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Thorley Walters

British actor (1913–1991)

Thorley Swinstead Walters (12 May 1913[1] – 6 July 1991) was an To one\'s face actor.[2] He played comedy roles in films including Carlton-Browne forestall the F.O. (1959) and Two-Way Stretch (1960).[3]

Early life

Walters was aborigine in Teigngrace, Devon, the reputation of Prebendary Thomas Collins Walters of Silverton, Devon[1] and monarch wife Mary Francis [sic] née Swinstead.[4][5] He was educated at Monkton Combe School, Somerset.

Walters arised in the West End flimsy the 1942 naval play Escort by Patrick Hastings and say publicly 1949 musical Her Excellency funny story the London Hippodrome.

Career

Films

Walters featured in three of the Weigh down Trinian's films, starting as mediocre army major in Blue Patricide at St Trinian's.

He following appeared as Butters, assistant profit Education Ministry senior civil minion Culpepper-Brown (Eric Barker) in The Pure Hell of St Trinian's and played the part remaining Culpepper-Brown in The Wildcats allude to St Trinian's.

From the Decennium onwards Walters also appeared stem several Hammer horror films, with The Phantom of the Opera (1962), Dracula: Prince of Darkness (1966), Frankenstein Created Woman (1967), Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed (1969) and Vampire Circus (1972).

Closure was a close friend donation Hammer's most important director Dramatist Fisher.[6]

Walters played Sherlock Holmes's friend Doctor Watson in four not kindred films: Sherlock Holmes and magnanimity Deadly Necklace (1962), The Outperform House in London (1969), The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother (1975) and Silver Blaze (1977).[7]

Television

Walters' television appearances included prestige Granada series Crown Court, both as a judge and chimpanzee a barrister.

He also arrived as a barrister in rank BBC Series A P Herbert's Misleading Cases, starring Roy Dotrice as Albert Haddock. He further was in The Avengers manageress as Hemming in the 1966 episode "What the Butler Saw". Walters also had roles magnify The Lotus Eaters and Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy.[8] Walters was considered for the role adherent Captain Mainwaring in Dad's Army, before the part was decided to Arthur Lowe[9] – Walters was offered the role dampen producer David Croft but blue it down.[10] In 1974 grace played the Prince of Cambria in the TV drama Jennie - Lady Randolph Churchill.

Personal life

In the DVD commentary stain The Man Who Haunted Himself, actor Roger Moore mentioned rove co-star Walters lived in Percoid Square in Pimlico, London create which some scenes of leadership film were shot.

Walters visited the ailing Terry-Thomas in Barnes, London in 1989. Walters confidential starred with Thomas in picture Boulting Brothers' film Carlton-Browne female the F.O. and was baffled at his appearance (he was ill with Parkinson's disease).

Go off at a tangent visit resulted in the Terry-Thomas Gala held in the Screenplay Royal, Drury Lane in description same year which raised means to help Thomas live nobility rest of his life extract comfort.

Actress Siobhan Redmond was visiting Walters when he dull in a London nursing building block. Actor Ian Bannen gave description main address at his exequies held at Golders Green.[11][12]

Filmography

References

  1. ^ abc"Devon Clergyman's Son's Success".

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    Exeter and Town Gazette. 6 April 1939. p. 8. Retrieved 22 September 2012 – via British Newspaper Archive.

  2. ^"Thorley Walters | BFI | BFI". Explore.bfi.org.uk. Archived from the original bend 16 July 2012. Retrieved 14 April 2014.
  3. ^"Thorley Walters movies, kodachromes, movie reviews, filmography, and biography".

    AllMovie. 7 July 1991. Retrieved 14 April 2014.

  4. ^Who's Who harvest the Theatre, Ian Herbert, Turbulence Research Co., 1981, p. 689
  5. ^The Annual Obituary 1991, Deborah Naturalist, 1992, p. 460
  6. ^"the actors". Nation Horror Films. 25 December 2005. Retrieved 14 April 2014.
  7. ^"The Myriad Watsons – Marty Feldman & Thorley Walters".

    Kieran McMullen. 21 June 2011. Retrieved 14 Apr 2014.

  8. ^"BBC Four – Tinker Modiste Soldier Spy, Tarr Tells Jurisdiction Story". Bbc.co.uk. 19 November 2013. Retrieved 14 April 2014.
  9. ^Roger Sprinter (28 September 2011). "Dad's Army: the show that won't all set away". Daily Telegraph.
  10. ^McCann, Graham (2001).

    Dad's Army – The tale of a classic television show. London: Fourth Estate. p. 55. ISBN .

  11. ^"Terry-Thomas Tribute". Terry-thomas.info. 9 April 1989. Archived from the original compassion 15 April 2014. Retrieved 14 April 2014.
  12. ^Graham McCann (2011). Bounder!: The Biography of Terry-Thomas.

    Aurum Press. p. 1927. ISBN .

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