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Torin Thatcher (15 January 1905 – 4 March 1981) was an English actor born in Bombay, British India, to English parents. He was an imposing, powerfully built figure noted for his flashy portrayals of screen villains. He was educated in Britain at Bedford School and at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. He worked as a schoolmaster before first appearing on the London stage in 1927 and then entering British films in 1934. He appeared in the 1937 Old Vic stage production of ''Hamlet'', in which Laurence Olivier made his first appearance in the title role, opposite Vivien Leigh as Ophelia. During the Second World War, he served with the Royal Artillery and was demobilised with the rank of Lieutenant Colonel. Thatcher appeared in classic British films of the late 1930s and 1940s, including ''Major Barbara'' (1941) and ''Great Expectations'' (1946), in which he played Bentley Drummle. He moved to Hollywood in the 1950s. He was constantly in demand, invariably lending his looming figure and baleful countenance to sinister or stern roles in popular costume thrillers such as ''The Crimson Pirate'' (1952), ''Blackbeard the Pirate'' (1952), ''The Robe'' (1953) (as the disapproving father of Marcellus), ''The Black Shield of Falworth'' (1954), ''Helen of Troy'' (1956), ''Darby's Rangers'' (1958) and ''The 7th Voyage of Sinbad'' (1958). He also appeared in the Marlon Brando and Trevor Howard 1962 remake of ''Mutiny on the Bounty''. He returned to the stage quite frequently, notably on Broadway, in such esteemed productions as ''Edward, My Son'' (1948), ''That Lady'' (1949) and ''Billy Budd'' (1951). In 1959, he portrayed Captain Keller in the award-winning play ''The Miracle Worker'' with Anne Bancroft and Patty Duke. All of these plays were filmed, but Thatcher did not appear in the film versions. Also a steady fixture on television, he appeared in such made-for-TV films as adaptations of A.J. Cronin's ''Beyond This Place'' (1957) and ''The Citadel'' (1960), ''Bonanza'' (1961), and ''Brenda Starr'' (1976). He also played the title role in a Philco Television Playhouse version of ''Othello'' and acted in a CBS production of ''Beyond This Place'' (1957). He appeared in programmes such as ''The Real McCoys'', ''Thriller'', ''Gunsmoke'', ''Perry Mason'', ''Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea'', ''Daniel Boone'' and ''Mission: Impossible''. He was cast as the sly space trader in an episode of ''Lost in Space''. Thatcher, if not for his distinguished career, has become recognised by several generations of fans of ''Star Trek: The Original Series'' from his performance as Marplon, secretly a member of the resistance in the episode ''"The Return of the Archons"''. Thatcher died of cancer on 4 March 1981, in Thousand Oaks, Los Angeles, USA. ==Partial filmography== * ''Irish Hearts'' (1934) *''The Man Who Could Work Miracles'' (1936) * ''Crime Over London'' (1936) * ''Well Done, Henry'' (1936) *''Sabotage'' (1936) ''(uncredited)'' *''Young and Innocent (1937):owner of "Nobby's Lodging House" *''The Spy in Black'' (1939) *''Too Dangerous to Live'' (1939) * ''Law and Disorder'' (1940) *''Major Barbara'' (1941) *''The Next of Kin'' (1942) *''Great Expectations'' (1946) *''The Captive Heart'' (1946) German officer at Medical Commission ''(uncredited)'' *''Jassy'' (1947) *''When the Bough Breaks'' (1947) *''The Fallen Idol'' (1948) *''Affair in Trinidad'' (1952) *''The Snows of Kilimanjaro'' (1952) *''The Crimson Pirate'' (1952) *''Blackbeard the Pirate'' (1952) *''The Desert Rats'' (1953) *''Houdini'' (1953) - Otto *''The Robe'' (1953) - Senator Gallio *''Knock on Wood'' (1954) *''The Black Shield of Falworth'' (1954) *''Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing'' (1955) *''Diane'' (1956) *''Helen of Troy'' (1956) *''Band of Angels'' (1957) *''Witness for the Prosecution'' (1957) as Mr. Myers, the Crown Prosecutor * ''Istanbul'' (1957) *''Darby's Rangers'' (1958) *''The 7th Voyage of Sinbad'' (1958) *''Jack the Giant Killer'' (1962) *''Mutiny on the Bounty'' (1962) ''(uncredited)'' *''The Sandpiper'' (1965) *''Hawaii'' (1966) *''From Hell to Borneo'' (1967) *''The King's Pirate'' (1967) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Torin Thatcher」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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