Thorley Walters

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Walters demonstrates his ineptitude at dancing in a cameo as a vicar in The Family Way (1966)

Thorley Walters was a British film and TV character actor. He was born on 12 May 1913 in Teingrace, Devon, England and died in London on 6 July 1991.

He is probably best remembered for his comedy films including Blue Murder at St Trinian's (as the Army Major), The Pure Hell of St Trinian's (as Butters), Two-Way Stretch and The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother (as Dr. Watson, a character he had previously played in 1962's Sherlock Holmes and the Deadly Necklace).

In the 1960s he also appeared in several Hammer horror films, including Dracula, Prince of Darkness (1966), Frankenstein Created Woman (1967) and Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed (1969).

[edit] External link

• Thorley Walters at the Internet Movie Database