Colin Tapley
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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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Known for
Samson and Delilah
Prince
The Lamp in Assassin Mews
Inspector
Becky Sharp
William Dobbin
Wings of Danger
Inspector Maxwell
The Dam Busters
Doctor W.H. Glanville, C.B., C.B.E.
Souls at Sea
Donaldson (uncredited)
Emergency
Dr. Lloyd
Early to Bed
Doctor Vernon
If I Were King
Jehan LeLoup
Father Brown, Detective
Maître d' (uncredited)
Stranger in Town
Henry Ryland
The Lives of a Bengal Lancer
Barrett
Booloo
Captain Robert Rogers
Angels One Five
Adjutant
The Return of Sophie Lang
Larry
Double Door
Dr. John Lucas
The Steel Key
Dr. Crabtree
Storm Over Bengal
Hallett
The Adventures of Sir Lancelot
Lord Vanton
The Adventures of Sir Lancelot
Everard
Arizona
Bart Massey
Richard the Lionheart
Steward
Richard the Lionheart
Chamberlain
The Preview Murder Mystery
Studio Manager
An Honourable Murder
Casca
The Black Room
Paul Hassel as a young lieutenant
Gang War
Paul Alexis
Cloudburst
Inspector Davis
Too Many Parents
Miller
Wide Boy
Mannering
The Light That Failed
Gardner
Strongroom
Haynes
The Sundowners
Palmer (uncredited)
Barbados Quest
Lord Valchrist
The Last Outpost
Lieutenant Prescott
The Safecracker
Colonel Charles Mercer
Thank You, Jeeves!
Tom Brock
Night of Mystery
Chester Greene
Peter Ibbetson
Clerk (uncredited)
3 Steps to the Gallows
Arnold Winslow
Noose for a Lady
Major Fergusson
The Crime Nobody Saw
Dr. Brooks
The Diamond Wizard
Sir Stafford Beach
North West Mounted Police
Mountie
Murder at the Vanities
Stage Manager (uncredited)
Maid of Salem
Roger's Friend (Uncredited)
My Marriage
Sir Philip Burleigh
Compelled
Inspector
Man Accused
Inspector
Bulldog Drummond Escapes
Dixon
King of Gamblers
Joe
Strange Stories
Charles ('Strange Journey')