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Thorley Walters


Thorley Walters

Birthday:

05/12/1913

Place of birth:

Teigngrace, Devon, England, UK:

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.


Credits

Mrs. Weekley's Lover (2025)
as Baron Von Richthofen
A Murder of Quality (1991)
as Bishop Harry
He's Asking For Me (1990)
as Uncle Harold
Onassis: The Richest Man in the World (1988)
as Winston Churchill
The Dunroamin' Rising (1988)
as Mr Finister
Hammer: The Studio That Dripped Blood (1987)
as Ludwig (archive footage)
In the Secret State (1985)
as Johnny Davenport
The Little Drummer Girl (1984)
as Ned Quilley
The Sign of Four (1983)
as Major John Sholto
Spider's Web (1982)
as Hugo Birch
Soft Targets (1982)
as Old Wedding Guest
A Cup O' Tea An' A Slice O' Cake - Worzel Gummidge Christmas Special (1980)
as Colonel Bloodstock
The Wildcats of St Trinian's (1980)
as Hugo Culpepper Brown
Henry V (1979)
as Charles the Sixth, King of France
The People That Time Forgot (1977)
as Norfolk
Silver Blaze (1977)
as Dr. Watson
James and the Giant Peach (1976)
as Grasshopper
Beasts: The Dummy (1976)
as Sir Ramsey
The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother (1975)
as Dr. Watson
Chips with Everything (1975)
as Wing Commander
Goodbye (1975)
as Chalcott-Bentinck
The Apple Cart (1975)
as Home Secretary
Soft Beds, Hard Battles (1974)
as General Erhardt
Ring Once for Death (1973)
as Dr. Ledworth
Young Winston (1972)
as Major Finn
Vampire Circus (1972)
as Burgermeister
Mr. Forbush and the Penguins (1971)
as Mr. Forbush Sr.
There's a Girl in My Soup (1970)
as Manager of Carlton Hotel
Bartleby (1970)
as The Colleague
Trog (1970)
as Magistrate
The Man Who Haunted Himself (1970)
as Frank Bellamy
The Best House in London (1969)
as Doctor Watson (uncredited)
Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed (1969)
as Insp. Fritsch
The Last Shot You Hear (1969)
as General Jowett
Crooks and Coronets (1969)
as Hubbard
Oh! What a Lovely War (1969)
as Staff Officer
Twisted Nerve (1968)
as Sir John Forrester
On the Eve of Publication (1968)
as Holland
Frankenstein Created Woman (1967)
as Dr. Hertz
The Family Way (1966)
as Vicar
The Wrong Box (1966)
as Patience
The Psychopath (1966)
as Martin Roth
Dracula: Prince of Darkness (1966)
as Ludwig
Rotten to the Core (1965)
as Chief Constable Preston
Joey Boy (1965)
as Col. Grant
A Home of Your Own (1964)
as Estate agent
The Earth Dies Screaming (1964)
as Edgar Otis
Ring of Spies (1964)
as Cmdr. Winters
Heavens Above! (1963)
as Tranquilax Executive
Sherlock Holmes und das Halsband des Todes (1962)
as Dr. Watson
The Phantom of the Opera (1962)
as Lattimer
Petticoat Pirates (1961)
as Captain Jerome Robertson
Murder She Said (1961)
as Cedric Ackenthorpe
Invasion Quartet (1961)
as
The Pure Hell of St Trinian's (1960)
as Butters
Two-Way Stretch (1960)
as Colonel Parkright
Suspect (1960)
as Special Agent Prince
A French Mistress (1960)
as Colonel Edmonds
Don't Panic Chaps (1959)
as
Carlton-Browne of the F.O. (1959)
as Colonel Bellingham
Happy Is the Bride (1958)
as Jim
A Lady Mislaid (1958)
as Mr. Smith
Blue Murder at St Trinian's (1957)
as Major Whitehart
The Birthday Present (1957)
as Photographer
The Truth About Women (1957)
as Trevor Eaton
Second Fiddle (1957)
as Charles
The Passionate Stranger (1957)
as Jimmy
The Baby and the Battleship (1956)
as Lt. Setley
Who Done It? (1956)
as Raymond Courtney
Private's Progress (1956)
as Captain Bootle
You Can't Escape (1956)
as Chadwick
Josephine and Men (1955)
as Salesman
Captain Boycott (1947)
as Army Officer (uncredited)
Waltz Time (1945)
as Stefan Ravenne
They Were Sisters (1945)
as Channing
Medal for the General (1944)
as Andrew
It Happened to One Man (1940)
as Ronnie
Secret Journey (1939)
as Max Von Reimer
The Kindled Flame (1939)
as Cleon
Trunk Crime (1939)
as Huey Frazer
Life of St. Paul (1938)
as Unidentified role
The Love Test (1935)
as Chemist
Once in a New Moon (1935)
as Beamish