Thorley Walters
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Thorley Swinstead Walters (12 May 1913 – 6 July 1991) was an English character actor. He is probably best remembered for his comedy film roles such as in Two-Way Stretch and Carlton-Browne of the FO. He also appeared in the acclaimed TV drama Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy. Walters played Sherlock Holmes sidekick Doctor Watson in four unrelated films: Sherlock Holmes and the Deadly Necklace (1962), The Best House in London (1969), The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother (1975), and Silver Blaze (1977). He featured in three of the St Trinian's movies, starting as an army major in Blue Murder at St Trinian's. He later appeared as Butters, assistant to Education Ministry senior civil servant Culpepper-Brown (Eric Barker) in The Pure Hell of St Trinian's and played the part of Culpepper-Brown in The Wildcats of St Trinian's. In the 1960s he also appeared in several Hammer horror films, including The Phantom of the Opera (1962), Dracula, Prince of Darkness (1966), Frankenstein Created Woman (1967) and Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed (1969). In the DVD commentary to The Man Who Haunted Himself, Roger Moore mentioned that co-star Walters lived in Dolphin Square, the prestigious apartment block in Pimlico, London in which some scenes of the film were shot. Thorley and Richard Hope-Hawkins visited the ailing Terry-Thomas in Barnes, London in 1989. Walters had starred with Terry in the Boulting Brother's film Carlton-Browne of the F.O., and was shocked at his appearance (he was ill with Parkinson's Disease). That visit resulted in the "Terry-Thomas Gala" held in the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane in the same year which raised funds to help Terry live the rest of his life in comfort. Hope-Hawkins was with Walters and actress Siobhan Redmond, when he died in a London nursing home. Actor Ian Bannen gave the main address at his funeral held at Golders Green. Description above from the Wikipedia article Thorley Walters, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for
Credits
Murder She Said (1961)
as Cedric Ackenthorpe
Dracula: Prince of Darkness (1966)
as Ludwig
Young Winston (1972)
as Major Finn
Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed (1969)
as Insp. Fritsch
Vampire Circus (1972)
as Burgermeister
The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother (1975)
as Dr. Watson
The Wrong Box (1966)
as Patience
Twisted Nerve (1968)
as Sir John Forrester
Onassis: The Richest Man in the World (1988)
as Winston Churchill
The Little Drummer Girl (1984)
as Ned Quilley
The Phantom of the Opera (1962)
as Lattimer
Frankenstein Created Woman (1967)
as Dr. Hertz
The Family Way (1966)
as Vicar
Two-Way Stretch (1960)
as Colonel Parkright
The People That Time Forgot (1977)
as Norfolk
The Psychopath (1966)
as Martin Roth
Oh! What a Lovely War (1969)
as Staff Officer
Trog (1970)
as Magistrate
Ring of Spies (1964)
as Cmdr. Winters
A Murder of Quality (1991)
as Bishop Harry
The Man Who Haunted Himself (1970)
as Frank Bellamy
Heavens Above! (1963)
as Tranquilax Executive
Blue Murder at St. Trinian's (1957)
as Major Whitehart
The Best House in London (1969)
as Doctor Watson (uncredited)
Silver Blaze (1977)
as Dr. Watson
The Sign of Four (1983)
as Major John Sholto
Hammer: The Studio That Dripped Blood (1987)
as Ludwig (archive footage)
The Earth Dies Screaming (1964)
as Edgar Otis
Spider's Web (1982)
as Hugo Birch
Don't Panic Chaps (1959)
Actor
There's a Girl in My Soup (1970)
as Manager of Carlton Hotel
Crooks and Coronets (1969)
as Hubbard
Bartleby (1970)
as The Colleague
Suspect (1960)
as Special Agent Prince
Soft Targets (1982)
as Old Wedding Guest
Mr. Forbush and the Penguins (1971)
as Mr. Forbush Sr.
Private's Progress (1956)
as Captain Bootle
The Wildcats of St Trinian's (1980)
as Hugo Culpepper Brown
Who Done It? (1956)
as Raymond Courtney
Josephine and Men (1955)
as Salesman
The Baby and the Battleship (1956)
as Lt. Setley
The Pure Hell of St Trinian's (1960)
as Butters
Happy Is the Bride (1958)
as Jim
Henry V (1979)
as Charles the Sixth, King of France
Soft Beds, Hard Battles (1974)
as General Erhardt
Invasion Quartet (1961)
Actor
Once in a New Moon (1935)
as Beamish
The Last Shot You Hear (1969)
as General Jowett
James and the Giant Peach (1976)
as Grasshopper
Joey Boy (1965)
as Col. Grant
The Truth About Women (1957)
as Trevor Eaton
The Apple Cart (1975)
as Home Secretary
A Home of Your Own (1964)
as Estate agent
Petticoat Pirates (1961)
as Captain Jerome Robertson
They Were Sisters (1945)
as Channing
A French Mistress (1960)
as Colonel Edmonds
Goodbye (1975)
as Chalcott-Bentinck
Sherlock Holmes and the Deadly Necklace (1962)
as Dr. Watson
Carlton-Browne of the F.O. (1959)
as Colonel Bellingham
Second Fiddle (1957)
as Charles
It Happened to One Man (1940)
as Ronnie
In the Secret State (1985)
as Johnny Davenport
Beasts: The Dummy (1976)
as Sir Ramsey
Rotten to the Core (1965)
as Chief Constable Preston
You Can't Escape (1956)
as Chadwick
The Passionate Stranger (1957)
as Jimmy
Captain Boycott (1947)
as Army Officer (uncredited)
A Cup O' Tea An' A Slice O' Cake - Worzel Gummidge Christmas Special (1980)
as Colonel Bloodstock
The Dunroamin' Rising (1988)
as Mr Finister
Waltz Time (1945)
as Stefan Ravenne
Life of St. Paul (1938)
as Unidentified role
Medal for the General (1944)
as Andrew
He's Asking For Me (1990)
as Uncle Harold
Mrs. Weekley's Lover (2025)
as Baron Von Richthofen
Chips with Everything (1975)
as Wing Commander
Design for Murder (1939)
as Huey Frazer
The Birthday Present (1957)
as Photographer
Ring Once for Death (1973)
as Dr. Ledworth
The Love Test (1935)
as Chemist
A Lady Mislaid (1958)
as Mr. Smith
The Kindled Flame (1939)
as Cleon
On the Eve of Publication (1968)
as Holland
Secret Journey (1939)
as Max Von Reimer