Thorley Walters
Acting
Born 1913-05-12
Died 1991-07-06
Teigngrace, Devon, England, UK
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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.
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Filmography
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The World of Hammer
Play for Today
BBC Play of the Month
Minder
Tales of the Unexpected
Screen Two
Crown Court
The Wednesday Play
The Persuaders!
The Play on One
Thriller
Espionage
Strangers
Orson Welles' Great Mysteries
Worzel Gummidge
The Duchess of Duke Street
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
The Sunday Drama
The Edwardians
Cribb
Late Night Theatre
Beasts
Ooh La La!
Paradise Postponed
Dracula: Prince of Darkness
Raffles
A Question of Guilt
David Copperfield
Cousin Bette
Murder She Said
Bulman
The Lotus Eaters
Misleading Cases
The Misfit
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Frankenstein Created Woman
Will Shakespeare
The Adventures of Don Quick
Jennie: Lady Randolph Churchill
The Wrong Box
Young Winston
Oh! What a Lovely War
The Phantom of the Opera
A Murder of Quality
The Little Drummer Girl
Twisted Nerve
The People That Time Forgot
Private's Progress
Joey Boy
Onassis: The Richest Man in the World
Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed
Armchair Theatre
There's a Girl in My Soup
Soft Beds, Hard Battles
Malice Aforethought
The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother
Invasion Quartet
Vampire Circus
The Man Who Haunted Himself
Masquerade
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