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person_profile-Torin Thatcher

Torin Thatcher Died at age: 76

Actor | Producer

Fullname:

Torin Thatcher

Date of Birth:

Jan 15, 1905

Country of birth:

India

Died:

Mar 04, 1981

Biography of

Torin Thatcher

    From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

    Torin Thatcher (15 January 1905 - 4 March 1981) was an English actor born in Bombay, British India, India), to English parents. He was an imposing, powerfully built figure noted for his flashy portrayals of screen villains.

    He was educated in England at Bedford School and at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. He worked as a schoolmaster before first appearing on the London stage in 1927 and then entering British films in 1934. He appeared in the 1937 Old Vic stage production of Hamlet, in which Laurence Olivier made his first appearance in the title role, opposite Vivien Leigh as Ophelia. During the Second World War, he served with the Royal Artillery and was demobilized with the rank of lieutenant colonel.

    Thatcher appeared in classic British films of the late 1930s and 1940s, including Major Barbara (1941) and Great Expectations (1946), in which he played Bentley Drummle. He moved to Hollywood in the 1950s. He was constantly in demand, invariably lending his looming figure and baleful countenance to sinister or stern roles in popular costume thrillers such as The Crimson Pirate (1952), Blackbeard the Pirate (1952), The Robe (1953) (as the disapproving father of Richard Burton's character), The Black Shield of Falworth (1954), Helen of Troy (1956), Darby's Rangers (1958), and The 7th Voyage of Sinbad (1958). He also appeared in the Marlon Brando and Trevor Howard 1962 remake of Mutiny on the Bounty.

    He returned to the stage quite frequently, notably on Broadway, in such esteemed productions as Edward, My Son (1948), That Lady (1949) and Billy Budd (1951). In 1959, he portrayed Captain Keller in the award-winning play The Miracle Worker with Anne Bancroft and Patty Duke. All of these plays were filmed, but Thatcher did not appear in the movie versions.

    Also a steady fixture on television, he appeared in such made-for-TV films as adaptations of A. J. Cronin's Beyond This Place (1957) and The Citadel (1960),Bonanza(1961), and Brenda Starr (1976). He also played the title role in a Philco Television Playhouse version of Othello and acted in a CBS production of Beyond This Place (1957).

    Thatcher died of cancer on March 4, 1981, in Thousand Oaks, California, in the Los Angeles area.

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Filmography of

Torin Thatcher

Found 59 Movies in total

... 1968

The King's Pirate

Captain Cullen ( Actor )

... 1967

Hawaii

Reverend Thorn ( Actor )

... 1966

The Sandpiper

le juge Thompson ( Actor )

... 1965

The Holy Terror

Dr. Poole ( Actor )

... 1965

Hell of Borneo

Mr. Bellflower ( Actor )

... 1964

Drums of Africa

Jack Cuortemayn ( Actor )

... 1963

Mutiny on the Bounty

Staines ( Actor )

... 1962

Jack the Giant Killer

Pendragon ( Actor )

... 1962

The Canadians

Superintendent Walker ( Actor )

... 1961

The 7th Voyage of Sinbad

Sokurah the Magician ( Actor )

... 1958

Darby's Rangers

Sergeant McTavish ( Actor )

... 1958

Witness for the Prosecution

Mr. Myers ( Actor )

... 1957

Band of Angels

Capt. Canavan ( Actor )

... 1957

Istanbul

Douglas Fielding ( Actor )

... 1957

The Deadly Riddle

The Red Knight ( Actor )

... 1956

Helen of Troy

Ulysses ( Actor )

... 1956

Diane

Louis - Count de Breze ( Actor )

... 1956

Lady Godiva of Coventry

Lord Godwin ( Actor )

... 1955

Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing

Humphrey Palmer-Jones ( Actor )

... 1955

Bengal Brigade

Colonel Morrow ( Actor )

... 1954

The Black Shield of Falworth

Sir James ( Actor )

... 1954

Knock on Wood

Godfrey Langston ( Actor )

... 1954

The Robe

Sen. Gallio ( Actor )

... 1953

Houdini

Otto ( Actor )

... 1953

The Desert Rats

Col. Barney White ( Actor )

... 1953

Blackbeard, the Pirate

Sir Henry Morgan ( Actor )

... 1952

The Snows of Kilimanjaro

Johnson ( Actor )

... 1952

The Crimson Pirate

Humble Bellows ( Actor )

... 1952

Affair in Trinidad

Inspector Smythe ( Actor )

... 1952

The Black Rose

Harry ( Actor )

... 1950

Now Barabbas

Customs Officer ( Actor )

... 1949

Bonnie Prince Charlie

Colonel Ker ( Actor )

... 1948

The Fallen Idol

Policeman ( Actor )

... 1948

The End of the River

Lisboa ( Actor )

... 1947

Jassy

Bob Wicks ( Actor )

... 1947

The Man Within

Jailer ( Actor )

... 1947

Great Expectations

Bentley Drummle ( Actor )

... 1946

I See a Dark Stranger

Police Constable ( Actor )

... 1946

The Captive Heart

Repatriation Official (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1946

The Next of Kin

German General ( Actor )

... 1942

Saboteur

Man (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1942

Major Barbara

Todger Fairmile ( Actor )

... 1941

Gasbags

SS Man ( Actor )

... 1941

Saloon Bar

Mr. Garrod ( Actor )

... 1940

The Case of the Frightened Lady

Jim Tilling, the Groundsman ( Actor )

... 1940

... 1940

Let George Do It!

U-Boat commander ( Actor )

... 1940

Law and Disorder

Karl Bergsen ( Actor )

... 1940

Contraband

Sailor ( Actor )

... 1940

The Lion Has Wings

Seaman Receiving Information About German Activity ( Actor )

... 1939

The Spy in Black

Submarine Officer ( Actor )

... 1939

Climbing High

Jim Castle ( Actor )

... 1938

Young and Innocent

Nobby's Lodging House Caretaker (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1937

Sabotage

Mr. Verloc's Visitor (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1937

... 1936

... 1936

... 1935

Red Wagon

Eddie Prince ( Actor )

... 1933