Cast
Thorley Walters
Acting
Cast
Thorley Walters
Known for
Acting
Born
1913-05-12
From
Teigngrace, Devon, England, UK
Died
1991-07-06
Also known as Thorley Swinstead Walters
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 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.
★6.5
MOVIE1961
Invasion Quartet
★6.3
MOVIE1957
Second Fiddle
as Charles
★5.6
MOVIE1984
The Little Drummer Girl
as Ned Quilley
★4.6
MOVIE1974
Soft Beds, Hard Battles
as General Erhardt
★6.4
MOVIE1966
The Wrong Box
as Patience
★6.4
MOVIE1967
Frankenstein Created Woman
as Dr. Hertz
★5.6
MOVIE1991
A Murder of Quality
as Bishop Harry
★6.2
MOVIE1972
Young Winston
as Major Finn
★6.7
MOVIE1966
Dracula: Prince of Darkness
as Ludwig
★6.6
MOVIE1969
Oh! What a Lovely War
as Staff Officer
★6.3
MOVIE1960
A French Mistress
as Colonel Edmonds
★6.4
MOVIE1962
The Phantom of the Opera
as Lattimer
★6.6
MOVIE1970
Bartleby
as The Colleague
★7.3
MOVIE1961
Murder She Said
as Cedric Ackenthorpe
★6.8
MOVIE1968
Twisted Nerve
as Sir John Forrester
★6.7
MOVIE1935
The Love Test
as Chemist
★9.0
MOVIE1975
Goodbye
as Chalcott-Bentinck
★6.8
MOVIE1960
Two-Way Stretch
as Colonel Parkright
★6.6
MOVIE1988
Onassis: The Richest Man in the World
as Winston Churchill
MOVIE1975
The Apple Cart
as Home Secretary
★8.5
MOVIE1969
Crooks and Coronets
as Hubbard
★7.0
MOVIE1958
Happy Is the Bride
as Jim
★10.0
MOVIE1969
The Last Shot You Hear
as General Jowett
MOVIE2025
Mrs. Weekley's Lover
as Baron Von Richthofen
★4.0
MOVIE1969
The Best House in London
as Doctor Watson (uncredited)
★6.7
MOVIE1966
The Family Way
as Vicar
★6.3
MOVIE1969
Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed
as Insp. Fritsch
★4.5
MOVIE1970
Trog
as Magistrate
★5.3
MOVIE1977
The People That Time Forgot
as Norfolk
★6.6
MOVIE1956
Private's Progress
as Captain Bootle
★4.3
MOVIE1976
Beasts: The Dummy
as Sir Ramsey
★5.5
MOVIE1970
There's a Girl in My Soup
as Manager of Carlton Hotel
★6.4
MOVIE1987
Hammer: The Studio That Dripped Blood
as Ludwig (archive footage)
★5.9
MOVIE1972
Vampire Circus
as Burgermeister
★6.3
MOVIE1957
The Truth About Women
as Trevor Eaton
★6.0
MOVIE1975
The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother
as Dr. Watson
★6.4
MOVIE1956
The Baby and the Battleship
as Lt. Setley
★7.0
MOVIE1964
Ring of Spies
as Cmdr. Winters
★6.8
MOVIE1957
Blue Murder at St. Trinian's
as Major Whitehart
★6.5
MOVIE1983
The Sign of Four
as Major John Sholto
★10.0
MOVIE1982
Soft Targets
as Old Wedding Guest
★5.5
MOVIE1945
They Were Sisters
as Channing
★7.5
MOVIE1956
You Can't Escape
as Chadwick
★6.1
MOVIE1970
The Man Who Haunted Himself
as Frank Bellamy
MOVIE1939
The Kindled Flame
as Cleon
★6.4
MOVIE1966
The Psychopath
as Martin Roth
★5.3
MOVIE1959
Don't Panic Chaps
★6.5
MOVIE1960
The Pure Hell of St Trinian's
as Butters
★6.3
MOVIE1964
The Earth Dies Screaming
as Edgar Otis
★5.5
MOVIE1962
Sherlock Holmes and the Deadly Necklace
as Dr. Watson
★6.6
MOVIE1964
A Home of Your Own
as Estate agent
★6.9
MOVIE1960
Suspect
as Special Agent Prince
★6.4
MOVIE1955
Josephine and Men
as Salesman
★6.0
MOVIE1976
James and the Giant Peach
as Grasshopper
★7.2
MOVIE1982
Spider's Web
as Hugo Birch
★6.6
MOVIE1963
Heavens Above!
as Tranquilax Executive
★10.0
MOVIE1945
Waltz Time
as Stefan Ravenne
MOVIE1990
He's Asking For Me
as Uncle Harold
★5.0
MOVIE1971
Mr. Forbush and the Penguins
as Mr. Forbush Sr.
★7.7
MOVIE1944
Medal for the General
as Andrew
★7.2
MOVIE1947
Captain Boycott
as Army Officer (uncredited)
★6.5
MOVIE1965
Rotten to the Core
as Chief Constable Preston
★6.2
MOVIE1959
Carlton-Browne of the F.O.
as Colonel Bellingham
★6.4
MOVIE1939
Design for Murder
as Huey Frazer
★4.3
MOVIE1980
The Wildcats of St Trinian's
as Hugo Culpepper Brown
★7.0
MOVIE1985
In the Secret State
as Johnny Davenport
★5.5
MOVIE1957
The Passionate Stranger
as Jimmy
★6.2
MOVIE1979
Henry V
as Charles the Sixth, King of France
★6.6
MOVIE1961
Petticoat Pirates
as Captain Jerome Robertson
★8.0
MOVIE1975
Chips with Everything
as Wing Commander
MOVIE1988
The Dunroamin' Rising
as Mr Finister
★6.9
MOVIE1935
Once in a New Moon
as Beamish
★7.3
MOVIE1957
The Birthday Present
as Photographer
★7.0
MOVIE1968
On the Eve of Publication
as Holland
★9.0
MOVIE1973
Ring Once for Death
as Dr. Ledworth
★7.5
MOVIE1958
A Lady Mislaid
as Mr. Smith
★5.5
MOVIE1956
Who Done It?
as Raymond Courtney
★10.0
MOVIE1980
A Cup O' Tea An' A Slice O' Cake - Worzel Gummidge Christmas Special
as Colonel Bloodstock
★8.0
MOVIE1977
Silver Blaze
as Dr. Watson
★8.0
MOVIE1939
Secret Journey
as Max Von Reimer
★6.2
MOVIE1965
Joey Boy
as Col. Grant
MOVIE1938
Life of St. Paul
as Unidentified role
★8.0
MOVIE1940
It Happened to One Man
as Ronnie