Colin Tapley


Biography

Colin Tapley was an actor who had a successful Hollywood career. Tapley kickstarted his acting career in various films such as "Limehouse Blues" (1934), the crime adaptation "Murder at the Vanities" (1934) with Carl Brisson and "The Double Door" (1934). He also appeared in the historical love story "The Pursuit of Happiness" (1934) with Francis Lederer, "Becky Sharp" (1935) and "Liv...

Biography

Colin Tapley was an actor who had a successful Hollywood career. Tapley kickstarted his acting career in various films such as "Limehouse Blues" (1934), the crime adaptation "Murder at the Vanities" (1934) with Carl Brisson and "The Double Door" (1934). He also appeared in the historical love story "The Pursuit of Happiness" (1934) with Francis Lederer, "Becky Sharp" (1935) and "Lives of a Bengal Lancer" (1935) with Gary Cooper. His film career continued throughout the thirties in productions like "Peter Ibbetson" (1935) with Gary Cooper, "The Black Room" (1935) and the action movie "The Last Outpost" (1935) with Cary Grant. He also appeared in the drama "King of Gamblers" (1937) with Claire Trevor, the Ronald Colman dramatic adventure "If I Were King" (1938) and "Storm Over Bengal" (1938). Nearing the end of his career, he tackled roles in the Ronald Colman drama "The Light That Failed" (1939), the Jean Arthur western "Arizona" (1940) and the Elsie Janis drama "Women in War" (1940). He also appeared in "Samson and Delilah" (1949), the dramatic adaptation "The Dam Busters" (1955) with Richard Todd and the thriller "The Safecracker" (1958) with Ray Milland. Tapley more recently acted in the Suzy Kendall spy picture "Fraulein Doktor" (1969). Tapley passed away in December 1995 at the age of 88.

Filmography

 

Cast (Feature Film)

Fraulein Doktor (1969)
General Metzler
Paranoiac (1963)
Vicar
Strongroom (1962)
Haynes
The Lamp In Assassin Mews (1962)
Gang War (1962)
So Evil So Young (1961)
Compelled (1960)
Man Accused (1959)
High Jump (1959)
Innocent Meeting (1959)
The Safecracker (1958)
Colonel Charles Mercer
The Dam Busters (1955)
Dr W H Glanville
White Fire (1954)
[Arnold John] Winslow
The Diamond Wizard (1954)
Sir Stafford Beach
Wings of Danger (1952)
Maxwell
Cloudburst (1952)
Inspector Davis
Angels One Five (1952)
Samson and Delilah (1950)
Prince
Challenge to Lassie (1949)
Officer on horseback
Arizona (1940)
Bart Massey
The Light That Failed (1940)
Gardner
Women in War (1940)
Captain Tedford
Storm over Bengal (1938)
Hallett
Booloo (1938)
Captain Robert Rogers
If I Were King (1938)
Jehan LeLoup
Maid of Salem (1937)
Roger's friend
Wild Money (1937)
Cole
Night of Mystery (1937)
Chester Greene
King of Gamblers (1937)
Joe
The Crime Nobody Saw (1937)
Doctor Brookes
Bulldog Drummond Escapes (1937)
Dixon
Hotel Haywire (1937)
Hotel manager
Souls at Sea (1937)
Donaldson
The Preview Murder Mystery (1936)
Studio manager
Early to Bed (1936)
Dr. Vernon
My Marriage (1936)
Sir Phillip Burleigh
The Return of Sophie Lang (1936)
Purser
Thank You, Jeeves! (1936)
Tom Brock
The Sky Parade (1936)
Riggs
Too Many Parents (1936)
Miller
Till We Meet Again (1936)
English officer
The Crusades (1935)
Stranger, messenger
The Lives of a Bengal Lancer (1935)
Lieutenant Barrett
The Black Room (1935)
Lt. Hassel
The Last Outpost (1935)
Lieutenant Prescott
Becky Sharp (1935)
William Dobbin
Without Regret (1935)
Cleaver
Peter Ibbetson (1935)
First clerk
Wagon Wheels (1934)
Mountaineer
Double Door (1934)
Dr. John Lucas
Limehouse Blues (1934)
Man fighting with wife
The Pursuit of Happiness (1934)
Aide to Sir Henry Clinton
Murder at the Vanities (1934)
Stage manager
The Notorious Sophie Lang (1934)
Come On Marines! (1934)
Marine

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