Thorley Walters
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.
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Known for
Minder
Magistrate
Play for Today
Old Wedding Guest
Thriller
Dr. Ledworth
BBC Play of the Month
Col. Redfern
Tales of the Unexpected
Harry Gold
Crown Court
The Persuaders!
John Hatton
Private's Progress
Captain Bootle
The Wednesday Play
Holland
Dracula: Prince of Darkness
Ludwig
Captain Boycott
Army Officer (uncredited)
Once in a New Moon
Beamish
The Truth About Women
Trevor Eaton
Life of St. Paul
Unidentified role
The Pure Hell of St. Trinian's
Butters
The People That Time Forgot
Norfolk
Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed
Insp. Fritsch
The Apple Cart
Home Secretary
Who Done It?
Raymond Courtney
Suspect
Special Agent Prince
Hammer: The Studio That Dripped Blood
Ludwig (archive footage)
Don't Panic Chaps!
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
A Murder of Quality
Bishop Harry
He's Asking For Me
Uncle Harold
Young Winston
Major Finn
The Passionate Stranger
Jimmy
Two-Way Stretch
Colonel Parkright
Raffles
Lord Lochmaben
Worzel Gummidge
Colonel Bloodstock
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Stanley Baldwin
The Edwardians
Edward, Prince of Wales
The Edwardians
King Edward VII
Frankenstein Created Woman
Dr. Hertz
Strangers
Ooh La La!
The Prince
The World of Hammer
Self (archive footage)
The Kindled Flame
Cleon
Second Fiddle
Charles
The Wildcats of St. Trinian's
Hugo Culpepper Brown
The Last Shot You Hear
Gen. Jowett
Soft Beds, Hard Battles
General Erhardt
Murder She Said
Cedric Ackenthorpe
Crooks and Coronets
Hubbard
Happy Is the Bride
Jim
You Can't Escape
Chadwick
Beasts
Sir Ramsey
Oh! What a Lovely War
Staff Officer
Rotten to the Core
Chief Constable Preston
The Lotus Eaters
Maj. Edward Woolley
Trog
Magistrate
Misleading Cases
Sir Joshua Hoot
Heavens Above!
Tranquilax Executive
Spider's Web
Hugo Birch
The Duchess of Duke Street
The Wrong Box
Patience
Bulman
David Copperfield
Richard 'Mr Dick' Babley
Design for Murder
Huey Frazer
Josephine and Men
Salesman
Paradise Postponed
They Were Sisters
Channing
Cousin Bette
Baron Hector Hulot
The Misfit
Forbes-Erskine
Cribbins
Silver Blaze
Dr. Watson
Jennie: Lady Randolph Churchill
The Adventures of Don Quick
Chief Dreamer
Goodbye
Chalcott-Bentinck
Life of Shakespeare
Mr. Justice Fleminge
The Phantom of the Opera
Lattimer
Waltz Time
Stefan Ravenne
Vampire Circus
Burgermeister
Mrs. Weekley's Lover
Baron Von Richthofen
The Love Test
Chemist
Twisted Nerve
Sir John Forrester
Invasion Quartet
A French Mistress
Colonel Edmonds
The Sign of Four
Major John Sholto
Armchair Theatre
Professor Mortimer
The Little Drummer Girl
Ned Quilley
The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother
Dr. Watson
Bartleby
The Colleague
Onassis: The Richest Man in the World
Winston Churchill
Treasure Island
The Family Way
Vicar
There's a Girl in My Soup
Manager of Carlton Hotel
Sherlock Holmes and the Deadly Necklace
Dr. Watson
The Man Who Haunted Himself
Frank Bellamy
Blue Murder at St. Trinian's
Major Whitehart
A Home of Your Own
Estate agent
The Earth Dies Screaming
Edgar Otis
Henry V
Charles the Sixth, King of France
The Best House in London
Doctor Watson (uncredited)
The Psychopath
Martin Roth
Carlton-Browne of the F.O.
Colonel Bellingham
The Baby and the Battleship
Lt. Setley
James and the Giant Peach
Grasshopper
Mr. Forbush and the Penguins
Mr. Forbush Sr.
Ring of Spies
Cmdr. Winters
Soft Targets
Old Wedding Guest
Petticoat Pirates
Captain Jerome Robertson
The Birthday Present
Photographer
A Cup O' Tea An' A Slice O' Cake - Worzel Gummidge Christmas Special
Colonel Bloodstock
It Happened to One Man
Ronnie
Ring Once for Death
Dr. Ledworth
Medal for the General
Andrew
In the Secret State
Johnny Davenport
Joey Boy
Col. Grant
A Lady Mislaid
Mr. Smith
Chips with Everything
Wing Commander
Beasts: The Dummy
Sir Ramsey
The Dunroamin' Rising
Mr Finister
On the Eve of Publication
Holland
Secret Journey
Max Von Reimer