
Thorley Walters
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 Blue Murder at St Trinian's. He later appeared as Butters, assistant to Education Ministry senior civil servant Culpepper-Brown (Eric Barker) in The Pure Hell of St Trinian's and played the part of Culpepper-Brown in The Wildcats of St Trinian's.
In the 1960s he also appeared in several Hammer horror films, including The Phantom of the Opera (1962), Dracula, Prince of Darkness (1966), Frankenstein Created Woman (1967) and Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed (1969).
In the DVD commentary to The Man Who Haunted Himself, Roger Moore mentioned that co-star Walters lived in Dolphin Square, the prestigious apartment block in Pimlico, London in which some scenes of the film were shot.
Thorley and Richard Hope-Hawkins visited the ailing Terry-Thomas in Barnes, London in 1989. Walters had starred with Terry in the Boulting Brother's film Carlton-Browne of the F.O., and was shocked at his appearance (he was ill with Parkinson's Disease). That visit resulted in the "Terry-Thomas Gala" held in the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane in the same year which raised funds to help Terry live the rest of his life in comfort. Hope-Hawkins was with Walters and actress Siobhan Redmond, when he died in a London nursing home. Actor Ian Bannen gave the main address at his funeral held at Golders Green.
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Acting (78 movies)

Murder She Said
1961

Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed
1969

Frankenstein Created Woman
1967

The Man Who Haunted Himself
1970

The Pure Hell of St. Trinian's
1960

The People That Time Forgot
1977

Carlton-Browne of the F.O.
1959

Vampire Circus
1972

The Phantom of the Opera
1962

In the Secret State
1985

Dracula: Prince of Darkness
1966

James and the Giant Peach
1976

The Psychopath
1966

Onassis: The Richest Man in the World
1988

Beasts: The Dummy
1976

The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother
1975

The Sign of Four
1983

Petticoat Pirates
1961

Don't Panic Chaps!
1959

Suspect
1960

There's a Girl in My Soup
1970

The Last Shot You Hear
1969

The Earth Dies Screaming
1964

Happy Is the Bride
1958

Invasion Quartet
1961

Rotten to the Core
1965

Ring of Spies
1964

Waltz Time
1945

Crooks and Coronets
1969

The Best House in London
1969

The Passionate Stranger
1957

The Love Test
1935

The Birthday Present
1957

Life of St. Paul
1938

You Can't Escape
1956

Trog
1970

Second Fiddle
1957

Sherlock Holmes and the Deadly Necklace
1962

Mr. Forbush and the Penguins
1971

Bartleby
1970

Medal for the General
1944

The Wrong Box
1966

The Truth About Women
1957

Heavens Above!
1963

The Wildcats of St. Trinian's
1980

Oh! What a Lovely War
1969

Blue Murder at St. Trinian's
1957

Spider's Web
1982

Design for Murder
1939

Soft Targets
1982

Soft Beds, Hard Battles
1974

The Family Way
1966

Twisted Nerve
1968

Henry V
1979

Silver Blaze
1977

The Little Drummer Girl
1984

Once in a New Moon
1935

Hammer: The Studio That Dripped Blood
1987

Joey Boy
1965

Josephine and Men
1955

A Cup O' Tea An' A Slice O' Cake - Worzel Gummidge Christmas Special
1980

Captain Boycott
1947

Private's Progress
1956

A Murder of Quality
1991

Who Done It?
1956

A Lady Mislaid
1958

Goodbye
1975

On the Eve of Publication
1968

Two-Way Stretch
1960

Ring Once for Death
1973

The Dunroamin' Rising
1988

A French Mistress
1960

They Were Sisters
1945

Young Winston
1972

A Home of Your Own
1964

The Baby and the Battleship
1956

Chips with Everything
1975

Mrs. Weekley's Lover
2025
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