Actor
Colin Tapley
May 7, 1907 · Dunedin, South Island, New Zealand
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.
Often works with
Gary Cooper
4 titles together
Peter Ibbetson, The Lives of a Bengal Lancer, North West Mounted Police
Henry Wilcoxon
3 titles together
Samson and Delilah, Souls at Sea, If I Were King
Doris Lloyd
3 titles together
Peter Ibbetson, Becky Sharp, Bulldog Drummond Escapes
Robert Adair
3 titles together
Peter Ibbetson, Bulldog Drummond Escapes, The Last Outpost
Guy Standing
3 titles together
The Lives of a Bengal Lancer, Bulldog Drummond Escapes, Double Door
Porter Hall
3 titles together
Arizona, Bulldog Drummond Escapes, Souls at Sea
Full filmography · 53
Strongroom
as Haynes
1962
Emergency
as Dr. Lloyd
1962The Lamp in Assassin Mews
as Inspector
1962Gang War
as Paul Alexis
1962
So Evil, So Young
as Inspector
1961
The Sundowners
as Palmer (uncredited)
19606.7
Compelled
as Inspector
1960An Honourable Murder
as Casca
1960
Man Accused
as Inspector
1959
Innocent Meeting
as Stannard
1959
The Safecracker
as Colonel Charles Mercer
1958
Stranger in Town
as Henry Ryland
1957