Torin Thatcher
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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
Credits
Witness for the Prosecution (1957)
as Mr. Myers
The 7th Voyage of Sinbad (1958)
as Sokurah the Magician
Mutiny on the Bounty (1962)
as Staines
Great Expectations (1946)
as Bentley Drummle
The Robe (1953)
as Sen. Gallio
Helen of Troy (1956)
as Ulysses
The Crimson Pirate (1952)
as Humble Bellows
The Snows of Kilimanjaro (1952)
as Johnson
Saboteur (1942)
as Man (uncredited)
Lady Godiva of Coventry (1955)
as Lord Godwin
The Black Shield of Falworth (1954)
as Sir James
Sabotage (1937)
as Mr. Verloc's Visitor (uncredited)
Jack the Giant Killer (1962)
as Pendragon
The Sandpiper (1965)
as le juge Thompson
Young and Innocent (1937)
as Nobby's Lodging House Caretaker (uncredited)
Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing (1955)
as Humphrey Palmer-Jones
Houdini (1953)
as Otto
Affair in Trinidad (1952)
as Inspector Smythe
The Fallen Idol (1948)
as Policeman
Hawaii (1966)
as Reverend Thorn
Night Train to Munich (1940)
Actor
The Desert Rats (1953)
as Col. Barney White
Blackbeard, the Pirate (1952)
as Sir Henry Morgan
Istanbul (1957)
as Douglas Fielding
Band of Angels (1957)
as Capt. Canavan
The Black Rose (1950)
as Harry
Knock on Wood (1954)
as Godfrey Langston
Bengal Brigade (1954)
as Colonel Morrow
Darby's Rangers (1958)
as Sergeant McTavish
The Spy in Black (1939)
as Submarine Officer
Diane (1956)
as Louis - Count de Breze
The Citadel (1960)
as Sir Robert Abbey
The Man Who Could Work Miracles (1936)
as Observer
Major Barbara (1941)
as Todger Fairmile
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1968)
as Sir Turnbull
The King's Pirate (1967)
as Captain Cullen
Saloon Bar (1940)
as Mr. Garrod
The Canadians (1961)
as Superintendent Walker
Contraband (1940)
as Sailor
The Holy Terror (1965)
as Dr. Poole
Bonnie Prince Charlie (1948)
as Colonel Ker
The Lion Has Wings (1939)
as Seaman Receiving Information About German Activity
The Next of Kin (1942)
as German General
Now Barabbas (1949)
as Customs Officer
The Man Within (1947)
as Jailer
I See a Dark Stranger (1946)
as Police Constable
The Captive Heart (1946)
as Repatriation Official (uncredited)
The Case of the Frightened Lady (1940)
as Jim Tilling, the Groundsman
When The Bough Breaks (1947)
as Adams
Drums of Africa (1963)
as Jack Cuortemayn
The End of the River (1947)
as Lisboa
Climbing High (1938)
as Jim Castle
Red Wagon (1933)
as Eddie Prince
Jassy (1947)
as Bob Wicks
Drake of England (1935)
Actor
Let George Do It! (1940)
as U-Boat Commander
The Deadly Riddle (1956)
as The Red Knight
Decision at Midnight (1963)
as Southstream
The Common Round (1936)
as Martin
So Soon to Die (1957)
as Inspector Galloway
Hell of Borneo (1964)
as Mr. Bellflower
Crime Over London (1936)
Actor
The Kindled Flame (1939)
as Festus
The Sweet and the Bitter (1967)
Actor
Gasbags (1941)
as SS Man
Law and Disorder (1940)
as Karl Bergsen
Old Mother Riley, MP (1939)
as Jack Nelson