From Wikipedia the free encyclopedia Thorley Swinstead Walters born 12 May 1913 Teigngrace Devon 6 July 1991 London was an English character actor He is probably best remembered for his comedy film roles such as in TwoWay Stretch and CarltonBrowne of the FO He also appeared in the acclaimed TV drama Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy Walters played Sherlock Holmes sidekick Doctor Watson in four unrelated films Sherlock Holmes and the Deadly Necklace 1962 The Best House in London 1969 The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes Smarter Brother 1975 and Silver Blaze 1977 He featured in three of the St Trinians movies starting as an army major in Blue Murder at St Trinians He later appeared as Butters assistant to Education Ministry senior civil servant CulpepperBrown Eric Barker in The Pure Hell of St Trinians and played the part of CulpepperBrown in The Wildcats of St Trinians In the 1960s he also appeared in several Hammer horror films including The Phantom of the Opera 1962 Dracula Prince of Darkness 1966 Frankenstein Created Woman 1967 and Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed 1969 In the DVD commentary to The Man Who Haunted Himself Roger Moore mentioned that costar Walters lived in Dolphin Square the prestigious apartment block in Pimlico London in which some scenes of the film were shot Thorley and Richard HopeHawkins visited the ailing TerryThomas in Barnes London in 1989 Walters had starred with Terry in the Boulting Brothers film CarltonBrowne of the FO and was shocked at his appearance he was ill with Parkinsons Disease That visit resulted in the TerryThomas Gala held in the Theatre Royal Drury Lane in the same year which raised funds to help Terry live the rest of his life in comfort HopeHawkins was with Walters and actress Siobhan Redmond when he died in a London nursing home Actor Ian Bannen gave the main address at his funeral held at Golders Green Description above from the Wikipedia article Thorley Walters licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia
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