Torin Thatcher
Born January 15, 1905 (Age: 121)
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Bombay, British India, India
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.
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
Hawaii
1966
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as Reverend Thorn
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Age: 61
The Sandpiper
1965
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as le juge Thompson
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Age: 60
The Holy Terror
1965
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as Dr. Poole
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Age: 60
Hell of Borneo
1964
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as Mr. Bellflower
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Age: 58
Decision at Midnight
1963
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as
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Age: 58
Drums of Africa
1963
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as Jack Cuortemayn
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Age: 58
Mutiny on the Bounty
1962
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as Staines
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Age: 57
Jack the Giant Killer
1962
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as Pendragon
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Age: 57
The Canadians
1961
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as Superintendent Walker
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Age: 56
The Citadel
1960
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as Sir Robert Abbey
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Age: 55
The 7th Voyage of Sinbad
1958
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as Sokurah the Magician
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Age: 53
Darby's Rangers
1958
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as Sergeant McTavish
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Age: 53
The Deadly Riddle
1956
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as The Red Knight
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Age: 51
Helen of Troy
1956
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as Ulysses
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Age: 51
Diane
1956
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as Louis - Count de Breze
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Age: 50
Lady Godiva of Coventry
1955
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as Lord Godwin
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Age: 50
Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing
1955
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as Humphrey Palmer-Jones
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Age: 50
Bengal Brigade
1954
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as Colonel Morrow
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Age: 49
The Black Shield of Falworth
1954
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as Sir James
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Age: 49
Knock on Wood
1954
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as Godfrey Langston
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Age: 49
The Robe
1953
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as Sen. Gallio
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Age: 48
Houdini
1953
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as Otto
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Age: 48
The Desert Rats
1953
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as Col. Barney White
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Age: 48
The Black Rose
1950
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as Harry
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Age: 45
The Next of Kin
1942
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as German General
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Age: 37
Saboteur
1942
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as Man (uncredited)
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Age: 37
Major Barbara
1941
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as Todger Fairmile
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Age: 36
Gasbags
1941
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as SS Man
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Age: 36