Thorley Walters

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.

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Thorley Walters

Filmografia

Assassinio sul treno

Distruggete Frankenstein!

La maledizione dei Frankenstein

L'uomo che uccise se stesso

The Pure Hell of St Trinian's

Gli uomini della terra dimenticata dal tempo

Carlton-Browne of the F.O.

La regina dei vampiri

Il fantasma dell'Opera

In the Secret State

Dracula principe delle tenebre

James and the Giant Peach

La bambola di cera

Onassis: The Richest Man in the World

Beasts: The Dummy

Il fratello più furbo di Sherlock Holmes

The Sign of Four

Petticoat Pirates

Don't Panic Chaps

Suspect

M'è caduta una ragazza nel piatto

The Last Shot You Hear

The Earth Dies Screaming

Happy Is the Bride

Invasion Quartet

8 facce di bronzo

003 contro Intelligence Service

Waltz Time

Gangster tuttofare

Il club dei libertini

The Passionate Stranger

The Love Test

The Birthday Present

Life of St. Paul

The Apple Cart

He's Asking For Me

You Can't Escape

Il terrore di Londra

Second Fiddle

Sherlock Holmes: la valle del terrore

Mr. Forbush and the Penguins

Bartleby

Medal for the General

La cassa sbagliata

The Truth About Women

Lassù qualcuno mi attende

The Wildcats of St Trinian's

Oh, che bella guerra!

Blue Murder at St. Trinian's

Spider's Web

Trunk Crime

The Kindled Flame

Soft Targets

Soffici letti, dure battaglie

It Happened to One Man

Questo difficile amore

I nervi a pezzi

Henry V

Silver Blaze

La tamburina

Once in a New Moon

Hammer: The Studio That Dripped Blood

Joey Boy

Josephine and Men

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

Captain Boycott

Operazione fifa

Un delitto di classe

Who Done It?

A Lady Mislaid

Goodbye

On the Eve of Publication

Un alibi (troppo) perfetto

Ring Once for Death

The Dunroamin' Rising