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Thorley Walters

Thorley Walters

Actor · Born 1913-05-12 · Teigngrace, Devon, England, UK

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Biography

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 prestigiou…

Movies & TV Shows

  1. Dracula: Prince of Darkness (1966) — Ludwig
  2. Murder She Said (1961) — Cedric Ackenthorpe
  3. The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother (1975) — Dr. Watson
  4. Frankenstein Created Woman (1967) — Dr. Hertz
  5. Vampire Circus (1972) — Burgermeister
  6. Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed (1969) — Insp. Fritsch
  7. The Persuaders! (1971) — John Hatton
  8. Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (1979) — Tufty Thessinger
  9. The Phantom of the Opera (1962) — Lattimer
  10. The People That Time Forgot (1977) — Norfolk
  11. The Man Who Haunted Himself (1970) — Frank Bellamy
  12. The Wrong Box (1966) — Patience
  13. There's a Girl in My Soup (1970) — Manager of Carlton Hotel
  14. The Earth Dies Screaming (1964) — Edgar Otis
  15. Twisted Nerve (1968) — Sir John Forrester
  16. Two-Way Stretch (1960) — Colonel Parkright
  17. Sherlock Holmes and the Deadly Necklace (1962) — Dr. Watson
  18. Young Winston (1972) — Major Finn
  19. Oh! What a Lovely War (1969) — Staff Officer
  20. Tales of the Unexpected (1979) — Harry Gold
  21. The Little Drummer Girl (1984) — Ned Quilley
  22. Trog (1970) — Magistrate
  23. The Psychopath (1966) — Martin Roth
  24. The Family Way (1966) — Vicar
  25. Blue Murder at St. Trinian's (1957) — Major Whitehart
  26. Minder (1979) — Magistrate
  27. Heavens Above! (1963) — Tranquilax Executive
  28. Private's Progress (1956) — Captain Bootle
  29. A Murder of Quality (1991) — Bishop Harry
  30. The Sign of Four (1983) — Major John Sholto
  31. The Pure Hell of St Trinian's (1960) — Butters
  32. Soft Beds, Hard Battles (1974) — General Erhardt
  33. Onassis: The Richest Man in the World (1988) — Winston Churchill
  34. Ring of Spies (1964) — Cmdr. Winters
  35. Who Done It? (1956) — Raymond Courtney
  36. The Duchess of Duke Street (1976) — Bulstrode
  37. The Passionate Stranger (1957) — Jimmy
  38. Bartleby (1970) — The Colleague
  39. Worzel Gummidge (1979) — Colonel Bloodstock
  40. Thriller (1973) — Dr. Ledworth