Known For
Acting
Born
May 12, 1913
Died
Jul 06, 1991
Place of Birth
Teigngrace, Devon, England, UK
Credits
125 titles
Thorley Walters
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.
Known For
Filmography
Mrs. Weekley's Lover
Baron Von Richthofen
The World of Hammer
Self (archive footage)
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
The Play on One
Mr Finister
Hammer: The Studio That Dripped Blood
Ludwig (archive footage)
David Copperfield
Richard 'Mr Dick' Babley
Paradise Postponed
Bulman
Bill Dugdale
In the Secret State
Johnny Davenport
Screen Two
Uncle Harold
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
Cribb
CI Jowett
A Question of Guilt
Sir Charles Russell
Henry V
Charles the Sixth, King of France
Minder
Magistrate
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Tufty Thessinger
Tales of the Unexpected
Harry Gold
Malice Aforethought
Sir Francis Lee-Bannerton
Worzel Gummidge
Colonel Bloodstock
Life of Shakespeare
Mr. Justice Fleminge
Will Shakespeare
Mr Justice Fleminge
Strangers
Bill Dugdale
Treasure Island
The People That Time Forgot
Norfolk
The Sunday Drama
Dr John Watson
Raffles
Lord Lochmaben
Silver Blaze
Dr. Watson
James and the Giant Peach
Grasshopper
Beasts: The Dummy
Sir Ramsey
Beasts
Sir Ramsey
The Duchess of Duke Street
Bulstrode
The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother
Dr. Watson
Chips with Everything
Wing Commander
Goodbye
Chalcott-Bentinck
The Apple Cart
Home Secretary
Jennie: Lady Randolph Churchill
Masquerade
Bunny
Soft Beds, Hard Battles
General Erhardt
Ring Once for Death
Dr. Ledworth
Orson Welles' Great Mysteries
Beecham
Thriller
Dr. Ledworth
The Edwardians
Edward, Prince of Wales