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.
Dracula: Prince of Darkness
as Ludwig
Oh! What a Lovely War
as Staff Officer
The Little Drummer Girl
as Ned Quilley
Murder She Said
as Cedric Ackenthorpe
Young Winston
as Major Finn
Hammer: The Studio That Dripped Blood
as Ludwig (archive footage)
There's a Girl in My Soup
as Manager of Carlton Hotel
A Murder of Quality
as Bishop Harry
Twisted Nerve
as Sir John Forrester
The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother
as Dr. Watson
Two-Way Stretch
as Colonel Parkright
Onassis: The Richest Man in the World
as Winston Churchill
Carlton-Browne of the F.O.
as Colonel Bellingham
The People That Time Forgot
as Norfolk
The Man Who Haunted Himself
as Frank Bellamy
Private's Progress
as Captain Bootle
Crooks and Coronets
as Hubbard
Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed
as Insp. Fritsch
The Phantom of the Opera
as Lattimer
The Baby and the Battleship
as Lt. Setley
The Wrong Box
as Patience
Goodbye
as Chalcott-Bentinck
Vampire Circus
as Burgermeister
Soft Targets
as Old Wedding Guest
Soft Beds, Hard Battles
as General Erhardt
The Wildcats of St Trinian's
as Hugo Culpepper Brown
Trog
as Magistrate
Frankenstein Created Woman
as Dr. Hertz
Who Done It?
as Raymond Courtney
The Sign of Four
as Major John Sholto
The Family Way
as Vicar
Silver Blaze
as Dr. Watson
Don't Panic Chaps
Blue Murder at St. Trinian's
as Major Whitehart
Sherlock Holmes and the Deadly Necklace
as Dr. Watson
The Psychopath
as Martin Roth
Ring of Spies
as Cmdr. Winters
Spider's Web
as Hugo Birch
The Best House in London
as Doctor Watson (uncredited)
Josephine and Men
as Salesman
Suspect
as Special Agent Prince
The Truth About Women
as Trevor Eaton
Henry V
as Charles the Sixth, King of France
Captain Boycott
as Army Officer (uncredited)
The Pure Hell of St Trinian's
as Butters
Bartleby
as The Colleague
The Earth Dies Screaming
as Edgar Otis
Medal for the General
as Andrew
Rotten to the Core
as Chief Constable Preston
A French Mistress
as Colonel Edmonds
The Passionate Stranger
as Jimmy
Once in a New Moon
as Beamish
The Apple Cart
as Home Secretary
Invasion Quartet
Mr. Forbush and the Penguins
as Mr. Forbush Sr.
Petticoat Pirates
as Captain Jerome Robertson
Second Fiddle
as Charles
In the Secret State
as Johnny Davenport
The Birthday Present
as Photographer
Happy Is the Bride
as Jim
They Were Sisters
as Channing
The Dunroamin' Rising
as Mr Finister
The Kindled Flame
as Cleon
A Home of Your Own
as Estate agent
Heavens Above!
as Tranquilax Executive
Chips with Everything
as Wing Commander
Secret Journey
as Max Von Reimer
The Love Test
as Chemist
Joey Boy
as Col. Grant
A Cup O' Tea An' A Slice O' Cake - Worzel Gummidge Christmas Special
as Colonel Bloodstock
The Last Shot You Hear
as General Jowett
Design for Murder
as Huey Frazer
Waltz Time
as Stefan Ravenne
Life of St. Paul
as Unidentified role
You Can't Escape
as Chadwick
Ring Once for Death
as Dr. Ledworth
On the Eve of Publication
as Holland
James and the Giant Peach
as Grasshopper
He's Asking For Me
as Uncle Harold
Beasts: The Dummy
as Sir Ramsey
It Happened to One Man
as Ronnie
Mrs. Weekley's Lover
as Baron Von Richthofen
A Lady Mislaid
as Mr. Smith