Torin Thatcher
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 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. Thatcher appeared in classic British films of the late 1930s and 1940s, including Major Barbara (1941) and Great Expectations (1946), in which he played Bentley Drummle. He moved to Hollywood in the 1950s. He was constantly in demand, invariably lending his looming figure and baleful countenance to sinister or stern roles in popular costume thrillers such as The Crimson Pirate (1952), Blackbeard the Pirate (1952), The Robe (1953) (as the disapproving father of Richard Burton's character), The Black Shield of Falworth (1954), Helen of Troy (1956), Darby's Rangers (1958), and The 7th Voyage of Sinbad (1958). He also appeared in the Marlon Brando and Trevor Howard 1962 remake of Mutiny on the Bounty. He returned to the stage quite frequently, notably on Broadway, in such esteemed productions as Edward, My Son (1948), That Lady (1949) and Billy Budd (1951). In 1959, he portrayed Captain Keller in the award-winning play The Miracle Worker with Anne Bancroft and Patty Duke. All of these plays were filmed, but Thatcher did not appear in the movie versions. Also a steady fixture on television, he appeared in such made-for-TV films as adaptations of A. J. Cronin's Beyond This Place (1957) and The Citadel (1960),Bonanza(1961), and Brenda Starr (1976). He also played the title role in a Philco Television Playhouse version of Othello and acted in a CBS production of Beyond This Place (1957). Thatcher died of cancer on March 4, 1981, in Thousand Oaks, California, in the Los Angeles area.
Known for
Credits
Witness for the Prosecution (1957)
as Mr. Myers
The 7th Voyage of Sinbad (1958)
as Sokurah the Magician
Helen of Troy (1956)
as Ulysses
Mutiny on the Bounty (1962)
as Staines
Great Expectations (1946)
as Bentley Drummle
Saboteur (1942)
as Man (uncredited)
Lady Godiva of Coventry (1955)
as Lord Godwin
The Robe (1953)
as Sen. Gallio
The Crimson Pirate (1952)
as Humble Bellows
The Sandpiper (1965)
as le juge Thompson
The Snows of Kilimanjaro (1952)
as Johnson
Jack the Giant Killer (1962)
as Pendragon
Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing (1955)
as Humphrey Palmer-Jones
The Desert Rats (1953)
as Col. Barney White
Houdini (1953)
as Otto
Night Train to Munich (1940)
Actor
The Black Shield of Falworth (1954)
as Sir James
Young and Innocent (1937)
as Nobby's Lodging House Caretaker (uncredited)
Band of Angels (1957)
as Capt. Canavan
The Man Who Could Work Miracles (1936)
as Observer
Darby's Rangers (1958)
as Sergeant McTavish
Affair in Trinidad (1952)
as Inspector Smythe
The Spy in Black (1939)
as Submarine Officer
Sabotage (1936)
as Mr. Verloc's Visitor (uncredited)
Hawaii (1966)
as Reverend Thorn
The King's Pirate (1967)
as Captain Cullen
Blackbeard, the Pirate (1952)
as Sir Henry Morgan
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1968)
as Sir Turnbull
Istanbul (1957)
as Douglas Fielding
The Fallen Idol (1948)
as Policeman
The Lion Has Wings (1939)
as Seaman Receiving Information About German Activity
So Soon to Die (1957)
as Inspector Galloway
The Next of Kin (1942)
as German General
The Captive Heart (1946)
as Repatriation Official (uncredited)
The Black Rose (1950)
as Harry
I See a Dark Stranger (1946)
as Police Constable
Let George Do It! (1940)
as U-Boat Commander
The End of the River (1947)
as Lisboa
Contraband (1940)
as Sailor
Diane (1956)
as Louis - Count de Breze
The Citadel (1960)
as Sir Robert Abbey
The Canadians (1961)
as Superintendent Walker
Knock on Wood (1954)
as Godfrey Langston
The Holy Terror (1965)
as Dr. Poole
Drums of Africa (1963)
as Jack Cuortemayn
When The Bough Breaks (1947)
as Adams
Bengal Brigade (1954)
as Colonel Morrow
Old Mother Riley, MP (1939)
as Jack Nelson
Major Barbara (1941)
as Todger Fairmile
The Case of the Frightened Lady (1940)
as Jim Tilling, the Groundsman
The Sweet and the Bitter (1967)
Actor
Decision at Midnight (1963)
as Southstream
The Man Within (1947)
as Jailer
Saloon Bar (1940)
as Mr. Garrod
Bonnie Prince Charlie (1948)
as Colonel Ker
The Common Round (1936)
as Martin
Crime Over London (1936)
Actor
Hell of Borneo (1964)
as Mr. Bellflower
The Challenge (1938)
as Young Officer (uncredited)
Jassy (1947)
as Bob Wicks
The Kindled Flame (1939)
as Festus
Now Barabbas (1949)
as Customs Officer
The Deadly Riddle (1956)
as The Red Knight
Red Wagon (1933)
as Eddie Prince
Law and Disorder (1940)
as Karl Bergsen
Drake of England (1935)
Actor
Climbing High (1938)
as Jim Castle
Gasbags (1941)
as SS Man