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.Who was who in the theatre, 1912-1976 Volume 4, Gale Research Group, 1978, pg 2347Annual Obituary 1981, Thomson Gale, 1982, pg 153The Law Times: The Journal and Record of the Law and the Lawyers, Volume 114, pg 394Debrett's Peerage, Baronetage, Knightage, and Companionage, 1931, pg 908
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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