Thorley Walters
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Thorley Swinstead Walters (12 May 1913 – 6 July 1991) was an English character actor. He is probably best remembered for his comedy film roles such as in Two-Way Stretch and Carlton-Browne of the FO. He also appeared in the acclaimed TV drama Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy. Walters played Sherlock Holmes sidekick Doctor Watson in four unrelated films: Sherlock Holmes and the Deadly Necklace (1962), The Best House in London (1969), The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother (1975), and Silver Blaze (1977). He featured in three of the St Trinian's movies, starting as an army major in Blue Murder at St Trinian's. He later appeared as Butters, assistant to Education Ministry senior civil servant Culpepper-Brown (Eric Barker) in The Pure Hell of St Trinian's and played the part of Culpepper-Brown in The Wildcats of St Trinian's. In the 1960s he also appeared in several Hammer horror films, including The Phantom of the Opera (1962), Dracula, Prince of Darkness (1966), Frankenstein Created Woman (1967) and Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed (1969). In the DVD commentary to The Man Who Haunted Himself, Roger Moore mentioned that co-star Walters lived in Dolphin Square, the prestigious apartment block in Pimlico, London in which some scenes of the film were shot. Thorley and Richard Hope-Hawkins visited the ailing Terry-Thomas in Barnes, London in 1989. Walters had starred with Terry in the Boulting Brother's film Carlton-Browne of the F.O., and was shocked at his appearance (he was ill with Parkinson's Disease). That visit resulted in the "Terry-Thomas Gala" held in the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane in the same year which raised funds to help Terry live the rest of his life in comfort. Hope-Hawkins was with Walters and actress Siobhan Redmond, when he died in a London nursing home. Actor Ian Bannen gave the main address at his funeral held at Golders Green. Description above from the Wikipedia article Thorley Walters, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for
Credits
Invasion Quartet (1961)
Actor
The Little Drummer Girl (1984)
as Ned Quilley
Dracula: Prince of Darkness (1966)
as Ludwig
Soft Beds, Hard Battles (1974)
as General Erhardt
A Murder of Quality (1991)
as Bishop Harry
Second Fiddle (1957)
as Charles
The Wrong Box (1966)
as Patience
Frankenstein Created Woman (1967)
as Dr. Hertz
Bartleby (1970)
as The Colleague
Young Winston (1972)
as Major Finn
Twisted Nerve (1968)
as Sir John Forrester
The Phantom of the Opera (1962)
as Lattimer
Oh! What a Lovely War (1969)
as Staff Officer
Murder She Said (1961)
as Cedric Ackenthorpe
A French Mistress (1960)
as Colonel Edmonds
The People That Time Forgot (1977)
as Norfolk
Onassis: The Richest Man in the World (1988)
as Winston Churchill
The Apple Cart (1975)
as Home Secretary
Goodbye (1975)
as Chalcott-Bentinck
Private's Progress (1956)
as Captain Bootle
There's a Girl in My Soup (1970)
as Manager of Carlton Hotel
The Love Test (1935)
as Chemist
Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed (1969)
as Insp. Fritsch
The Man Who Haunted Himself (1970)
as Frank Bellamy
Vampire Circus (1972)
as Burgermeister
Trog (1970)
as Magistrate
The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother (1975)
as Dr. Watson
Crooks and Coronets (1969)
as Hubbard
The Family Way (1966)
as Vicar
The Last Shot You Hear (1969)
as General Jowett
The Best House in London (1969)
as Doctor Watson (uncredited)
The Baby and the Battleship (1956)
as Lt. Setley
Mrs. Weekley's Lover (2025)
as Baron Von Richthofen
The Psychopath (1966)
as Martin Roth
Two-Way Stretch (1960)
as Colonel Parkright
Beasts: The Dummy (1976)
as Sir Ramsey
The Wildcats of St Trinian's (1980)
as Hugo Culpepper Brown
Happy Is the Bride (1958)
as Jim
Don't Panic Chaps (1959)
Actor
Blue Murder at St. Trinian's (1957)
as Major Whitehart
They Were Sisters (1945)
as Channing
The Truth About Women (1957)
as Trevor Eaton
A Home of Your Own (1964)
as Estate agent
The Pure Hell of St Trinian's (1960)
as Butters
You Can't Escape (1956)
as Chadwick
Suspect (1960)
as Special Agent Prince
Who Done It? (1956)
as Raymond Courtney
Ring of Spies (1964)
as Cmdr. Winters
The Kindled Flame (1939)
as Cleon
Hammer: The Studio That Dripped Blood (1987)
as Ludwig (archive footage)
Soft Targets (1982)
as Old Wedding Guest
Captain Boycott (1947)
as Army Officer (uncredited)
The Sign of Four (1983)
as Major John Sholto
In the Secret State (1985)
as Johnny Davenport
Josephine and Men (1955)
as Salesman
Henry V (1979)
as Charles the Sixth, King of France
Medal for the General (1944)
as Andrew
James and the Giant Peach (1976)
as Grasshopper
Mr. Forbush and the Penguins (1971)
as Mr. Forbush Sr.
Life of St. Paul (1938)
as Unidentified role
Once in a New Moon (1935)
as Beamish
Sherlock Holmes and the Deadly Necklace (1962)
as Dr. Watson
The Passionate Stranger (1957)
as Jimmy
Spider's Web (1982)
as Hugo Birch
Chips with Everything (1975)
as Wing Commander
The Earth Dies Screaming (1964)
as Edgar Otis
Waltz Time (1945)
as Stefan Ravenne
A Cup O' Tea An' A Slice O' Cake - Worzel Gummidge Christmas Special (1980)
as Colonel Bloodstock
Carlton-Browne of the F.O. (1959)
as Colonel Bellingham
The Birthday Present (1957)
as Photographer
Heavens Above! (1963)
as Tranquilax Executive
The Dunroamin' Rising (1988)
as Mr Finister
Rotten to the Core (1965)
as Chief Constable Preston
Petticoat Pirates (1961)
as Captain Jerome Robertson
On the Eve of Publication (1968)
as Holland
He's Asking For Me (1990)
as Uncle Harold
Design for Murder (1939)
as Huey Frazer
Ring Once for Death (1973)
as Dr. Ledworth
Secret Journey (1939)
as Max Von Reimer
Silver Blaze (1977)
as Dr. Watson
A Lady Mislaid (1958)
as Mr. Smith
It Happened to One Man (1940)
as Ronnie
Joey Boy (1965)
as Col. Grant