# David Torrence (actor)

David Torrence (born David Tayson; 17 January 1864 – 26 December 1951) was a Scottish film actor. He appeared in more than 100 films from 1913 to 1939. He has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. He was the brother of actor Ernest Torrence. He was born in Edinburgh, Scotland and died in Los Angeles.

## Selected filmography

* The Prisoner of Zenda (1913) - Michael, Duke of Strelsau
* Tess of the d'Urbervilles (1913) - Alec D'Urberville
* The Inside of the Cup (1921) - Eldon Parr
* Received Payment (1922) - Daniel Milton
* Sherlock Holmes (1922) - Count von Stalburg
* A Virgin's Sacrifice (1922) - David Sherrill
* Tess of the Storm Country (1922) - Elias Graves
* Forsaking All Others (1922) - Mr. Morton
* The Power of a Lie (1922) - John Hammond
* Trimmed in Scarlet (1923) - Charles Knight
* The Abysmal Brute (1923) - Mortimer Sangster
* The Man Next Door (1923) - Colonel Wright
* Railroaded (1923) - Judge Garbin
* The Light That Failed (1923) - Topenhow
* The Drums of Jeopardy (1923) - Cutty
* The Dawn of a Tomorrow (1924) - Sir Oliver Holt
* Which Shall It Be? (1924) - Robert Moore
* Surging Seas (1924) - Lionel Sinclair
* Tiger Love (1924) - Don Miguel Castelar
* The Sawdust Trail (1924) - Jonathan Butts
* Love's Wilderness (1924) - The Governor
* Idle Tongues (1924) - Cyrenus Stone
* He Who Laughs Last (1925) - George K. Taylor
* The Reckless Sex (1925) - Robert Lanning
* Her Husband's Secret (1925) - Ross Brewster
* Fighting the Flames (1925) - Judge Manly
* The Mystic (1925) - James Bradshaw
* What Fools Men (1925) - Williamson
* The Wheel (1925) - Theodore Morton Sr.
* The Tower of Lies (1925) - Eric
* The Other Woman's Story (1925) - Judge
* The Auction Block (1926) - Robert Wharton Sr
* The King of the Turf (1926) - Martyn Selsby
* Oh! What a Nurse! (1926) - Big Tim Harrison
* Sandy (1926) - Angus McNeil
* The Isle of Retribution (1926) - Godfrey Cornet
* Brown of Harvard (1926) - Mr. Brown
* Race Wild (1926)
* The Wolf Hunters (1926) - Le Grange
* Laddie (1926) - Paul Stanton
* The Man in the Shadow (1926) - Robert Rodman
* Forever After (1926) - Mr. Clayton, Jennie's Father
* The Unknown Cavalier (1926) - Peter Gaunt
* The Third Degree (1926) - Howard Jeffries Sr.
* The Midnight Watch (1927) - Chief Callahan
* The Mysterious Rider (1927) - Mark King
* Annie Laurie (1927) - Sir Robert Laurie
* The World at Her Feet (1927) - Client
* Rolled Stockings (1927) - Mr. Treday
* Hazardous Valley (1927)
* On the Stroke of Twelve (1927) - Henry Rutledge
* The Big Noise (1928) - Managing Editor
* The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come (1928) - General Dean
* Undressed (1928) - Martin Stanley
* The City of Purple Dreams (1928) - Symington Otis
* The Cavalier (1928) - Ramón Torreno
* Silks and Saddles (1929) - Judge Clifford
* Untamed Justice (1929) - George Morrow, Investment Broker
* Strong Boy (1929) - Railroad President
* The Black Watch (1929) - Field Marshal
* Hearts in Exile (1929) - Governor
* Disraeli (1929) - Lord Probert
* City Girl (1930) - Mr. J.L. Tustine
* Raffles (1930) - Inspector McKenzie
* Scotland Yard (1930) - Captain Graves
* River's End (1930) - Inspector McDowell
* The Devil to Pay! (1930) - Mr. Hope
* The Bachelor Father (1931) - Dr. Frank 'Mac' MacDonald
* East Lynne (1931) - Sir Richard Hare
* Five Star Final (1931) - Arthur Weeks (uncredited)
* A Successful Calamity (1932) - Partington
* Smilin' Through (1932) - Gardener (uncredited)
* The Mask of Fu Manchu (1932) - McLeod
* Cavalcade (1933) - Man at Disarmament Conference (uncredited)
* Horse Play (1933) - Uncle Percy
* Voltaire (1933) - Dr. Tronchin
* The Masquerader (1933) - Fraser
* Berkeley Square (1933) - Lord Stanley
* Queen Christina (1933) - Archbishop
* Madame Spy (1934) - Seerfeldt
* Mandalay (1934) - Capt. McAndrews of the Sirohi
* All Men Are Enemies (1934) - Sir Charles Ripton (uncredited)
* Jane Eyre (1934) - Mr. Brocklehurst
* Charlie Chan in London (1934) - Home Secretary
* What Every Woman Knows (1934) - Alick Wylie
* Black Sheep (1935) - Capt. Savage
* Bonnie Scotland (1935) - Mr. Miggs - the Lawyer
* The Dark Angel (1935) - Mr. Shannon (uncredited)
* Harmony Lane (1935) - Mr. Pentland
* Charlie Chan in Shanghai (1935) - Sir Stanley Woodland (uncredited)
* Mutiny on the Bounty (1935) - Lord Hood
* Captain Blood (1935) - Andrew Baynes
* The Country Doctor (1936) - Governor General
* Mary of Scotland (1936) - Lindsay
* Annie Laurie (1936, Short) - Sir Robert Laurie
* Beloved Enemy (1936) - Alroyd
* Lost Horizon (1937) - Prime Minister
* Ebb Tide (1937) - Tapena Tom
* Five of a Kind (1938) - Sir Basil Crawford
* Bulldog Drummond's Bride (1939) - Donald Fenton
* Stanley and Livingstone (1939) - Mr. Cranston
* Rulers of the Sea (1939) - Donald Fenton