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Thorley Walters

Thorley Walters

Birthday: 1913-05-12 | Place of Birth: Teigngrace, Devon, England, UK

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Thorley Swinstead Walters (born 12 May 1913, Teigngrace, Devon – 6 July 1991, London) 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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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

1984
The Little Drummer Girl

as    Ned Quilley

1983
The Sign of Four

as    Major John Sholto

1979
Worzel Gummidge

as    Colonel Bloodstock

1979
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

as    Tufty Thessinger

1977
The People That Time Forgot

as    Norfolk

1972
Vampire Circus

as    Burgermeister

1972
The Edwardians

as    King Edward VII

1970
The Man Who Haunted Himself

as    Frank Bellamy

1970
Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed

as    Insp. Fritsch

1970
Trog

as    Magistrate

1970
There's a Girl in My Soup

as    Manager of Carlton Hotel

1967
Frankenstein Created Woman

as    Dr. Hertz

1966
Dracula: Prince of Darkness

as    Ludwig

1965
Rotten to the Core

as    Chief Constable Preston

1964
The Earth Dies Screaming

as    Edgar Otis

1962
Murder She Said

as    Cedric Ackenthorpe

1962
1962
The Phantom of the Opera

as    Lattimer

1960
The Pure Hell of St. Trinian's

as    Butters

1960
Suspect

as    Special Agent Prince

1957
Second Fiddle

as    Charles

1957
Blue Murder at St. Trinian's

as    Major Whitehart

1956
Who Done It?

as    Raymond Courtney

1939
Design for Murder

as    Huey Frazer