Torin Thatcher (15 January 1905 - 4 March 1981) was a British actor born in Bombay, British India (now Mumbai, India), to British 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 the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. He worked as a schoolteacher before first appearing on the London stage in 1927 and then entering British films in 1934. He appeare...
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Torin Thatcher (15 January 1905 - 4 March 1981) was a British actor born in Bombay, British India (now Mumbai, India), to British 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 the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. He worked as a schoolteacher 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 World War II he served with the Royal Artillery and achieved the rank of major.
He appeared in classic British films of the late 1930s and 1940s, including Major Barbara (1941) and Great Expectations (1946), in which he played Bentley Drummle. He moved to Hollywood in the 1950s. He was constantly in demand, invariably lending his looming figure and baleful countenance to sinister or...
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