Torin Thatcher
Acting
Born: January 15, 1905 · Bombay, British India, India
Died: March 4, 1981 (aged 76)
Highest Rated
Biography
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.
Known for
Witness for the Prosecution
1957
Star Trek
1966
Saboteur
1942
Get Smart
1965
Great Expectations
1946
Sabotage
1937
Mutiny on the Bounty
1962
The 7th Voyage of Sinbad
1958
Mission: Impossible
1966
The Robe
1953
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955
Young and Innocent
1937
Photos (1)
Movies (62)
Witness for the Prosecution
Mr. Myers
Night Train to Munich
1940
The Robe
Sen. Gallio
The 7th Voyage of Sinbad
Sokurah the Magician
Great Expectations
Bentley Drummle
Helen of Troy
Ulysses
The Snows of Kilimanjaro
Johnson
Mutiny on the Bounty
Staines
The Crimson Pirate
Humble Bellows
Saboteur
Man (uncredited)
Lady Godiva of Coventry
Lord Godwin
Jack the Giant Killer
Pendragon
The Fallen Idol
Policeman
The King's Pirate
Captain Cullen
The Sandpiper
le juge Thompson
Sabotage
Mr. Verloc's Visitor (uncredited)
Houdini
Otto
The Black Shield of Falworth
Sir James
Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing
Humphrey Palmer-Jones
Young and Innocent
Nobby's Lodging House Caretaker (uncredited)
Affair in Trinidad
Inspector Smythe
Hawaii
Reverend Thorn
The Desert Rats
Col. Barney White
Blackbeard, the Pirate
Sir Henry Morgan
Istanbul
Douglas Fielding
The Citadel
Sir Robert Abbey
The Black Rose
Harry
Band of Angels
Capt. Canavan
Contraband
Sailor
Darby's Rangers
Sergeant McTavish
The Man Who Could Work Miracles
Observer
Bengal Brigade
Colonel Morrow
Major Barbara
Todger Fairmile
Bonnie Prince Charlie
Colonel Ker
Knock on Wood
Godfrey Langston
The Captive Heart
Repatriation Official (uncredited)
The Man Within
Jailer
Now Barabbas
Customs Officer
The Spy in Black
Submarine Officer
Diane
Louis - Count de Breze
The Holy Terror
Dr. Poole
The Canadians
Superintendent Walker
Saloon Bar
Mr. Garrod
Drums of Africa
Jack Cuortemayn
So Soon to Die
Inspector Galloway
Let George Do It!
U-Boat Commander
The Lion Has Wings
Seaman Receiving Information About German Activity
I See a Dark Stranger
Police Constable
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Sir Turnbull
The Next of Kin
German General
The End of the River
Lisboa
The Case of the Frightened Lady
Jim Tilling, the Groundsman
Drake of England
1935
Hell of Borneo
Mr. Bellflower
Gasbags
SS Man
Red Wagon
Eddie Prince
Decision at Midnight
Southstream
Crime Over London
1936
Law and Disorder
Karl Bergsen
Jassy
Bob Wicks
Climbing High
Jim Castle
The Deadly Riddle
The Red Knight
TV Shows (36)
Perry Mason
Walter Frazer · 1 eps
Star Trek
Marplon · 1 eps
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
Alva Hardwicke · 1 eps
Peter Gunn
1 eps
Get Smart
Dr. Braam · 1 eps
The Philco Television Playhouse
1 eps
The Philco Television Playhouse
Othello · 1 eps
Mission: Impossible
Archbishop Djelvas · 1 eps
Mission: Impossible
General Rados Adolph Gollan · 1 eps
Climax!
John Philippson · 1 eps
Climax!
Fred Beresford · 1 eps
Daniel Boone
President John Adams · 1 eps
Daniel Boone
Cyrus Blake / Enoch Blake · 1 eps
Thriller
Jeremy Teal · 1 eps
Night Gallery
Captain of the Lusitania (segment "Lone Survivor") · 1 eps
Gunsmoke
John Tyson · 1 eps
Lost in Space
The Space Trader · 1 eps
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Constable Johnson · 1 eps
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Felix Edward Manbridge · 1 eps
One Step Beyond
Earl of Culdane · 1 eps
Land of the Giants
Dr. Berger · 1 eps
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Ab Richards · 1 eps
Telephone Time
1 eps
The Millionaire
Max MacIntyre · 1 eps
Adventures in Paradise
Michael Cameron · 1 eps
The 20th Century Fox Hour
1 eps
The 20th Century Fox Hour
Roger Newcombe · 1 eps
The Time Tunnel
Dr. Everett Holland · 1 eps
The Guns of Will Sonnett
1 eps
Petrocelli
1 eps
The Great Adventure
General Howe · 1 eps
The Great Adventure
Colonel Lewis Washington · 1 eps
The Further Adventures of Ellery Queen
King Bendigo · 1 eps
DuPont Show of the Month
Rees Mathry · 1 eps
Search
1 eps
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Dr. Poole · 1 eps