Torin Herbert Erskine Thatcher was a British actor who was noted for his flashy portrayals of screen villains.
12 Facts About Torin Thatcher
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Torin Thatcher was educated in England at Bedford School and at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art.
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Torin Thatcher worked as a schoolmaster before first appearing on the London stage in 1927 and then entering British films in 1934.
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Torin Thatcher appeared in the 1937 Old Vic production of Hamlet, in which Laurence Olivier made his first appearance in the title role, opposite Vivien Leigh as Ophelia.
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Torin Thatcher 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, Blackbeard the Pirate, The Robe, The Black Shield of Falworth, Helen of Troy, Darby's Rangers and The 7th Voyage of Sinbad.
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Torin Thatcher was a formidable prosecutor in Witness for the Prosecution and appeared in the Marlon Brando and Trevor Howard 1962 remake of Mutiny on the Bounty.
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Torin Thatcher returned to the stage frequently, notably on Broadway, in such esteemed productions as Edward, My Son, That Lady and Billy Budd.
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All of these plays were filmed, but Torin Thatcher did not appear in the film versions.
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Torin Thatcher played the title role in a Philco Television Playhouse version of Othello and acted in a CBS production of Beyond This Place.
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Torin Thatcher appeared in programmes such as The Real McCoys, Thriller, Gunsmoke, Perry Mason, Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, Daniel Boone, Wagon Train and Mission: Impossible.
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Torin Thatcher was cast as the sly space trader in an episode of Lost in Space.
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Torin Thatcher died of cancer on 4 March 1981, in Thousand Oaks, California.