Person Details

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Aliases: David Tayson

Gender: Male

Place of birth: Edinburgh, Scotland, UK

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Movie Involvements: 66

TV Involvements: 0


Most Famous Work

Biography

David Torrence (born David Tayson; 17 January 1864 – 26 December 1951) was a Scottish film actor. He appeared in more than 100 films from 1913 to 1939. 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.

Most Famous Work

Mutiny on the Bounty
Average
7

Mutiny on the Bounty

(1935) Lord Hood
Captain Blood
Average
7

Captain Blood

(1935) Andrew Baynes
Queen Christina
Average
7

Queen Christina

(1933) Archbishop
Lost Horizon
Average
7

Lost Horizon

(1937) Prime Minister (uncredited)
Bulldog Drummond's Bride
Average
6

Bulldog Drummond's Bride

(1939) Bank Official
The Mask of Fu Manchu
Average
5

The Mask of Fu Manchu

(1932) McLeod
City Girl
Average
7

City Girl

(1930) Lem's Father
Rulers of the Sea
Average
7

Rulers of the Sea

(1939) Donald Fenton

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
1943 Self (segment 'Disraeli') (archive footage)
1939 Donald Fenton
Mr. Cranston
Bank Official
1937 Tapena Tom
Prime Minister (uncredited)
1936 Alroyd
Sir Robert Laurie
Lindsay
Governor General
1935 Andrew Baynes
Lord Hood
Mr. Pentland
Mr. Miggs the Lawyer
Captain Savage
1934 Alick Wylie
Home Secretary
Mr. Brocklehurst
Capt. McAndrews
Seerfeldt
1933 Archbishop
Lord Stanley
Fraser
Dr. Tronchin
Uncle Percy
Man at Disarmament Conference (uncredited)
1932 McLeod
Gardener
Partington
1931 N/A
N/A
Sir Richard Hare
Frank "Mac" MacDonald
1930 Mr. Hope
McDowell
Captain Graves
Inspector McKenzie
Lem's Father
1929 Lord Michael Probert
Governor
Field Marshal
Railroad President
Judge Clifford
1928 Ramón Torreno
Managing Editor
1927 Mr. Treday
Client
Sir Robert Laurie
Mark King
1926 Howard Jeffries Sr.
Peter Gaunt
Mr. Clayton, Jennie's Father
Paul Stanton
Mr. Brown
Godfrey Cornet
Angus McNeil
N/A
Martyn Selsby
1925 Eric
James Bradshaw
Williamson
Robert Lanning
Judge
1924 Cyrenus Stone
Jonathan Butts
Don Miguel Castelar
N/A
1923 Cutty
Topenhow
Colonel Wright
Mortimer Sangster
Charles Knight
1922 Mr. Morton
Elias Graves
N/A
Count Von Stalburg
1921 Eldon Parr
1913 Alec D'Urberville
Michael, Duke of Strelsau
Year Character Movie/Tv

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