Thorley Walters

Acting · 0.9 popularity

Age

113

Movies

Born: May 12, 1913 – July 6, 1991
From: 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.

Works

83 films

Dracula: Prince of Darkness

19666.7

Murder She Said

19617.3

Frankenstein Created Woman

19676.4

The Wrong Box

19666.4

Young Winston

19726.2

Oh! What a Lovely War

19696.6

The Phantom of the Opera

19626.4

A Murder of Quality

19915.7

The Little Drummer Girl

19845.6

Twisted Nerve

19686.8

The People That Time Forgot

19775.3

Private's Progress

19566.6

Joey Boy

19656.2

Onassis: The Richest Man in the World

19886.6

Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed

19696.3

There's a Girl in My Soup

19705.5

Soft Beds, Hard Battles

19744.6

The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother

19756.0

Invasion Quartet

19616.5

Vampire Circus

19725.9

The Man Who Haunted Himself

19706.1

Trog

19704.6

Goodbye

19759.0

Two-Way Stretch

19606.8

Hammer: The Studio That Dripped Blood

19876.4

Crooks and Coronets

19698.5

Sherlock Holmes and the Deadly Necklace

19625.5

Bartleby

19706.6

Second Fiddle

19576.3

The Sign of Four

19836.5

The Baby and the Battleship

19566.4

Heavens Above!

19636.6

Carlton-Browne of the F.O.

19596.2

Happy Is the Bride

19587.0

Blue Murder at St. Trinian's

19576.8

Don't Panic Chaps

19595.3

The Passionate Stranger

19575.5

Captain Boycott

19477.2

The Best House in London

19694.0

Mr. Forbush and the Penguins

19715.0

Who Done It?

19565.5

The Family Way

19666.7

Beasts: The Dummy

19764.3

The Earth Dies Screaming

19646.3

Mrs. Weekley's Lover

2025

The Psychopath

19666.4

Ring of Spies

19647.0

Henry V

19796.2

The Pure Hell of St Trinian's

19606.5

The Truth About Women

19576.2

A Lady Mislaid

19587.5

Soft Targets

198210.0

The Birthday Present

19577.3

The Love Test

19356.7

The Wildcats of St Trinian's

19804.3

Spider's Web

19827.2

The Apple Cart

1975

You Can't Escape

19567.5

A French Mistress

19606.3

They Were Sisters

19455.5

Design for Murder

19396.4

James and the Giant Peach

19766.0

Rotten to the Core

19656.5

The Last Shot You Hear

196910.0

A Home of Your Own

19646.6

Josephine and Men

19556.4

Waltz Time

194510.0

Suspect

19606.9

The Kindled Flame

1939

In the Secret State

19857.0

Ring Once for Death

19739.0

Medal for the General

19447.7

Silver Blaze

19778.0

Petticoat Pirates

19616.6

On the Eve of Publication

19687.0

Secret Journey

19398.0

He's Asking For Me

1990

The Dunroamin' Rising

1988

Life of St. Paul

1938

Chips with Everything

19758.0

Once in a New Moon

19356.9

A Cup O' Tea An' A Slice O' Cake - Worzel Gummidge Christmas Special

198010.0

It Happened to One Man

19408.0