Bulldog Drummond Escapes
Dixon · 1937
3 Steps to the Gallows
Arnold Winslow · 1953
Early to Bed
Doctor Vernon · 1936
Booloo
Captain Robert Rogers · 1938
Stranger in Town
Henry Ryland · 1957
Wide Boy
Mannering · 1952
The Adventures of Sir Lancelot
Lord Vanton · 1956