Thorley Walters
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Thorley Swinstead 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.
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Known For | Acting |
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Most Rating | 4.33 |
Birthday | 1913-05-12 |
Place of Birth | Teigngrace, Devon, England, UK |
Also Known As | Thorley Swinstead Walters , |
1961
Murder She Said
7.3/192
Miss Marple believes she's seen a murder in a passing-by train, yet when the police find no evidence she decides to investigate it on her own.
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Murder She Said
1969
Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed
6.4/110
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Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed
1967
Frankenstein Created Woman
6.4/120
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Frankenstein Created Woman
1970
The Man Who Haunted Himself
6.103/63
Executive Harold Pelham suffers a serious accident after which he faces the shadow of death. When, against all odds, he miraculously recovers, he disc...
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The Man Who Haunted Himself
1960
The Pure Hell of St. Trinian's
6.3/16
The fourth form monsters' latest trick is their best ever – they have burned down St Trinian’s school! As the girls stand trial, the police breathe a...
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The Pure Hell of St. Trinian's
1977
The People That Time Forgot
5.385/74
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The People That Time Forgot
1959
Carlton-Browne of the F.O.
5.9/6
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Carlton-Browne of the F.O.
1972
Vampire Circus
5.8/100
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Vampire Circus
1962
The Phantom of the Opera
6.4/89
A London opera house is haunted by tragic events on its opening night, but when its star is kidnapped, a producer tracks down the Phantom who is inten...
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The Phantom of the Opera
1966
Dracula: Prince of Darkness
6.8/236
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Dracula: Prince of Darkness
1966
The Psychopath
6.2/30
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The Psychopath
1961
Petticoat Pirates
6.2/3
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Petticoat Pirates
1959
Don't Panic Chaps!
5.6/7
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1970
There's a Girl in My Soup
5.6/50
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1960
Suspect
6.4/9
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1958
Happy Is the Bride
5.7/3
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1990
He's Asking For Me
0/0
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He's Asking For Me
1969
The Last Shot You Hear
0/0
Charles Nordeck is a successful marriage counselor whose own marriage is on the rocks. When his wife Anne seeks a divorce, Charles refuses to sign the...
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1964
The Earth Dies Screaming
6.1/53
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The Earth Dies Screaming
1965
Rotten to the Core
6.5/9
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Rotten to the Core
1961
Invasion Quartet
4/1
This British men-on-a-mission spoof set during World War II finds intrepid officer Bill Travers leading three colorful compatriots into Nazi-occupied...
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Invasion Quartet
1964
Ring of Spies
6.9/12
The film is based on the actual events of the Portland Spy Ring trial in the U.K. A disgruntled Navy Clerk is transferred to a secret research establi...
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Ring of Spies
1945
Waltz Time
0/0
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Waltz Time
1983
The Sign of Four
6.8/15
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The Sign of Four
1969
The Best House in London
3.6/5
In Victorian London, the British Government attempts a solution to the problem of prostitution by establishing the world's most fabulous brothel.
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The Best House in London
1957
The Passionate Stranger
5.4/9
Judith Wynter is a happily married novelist whose romantic works are eagerly devoured by scores of female readers. When Carlo, a handsome young Italia...
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The Passionate Stranger
1935
The Love Test
6/2
Romance set in a chemical factory.
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The Love Test
1969
Crooks and Coronets
8.3/3
Two crooks are hired to rob an eccentric old lady's estate, but once they get to know her, they can't bring themselves to do it.
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Crooks and Coronets
1957
The Birthday Present
7.1/4
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The Birthday Present
1938
Life of St. Paul
0/0
The Life of St. Paul, including reenactment of the Book of Acts, and St. Paul's Epistles.
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1956
You Can't Escape
5/1
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1957
Second Fiddle
5.6/5
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Second Fiddle
1970
Trog
4.472/36
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Trog
1962
Sherlock Holmes and the Deadly Necklace
5.125/28
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Sherlock Holmes and the Deadly Necklace
1971
Mr. Forbush and the Penguins
5.5/9
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Mr. Forbush and the Penguins
1970
Bartleby
5.9/8
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Bartleby
1966
The Wrong Box
6.455/55
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1963
Heavens Above!
6.2/21
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1957
The Truth About Women
5.8/6
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The Truth About Women
1980
The Wildcats of St. Trinian's
4.4/8
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1969
Oh! What a Lovely War
6.5/38
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Oh! What a Lovely War
1957
Blue Murder at St. Trinian's
6.4/21
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1939
Design for Murder
5.8/4
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Design for Murder
1982
Spider's Web
7.4/5
Clarissa, the wife of a Foreign Office diplomat, is given to daydreaming. 'Supposing I were to come down one morning and find a dead body in the libra...
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Spider's Web
1982
Soft Targets
0/0
Stephen Poliakoff's parody of the spy-thriller genre. A Russian diplomat becomes convinced that he is at the centre of a Foreign Office plot.
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Soft Targets
1974
Soft Beds, Hard Battles
4.1/12
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Soft Beds, Hard Battles
1940
It Happened to One Man
0/0
A film directed by Paul L. Stein.
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It Happened to One Man
1944
Medal for the General
6.5/2
A retired general helps out by sheltering some evacuees during WWII.
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Medal for the General
1966
The Family Way
6.6/28
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The Family Way
1968
Twisted Nerve
6.75/50
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Twisted Nerve
1979
Henry V
6/4
The life of King Henry the Fifth.
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Henry V
1984
The Little Drummer Girl
5.5/33
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The Little Drummer Girl
1977
Silver Blaze
0/0
1977 adaptation of Conan Doyle's The Adventure of Silver Blaze
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1935
Once in a New Moon
6.6/5
When a small English town is dragged out into space by the force of a 'dead star' passing Earth, the populace try to organise a local government based...
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Once in a New Moon
1987
Hammer: The Studio That Dripped Blood
6.4/7
A retrospective of the films of Britain's Hammer Studios, renowned for making stylish horror films in the 1950s, '60s and '70s. Included are clips fro...
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Hammer: The Studio That Dripped Blood
1965
Joey Boy
5.8/2
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Joey Boy
1955
Josephine and Men
6.3/3
The trouble with Josephine is that her ever-loving and over-sympathetic nature leads her to switch from needful men to even more needful men...
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Josephine and Men
1980
A Cup O' Tea An' A Slice O' Cake - Worzel Gummidge Christmas Special
10/1
Christmas is coming to Ten Acre Field and Worzel Gummidge (Jon Pertwee) is determined to enjoy it in style. He goes searching for Aunt Sally (Una Stub...
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A Cup O' Tea An' A Slice O' Cake - Worzel Gummidge Christmas Special
1947
Captain Boycott
6.5/7
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Captain Boycott
1956
Private's Progress
6.4/23
Stanley Windrush has to interrupt his university education when he is called up towards the end of the war. He quickly proves himself not to be office...
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Private's Progress
1991
A Murder of Quality
5.45/20
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A Murder of Quality
1956
Who Done It?
5.2/12
This movie debut for saucy British TV comic Benny Hill has Benny leaving his job as a sweeper after winning some money. He becomes a private detective...
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Who Done It?
1975
Goodbye
10/1
"All I said was the gramophone's too loud." Tony and Zoe Lyle 's silly row starts like any other, but Tony finds that Zoe means it this time. She's wa...
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Goodbye
1958
A Lady Mislaid
5/1
Esther and her sister Jennifer have just taken a remote country cottage. But there is strange gossip about the previous occupants.
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A Lady Mislaid
1968
On the Eve of Publication
0/0
TV play by David Mercer. First in a trilogy concerning Marxist novelist Robert Kelvin. The occasion is a dinner party, Kelvin is concerned with a summ...
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On the Eve of Publication
1960
Two Way Stretch
6.413/40
Three criminals plan to break out of prison the day before their release in order to carry out a daring jewel robbery, intending to establish the perf...
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Two Way Stretch
1973
Ring Once for Death
8.5/2
Recently widowed Laura Vallance returns home to England after many years living abroad. She knows few people in England, but she desires rest and secl...
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Ring Once for Death
1988
The Dunroamin' Rising
0/0
Sixty years ago Ian Sinclair was a revolutionary leader. Today he is in an old folks' home, but has not lost his sense of humour, or his appetite for...
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The Dunroamin' Rising
1960
A French Mistress
5.7/6
The boys of Melbury Primary School are plunged into turmoil when the new French Master turns out to be a Mistress! Madelin Leforge's (the French Mistr...
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A French Mistress
1985
In the Secret State
0/0
A Government Department with data on us all in its computers is not functioning quite as its ex-Head intended. Frank Strange sets out to clear his own...
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In the Secret State
1976
Beasts: The Dummy
0/1
A washed-up actor has a nervous breakdown and believes that he really is the movie monster that he has been hired to play. Created as an episode of Ni...
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Beasts: The Dummy
1975
The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother
5.983/144
After spending decades living in the shadow of his more famous and successful sibling, Consulting Detective Sigerson Holmes (Wilder) is called upon to...
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The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother
1975
The Apple Cart
0/0
Shaw's comedy of ideologies looks forty years to the future at the impossibility of government as the British cabinet and monarchy face a day of "cris...
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The Apple Cart
1976
James and the Giant Peach
6/1
A TV adaptation of Roald Dahl's classic book.
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James and the Giant Peach
1988
Onassis: The Richest Man in the World
6.3/10
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