
Colin Tapley
Biography
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.
Personal Info
Gender
Male
Birthday
1907-05-07
Place of Birth
Dunedin, South Island, New Zealand
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Cast
The Black Room
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The Dam Busters
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Cloudburst
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The Lives of a Bengal Lancer
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Barbados Quest
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Bulldog Drummond Escapes
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Peter Ibbetson
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Becky Sharp
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The Diamond Wizard
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Wings of Danger
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If I Were King
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Wide Boy
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Strange Stories
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The Crime Nobody Saw
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Too Many Parents
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So Evil, So Young
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The Preview Murder Mystery
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Compelled
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Night of Mystery
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The Return of Sophie Lang
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Souls at Sea
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My Marriage
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The Sundowners
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The Light That Failed
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Emergency
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Arizona
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Man Accused
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Thank You, Jeeves!
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Booloo
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3 Steps to the Gallows
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North West Mounted Police
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King of Gamblers
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The Last Outpost
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Murder at the Vanities
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Storm Over Bengal
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Early to Bed
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Double Door
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Samson and Delilah
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Maid of Salem
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Noose for a Lady
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Strongroom
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The Steel Key
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The Safecracker
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Angels One Five
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Stranger in Town
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Gang War
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An Honourable Murder
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