Torin Thatcher
1905-01-15 ( 120 years old ) in Bombay, British India, India

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Torin Thatcher (15 January 1905 - 4 March 1981) was an English actor born in Bombay, British India, India), to English parents. He was an imposing, powerfully built figure noted for his flashy portrayals of screen villains. He was educated in England at Bedford School and at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. He worked as a schoolmaster before first appearing on the London stage in 1927 and then entering British films in 1934. He appeared in the 1937 Old Vic stage production of Hamlet, in which Laurence Olivier made his first appearance in the title role, opposite Vivien Leigh as Ophelia. During the Second World War, he served with the Royal Artillery and was demobilized with the rank of lieutenant colonel. Thatcher appeared in classic British films of the late 1930s and 1940s, including Major Barbara (1941) and Great Expectations (1946), in which he played Bentley Drummle. He moved to Hollywood in the 1950s. He was constantly in demand, invariably lending his looming figure and baleful countenance to sinister or stern roles in popular costume thrillers such as The Crimson Pirate (1952), Blackbeard the Pirate (1952), The Robe (1953) (as the disapproving father of Richard Burton's character), The Black Shield of Falworth (1954), Helen of Troy (1956), Darby's Rangers (1958), and The 7th Voyage of Sinbad (1958). He also appeared in the Marlon Brando and Trevor Howard 1962 remake of Mutiny on the Bounty. He returned to the stage quite frequently, notably on Broadway, in such esteemed productions as Edward, My Son (1948), That Lady (1949) and Billy Budd (1951). In 1959, he portrayed Captain Keller in the award-winning play The Miracle Worker with Anne Bancroft and Patty Duke. All of these plays were filmed, but Thatcher did not appear in the movie versions. Also a steady fixture on television, he appeared in such made-for-TV films as adaptations of A. J. Cronin's Beyond This Place (1957) and The Citadel (1960),Bonanza(1961), and Brenda Starr (1976). He also played the title role in a Philco Television Playhouse version of Othello and acted in a CBS production of Beyond This Place (1957). Thatcher died of cancer on March 4, 1981, in Thousand Oaks, California, in the Los Angeles area.

Movies

The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde 1968-01-07
The King's Pirate 1967-07-20
Hawaii 1966-10-10
The Sandpiper 1965-06-23
The Holy Terror 1965-04-07
Hell of Borneo 1964-01-01
Decision at Midnight 1963-12-12
Drums of Africa 1963-05-15
Mutiny on the Bounty 1962-11-08
Jack the Giant Killer 1962-05-18
The Canadians 1961-03-11
The Citadel 1960-02-19
The 7th Voyage of Sinbad 1958-12-05
Darby's Rangers 1958-02-12
Witness for the Prosecution 1957-12-17
Band of Angels 1957-08-03
Istanbul 1957-01-23
The Deadly Riddle 1956-05-22
Helen of Troy 1956-01-26
Diane 1956-01-12
Lady Godiva of Coventry 1955-11-02
Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing 1955-08-18
Bengal Brigade 1954-11-06
The Black Shield of Falworth 1954-09-02
Knock on Wood 1954-04-06
The Robe 1953-09-16
Houdini 1953-07-02
The Desert Rats 1953-05-20
Blackbeard, the Pirate 1952-12-24
The Snows of Kilimanjaro 1952-10-08
The Crimson Pirate 1952-09-27
Affair in Trinidad 1952-07-29
The Black Rose 1950-09-01
Now Barabbas 1949-05-24
Bonnie Prince Charlie 1948-10-26
The Fallen Idol 1948-09-30
The End of the River 1947-12-01
When The Bough Breaks 1947-11-19
Jassy 1947-08-13
The Man Within 1947-05-19
Great Expectations 1946-12-26
I See a Dark Stranger 1946-07-04
The Captive Heart 1946-04-29
The Next of Kin 1942-06-15
Saboteur 1942-04-24
Major Barbara 1941-05-14
Gasbags 1941-02-01
Saloon Bar 1940-11-02
The Case of the Frightened Lady 1940-09-28
Night Train to Munich 1940-08-31
Let George Do It! 1940-07-12
Law and Disorder 1940-07-06
Contraband 1940-05-11
The Lion Has Wings 1939-11-03
The Kindled Flame 1939-08-29
Old Mother Riley, MP 1939-08-15
The Spy in Black 1939-08-03
Climbing High 1938-10-31
Young and Innocent 1937-11-01
Sabotage 1937-01-08
Crime Over London 1936-10-21
The Man Who Could Work Miracles 1936-07-23
The Common Round 1936-03-12
Drake of England 1935-05-16
Red Wagon 1933-12-06

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