From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Thorley Walters (born 12 May 1913, Teigngrace, Devon – 6 July 1991, London) 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.
Movie | A Murder of Quality | Bishop Harry | 1991-10-04 |
Movie | Onassis: The Richest Man in the World | Winston Churchill | 1988-05-01 |
Movie | Hammer: The Studio That Dripped Blood | Ludwig (archive footage) | 1987-06-26 |
Series | Paradise Postponed | 1986-09-15 | |
Series | Bulman | Unknown | 1985-06-05 |
Movie | In the Secret State | Johnny Davenport | 1985-03-10 |
Movie | The Little Drummer Girl | Ned Quilley | 1984-10-19 |
Movie | The Sign of Four | Major John Sholto | 1983-12-06 |
Movie | Soft Targets | Old Wedding Guest | 1982-10-19 |
Movie | Spider's Web | Hugo Birch | 1982-12-26 |
Series | Cribb | 1980-04-13 | |
Series | Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy | Tufty Thessinger | 1979-09-10 |
Series | Worzel Gummidge | 1979-02-25 | |
Movie | Henry V | Charles the Sixth, King of France | 1979-12-23 |
Series | Raffles | Unknown | 1977-02-25 |
Movie | The People That Time Forgot | Norfolk | 1977-07-06 |
Series | Treasure Island | 1977-10-16 | |
Series | The Duchess of Duke Street | 1976-09-04 | |
Series | Beasts | Unknown | 1976-10-16 |
Movie | The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother | Dr. Watson | 1975-12-14 |
Movie | Soft Beds, Hard Battles | General Erhardt | 1974-01-24 |
Series | Orson Welles' Great Mysteries | Unknown | 1973-09-01 |
Series | Crown Court | Unknown | 1972-10-11 |
Movie | Vampire Circus | Burgermeister | 1972-04-30 |
Series | The Edwardians | King Edward VII | 1972-11-21 |
Movie | Mr. Forbush and the Penguins | Mr. Forbush Sr. | 1971-07-29 |
Movie | Cousin Bette | Baron Hector Hulot | 1971-08-07 |
Series | The Persuaders! | Unknown | 1971-09-17 |
Movie | The Man Who Haunted Himself | Frank Bellamy | 1970-09-17 |
Series | Play for Today | Unknown | 1970-10-15 |
Movie | Bartleby | The Colleague | 1970-10-30 |
Movie | Trog | Magistrate | 1970-10-24 |
Movie | There's a Girl in My Soup | Manager of Carlton Hotel | 1970-12-15 |
Movie | Oh! What a Lovely War | Staff Officer | 1969-03-10 |
Movie | The Best House in London | Doctor Watson | 1969-01-01 |
Movie | The Last Shot You Hear | Gen. Jowett | 1969-05-14 |
Movie | Crooks and Coronets | Hubbard | 1969-04-02 |
Movie | Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed | Insp. Fritsch | 1969-05-22 |
Movie | Twisted Nerve | Sir John Forrester | 1968-12-20 |
Movie | Frankenstein Created Woman | Dr. Hertz | 1967-03-15 |
Movie | The Family Way | Vicar | 1966-12-18 |
Movie | Dracula: Prince of Darkness | Ludwig | 1966-01-09 |
Movie | The Psychopath | Martin Roth | 1966-02-04 |
Movie | The Wrong Box | Patience | 1966-06-19 |
Movie | Joey Boy | Col. Grant | 1965-01-01 |
Movie | Rotten to the Core | Chief Constable Preston | 1965-07-14 |
Movie | The Earth Dies Screaming | Edgar Otis | 1964-10-14 |
Movie | Ring of Spies | Cmdr. Winters | 1964-03-23 |
Movie | Heavens Above! | Tranquilax Executive | 1963-05-20 |
Movie | The Phantom of the Opera | Lattimer | 1962-06-25 |
Movie | Sherlock Holmes and the Deadly Necklace | Dr. Watson | 1962-11-30 |
Movie | Petticoat Pirates | Captain Jerome Robertson | 1961-11-01 |
Movie | Invasion Quartet | 1961-09-01 | |
Movie | Murder She Said | Cedric Ackenthorpe | 1961-09-26 |
Movie | A French Mistress | Colonel Edmonds | 1960-08-25 |
Movie | The Pure Hell of St. Trinian's | Butters | 1960-12-22 |
Movie | Suspect | Special Agent Prince | 1960-11-15 |
Movie | Don't Panic Chaps! | 1959-01-01 | |
Movie | Carlton-Browne of the F.O. | Colonel Bellingham | 1959-03-10 |
Movie | Happy Is the Bride | Jim | 1958-03-04 |
Movie | Blue Murder at St. Trinian's | Major Whitehart | 1957-12-01 |
Movie | Second Fiddle | Charles | 1957-06-10 |
Movie | The Passionate Stranger | Jimmy | 1957-03-04 |
Movie | The Truth About Women | Trevor Eaton | 1957-10-01 |
Movie | The Birthday Present | Photographer | 1957-10-31 |
Movie | You Can't Escape | Chadwick | 1956-01-01 |
Movie | Who Done It? | Raymond Courtney | 1956-03-20 |
Movie | Private's Progress | Captain Bootle | 1956-02-17 |
Movie | Josephine and Men | Salesman | 1955-11-09 |
Series | Hallmark Hall of Fame | Unknown | 1951-12-24 |
Movie | Captain Boycott | Army Officer (uncredited) | 1947-08-26 |
Movie | They Were Sisters | Channing | 1945-07-02 |
Movie | Waltz Time | Stefan Ravenne | 1945-08-13 |
Movie | Medal for the General | Andrew | 1944-11-06 |
Movie | It Happened to One Man | Ronnie | 1940-10-12 |
Movie | Design for Murder | Huey Frazer | 1939-03-27 |
Movie | Life of St. Paul | Unidentified role | 1938-09-30 |
Movie | Once in a New Moon | Beamish | 1935-01-01 |
Movie | The Love Test | Chemist | 1935-06-30 |
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