Torin Thatcher Overview:

Actor, Torin Thatcher, was born Torin Herbert Erskine Thatcher on Jan 15, 1905 in Bombay, British India (now Mumbai). Thatcher died at the age of 76 on Mar 4, 1981 in Thousand Oaks, CA .

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Torin Thatcher was a tall, burly, dark-haired and strong-looking India-born actor. He played in British films on and off for 20 years before going to Hollywood, where he played villains in westerns, swashbucklers, comedies and thrillers (1936, Sabotage; 1950, The Black Rose; 1953, The Robe) without ever quite making star billing. He began his career as a schoolmaster and enthusiastic amateur boxer before going on the stage. He died from cancer in 1981.

(Source: available at Amazon Quinlan's Illustrated Dictionary of Film Character Actors).

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Torin Thatcher Quotes:

Pendragon: You have a choice to make, King Mark - your daughter or your throne. In a week I shall return for your answer.


Jack: How do I know I can trust you?
Pendragon: [held at swordpoint] Aren't we rather forced to trust each other?


Mr. Myers: I hope we are not to be deprived of the learned and stimulating company of Sir Wilfrid?


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A co-founder of the Society for Theatre Research in 1947 and was its Vice Chairman for the Committee.

The favorite villain of director Nathan Juran.

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