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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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Thorley Walters, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Mrs. Weekley's Lover
as Baron Von Richthofen

The World of Hammer
as Self (archive footage)

A Murder of Quality
as Bishop Harry
He's Asking For Me
as Uncle Harold

Onassis: The Richest Man in the World
as Winston Churchill

The Dunroamin' Rising
as Mr Finister

The Play on One
as Mr Finister

Hammer: The Studio That Dripped Blood
as Ludwig (archive footage)

David Copperfield
as Richard 'Mr Dick' Babley

Paradise Postponed

Bulman
as Bill Dugdale

In the Secret State
as Johnny Davenport

Screen Two
as Uncle Harold

The Little Drummer Girl
as Ned Quilley

The Sign of Four
as Major John Sholto

Spider's Web
as Hugo Birch

Soft Targets
as Old Wedding Guest

A Cup O' Tea An' A Slice O' Cake - Worzel Gummidge Christmas Special
as Colonel Bloodstock

The Wildcats of St Trinian's
as Hugo Culpepper Brown

Cribb
as CI Jowett
A Question of Guilt
as Sir Charles Russell

Henry V
as Charles the Sixth, King of France

Minder
as Magistrate

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
as Tufty Thessinger

Tales of the Unexpected
as Harry Gold

Malice Aforethought
as Sir Francis Lee-Bannerton

Worzel Gummidge
as Colonel Bloodstock

Life of Shakespeare
as Mr. Justice Fleminge

Will Shakespeare
as Mr Justice Fleminge

Strangers
as Bill Dugdale

Treasure Island

The People That Time Forgot
as Norfolk
The Sunday Drama
as Dr John Watson

Raffles
as Lord Lochmaben

Silver Blaze
as Dr. Watson

James and the Giant Peach
as Grasshopper

Beasts: The Dummy
as Sir Ramsey

Beasts
as Sir Ramsey

The Duchess of Duke Street
as Bulstrode

The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother
as Dr. Watson

Chips with Everything
as Wing Commander

Goodbye
as Chalcott-Bentinck
The Apple Cart
as Home Secretary

Jennie: Lady Randolph Churchill

Soft Beds, Hard Battles
as General Erhardt

Ring Once for Death
as Dr. Ledworth

Orson Welles' Great Mysteries
as Beecham

Thriller
as Dr. Ledworth

The Edwardians
as Edward, Prince of Wales

Crown Court

Young Winston
as Major Finn

Vampire Circus
as Burgermeister

The Lotus Eaters
as Maj. Edward Woolley

The Persuaders!
as John Hatton

Cousin Bette
as Baron Hector Hulot

Mr. Forbush and the Penguins
as Mr. Forbush Sr.

There's a Girl in My Soup
as Manager of Carlton Hotel

Bartleby
as The Colleague

The Adventures of Don Quick
as Chief Dreamer

Trog
as Magistrate