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David Torrence is a Actor British born on 17 january 1864 at Edinburgh (United-kingdom)

David Torrence

David Torrence
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Birth name David Torrence Thomson
Nationality United-kingdom
Birth 17 january 1864 at Edinburgh (United-kingdom)
Death 26 december 1951 (at 87 years) at Los Angeles (USA)

David Torrence (17 January 1864 – 26 December 1951) was a Scottish film actor. His birth name was David Tayson. He appeared in 104 films between 1913 and 1953. He has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. He was the brother of actor Ernest Torrence. He was born in Edinburgh, Scotland and died in Los Angeles, California. He is interred at Inglewood Park Cemetery.

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Filmography of David Torrence (62 films)

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Jitterbugs
Jitterbugs (1943)
, 1h15
Directed by Malcolm St. Clair
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Buddy films, Children's films, Escroquerie
Actors Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Vivian Blaine, Bob Bailey, Douglas Fowley, Noel Madison
Roles Mr. Miggs
Rating61% 3.096293.096293.096293.096293.09629
The plot involves the team as a travelling two-man band selling "gas pills" in gas-short, wartime America.
Stanley and Livingstone
Stanley and Livingstone (1939)
, 1h41
Directed by Otto Brower, Henry King
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Adventure, Historical
Themes Films set in Africa, Films about writers, Films about journalists, Children's films
Actors Spencer Tracy, Cedric Hardwicke, Nancy Kelly, Walter Brennan, Richard Greene, Charles Coburn
Roles Mr. Cranston
Rating69% 3.4923.4923.4923.4923.492
Henry Stanley is a fearless newspaper reporter ready to do whatever it takes to get a story, regardless of any danger to his life. Colonel Grimes tells two peace commissioners sent from Washington DC that he cannot permit them to try to contact the Indians of the Wyoming Territory of 1870, as it would be suicidal, only to have Stanley emerge from the wilderness, escorted by a band of the natives and his guide, Jeff Slocum (Walter Brennan).
Bulldog Drummond's Bride
Bulldog Drummond's Bride (1939)
, 56minutes
Directed by James Patrick Hogan
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Action, Crime
Actors John Howard, Heather Angel, H. B. Warner, Reginald Denny, E. E. Clive, Elizabeth Patterson
Roles Bank Official
Rating59% 2.9558152.9558152.9558152.9558152.955815
In London a shape charge wielding master-criminal comes up with a foolproof plan for robbing a bank and outwitting Scotland Yard's pursuit, but during the getaway he hides his haul in a radio set in the apartment of a certain Capt. Bulldog Drummond, leading to a murder, punch-ups, an expedition to France, and a night in a French jail cell and a break-out, in a race to reach Bulldog's fiancee - who has taken the radio set with her on holiday unaware of its contents - before the villain does: ending in a roof-top fight and the Bulldog finally tying the matrimonial knot in an explosive finale to his bachelorhood.
Rulers of the Sea
Rulers of the Sea (1939)
, 1h36
Directed by Frank Lloyd
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films
Actors Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., Margaret Lockwood, George Bancroft, Montagu Love, Alan Ladd, Lawrence Grant
Roles Donald Fenton
Rating63% 3.184543.184543.184543.184543.18454
La lutte d'un homme pour construire un bateau à vapeur pour lui faire traverser l'Atlantique malgré tous les revers, et sa victoire contre un voilier d'élite au début du 19e siècle.
Lost Horizon
Lost Horizon (1937)
, 2h12
Directed by Frank Capra, Andrew Marton
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Fantastic, Fantasy, Action, Adventure, Romance
Themes Films about Tibet, Political films
Actors Ronald Colman, Jane Wyatt, Sam Jaffe, John Howard, H. B. Warner, Edward Everett Horton
Roles Prime Minister (uncredited)
Rating75% 3.7951053.7951053.7951053.7951053.795105
Before returning to England to become the new Foreign Secretary, writer, soldier and diplomat Robert Conway (Ronald Colman) has one last task in 1935 China: to rescue 90 Westerners in the city of Baskul. He flies out with the last few evacuees, just ahead of armed revolutionaries.
Mary of Scotland
Mary of Scotland (1936)
, 2h3
Directed by John Ford, Leslie Goodwins
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Historical, Romance
Themes Politique, Théâtre, Political films, Films about capital punishment, Films based on plays, Films about royalty
Actors Katharine Hepburn, Fredric March, John Carradine, Douglas Walton, Ian Keith, Moroni Olsen
Roles Lindsay
Rating62% 3.149733.149733.149733.149733.14973
Mary (Katharine Hepburn), by assuming her throne as Queen of Scotland, strikes terror into the heart of Queen Elizabeth I (Florence Eldridge). After languishing in jail for 18 years at Elizabeth's command, Mary is offered a pardon if she will sign away her throne. Will she accept the deal, or die instead?
Beloved Enemy
Beloved Enemy (1936)
, 1h30
Directed by H. C. Potter
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Romance
Actors Merle Oberon, Brian Aherne, Karen Morley, David Niven, Jerome Cowan, Henry Stephenson
Roles Alroyd
Rating63% 3.192343.192343.192343.192343.19234
During the Irish War of Independence, Irish rebel leader Dennis Reardon (Aherne) and English aristocrat Helen Drummond (Oberon) meet and fall in love. Reardon is pursued, however, by British army officer Captain Preston (Niven).
Beloved Enemy
Beloved Enemy (1936)
, 1h50
Directed by H. C. Potter
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Merle Oberon, Pandiyan, Brian Aherne, Revathi, Jerome Cowan, Goundamani
Roles Alroyd
Rating63% 3.192343.192343.192343.192343.19234
Ponnu Pudichirukku is a love story set in a rural place.
Bonnie Scotland
Bonnie Scotland (1935)
, 1h20
Directed by James W. Horne
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Buddy films
Actors Oliver Hardy, Stan Laurel, June Lang, Anne Grey, Lionel Belmore, Vernon Steele
Roles Mr. Miggs the Lawyer
Rating66% 3.3461453.3461453.3461453.3461453.346145
After escaping from jail where they had "one more week to serve," Laurel and Hardy travel to Scotland as stowaways on a cattle boat, where Laurel (as "Stanley McLaurel") believes he is heir to his grandfather's fortune. As it turns out, Laurel has only been bequeathed a set of bagpipes and a snuff container).Use of the latter causes Hardy, trying to demonstrate to Laurel the proper way to use snuff, to fly off an old bridge. His clothes are soaked.
Captain Blood
Captain Blood (1935)
, 1h59
Directed by Michael Curtiz
Origin USA
Genres Swashbuckler, Action, Adventure, Historical, Romance
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, Pirate films
Actors Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland, Basil Rathbone, Ross Alexander, Lionel Atwill, Donald Meek
Roles Andrew Baynes
Rating76% 3.846133.846133.846133.846133.84613
In 17th century England, an Irish doctor named Peter Blood (Errol Flynn) is summoned to aid Lord Gildoy, a wounded patron who had participated in the Monmouth Rebellion. Arrested while performing his duties as a physician, he is convicted of treason against the King and sentenced to death by the infamous Judge Jeffreys. By the whim of King James II, who sees an opportunity for profit, Blood and the surviving rebels are transported to the West Indies to be sold into slavery.
Mutiny on the Bounty
Mutiny on the Bounty (1935)
, 2h35
Directed by Frank Lloyd, J. Walter Ruben
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action, Adventure, Historical, Romance
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, Films about capital punishment
Actors Charles Laughton, Clark Gable, Franchot Tone, Movita Castaneda, Mamo Clark, Donald Crisp
Roles Lord Hood
Rating75% 3.7975853.7975853.7975853.7975853.797585
HMS Bounty leaves England in 1787 on a two-year voyage over the Pacific Ocean. The ship's captain, William Bligh (Charles Laughton), is a brutal tyrant who routinely administers harsh punishment to officers and crew alike who lack discipline, cause any infraction on board the ship, or in any manner defy his authority. Fletcher Christian (Clark Gable), the ship's lieutenant, is a formidable yet compassionate man who disapproves of Bligh's treatment of the crew. Roger Byam (Franchot Tone) is an idealistic midshipman who is divided between his loyalty to Bligh, owing to his family's naval tradition, and his friendship with Christian.
Charlie Chan in Shanghai
Charlie Chan in Shanghai (1935)
, 1h11
Directed by James Tinling
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Comedy, Crime
Themes Children's films
Actors Warner Oland, Jon Hall, Irene Hervey, Russell Hicks, Keye Luke, David Torrence
Rating68% 3.4445653.4445653.4445653.4445653.444565
Charlie Chan arrives in Shanghai at the behest of the U.S. government to help stop an opium smuggling ring. He receives a warning aboard ship not to stop in Shanghai. He is met by his Number One Son, Lee Chan, as well as Philip Nash and his fianceé, Diana Woodland. Charlie is the guest of honor at a banquet held that evening, hosted by Sir Stanley Woodland (David Torrence in an uncredited role). When Sir Stanley opens a box to give a handwritten scroll to Charlie, he is shot and killed by a gun inside the booby-trapped box. Charlie meets with Colonel Watkins, the commissioner of police, and agrees to investigate the crime. The next day, American FBI man James Andrews arrives in Shanghai, accompanied by his valet, Forrest (Gladden James in an uncredited role). That night, an assassin shoots what seems to be a sleeping Charlie Chan in bed. But Charlie, suspecting another attempt on his life, rigged a dummy and escaped death.