Joey Boy1965
As Col. Grant
TMDb 6.2 / 10
Thorley Walters
Born
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.
Filmography (83)
Murder She Said1961
As Cedric Ackenthorpe
TMDb 7.3 / 10
The People That Time Forgot1977
As Norfolk
TMDb 5.3 / 10
Twisted Nerve1968
As Sir John Forrester
TMDb 6.8 / 10
Invasion Quartet1961
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed1969
As Insp. Fritsch
TMDb 6.3 / 10
The Little Drummer Girl1984
As Ned Quilley
TMDb 5.6 / 10
Bartleby1970
As The Colleague
TMDb 6.6 / 10
Dracula: Prince of Darkness1966
As Ludwig
TMDb 6.7 / 10
The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother1975
As Dr. Watson
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Young Winston1972
As Major Finn
TMDb 6.2 / 10
The Best House in London1969
As Doctor Watson (uncredited)
TMDb 4.0 / 10
The Man Who Haunted Himself1970
As Frank Bellamy
TMDb 6.1 / 10
Oh! What a Lovely War1969
As Staff Officer
TMDb 6.6 / 10
Trog1970
As Magistrate
TMDb 4.6 / 10
Frankenstein Created Woman1967
As Dr. Hertz
TMDb 6.4 / 10
The Wrong Box1966
As Patience
TMDb 6.4 / 10
The Phantom of the Opera1962
As Lattimer
TMDb 6.4 / 10
Second Fiddle1957
As Charles
TMDb 6.3 / 10
A Murder of Quality1991
As Bishop Harry
TMDb 5.7 / 10
There's a Girl in My Soup1970
As Manager of Carlton Hotel
TMDb 5.5 / 10
The Family Way1966
As Vicar
TMDb 6.7 / 10
Vampire Circus1972
As Burgermeister
TMDb 5.9 / 10
Spider's Web1982
As Hugo Birch
TMDb 7.2 / 10
Soft Beds, Hard Battles1974
As General Erhardt
TMDb 4.6 / 10
Two-Way Stretch1960
As Colonel Parkright
TMDb 6.8 / 10
Happy Is the Bride1958
As Jim
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Sherlock Holmes and the Deadly Necklace1962
As Dr. Watson
TMDb 5.5 / 10
Goodbye1975
As Chalcott-Bentinck
TMDb 9.0 / 10
Hammer: The Studio That Dripped Blood1987
As Ludwig (archive footage)
TMDb 6.4 / 10
The Earth Dies Screaming1964
As Edgar Otis
TMDb 6.3 / 10
Captain Boycott1947
As Army Officer (uncredited)
TMDb 7.2 / 10
Ring of Spies1964
As Cmdr. Winters
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Mr. Forbush and the Penguins1971
As Mr. Forbush Sr.
TMDb 5.0 / 10
The Apple Cart
The Apple Cart1975
As Home Secretary
Suspect1960
As Special Agent Prince
TMDb 6.9 / 10
Blue Murder at St. Trinian's1957
As Major Whitehart
TMDb 6.8 / 10
The Baby and the Battleship1956
As Lt. Setley
TMDb 6.4 / 10
Onassis: The Richest Man in the World1988
As Winston Churchill
TMDb 6.6 / 10
Beasts: The Dummy1976
As Sir Ramsey
TMDb 4.3 / 10
You Can't Escape1956
As Chadwick
TMDb 7.5 / 10
Heavens Above!1963
As Tranquilax Executive
TMDb 6.6 / 10
Soft Targets1982
As Old Wedding Guest
TMDb 10.0 / 10
Chips with Everything1975
As Wing Commander
TMDb 8.0 / 10
They Were Sisters1945
As Channing
TMDb 5.5 / 10
Who Done It?1956
As Raymond Courtney
TMDb 5.5 / 10
The Truth About Women1957
As Trevor Eaton
TMDb 6.2 / 10
The Psychopath1966
As Martin Roth
TMDb 6.4 / 10
The Love Test1935
As Chemist
TMDb 6.7 / 10
Don't Panic Chaps1959
TMDb 5.2 / 10
A Home of Your Own1964
As Estate agent
TMDb 6.6 / 10
The Sign of Four1983
As Major John Sholto
TMDb 6.5 / 10
The Pure Hell of St Trinian's1960
As Butters
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Crooks and Coronets1969
As Hubbard
TMDb 8.5 / 10
Carlton-Browne of the F.O.1959
As Colonel Bellingham
TMDb 6.2 / 10
Petticoat Pirates1961
As Captain Jerome Robertson
TMDb 6.6 / 10
Henry V1979
As Charles the Sixth, King of France
TMDb 6.2 / 10
In the Secret State1985
As Johnny Davenport
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Rotten to the Core1965
As Chief Constable Preston
TMDb 6.5 / 10
A French Mistress1960
As Colonel Edmonds
TMDb 6.3 / 10
James and the Giant Peach1976
As Grasshopper
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Mrs. Weekley's Lover2025
As Baron Von Richthofen
The Wildcats of St Trinian's1980
As Hugo Culpepper Brown
TMDb 4.3 / 10
The Kindled Flame
The Kindled Flame1939
As Cleon
Silver Blaze1977
As Dr. Watson
TMDb 8.0 / 10
A Cup O' Tea An' A Slice O' Cake - Worzel Gummidge Christmas Special1980
As Colonel Bloodstock
TMDb 10.0 / 10
The Birthday Present1957
As Photographer
TMDb 7.3 / 10
Ring Once for Death1973
As Dr. Ledworth
TMDb 9.0 / 10
The Passionate Stranger1957
As Jimmy
TMDb 5.5 / 10
Once in a New Moon1935
As Beamish
TMDb 6.9 / 10
The Last Shot You Hear1969
As General Jowett
TMDb 10.0 / 10
Private's Progress1956
As Captain Bootle
TMDb 6.6 / 10
Secret Journey
Secret Journey1939
As Max Von Reimer
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Waltz Time1945
As Stefan Ravenne
TMDb 10.0 / 10
Medal for the General1944
As Andrew
TMDb 7.7 / 10
He's Asking For Me
He's Asking For Me1990
As Uncle Harold
Josephine and Men1955
As Salesman
TMDb 6.4 / 10
A Lady Mislaid1958
As Mr. Smith
TMDb 7.5 / 10
Design for Murder1939
As Huey Frazer
TMDb 6.4 / 10
It Happened to One Man
It Happened to One Man1940
As Ronnie
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Life of St. Paul1938
As Unidentified role
The Dunroamin' Rising1988
As Mr Finister
On the Eve of Publication1968
As Holland
TMDb 7.0 / 10
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