David Torrence
Known for Acting · 89 credits
- Born
- 1864-01-17
- Died
- 1951-12-26
- Place of birth
- Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
- Also known as
- David Tayson
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.
Known For
Movies (89)
Bonnie Scotland
1935
as Mr. Miggs the Lawyer
Mary of Scotland
1936
as Lindsay
Mutiny on the Bounty
1935
as Lord Hood
Five Star Final
1931
Captain Blood
1935
as Andrew Baynes
Lost Horizon
1937
as Prime Minister (uncredited)
Undressed
1928
as Martin Stanley
City Girl
1930
as Lem's Father
Disraeli
1929
as Lord Michael Probert
The Sawdust Trail
1924
as Jonathan Butts
The Mask of Fu Manchu
1932
as McLeod
Queen Christina
1934
as Archbishop
Stanley and Livingstone
1939
as Mr. Cranston
The Dawn of a Tomorrow
1924
as Sir Oliver Holt
Her Husband's Secret
1925
as Ross Brewster
The Mysterious Rider
1927
as Mark King
The Reckless Sex
1925
as Robert Lanning
Love's Wilderness
1924
as The Governor
The Midnight Watch
1927
as Chief Callahan
The Man Next Door
1923
as Colonel Wright
The World At Her Feet
1927
as Client
Railroaded
1923
as Judge Garbin
Rolled Stockings
1927
as Mr. Treday
Forsaking All Others
1922
as Mr. Morton
Charlie Chan in London
1934
as Home Secretary
The Devil to Pay!
1930
as Mr. Hope
The Light That Failed
1923
as Topenhow
The Country Doctor
1936
as Governor General
Cavalcade
1933
as Man at Disarmament Conference (uncredited)
Bulldog Drummond's Bride
1939
as Bank Official
Smilin' Through
1932
as Gardener
Fighting the Flames
1925
as Judge Horatio Manly
Sherlock Holmes
1922
as Count Von Stalburg
Madame Spy
1934
as Seerfeldt
Tess of the Storm Country
1922
as Elias Graves
Berkeley Square
1933
as Lord Stanley
Black Sheep
1935
as Captain Savage
The Mystic
1925
as James Bradshaw
Brown of Harvard
1926
as Mr. Brown
East Lynne
1931
as Sir Richard Hare
The Black Watch
1929
as Field Marshal
Strong Boy
1929
as Railroad President
Voltaire
1933
as Dr. Tronchin
Raffles
1930
as Inspector McKenzie
The Bachelor Father
1931
as Frank "Mac" MacDonald
Jane Eyre
1934
as Mr. Brocklehurst
Annie Laurie
1936
as Sir Robert Laurie
Idle Tongues
1924
as Cyrenus Stone
The Voice That Thrilled the World
1943
as Self (segment 'Disraeli') (archive footage)
Rulers of the Sea
1939
as Donald Fenton
River's End
1930
as McDowell
The Drums of Jeopardy
1923
as Cutty
The Masquerader
1933
as Fraser
What Fools Men
1925
as Williamson
Scotland Yard
1930
as Captain Graves
A Successful Calamity
1932
as Partington
The Inside of the Cup
1921
as Eldon Parr
The Man in the Shadow
1926
as Robert Rodman
Annie Laurie
1927
as Sir Robert Laurie
Horse Play
1933
as Uncle Percy
Oh! What a Nurse!
1926
as Big Tim Harrison
The Third Degree
1926
as Howard Jeffries Sr.
The Prisoner of Zenda
1913
as Michael, Duke of Strelsau
The Unknown Cavalier
1926
as Peter Gaunt
The Auction Block
1926
as Robert Wharton Sr
Silks and Saddles
1929
as Judge Clifford
What Every Woman Knows
1934
as Alick Wylie
The Tower of Lies
1925
as Eric
The Power of a Lie
1923
as John Hammond
Beloved Enemy
1936
as Alroyd
Tess of the D'Urbervilles
1913
as Alec D'Urberville
Abysmal Brute
1923
as Mortimer Sangster
Mandalay
1934
as Capt. McAndrews
Ebb Tide
1937
as Tapena Tom
The Other Woman's Story
1925
as Judge
Sandy
1926
as Angus McNeil
Trimmed in Scarlet
1923
as Charles Knight
The King of the Turf
1926
as Martyn Selsby
Laddie
1926
as Paul Stanton
The Isle of Retribution
1926
as Godfrey Cornet
Harmony Lane
1935
as Mr. Pentland
Which Shall It Be?
1924
as Robert Moore
A Virgin's Sacrifice
1922
as David Sherrill
Hearts in Exile
1929
as Governor
The Cavalier
1928
as Ramón Torreno
Tiger Love
1924
as Don Miguel Castelar
The Big Noise
1928
as Managing Editor
How I Play Golf, by Bobby Jones No. 9: 'The Driver'
1931
Forever After
1926
as Mr. Clayton, Jennie's Father
About David Torrence
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. With 89 credits spanning from 1913 to 1943, David Torrence has appeared in 89 films and 0 TV shows.
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- Bonnie Scotland (1935) — as Mr. Miggs the Lawyer
- Mary of Scotland (1936) — as Lindsay
- Mutiny on the Bounty (1935) — as Lord Hood
- Five Star Final (1931)
- Captain Blood (1935) — as Andrew Baynes
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