Thorley Walters

Thorley Walters

Birthday: 1913-05-12

Deathday: 1991-07-06

Place of birth: Teigngrace, Devon, England, UK

Also known as: Thorley Swinstead Walters

imdb_id: nm0910381

Biography:

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Thorley Swinstead Walters 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.

Played in movies:

Goodbye

Score: 10.0

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

Score: 10.0

Ring Once for Death

Score: 8.5

Crooks and Coronets

Score: 8.3

Spider's Web

Score: 7.3

Murder She Said

Score: 7.3

The Birthday Present

Score: 7.1

Ring of Spies

Score: 6.9

Twisted Nerve

Score: 6.8

Oh! What a Lovely War

Score: 6.8

Two-Way Stretch

Score: 6.7

Captain Boycott

Score: 6.7

The Family Way

Score: 6.7

Dracula: Prince of Darkness

Score: 6.7

Blue Murder at St. Trinian's

Score: 6.6

Private's Progress

Score: 6.6

Once in a New Moon

Score: 6.6

Onassis: The Richest Man in the World

Score: 6.6

The Wrong Box

Score: 6.5

Medal for the General

Score: 6.5

Suspect

Score: 6.5

Frankenstein Created Woman

Score: 6.5

The Phantom of the Opera

Score: 6.5

Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed

Score: 6.4

Hammer: The Studio That Dripped Blood

Score: 6.4

The Pure Hell of St. Trinian's

Score: 6.4

The Sign of Four

Score: 6.4

Heavens Above!

Score: 6.3

The Psychopath

Score: 6.3

Young Winston

Score: 6.2

Rotten to the Core

Score: 6.2

Happy Is the Bride

Score: 6.2

The Earth Dies Screaming

Score: 6.2

Petticoat Pirates

Score: 6.2

Bartleby

Score: 6.2

The Man Who Haunted Himself

Score: 6.1

The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother

Score: 6.0

The Baby and the Battleship

Score: 6.0

A Home of Your Own

Score: 6.0

Josephine and Men

Score: 6.0

Henry V

Score: 6.0

The Love Test

Score: 6.0

James and the Giant Peach

Score: 6.0

The Truth About Women

Score: 5.9

Carlton-Browne of the F.O.

Score: 5.9

Vampire Circus

Score: 5.9

Joey Boy

Score: 5.8

Design for Murder

Score: 5.8

A French Mistress

Score: 5.7

They Were Sisters

Score: 5.6

Second Fiddle

Score: 5.6

Don't Panic Chaps!

Score: 5.6

A Murder of Quality

Score: 5.5

Sherlock Holmes and the Deadly Necklace

Score: 5.5

The Little Drummer Girl

Score: 5.5

Mr. Forbush and the Penguins

Score: 5.5

The Passionate Stranger

Score: 5.5

There's a Girl in My Soup

Score: 5.5

The People That Time Forgot

Score: 5.3

Who Done It?

Score: 5.2

A Lady Mislaid

Score: 5.0

You Can't Escape

Score: 5.0

Soft Beds, Hard Battles

Score: 4.4

Trog

Score: 4.4

The Wildcats of St. Trinian's

Score: 4.1

Invasion Quartet

Score: 4.0

The Best House in London

Score: 3.8

Mrs. Weekley's Lover

Score: 0.0

Chips with Everything

Score: 0.0

The Dunroamin' Rising

Score: 0.0

On the Eve of Publication

Score: 0.0

Silver Blaze

Score: 0.0

It Happened to One Man

Score: 0.0

Soft Targets

Score: 0.0

The Kindled Flame

Score: 0.0

He's Asking For Me

Score: 0.0

The Apple Cart

Score: 0.0

Life of St. Paul

Score: 0.0

Waltz Time

Score: 0.0

The Last Shot You Hear

Score: 0.0

Beasts: The Dummy

Score: 0.0

In the Secret State

Score: 0.0

Played in tv shows:

Hallmark Hall of Fame

Score: 8.6

Raffles

Score: 8.0

The Duchess of Duke Street

Score: 8.0

The Persuaders!

Score: 7.6

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

Score: 7.6

Misleading Cases

Score: 7.0

Beasts

Score: 7.0

Strangers

Score: 7.0

Minder

Score: 6.8

Tales of the Unexpected

Score: 6.7

Bulman

Score: 6.7

Thriller

Score: 6.6

Play for Today

Score: 6.3

Jennie: Lady Randolph Churchill

Score: 6.3

Worzel Gummidge

Score: 6.2

Cribbins

Score: 6.0

Treasure Island

Score: 6.0

Armchair Theatre

Score: 5.8

The Edwardians

Score: 5.7

The Edwardians

Score: 5.7

Crown Court

Score: 5.4

The Lotus Eaters

Score: 5.0

BBC Play of the Month

Score: 5.0

Paradise Postponed

Score: 5.0

The Adventures of Don Quick

Score: 5.0

David Copperfield

Score: 4.8

The Wednesday Play

Score: 4.5

Cousin Bette

Score: 3.5

The Misfit

Score: 0.0

Ooh La La!

Score: 0.0

Life of Shakespeare

Score: 0.0