Torin Thatcher

British actor (1905–1981)

Marguerite Mildred Daniel

(m. 1940; died 1951)

Anna Le Borgne

(m. 1952)

Children1

Torin Herbert Erskine Thatcher (15 January 1905 – 4 March 1981) was a British actor who was noted for his flashy portrayals of screen villains.

Personal life

Thatcher was born 15 January 1905 in Bombay, British India,^[1] to British parents, Torin James Blair Thatcher, a police officer, and his wife Edith Rachel, a voice and piano teacher, younger daughter of the Hon. Justice Sir Herbert Batty, a puisne judge of the High Court of Bombay.^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]

Death

Thatcher died of cancer on 4 March 1981 in Thousand Oaks, California.^[1]

Select filmography

The Merchant of Venice (1927, Short) - Solanio
Red Wagon (1933) - Minor role (uncredited)
Irish Hearts (1934) - Dr. Hackey
School for Stars (1935) - Guy Mannering
The Common Round (1936, Short) - Martin
The Man Who Could Work Miracles (1936) - Observer
Crime Over London (1936) - Mr. Finley (uncredited)
Sabotage (1936) - Yunct (uncredited)
Well Done, Henry (1936) - George Canford
Dark Journey (1937) - Strasser (uncredited)
The School for Scandal (1937, TV Movie)
Knight Without Armor (1937) - British Passport Official (uncredited)
Return of the Scarlet Pimpernel (1937) - Minor role (uncredited)
Young and Innocent (1937) - Nobby's Lodging House Caretaker (uncredited)
Broadway (1938, TV Movie)
Climbing High (1938) - Jim Castle
Too Dangerous to Live (1939) - Burton
The Day Is Gone (1939, TV Movie) - Ernest Webb
The Spy in Black (1939) - Submarine Officer
Old Mother Riley, MP (1939) - Jack Nelson
The Lion Has Wings (1939) - Seaman Receiving Information About German Activity
The Kindled Flame (1939, Short)
Contraband (1940) - Sailor (uncredited)
Law and Disorder (1940)
Let George Do It! (1940) - U-Boat Commander
Night Train to Munich (1940) - Minor Role (uncredited)
The Case of the Frightened Lady (1940) - Jim Tilling (uncredited)
Saloon Bar (1940) - Mr. Garrod (uncredited)
Gasbags (1941) - SS Man
Major Barbara (1941) - Todger Fairmile
Saboteur (1942) - Man (uncredited)
The Next of Kin (1942) - German General
The Captive Heart (1946) - German officer at Medical Commission (uncredited)
I See a Dark Stranger (1946) - Police Constable
Great Expectations (1946) - Bentley Drummle
The Man Within (1947) - Jailer
Jassy (1947) - Bob Wicks
When the Bough Breaks (1947) - Adams
The End of the River (1947) - Lisboa
The Fallen Idol (1948) - Policeman
Bonnie Prince Charlie (1948) - Colonel Kor
Now Barabbas (1949) (uncredited)
The Black Rose (1950) - Harry (uncredited)
Affair in Trinidad (1952) - Inspector Smythe
The Crimson Pirate (1952) - Humble Bellows
The Snows of Kilimanjaro (1952) - Johnson
Blackbeard the Pirate (1952) - Sir Henry Morgan
The Desert Rats (1953) - Colonel Barney White
Houdini (1953) - Otto
The Robe (1953) - Senator Gallio
Knock on Wood (1954) - Godfrey Langston
The Black Shield of Falworth (1954) - Sir James
Bengal Brigade (1954) - Colonel Morrow
Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing (1955) - Humphrey Palmer-Jones
Lady Godiva of Coventry (1955) - Lord Godwin
Diane (1956) - Louis - Count de Breze
Helen of Troy (1956) - Ulysses
Istanbul (1957) - Douglas Fielding
Band of Angels (1957) - Captain Canavan
Alfred Hitchcock Presents (TV) (1957) (Season 2 Episode 32: "The Hands of Mr Ottermole") - Constable Johnson
Witness for the Prosecution (1957) - Mr. Myers
Darby's Rangers (1958) - Sergeant McTavish
The 7th Voyage of Sinbad (1958) - Sokurah the Magician
Alfred Hitchcock Presents (TV) (1959) (Season 4 Episode 21: "Relative Value") - Felix Edward Manbridge
The Miracle (1959) - The Duke of Wellington
One Step Beyond - Doomsday (TV) - Season 2, Episode 4, October 13 1959 - Earl of Culdane
’’ Wagon Train’’. (1960) - Campden
The Canadians (1961) - Sergeant McGregor
Jack the Giant Killer (1962) - Pendragon
Mutiny on the Bounty (1962) - Staines (uncredited)
Drums of Africa (1963) - Jack Cuortemayn
Decision at Midnight (1963) - Southstream
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1964) (Season 2 Episode 29: "Bed of Roses") - Alva Hardwicke
From Hell to Borneo (1964) - Mr. Bellflower
The Sandpiper (1965) - Judge Thompson
Hawaii (1966) - Reverend Dr. Thorn
The Sweet and the Bitter (1967) - Duncan MacRoy
The King's Pirate (1967) - Captain Cullen
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1968, TV Movie) - Sir John Turnbull

References

^ ^a ^b "Torin Thatcher, 76, actor". Newsday. 5 March 1981. p. 31.
^ Who was who in the theatre, 1912-1976 Volume 4, Gale Research Group, 1978, pg 2347
^ Annual Obituary 1981, Thomson Gale, 1982, pg 153
^ The Law Times: The Journal and Record of the Law and the Lawyers, Volume 114, pg 394
^ Debrett's Peerage, Baronetage, Knightage, and Companionage, 1931, pg 908