
Thorley Walters
Acting
- Nacimiento:
- 1913-05-12
- Fallecimiento:
- 1991-07-06
- Lugar de nacimiento:
- Teigngrace, Devon, England, UK
Biografía
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.
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Filmografía

Mrs. Weekley's Lover

The World of Hammer

Asesinato de calidad
He's Asking For Me

Onassis: The Richest Man in the World

The Dunroamin' Rising

The Play on One

Hammer: The Studio That Dripped Blood

David Copperfield

Paradise Postponed

Bulman

In the Secret State

Screen Two

La chica del tambor

Sherlock Holmes. El signo de los cuatro

Spider's Web

Soft Targets

A Cup O' Tea An' A Slice O' Cake - Worzel Gummidge Christmas Special

The Wildcats of St Trinian's

Cribb
A Question of Guilt

Enrique V (TV)

Minder

Calderero, sastre, soldado, espía

Tales of the Unexpected

Malice Aforethought

Worzel Gummidge

Will Shakespeare

Strangers

Treasure Island

Viaje al mundo perdido
The Sunday Drama

Raffles

Silver Blaze

James and the Giant Peach

Beasts: The Dummy

Beasts

The Duchess of Duke Street

El hermano más listo de Sherlock Holmes

Chips with Everything

Goodbye
The Apple Cart

Jennie: Lady Randolph Churchill

Village Hall
Masquerade

Camas blandas, batallas duras

Ring Once for Death

Orson Welles' Great Mysteries

Thriller

The Edwardians

Crown Court

El joven Winston

El circo de los vampiros

The Lotus Eaters
Late Night Theatre

Los Persuasores

Cousin Bette

Mr. Forbush and the Penguins

Hay una chica en mi sopa

Bartleby

The Adventures of Don Quick

Trog

Play for Today

Tinieblas

The Misfit

Cribbins

The Best House in London

El cerebro de Frankenstein

The Last Shot You Hear

The Crooks. El gran golpe

¡Oh, qué guerra tan bonita!

Nervios rotos

On the Eve of Publication

Ooh La La!
Misleading Cases

Frankenstein creó a la mujer

Luna de miel en familia

La caja de las sorpresas

The Psychopath

Drácula. Príncipe de las tinieblas

BBC Play of the Month

Rotten to the Core
Six Shades of Black

Joey Boy

A Home of Your Own

La Tierra muere gritando

The Wednesday Play

Ring of Spies

Espionage

Cielos arriba

El collar de la muerte

El fantasma de la ópera

Petticoat Pirates

El tren de las 4:50
Winning Widows

Invasion Quartet

The Pure Hell of St Trinian's

La extraña prisión de Huntleigh

Sospechosos

A French Mistress

Don't Panic Chaps

Despiste ministerial

Happy Is the Bride

A Lady Mislaid

Blue Murder at St. Trinian's

The Birthday Present

The Truth About Women

Second Fiddle

The Passionate Stranger

Armchair Theatre

The Baby and the Battleship

Who Done It?

Private's Progress

You Can't Escape

Josephine and Men

Hallmark Hall of Fame

El rebelde

Waltz Time

They Were Sisters

Medal for the General
It Happened to One Man
Secret Journey
The Kindled Flame

Trunk Crime

Life of St. Paul

The Love Test

Once in a New Moon