Colin Tapley, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Colin Tapley

British actor

Date of Birth: 07-May-1907

Place of Birth: Dunedin, Otago Region, New Zealand

Date of Death: 01-Dec-1995

Profession: actor, television actor

Nationality: New Zealand

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

Colin Tapley (7 May 1907 – 1 December 1995) was a New Zealand actor in both American and British films.
Born in New Zealand, he served in the Royal Air Force and an expedition to Antarctica before winning a Paramount Pictures talent contest and moving to Hollywood.
He acted in a number of films before moving to Britain during the Second World War as a flight controller with the Royal Canadian Air Force. He returned briefly to New Zealand before returning once again to Britain to renew his acting career.
His most famous role is as William Glanville in The Dam Busters (1955), but he spent much of his later career typecast as a police inspector, a role he played in several films and TV series before retiring to Gloucestershire.