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Thorley Walters

Thorley Walters

Actor · 1913 – 1991 · Teigngrace, Devon, England, UK

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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  • Movie6.7
  • Movie7.3

    Murder She Said

    1961 · 242 votes

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  • Movie5.9

    Vampire Circus

    1972 · 134 votes

  • Movie5.6

    The Little Drummer Girl

    1984 · 46 votes

  • Movie6.8

    Twisted Nerve

    1968 · 60 votes

  • Movie6.0
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  • Movie6.4

    The Wrong Box

    1966 · 69 votes

  • Movie6.4

    The Phantom of the Opera

    1962 · 109 votes

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    Oh! What a Lovely War

    1969 · 54 votes

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    A Murder of Quality

    1991 · 28 votes

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    Young Winston

    1972 · 54 votes

  • Movie5.5

    Sherlock Holmes und das Halsband des Todes

    Sherlock Holmes and the Deadly Necklace

    1962 · 53 votes

  • Movie4.6

    Soft Beds, Hard Battles

    1974 · 17 votes

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    Spider's Web

    1982 · 9 votes

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    Two-Way Stretch

    1960 · 56 votes

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    The Family Way

    1966 · 33 votes

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  • TV6.6

    Play for Today

    1970 · 10 votes

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    Minder

    1979 · 30 votes

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    BBC Play of the Month

    1965 · 8 votes

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    Crown Court

    1972 · 6 votes

  • TV6.7

    Tales of the Unexpected

    1979 · 54 votes

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    Screen Two

    1985 · 7 votes

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    The Wednesday Play

    1964 · 5 votes

  • TV7.7

    The Persuaders!

    1971 · 135 votes

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    Thriller

    1973 · 12 votes

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    The Play on One

    1988 · 3 votes

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    Espionage

    1963 · 1 votes

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    Strangers

    1978 · 4 votes

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    The World of Hammer

    1994 · 4 votes

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    The Edwardians

    1972 · 4 votes

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    Worzel Gummidge

    1979 · 13 votes

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    Hallmark Hall of Fame

    1951 · 8 votes

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    Cribb

    1980 · 5 votes

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    Ooh La La!

    1968 · 1 votes

  • TV7.6

    Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

    1979 · 130 votes

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    The Sunday Drama

    1977 · 1 votes

  • TV5.2

    David Copperfield

    1986 · 5 votes