Torin Thatcher

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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...

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Perry MasonSeries • 1957Star TrekSeries • 1966Get SmartSeries • 1965Mission: ImpossibleSeries • 1966The Alfred Hitchcock HourSeries • 1962Dick Powell's Zane Grey TheatreSeries • 1956Climax!Series • 1954The Philco Television PlayhouseSeries • 1948Daniel BooneSeries • 1964Lost in SpaceSeries • 1965One Step BeyondSeries • 1959ThrillerSeries • 1960Night GallerySeries • 1970Peter GunnSeries • 1958GunsmokeSeries • 1955Alfred Hitchcock PresentsSeries • 1955Voyage to the Bottom of the SeaSeries • 1964Adventures in ParadiseSeries • 1959Land of the GiantsSeries • 1968The Time TunnelSeries • 1966PetrocelliSeries • 1974The MillionaireSeries • 1955The 20th Century Fox HourSeries • 1955Telephone TimeSeries • 1956