Torin Herbert Erskine Thatcher (15 January 1905 – 4 March 1981) was a British actor who was noted for his flashy portrayals of screen villains.

Personal life

Thatcher was born 15 January 1905 in Bombay, British India, to British parents, Torin James Blair Thatcher, a police officer, and his wife Edith Rachel, a voice and piano teacher, younger daughter of the Hon. Justice Sir Herbert Batty, a puisne judge of the High Court of Bombay.

Death

Thatcher died of cancer on 4 March 1981 in Thousand Oaks, California.

Select filmography

• The Merchant of Venice (1927, Short) - Solanio

• Red Wagon (1933) - Minor role (uncredited)

• Irish Hearts (1934) - Dr. Hackey

• School for Stars (1935) - Guy Mannering

• The Common Round (1936, Short) - Martin

• The Man Who Could Work Miracles (1936) - Observer

• Crime Over London (1936) - Mr. Finley (uncredited)

• Sabotage (1936) - Yunct (uncredited)

• Well Done, Henry (1936) - George Canford

• Dark Journey (1937) - Strasser (uncredited)

• The School for Scandal (1937, TV Movie)

• Knight Without Armor (1937) - British Passport Official (uncredited)

• Return of the Scarlet Pimpernel (1937) - Minor role (uncredited)

• Young and Innocent (1937) - Nobby's Lodging House Caretaker (uncredited)

• Broadway (1938, TV Movie)

• Climbing High (1938) - Jim Castle

• Too Dangerous to Live (1939) - Burton

• The Day Is Gone (1939, TV Movie) - Ernest Webb

• The Spy in Black (1939) - Submarine Officer

• Old Mother Riley, MP (1939) - Jack Nelson

• The Lion Has Wings (1939) - Seaman Receiving Information About German Activity

• The Kindled Flame (1939, Short)

• Contraband (1940) - Sailor (uncredited)

• Law and Disorder (1940)

• Let George Do It! (1940) - U-Boat Commander

• Night Train to Munich (1940) - Minor Role (uncredited)

• The Case of the Frightened Lady (1940) - Jim Tilling (uncredited)

• Saloon Bar (1940) - Mr. Garrod (uncredited)

• Gasbags (1941) - SS Man

• Major Barbara (1941) - Todger Fairmile

• Saboteur (1942) - Man (uncredited)

• The Next of Kin (1942) - German General

• The Captive Heart (1946) - German officer at Medical Commission (uncredited)

• I See a Dark Stranger (1946) - Police Constable

• Great Expectations (1946) - Bentley Drummle

• The Man Within (1947) - Jailer

• Jassy (1947) - Bob Wicks

• When the Bough Breaks (1947) - Adams

• The End of the River (1947) - Lisboa

• The Fallen Idol (1948) - Policeman

• Bonnie Prince Charlie (1948) - Colonel Kor

• Now Barabbas (1949) (uncredited)

• The Black Rose (1950) - Harry (uncredited)

• Affair in Trinidad (1952) - Inspector Smythe

• The Crimson Pirate (1952) - Humble Bellows

• The Snows of Kilimanjaro (1952) - Johnson

• Blackbeard the Pirate (1952) - Sir Henry Morgan

• The Desert Rats (1953) - Colonel Barney White

• Houdini (1953) - Otto

• The Robe (1953) - Senator Gallio

• Knock on Wood (1954) - Godfrey Langston

• The Black Shield of Falworth (1954) - Sir James

• Bengal Brigade (1954) - Colonel Morrow

• Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing (1955) - Humphrey Palmer-Jones

• Lady Godiva of Coventry (1955) - Lord Godwin

• Diane (1956) - Louis - Count de Breze

• Helen of Troy (1956) - Ulysses

• Istanbul (1957) - Douglas Fielding

• Band of Angels (1957) - Captain Canavan

• Alfred Hitchcock Presents (TV) (1957) (Season 2 Episode 32: "The Hands of Mr Ottermole") - Constable Johnson

• Witness for the Prosecution (1957) - Mr. Myers

• Darby's Rangers (1958) - Sergeant McTavish

• The 7th Voyage of Sinbad (1958) - Sokurah the Magician

• Alfred Hitchcock Presents (TV) (1959) (Season 4 Episode 21: "Relative Value") - Felix Edward Manbridge

• The Miracle (1959) - The Duke of Wellington

• One Step Beyond - Doomsday (TV) - Season 2, Episode 4, October 13, 1959 - Earl of Culdane

• ’’ Wagon Train’’. (1960) - Campden

• The Canadians (1961) - Sergeant McGregor

• Jack the Giant Killer (1962) - Pendragon

• Mutiny on the Bounty (1962) - Staines (uncredited)

• Drums of Africa (1963) - Jack Cuortemayn

• Hazel- Season 2, Episode 28 (1963) - Sir Horace

• Decision at Midnight (1963) - Southstream

• The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1964) (Season 2 Episode 29: "Bed of Roses") - Alva Hardwicke

• From Hell to Borneo (1964) - Mr. Bellflower

• The Sandpiper (1965) - Judge Thompson

• Hawaii (1966) - Reverend Dr. Thorn

• The Sweet and the Bitter (1967) - Duncan MacRoy

• The King's Pirate (1967) - Captain Cullen

• Star Trek, The Return of The Archons (1967, tv) - Marplon

• The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1968, TV Movie) - Sir John Turnbull

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