Torin Thatcher

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Torin Thatcher (15 January 1905 - 4 March 1981) was an English actor born in Bombay, British India, India), to English parents. He was an imposing, powerfully built figure noted for his flashy portrayals of screen villains. He was educated in England 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 demobilized 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 Richard Burton's character), 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 movie 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). Thatcher died of cancer on March 4, 1981, in Thousand Oaks, California, in the Los Angeles area.

Known For	Acting
Most Rating	1.5069
Birthday	1905-01-15
Place of Birth	Bombay, British India, India
Also Known As	Torin Herbert Erskine Thatcher, Lt. Torin Thatcher R.A., T. Atkinson, Торин Тэтчер, 托林·撒切尔,

The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

The Snows of Kilimanjaro

The Fallen Idol

The Crimson Pirate

The Black Shield of Falworth

The Citadel

Jack the Giant Killer

Decision at Midnight

I See a Dark Stranger

The Desert Rats

The Robe

Helen of Troy

Witness for the Prosecution

Band of Angels

Houdini

Affair in Trinidad

The 7th Voyage of Sinbad

Red Wagon

Darby's Rangers

Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing

The Man Within

Knock on Wood

Bonnie Prince Charlie

The Sandpiper

Blackbeard, the Pirate

Lady Godiva of Coventry

Now Barabbas

Istanbul

Night Train to Munich

Diane

Bengal Brigade

When The Bough Breaks

Hell of Borneo

Jassy

The Canadians

The King's Pirate

The Captive Heart

The End of the River

The Spy in Black

Let George Do It!

Saloon Bar

The Case of the Frightened Lady

Contraband

Old Mother Riley, MP

Saboteur

Climbing High

The Next of Kin

Drake of England

The Kindled Flame

The Common Round

Drums of Africa

Gasbags

Major Barbara

Great Expectations

Crime Over London

The Lion Has Wings

Young and Innocent

Hawaii

The Black Rose

Sabotage

The Man Who Could Work Miracles

Mutiny on the Bounty

The Holy Terror

The Deadly Riddle

Law and Disorder

So Soon to Die

The Sweet and the Bitter