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Full Name Torin Herbert Erskine Thatcher Born 15 January 1905 ( 1905-01-15 ) Bombay, British India Died March 4, 1981, Thousand Oaks, California, United States Spouse Anna Le Borgne (m. 1952–1981), Marguerite Daniel (m. 1940–1951) Education Bedford School, Royal Academy of Dramatic Art TV shows Beyond This Place, The Citadel Movies The 7th Voyage of Sinbad, Jack the Giant Killer, The Crimson Pirate, Love Is a Many‑Splendored Thing, Witness for the Prosecution Similar People Nathan H Juran, Henry King, Norman Panama, Rudolph Mate, Robert Siodmak | ||
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Torin Thatcher (15 January 1905 – 4 March 1981) was an English actor born in Bombay, British India, to English parents Torin James Blair Thatcher, a police officer, by 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. He was noted for his flashy portrayals of screen villains.
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- Torin thatcher
- TORIN THATCHER TRIBUTE
- Biography
- Filmography
- References
TORIN THATCHER TRIBUTE
Biography
He was educated in Britain at Bedford School and at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. He worked as a schoolmaster before first appearing on the London stage in 1927 and then entering British films in 1934. He appeared in the 1937 Old Vic stage production of Hamlet, in which Laurence Olivier made his first appearance in the title role, opposite Vivien Leigh as Ophelia. During the Second World War, he served with the Royal Artillery and was demobilised with the rank of lieutenant colonel.
Thatcher appeared in classic British films of the late 1930s and 1940s, including Major Barbara (1941) and Great Expectations (1946), in which he played Bentley Drummle. He moved to Hollywood in the 1950s. He was constantly in demand, invariably lending his looming figure and baleful countenance to sinister or stern roles in popular costume thrillers such as The Crimson Pirate (1952), Blackbeard the Pirate (1952), The Robe (1953) (as the disapproving father of Marcellus), The Black Shield of Falworth (1954), Helen of Troy (1956), Darby's Rangers (1958) and The 7th Voyage of Sinbad (1958). He also appeared in the Marlon Brando and Trevor Howard 1962 remake of Mutiny on the Bounty.
He returned to the stage quite frequently, notably on Broadway, in such esteemed productions as Edward, My Son (1948), That Lady (1949) and Billy Budd (1951). In 1959, he portrayed Captain Keller in the award-winning play The Miracle Worker with Anne Bancroft and Patty Duke. All of these plays were filmed, but Thatcher did not appear in the film versions.
Also a steady fixture on television, he appeared in such made-for-TV films as adaptations of A.J. Cronin's Beyond This Place (1957) and The Citadel (1960), Bonanza (1961), and Brenda Starr (1976). He also played the title role in a Philco Television Playhouse version of Othello and acted in a CBS production of Beyond This Place (1957). He appeared in programmes such as The Real McCoys, Thriller, Gunsmoke, Perry Mason, Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, Daniel Boone and Mission: Impossible. He was cast as the sly space trader in an episode of Lost in Space. Thatcher, if not for his distinguished career, has become recognised by several generations of fans of Star Trek: The Original Series from his performance as Marplon, secretly a member of the resistance in the episode "The Return of the Archons".
Thatcher died of cancer on 4 March 1981, in Thousand Oaks, California, USA.
Actor
1976
Brenda Starr (TV Movie) as
Lassiter
1975
Petrocelli (TV Series) as
George Baldwin
- Death in Small Doses (1975) - George Baldwin
1972
Search (TV Series) as
Stonestreet
- Live Men Tell Tales (1972) - Stonestreet
1971
Night Gallery (TV Series) as
Captain of the Lusitania (segment "Lone Survivor")
- Pamela's Voice/Lone Survivor/The Doll (1971) - Captain of the Lusitania (segment "Lone Survivor")
1970
The Interns (TV Series) as
Brother Anselm
- The Quality of Mercy (1970) - Brother Anselm
1970
Land of the Giants (TV Series) as
Dr. Berger
- Nightmare (1970) - Dr. Berger
1968
Mission: Impossible (TV Series) as
General Rados Adolph Gollan / Archbishop Djelvas
- The Numbers Game (1969) - General Rados Adolph Gollan
- The Heir Apparent (1968) - Archbishop Djelvas
1967
Daniel Boone (TV Series) as
Cyrus Blake / Enoch Blake / President John Adams
- To Slay a Giant (1969) - Cyrus Blake / Enoch Blake
- Take the Southbound Stage (1967) - President John Adams
1968
The Guns of Will Sonnett (TV Series) as
Simeon Galt
- The Sins of the Father (1968) - Simeon Galt
1968
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (TV Movie) as
Sir John Turnbull
1967
Cowboy in Africa (TV Series) as
Hawkins
- What's an Elephant Mother to Do? (1967) - Hawkins
1967
The King's Pirate as
Captain Cullen
1967
Savage Justice as
Duncan MacRoy
1967
Gunsmoke (TV Series) as
John Tyson
- Fandango (1967) - John Tyson
1967
Star Trek (TV Series) as
Marplon
- The Return of the Archons (1967) - Marplon
1966
The Time Tunnel (TV Series) as
Dr. Everett Holland
- Crack of Doom (1966) - Dr. Everett Holland
1966
Hawaii as
Rev. Dr. Thorn
1966
Preview Tonight (TV Series) as
Potiphar
- Great Bible Adventures: Seven Rich Years and Seven Lean (1966) - Potiphar
1966
Lost in Space (TV Series) as
The Space Trader
- The Space Trader (1966) - The Space Trader
1966
Get Smart (TV Series) as
Dr. Braam
- All in the Mind (1966) - Dr. Braam
1963
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (TV Series) as
Commander Hastings / Father / Buinovsky
- The Enemy on the Beach (1966) - Commander Hastings
- The Sojourner (1964) - Father
- One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich (1963) - Buinovsky
1965
The Sandpiper as
Judge Thompson
1965
Decision at Midnight as
Southstream
1965
The Holy Terror (TV Movie) as
Dr. Poole
1965
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (TV Series) as
MacDougall
- The Secret of the Loch (1965) - MacDougall
1964
Profiles in Courage (TV Series) as
Cannon / Sewall
- George W. Norris (1965) - Cannon
- John Adams (1964) - Sewall
1965
My Three Sons (TV Series) as
Sir George Heather
- It's a Dog's Life (1965) - Sir George Heather
1964
Slattery's People (TV Series) as
Walter Cameron
- Question: Why the Lonely?- Why the Misbegotten? (1964) - Walter Cameron
1964
Hell of Borneo as
Mr. Bellflower
1964
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (TV Series) as
Alva Hardwicke
- Bed of Roses (1964) - Alva Hardwicke
1964
Destry (TV Series) as
James Fairhaven
- One Hundred Bibles (1964) - James Fairhaven
1964
The Defenders (TV Series) as
Admiral Lucas Kiley
- May Day! May Day! (1964) - Admiral Lucas Kiley
1963
The Great Adventure (TV Series) as
Colonel Lewis Washington / General Howe
- The Night Raiders (1964) - Colonel Lewis Washington
- The Story of Nathan Hale (1963) - General Howe
1964
East Side/West Side (TV Series) as
Judge Morrison
- It's War, Man (1964) - Judge Morrison
1963
Drums of Africa as
Jack Cuortemayn
1963
Hazel (TV Series) as
Sir Horace
- Hazel Sounds Her 'A' (1963) - Sir Horace
1963
The Untouchables (TV Series) as
Ed 'The Duke' Monte
- The Giant Killer (1963) - Ed 'The Duke' Monte
1963
The Real McCoys (TV Series) as
Sir Fergus McCoy
- Sir Fergus McCoy (1963) - Sir Fergus McCoy
1962
Mutiny on the Bounty as
Staines (uncredited)
1962
Jack the Giant Killer as
Pendragon
1961
Perry Mason (TV Series) as
Walter Frazer
- The Case of the Unwelcome Bride (1961) - Walter Frazer
1961
Tales of Wells Fargo (TV Series) as
Grey Man
- Casket 7.3 (1961) - Grey Man
1961
Follow the Sun (TV Series) as
Driscoll
- A Rage for Justice (1961) - Driscoll
1961
Adventures in Paradise (TV Series) as
Michael Cameron
- Beachhead (1961) - Michael Cameron
1961
Bonanza (TV Series) as
Capt. Abel Morgan Stoddard
- Elizabeth, My Love (1961) - Capt. Abel Morgan Stoddard
1961
Shirley Temple's Storybook (TV Series) as
Human King
- The Little Mermaid (1961) - Human King
1961
Thriller (TV Series) as
Jeremy Teal
- Well of Doom (1961) - Jeremy Teal
1961
The Canadians as
Sergeant McGregor
1960
Diagnosis: Unknown (TV Series) as
Professor Paul Gordon
- The Parasite (1960) - Professor Paul Gordon
1960
The Citadel (TV Movie) as
Sir Robert Abbey
1959
The Miracle as
The Duke of Wellington
1959
One Step Beyond (TV Series) as
Earl of Culdane
- Doomsday (1959) - Earl of Culdane
1959
Wagon Train (TV Series) as
Lord Steve Campden
- The Steve Campden Story (1959) - Lord Steve Campden
1959
Markham (TV Series) as
Cyrus Robinson
- Woman of Arles (1959) - Cyrus Robinson
1959
Peter Gunn (TV Series) as
Gregory Spain
- Pay Now, Kill Later (1959) - Gregory Spain
1957
Alfred Hitchcock Presents (TV Series) as
Felix Edward Manbridge / Constable Johnson
- Relative Value (1959) - Felix Edward Manbridge
- The Hands of Mr. Ottermole (1957) - Constable Johnson
1959
Zane Grey Theatre (TV Series) as
Ab Richards
- Welcome Home a Stranger (1959) - Ab Richards
1959
The United States Steel Hour (TV Series) as
Nicholas Carter
- Dangerous Interlude (1959) - Nicholas Carter
1958
The 7th Voyage of Sinbad as
Sokurah the Magician
1957
The DuPont Show of the Month (TV Series) as
De Villefort / Rees Mathry
- The Count of Monte Cristo (1958) - De Villefort
- Beyond This Place (1957) - Rees Mathry
1958
The Further Adventures of Ellery Queen (TV Series) as
King Bendigo
- The King Is Dead (1958) - King Bendigo
1958
The Millionaire (TV Series) as
MacIntyre
- The David Barrett Story (1958) - MacIntyre
1958
Telephone Time (TV Series) as
Capt. Robert Norrich
- The Vestris (1958) - Capt. Robert Norrich
1958
Encounter (TV Series) as
Shagg
- The Soundings (1958) - Shagg
1958
Darby's Rangers as
Sgt. McTavish
1957
Kraft Theatre (TV Series) as
Papa
- Polka (1957) - Papa
1957
Witness for the Prosecution as
Mr. Myers
1956
Climax! (TV Series) as
Fred Beresford / John Philippson
- The Devil's Brood (1957) - Fred Beresford
- Bury Me Later (1956) - John Philippson
1957
Band of Angels as
Capt. Canavan
1957
Istanbul as
Douglas Fielding
1957
Playhouse 90 (TV Series) as
Inspector Galloway
- So Soon to Die (1957) - Inspector Galloway
1956
Camera Three (TV Series) as
The Red Knight
- The Deadly Riddle (1956) - The Red Knight
1956
Warner Brothers Presents (TV Series)
- The Deadly Riddle (1956)
1956
Lux Video Theatre (TV Series) as
Uncle
- Princess O'Rourke (1956) - Uncle
1956
Front Row Center (TV Series) as
David Ames
- Deadlock (1956) - David Ames
1956
Helen of Troy as
Ulysses
1956
Diane as
Louis - Count de Breze
1955
The 20th Century-Fox Hour (TV Series) as
Captain McCrea / Roger Newcombe
- Yacht on the High Sea (1956) - Captain McCrea
- The Late George Apley (1955) - Roger Newcombe
1955
Lady Godiva of Coventry as
Lord Godwin
1955
Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing as
Humphrey Palmer-Jones
1955
Omnibus (TV Series) as
Cauchon (segment "The Trial of St. Joan")
- The Trial of St. Joan (1955) - Cauchon (segment "The Trial of St. Joan")
1954
Bengal Brigade as
Col. Morrow
1954
The Black Shield of Falworth as
Sir James
1954
Knock on Wood as
Godfrey Langston
1953
The Robe as
Sen. Gallio
1949
The Philco Television Playhouse (TV Series) as
Othello
- Othello (1953) - Othello
- Mist on the Waters (1949)
1953
Houdini as
Otto
1953
The Desert Rats as
Col. Barney White
1953
Hollywood Opening Night (TV Series)
- The Pattern (1953)
1952
Blackbeard, the Pirate as
Sir Henry Morgan
1952
The Snows of Kilimanjaro as
Johnson
1952
The Crimson Pirate as
Humble Bellows
1952
Affair in Trinidad as
Inspector Smythe
1951
Cosmopolitan Theatre (TV Series)
- Time to Kill (1951)
1951
Pulitzer Prize Playhouse (TV Series)
- The Buccaneer (1951)
1950
Somerset Maugham TV Theatre (TV Series)
- McKintosh (1950)
1950
The Clock (TV Series)
- Vengeance (1950)
1950
The Ford Theatre Hour (TV Series) as
Kenyon
- The Marble Faun (1950) - Kenyon
1950
Nash Airflyte Theatre (TV Series)
- Borrowed Memory (1950)
1950
Suspense (TV Series)
- Six to One (1950)
1950
The Black Rose as
Harry (uncredited)
1950
Masterpiece Playhouse (TV Series) as
Othello
- Othello (1950) - Othello
1950
The Trap (TV Series)
- The Man They Acquitted (1950)
1950
The Chevrolet Tele-Theatre (TV Series)
- The Sun (1950)
1949
Now Barabbas as
Customs Officer (uncredited)
1948
Bonnie Prince Charlie as
Col. Kor
1948
The Fallen Idol as
Policeman
1947
The End of the River as
Lisboa
1947
When the Bough Breaks as
Adams
1947
Jassy as
Bob Wicks
1947
The Smugglers as
Jailer
1946
Great Expectations as
Bentley Drummle
1946
Ten Minute Alibi (TV Movie) as
Philip Sevilla
1946
Androcles and the Lion (TV Movie) as
Ferrovius
1946
The Middle Watch (TV Movie) as
Commander Baddeley
1946
Exercise Bowler (TV Movie)
1946
I See a Dark Stranger as
Police Constable
1946
The Captive Heart as
Repatriation Official (uncredited)
1942
The Next of Kin as
German General (as Lt. Torin Thatcher R.A.)
1942
Saboteur as
Man (uncredited)
1941
Major Barbara as
Todger Fairmile
1941
Gasbags as
SS Man
1940
Saloon Bar as
Mr. Garrod (uncredited)
1940
Night Train to Munich as
SS Officer (uncredited)
1940
To Hell with Hitler as
U-Boat Commander
1940
Law and Disorder as
Karl Bergsen
1940
The Frightened Lady as
Jim Tilling - the Groundsman (uncredited)
1940
Blackout as
Sailor (uncredited)
1939
The Kindled Flame (Short) as
Festus
1939
The Lion Has Wings as
Seaman Receiving Information About German Activity
1939
Old Mother Riley M.P. as
Jack Nelson
1939
U-Boat 29 as
Submarine Officer
1939
The Day Is Gone (TV Movie) as
Ernest Webb
1939
Too Dangerous to Live as
Burton
1938
Climbing High as
Jim
1938
Broadway (TV Movie)
1938
The Challenge as
Young officer (uncredited)
1937
The Return of the Scarlet Pimpernel as
Minor Role (uncredited)
1937
Knight Without Armor as
British Passport Official (uncredited)
1937
The School for Scandal (TV Movie)
1937
Dark Journey as
Strasser (uncredited)
1937
Young and Innocent as
Nobby's Lodging House Caretaker (uncredited)
1936
Well Done, Henry as
George Canford
1936
Sabotage as
Yunct - Conspirator (uncredited)
1936
Crime Over London as
Mr. Finley
1936
The Man Who Could Work Miracles as
Observer
1936
The Common Round (Short) as
Martin
1935
Barabbas
1935
School for Stars as
Guy Mannering
1935
Drake the Pirate as
John Oxenham (uncredited)
1934
Norah O'Neale as
Dr. Hackey
1934
General John Regan
1933
Red Wagon as
Eddie Prince
1927
The Merchant of Venice (Short) as
Solanio
Writer
1946
Exercise Bowler (TV Movie) (play - as T. Atkinson)
Self
1962
PM East (TV Series) as
Self
- Episode dated 12 February 1962 (1962) - Self
1958
E.S.P. (TV Series) as
Self - guest star
- Tales of E.S.P. (1958) - Self - guest star
Archive Footage
2008
Remembering The 7th Voyage of Sinbad (Video documentary short) as
Sokurah the Magician (uncredited)
2008
The Music of Bernard Herrmann (Video documentary short) as
Sokurah the Magician (uncredited)
1998
The Harryhausen Chronicles (TV Movie documentary) as
Sokurah the Magician (uncredited)
1995
Behind the Scenes of 'The 7th Voyage of Sinbad' (Video documentary short) as
Sokurah the Magician (uncredited)
1958
The Veil (TV Mini Series) as
Capt. Robert Norrich
- Vestris (1958) - Capt. Robert Norrich
