Torin Thatcher
Acting
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.
Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing
as Humphrey Palmer-Jones
Age 50 (now 76)
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
as Sir Turnbull
Age 62 (now 76)
Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing
as Humphrey Palmer-Jones
Age 50 (now 76)
The Case of the Frightened Lady
as Jim Tilling, the Groundsman
Age 35 (now 76)
The Lion Has Wings
as Seaman Receiving Information About German Activity
Age 34 (now 76)
Young and Innocent
as Nobby's Lodging House Caretaker (uncredited)
Age 32 (now 76)
The Man Who Could Work Miracles
as Observer
Age 31 (now 76)
Night Gallery
as Captain of the Lusitania (segment "Lone Survivor")
Age 65 (now 76)
Mission: Impossible
as General Rados Adolph Gollan
Age 61 (now 76)
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
The Further Adventures of Ellery Queen
as King Bendigo
Age 53 (now 76)
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
as Ab Richards
Age 51 (now 76)
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Constable Johnson
Age 50 (now 76) Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Felix Edward Manbridge
Age 50 (now 76)
The Philco Television Playhouse
as Othello
Age 43 (now 76)Gathering insights...
Also Known As
Torin Herbert Erskine Thatcher, Lt. Torin Thatcher R.A., T. Atkinson, Торин Тэтчер, 托林·撒切尔
IMDB
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