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Thorley Swinstead Walters
Thorley Walters
Acting
Biography
Thorley Swinstead Walters (12 May 1913 – 6 July 1991) was an English character actor.
He is probably best remembered for his comedy film roles such as in Two-Way Stretch and Carlton-Browne of the FO. He also appeared in the acclaimed TV drama Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy.
Walters played Sherlock Holmes sidekick Doctor Watson in four unrelated films: Sherlock Holmes and the Deadly Necklace (1962), The Best House in London (1969), The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother (1975), and Silver Blaze (1977).
He featured in three of the St Trinian's movies, starting as an army major in Blu…
Known For
Filmography
Movies
Mrs. Weekley's Lover
as Baron Von Richthofen
A Murder of Quality
as Bishop Harry
He's Asking For Me
as Uncle Harold
Onassis: The Richest Man in the World
as Winston Churchill
The Dunroamin' Rising
as Mr Finister
Hammer: The Studio That Dripped Blood
as Ludwig (archive footage)
In the Secret State
as Johnny Davenport
The Little Drummer Girl
as Ned Quilley
The Sign of Four
as Major John Sholto
Spider's Web
as Hugo Birch
TV Shows
The World of Hammer
as Self (archive footage) · 2 ep.
Paradise Postponed
14 ep.
David Copperfield
as Richard 'Mr Dick' Babley · 5 ep.
Bulman
as Bill Dugdale · 1 ep.
Cribb
as CI Jowett · 1 ep.
Minder
as Magistrate · 1 ep.
Tales of the Unexpected
as Harry Gold · 1 ep.
Worzel Gummidge
as Colonel Bloodstock · 3 ep.
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
as Tufty Thessinger · 1 ep.
Malice Aforethought
as Sir Francis Lee-Bannerton · 1 ep.
