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