Thorley Walters
Acting
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.
Mrs. Weekley's Lover
Baron Von Richthofen
A Murder of Quality
Bishop Harry
He's Asking For Me
Uncle Harold
Onassis: The Richest Man in the World
Winston Churchill
The Dunroamin' Rising
Mr Finister
Hammer: The Studio That Dripped Blood
Ludwig (archive footage)
In the Secret State
Johnny Davenport
The Little Drummer Girl
Ned Quilley
The Sign of Four
Major John Sholto
Spider's Web
Hugo Birch
Soft Targets
Old Wedding Guest
A Cup O' Tea An' A Slice O' Cake - Worzel Gummidge Christmas Special
Colonel Bloodstock
The Wildcats of St Trinian's
Hugo Culpepper Brown
Henry V
Charles the Sixth, King of France
The People That Time Forgot
Norfolk
Silver Blaze
Dr. Watson
James and the Giant Peach
Grasshopper
Beasts: The Dummy
Sir Ramsey
The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother
Dr. Watson
Chips with Everything
Wing Commander
Goodbye
Chalcott-Bentinck
The Apple Cart
Home Secretary
Soft Beds, Hard Battles
General Erhardt
Ring Once for Death
Dr. Ledworth
Young Winston
Major Finn
Vampire Circus
Burgermeister
Mr. Forbush and the Penguins
Mr. Forbush Sr.
There's a Girl in My Soup
Manager of Carlton Hotel
Bartleby
The Colleague
Trog
Magistrate
The Man Who Haunted Himself
Frank Bellamy
The Best House in London
Doctor Watson (uncredited)
Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed
Insp. Fritsch
The Last Shot You Hear
Gen. Jowett
Crooks and Coronets
Hubbard
Oh! What a Lovely War
Staff Officer
Twisted Nerve
Sir John Forrester
On the Eve of Publication
Holland
Frankenstein Created Woman
Dr. Hertz
The Family Way
Vicar
The Wrong Box
Patience
The Psychopath
Martin Roth
Dracula: Prince of Darkness
Ludwig
Rotten to the Core
Chief Constable Preston
Joey Boy
Col. Grant
A Home of Your Own
Estate agent
The Earth Dies Screaming
Edgar Otis
Ring of Spies
Cmdr. Winters
Heavens Above!
Tranquilax Executive
Sherlock Holmes and the Deadly Necklace
Dr. Watson
The Phantom of the Opera
Lattimer
Petticoat Pirates
Captain Jerome Robertson
Murder She Said
Cedric Ackenthorpe
Invasion Quartet
The Pure Hell of St Trinian's
Butters
Two-Way Stretch
Colonel Parkright
Suspect
Special Agent Prince
A French Mistress
Colonel Edmonds
Don't Panic Chaps
Carlton-Browne of the F.O.
Colonel Bellingham
Happy Is the Bride
Jim
A Lady Mislaid
Mr. Smith
Blue Murder at St Trinian's
Major Whitehart
The Birthday Present
Photographer
The Truth About Women
Trevor Eaton
Second Fiddle
Charles
The Passionate Stranger
Jimmy
The Baby and the Battleship
Lt. Setley
Who Done It?
Raymond Courtney
Private's Progress
Captain Bootle
You Can't Escape
Chadwick
Josephine and Men
Salesman
Captain Boycott
Army Officer (uncredited)
Waltz Time
Stefan Ravenne
They Were Sisters
Channing
Medal for the General
Andrew
It Happened to One Man
Ronnie
Secret Journey
Max Von Reimer
The Kindled Flame
Cleon
Design for Murder
Huey Frazer
Life of St. Paul
Unidentified role
The Love Test
Chemist
Once in a New Moon
Beamish