Torin Thatcher
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- January 15, 1905
- Died
- March 4, 1981 (aged 76)
- Birthplace
- 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.
Known For
Filmography
Petrocelli
TV · 1 ep
Search
TV · 1 ep
Night Gallery
TV · as Captain of the Lusitania (segment "Lone Survivor") · 1 ep
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Movie · as Sir Turnbull
Land of the Giants
TV · as Dr. Berger · 1 ep
The King's Pirate
Movie · as Captain Cullen
The Sweet and the Bitter
Movie
The Guns of Will Sonnett
TV · 1 ep
Hawaii
Movie · as Reverend Thorn
The Time Tunnel
TV · as Dr. Everett Holland · 1 ep
Star Trek
TV · as Marplon · 1 ep
Mission: Impossible
TV · as Archbishop Djelvas, General Rados Adolph Gollan · 1 ep
The Sandpiper
Movie · as le juge Thompson
The Holy Terror
Movie · as Dr. Poole
Lost in Space
TV · as The Space Trader · 1 ep
Get Smart
TV · as Dr. Braam · 1 ep
Hell of Borneo
Movie · as Mr. Bellflower
Daniel Boone
TV · as President John Adams, Cyrus Blake / Enoch Blake · 1 ep
Profiles in Courage
TV · as Sewall, Cannon · 1 ep
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
TV · as MacDougall · 1 ep
Decision at Midnight
Movie · as Southstream
Drums of Africa
Movie · as Jack Cuortemayn
The Great Adventure
TV · as General Howe, Colonel Lewis Washington · 1 ep
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
TV · 2 eps
Jack the Giant Killer
Movie · as Pendragon
Mutiny on the Bounty
Movie · as Staines
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
TV · as Alva Hardwicke · 1 ep
The Canadians
Movie · as Superintendent Walker
The Citadel
Movie · as Sir Robert Abbey
Thriller
TV · as Jeremy Teal · 1 ep
One Step Beyond
TV · as Earl of Culdane · 1 ep
Adventures in Paradise
TV · as Michael Cameron · 1 ep
The 7th Voyage of Sinbad
Movie · as Sokurah the Magician
Darby's Rangers
Movie · as Sergeant McTavish
Peter Gunn
TV · 1 ep
The Further Adventures of Ellery Queen
TV · as King Bendigo · 1 ep
Witness for the Prosecution
Movie · as Mr. Myers
Band of Angels
Movie · as Capt. Canavan
Istanbul
Movie · as Douglas Fielding
So Soon to Die
Movie · as Inspector Galloway
Perry Mason
TV · as Walter Frazer · 1 ep
DuPont Show of the Month
TV · as Rees Mathry · 1 ep
Helen of Troy
Movie · as Ulysses
Diane
Movie · as Louis - Count de Breze
The Deadly Riddle
Movie · as The Red Knight
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
TV · as Ab Richards · 1 ep
Telephone Time
TV · 1 ep
Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing
Movie · as Humphrey Palmer-Jones
Lady Godiva of Coventry
Movie · as Lord Godwin
Gunsmoke
TV · as John Tyson · 1 ep
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
TV · as Constable Johnson, Felix Edward Manbridge · 1 ep
The Millionaire
TV · as Max MacIntyre · 1 ep
The 20th Century Fox Hour
TV · as Roger Newcombe · 1 ep
The Black Shield of Falworth
Movie · as Sir James
Knock on Wood
Movie · as Godfrey Langston
Bengal Brigade
Movie · as Colonel Morrow
Climax!
TV · as John Philippson, Fred Beresford · 1 ep
The Desert Rats
Movie · as Col. Barney White
The Robe
Movie · as Sen. Gallio
Houdini
Movie · as Otto
The Snows of Kilimanjaro
Movie · as Johnson
The Crimson Pirate
Movie · as Humble Bellows
Affair in Trinidad
Movie · as Inspector Smythe
Blackbeard, the Pirate
Movie · as Sir Henry Morgan
Hallmark Hall of Fame
TV · as Dr. Poole · 1 ep
The Black Rose
Movie · as Harry
Now Barabbas
Movie · as Customs Officer
The Fallen Idol
Movie · as Policeman
Bonnie Prince Charlie
Movie · as Colonel Ker
The Philco Television Playhouse
TV · as Othello · 1 ep
The Man Within
Movie · as Jailer
When The Bough Breaks
Movie · as Adams
Jassy
Movie · as Bob Wicks
The End of the River
Movie · as Lisboa
I See a Dark Stranger
Movie · as Police Constable
The Captive Heart
Movie · as Repatriation Official (uncredited)
Great Expectations
Movie · as Bentley Drummle
Saboteur
Movie · as Man (uncredited)
The Next of Kin
Movie · as German General
Gasbags
Movie · as SS Man
Major Barbara
Movie · as Todger Fairmile
Night Train to Munich
Movie
Let George Do It!
Movie · as U-Boat Commander
Saloon Bar
Movie · as Mr. Garrod
The Case of the Frightened Lady
Movie · as Jim Tilling, the Groundsman
Contraband
Movie · as Sailor
Law and Disorder
Movie · as Karl Bergsen
The Spy in Black
Movie · as Submarine Officer
Old Mother Riley, MP
Movie · as Jack Nelson
The Kindled Flame
Movie · as Festus
The Lion Has Wings
Movie · as Seaman Receiving Information About German Activity
Climbing High
Movie · as Jim Castle
The Challenge
Movie · as Young Officer (uncredited)
Young and Innocent
Movie · as Nobby's Lodging House Caretaker (uncredited)
The Common Round
Movie · as Martin
Crime Over London
Movie
Sabotage
Movie · as Mr. Verloc's Visitor (uncredited)
The Man Who Could Work Miracles
Movie · as Observer
Drake of England
Movie
Red Wagon
Movie · as Eddie Prince