Torin Thatcher Explained

Torin Thatcher
Birth Name:	Torin Herbert Erskine Thatcher
Birth Date:	1905 1, df=yes
Birth Place:	Bombay, British India
Death Place:	Thousand Oaks, California, U.S.
Yearsactive:	1927–1976
Spouse:
Children:	1

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,^[1] 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.^{[2] [3] [4] [5]}

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

Notes and References

1. News: Torin Thatcher, 76, actor. Newsday. 5 March 1981. 31.
2. Who was who in the theatre, 1912-1976 Volume 4, Gale Research Group, 1978, pg 2347
3. Annual Obituary 1981, Thomson Gale, 1982, pg 153
4. The Law Times: The Journal and Record of the Law and the Lawyers, Volume 114, pg 394
5. Debrett's Peerage, Baronetage, Knightage, and Companionage, 1931, pg 908