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Portrait of Colin Tapley

Acting

Colin Tapley

Career

Active from 1934 to 1962, with a break from 1939 to 1950, busiest in 1936 and 1953 with 3 main titles each.

Leading roles
3
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score60/100
Highest rated
Poster for Double Door
Double Door
GoodWatch score68/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 21 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.8 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.4 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 1.9 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.4 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.4 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.0 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Colin Tapley Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    1.8, average 5.4
  • Pop Culture
    0.8, average 2.2
  • Situational Comedy
    1.6, average 2.7
  • Cringe Humor
    1.0, average 2.2

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Classic Crime 2
  • Suspenseful Plot 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

54
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

1960s

10 titles · average score 61
Emergency
Emergency (1962)

as Dr. Lloyd

Richard the Lionheart
Richard the Lionheart (1962)

TV show · as Chamberlain / Steward

Strongroom
Strongroom (1962)
GoodWatch score 69

as Haynes

The Lamp in Assassin Mews
The Lamp in Assassin Mews (1962)

as Inspector

Gang War
Gang War (1962)

as Paul Alexis

Masters of Venus
Masters of Venus (1962)

TV show · as Scientist (uncredited)

So Evil, So Young
So Evil, So Young (1961)
GoodWatch score 49

as Inspector

Compelled
Compelled (1960)

as Inspector

The Sundowners
The Sundowners (1960)
GoodWatch score 65

as Palmer (uncredited)

An Honourable Murder
An Honourable Murder (1960)

as Casca

1950s

16 titles · average score 62
Innocent Meeting
Innocent Meeting (1959)

as Stannard

Stranger in Town
Stranger in Town (1957)

as Henry Ryland

The Adventures of Sir Lancelot
The Adventures of Sir Lancelot (1956)
GoodWatch score 70

TV show · as Everard / Lord Vanton

The Dam Busters
The Dam Busters (1955)
GoodWatch score 88

as Doctor W.H. Glanville, C.B., C.B.E.

Barbados Quest
Barbados Quest (1955)
GoodWatch score 54

as Lord Valchrist

3 Steps to the Gallows
3 Steps to the Gallows (1953)
GoodWatch score 57

as Arnold Winslow

The Steel Key
The Steel Key (1953)

as Dr. Crabtree

Strange Stories
Strange Stories (1953)

as Charles ('Strange Journey')

Wings of Danger
Wings of Danger (1952)
GoodWatch score 55

as Inspector Maxwell

Wide Boy
Wide Boy (1952)
GoodWatch score 67

as Mannering

Angels One Five
Angels One Five (1952)
GoodWatch score 63

as Adjutant

Cloudburst
Cloudburst (1951)
GoodWatch score 56

as Inspector Davis

1940s

3 titles · average score 62
Samson and Delilah
Samson and Delilah (1949)
GoodWatch score 62

as Prince

North West Mounted Police
North West Mounted Police (1940)
GoodWatch score 63

as Mountie

Arizona
Arizona (1940)
GoodWatch score 62

as Bart Massey

1930s

25 titles · average score 60
Booloo
Booloo (1938)

as Captain Robert Rogers

Storm Over Bengal
Storm Over Bengal (1938)

as Hallett

The Crime Nobody Saw
The Crime Nobody Saw (1937)

as Dr. Brooks

Thank You, Jeeves!
Thank You, Jeeves! (1936)
GoodWatch score 60

as Tom Brock

The Return of Sophie Lang
The Return of Sophie Lang (1936)

as Larry

Early to Bed
Early to Bed (1936)

as Doctor Vernon

My Marriage
My Marriage (1936)

as Sir Philip Burleigh

Peter Ibbetson
Peter Ibbetson (1935)
GoodWatch score 74

as Clerk (uncredited)

The Lives of a Bengal Lancer
The Lives of a Bengal Lancer (1935)
GoodWatch score 84

as Barrett

The Black Room
The Black Room (1935)
GoodWatch score 66

as Paul Hassel as a young lieutenant

Double Door
Double Door (1934)
GoodWatch score 68

as Dr. John Lucas

Murder at the Vanities
Murder at the Vanities (1934)
GoodWatch score 61

as Stage Manager (uncredited)