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