Place of Birth: Dunedin, South Island, New Zealand
Colin Tapley
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Colin Tapley, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
| Movie | Cast | Year |
|---|---|---|
| The Black Room | Paul Hassel as a young lieutenant | 1935 |
| The Dam Busters | Doctor W.H. Glanville, C.B., C.B.E. | 1955 |
| Cloudburst | Inspector Davis | 1951 |
| The Lives of a Bengal Lancer | Barrett | 1935 |
| Barbados Quest | Lord Valchrist | 1955 |
| Bulldog Drummond Escapes | Dixon | 1937 |
| Peter Ibbetson | Clerk (uncredited) | 1935 |
| Becky Sharp | William Dobbin | 1935 |
| The Diamond Wizard | Sir Stafford Beach | 1954 |
| Wings of Danger | Inspector Maxwell | 1952 |
| If I Were King | Jehan Le Loup | 1938 |
| Wide Boy | Mannering | 1952 |
| Strange Stories | Charles ('Strange Journey') | 1953 |
| The Crime Nobody Saw | Dr. Brooks | 1937 |
| Too Many Parents | Miller | 1936 |
| So Evil, So Young | 1961 | |
| The Preview Murder Mystery | Studio Manager | 1936 |
| Compelled | Inspector | 1960 |
| Night of Mystery | Chester Greene | 1937 |
| The Return of Sophie Lang | Larry | 1936 |
| Souls at Sea | Donaldson (uncredited) | 1937 |
| My Marriage | Sir Philip Burleigh | 1936 |
| The Sundowners | Palmer (uncredited) | 1960 |
| The Light That Failed | Gardner | 1939 |
| Emergency | Dr. Lloyd | 1962 |
| Arizona | Bart Massey | 1940 |
| Man Accused | Inspector | 1959 |
| Thank You, Jeeves! | Tom Brock | 1936 |
| Booloo | Captain Robert Rogers | 1938 |
| 3 Steps to the Gallows | Arnold Winslow | 1953 |
| North West Mounted Police | Mountie | 1940 |
| King of Gamblers | Joe | 1937 |
| The Last Outpost | Lieutenant Prescott | 1935 |
| Murder at the Vanities | 1934 | |
| Storm Over Bengal | Hallett | 1938 |
| Early to Bed | Doctor Vernon | 1936 |
| Double Door | Dr. John Lucas | 1934 |
| Samson and Delilah | Prince | 1949 |
| Maid of Salem | Roger's Friend (Uncredited) | 1937 |
| Noose for a Lady | Major Fergusson | 1953 |
| Strongroom | Haynes | 1962 |
| The Steel Key | Dr. Crabtree | 1953 |
| The Safecracker | Colonel Charles Mercer | 1958 |
| Angels One Five | Adjutant | 1952 |
| Stranger in Town | Henry Ryland | 1957 |
| Gang War | Paul Alexis | 1962 | Series | Cast | Year |
| The Adventures of Sir Lancelot | Lord Vanton | 1956 |
| The Adventures of Sir Lancelot | Everard | 1956 |
