Colin Tapley [96743] Gender: Male Popularity: 0.4591 Birthplace: Dunedin, South Island, New Zealand Birthday: 1907-05-07 Deathday: 1995-12-01 Age: 88 years Movies: 47 Links: Homepage, IMDB Biography: From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Colin Tapley (7 May 1907 – 1 December 1995) was a British actor. Born in New Zealand, he served in the Royal Air Force and an expedition to Antarctica before winning a Paramount Pictures talent contest and moving to Hollywood. He acted in several films before returning to Britain during the Second World War as a flight controller with the Royal Canadian Air Force. He returned briefly to New Zealand before returning once again to Britain to renew his acting career. His most famous role is as William Glanville in The Dam Busters but he spent much of his later career typecast as a police inspector, a role he played in several films and TV series before retiring to Gloucestershire. Description above from the Wikipedia article Colin Tapley, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia. Strongroom1962-05-04 Emergency1962-03-02 Gang War1962-01-01 So Evil, So Youn1961-01-01 The Sundowners1960-12-08 Compelled1960-12-01 An Honourable Mu1960-03-31 Man Accused1959-10-01 The Safecracker1958-03-05 Stranger in Town1957-05-01 Barbados Quest1955-07-01 The Dam Busters1955-05-16 The Diamond Wiza1954-04-01 3 Steps to the G1953-12-01 The Steel Key1953-05-01 Noose for a Lady1953-04-01 Strange Stories1953-01-01 Wide Boy1952-04-01 Wings of Danger1952-04-01 Angels One Five1952-03-19 Cloudburst1951-07-01 Samson and Delil1949-12-21 Arizona1940-12-25 North West Mount1940-10-22 The Light That F1939-12-24 Storm Over Benga1938-11-14 If I Were King1938-09-28 Booloo1938-07-29 Souls at Sea1937-09-03 Night of Mystery1937-05-21 King of Gamblers1937-04-22 The Crime Nobody1937-03-12 Maid of Salem1937-02-12 Bulldog Drummond1937-01-22 Thank You, Jeeve1936-10-04 The Return of So1936-06-18 Early to Bed1936-06-05 Too Many Parents1936-03-19 The Preview Murd1936-02-28 My Marriage1936-01-31 Peter Ibbetson1935-11-07 The Last Outpost1935-10-11 The Black Room1935-07-15 Becky Sharp1935-06-28 The Lives of a B1935-01-11 Murder at the Va1934-05-18 Double Door1934-05-04