# Torin Thatcher

Torin Herbert Erskine Thatcher (15 January 1905 – 4 March 1981) was a British actor who was noted for his flashy portrayals of screen villains.

## Personal life

Thatcher was born 15 January 1905 in Bombay, British India, to British parents, Torin James Blair Thatcher, a police officer, and his wife Edith Rachel, a voice and piano teacher, younger daughter of the Hon. Justice Sir Herbert Batty, a puisne judge of the High Court of Bombay.

## Death

Thatcher died of cancer on 4 March 1981 in Thousand Oaks, California.

## Select filmography

* The Merchant of Venice (1927, Short) - Solanio
* Red Wagon (1933) - Minor role (uncredited)
* Irish Hearts (1934) - Dr. Hackey
* School for Stars (1935) - Guy Mannering
* The Common Round (1936, Short) - Martin
* The Man Who Could Work Miracles (1936) - Observer
* Crime Over London (1936) - Mr. Finley (uncredited)
* Sabotage (1936) - Yunct (uncredited)
* Well Done, Henry (1936) - George Canford
* Dark Journey (1937) - Strasser (uncredited)
* The School for Scandal (1937, TV Movie)
* Knight Without Armor (1937) - British Passport Official (uncredited)
* Return of the Scarlet Pimpernel (1937) - Minor role (uncredited)
* Young and Innocent (1937) - Nobby's Lodging House Caretaker (uncredited)
* Broadway (1938, TV Movie)
* Climbing High (1938) - Jim Castle
* Too Dangerous to Live (1939) - Burton
* The Day Is Gone (1939, TV Movie) - Ernest Webb
* The Spy in Black (1939) - Submarine Officer
* Old Mother Riley, MP (1939) - Jack Nelson
* The Lion Has Wings (1939) - Seaman Receiving Information About German Activity
* The Kindled Flame (1939, Short)
* Contraband (1940) - Sailor (uncredited)
* Law and Disorder (1940)
* Let George Do It! (1940) - U-Boat Commander
* Night Train to Munich (1940) - Minor Role (uncredited)
* The Case of the Frightened Lady (1940) - Jim Tilling (uncredited)
* Saloon Bar (1940) - Mr. Garrod (uncredited)
* Gasbags (1941) - SS Man
* Major Barbara (1941) - Todger Fairmile
* Saboteur (1942) - Man (uncredited)
* The Next of Kin (1942) - German General
* The Captive Heart (1946) - German officer at Medical Commission (uncredited)
* I See a Dark Stranger (1946) - Police Constable
* Great Expectations (1946) - Bentley Drummle
* The Man Within (1947) - Jailer
* Jassy (1947) - Bob Wicks
* When the Bough Breaks (1947) - Adams
* The End of the River (1947) - Lisboa
* The Fallen Idol (1948) - Policeman
* Bonnie Prince Charlie (1948) - Colonel Kor
* Now Barabbas (1949) (uncredited)
* The Black Rose (1950) - Harry (uncredited)
* Affair in Trinidad (1952) - Inspector Smythe
* The Crimson Pirate (1952) - Humble Bellows
* The Snows of Kilimanjaro (1952) - Johnson
* Blackbeard the Pirate (1952) - Sir Henry Morgan
* The Desert Rats (1953) - Colonel Barney White
* Houdini (1953) - Otto
* The Robe (1953) - Senator Gallio
* Knock on Wood (1954) - Godfrey Langston
* The Black Shield of Falworth (1954) - Sir James
* Bengal Brigade (1954) - Colonel Morrow
* Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing (1955) - Humphrey Palmer-Jones
* Lady Godiva of Coventry (1955) - Lord Godwin
* Diane (1956) - Louis - Count de Breze
* Helen of Troy (1956) - Ulysses
* Istanbul (1957) - Douglas Fielding
* Band of Angels (1957) - Captain Canavan
* Alfred Hitchcock Presents (TV) (1957) (Season 2 Episode 32: "The Hands of Mr Ottermole") - Constable Johnson
* Witness for the Prosecution (1957) - Mr. Myers
* Darby's Rangers (1958) - Sergeant McTavish
* The 7th Voyage of Sinbad (1958) - Sokurah the Magician
* Alfred Hitchcock Presents (TV) (1959) (Season 4 Episode 21: "Relative Value") - Felix Edward Manbridge
* The Miracle (1959) - The Duke of Wellington
* One Step Beyond - Doomsday (TV) - Season 2, Episode 4, October 13 1959 - Earl of Culdane
* ’’ Wagon Train’’. (1960) - Campden
* The Canadians (1961) - Sergeant McGregor
* Jack the Giant Killer (1962) - Pendragon
* Mutiny on the Bounty (1962) - Staines (uncredited)
* Drums of Africa (1963) - Jack Cuortemayn
* Decision at Midnight (1963) - Southstream
* The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1964) (Season 2 Episode 29: "Bed of Roses") - Alva Hardwicke
* From Hell to Borneo (1964) - Mr. Bellflower
* The Sandpiper (1965) - Judge Thompson
* Hawaii (1966) - Reverend Dr. Thorn
* The Sweet and the Bitter (1967) - Duncan MacRoy
* The King's Pirate (1967) - Captain Cullen
* [[Star Trek, The Return of The Archons (1967, tv) - Marpon
* The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1968, TV Movie) - Sir John Turnbull