David Torrence (actor)

David Torrence
File:David Torrence, stage actor (SAYRE 10355).jpg Torrence in 1912
Born	David Tayson (1864-01-17)17 January 1864 Edinburgh, Scotland
Died	26 December 1951(1951-12-26) (aged 87) Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Burial place	Inglewood Park Cemetery, Inglewood, California, U.S.
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1913–1951
Relatives	Ernest Torrence (brother)

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.

Selected filmography

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David Torrence from a 1922 ad

• The Prisoner of Zenda (1913) - Michael, Duke of Strelsau
• Tess of the d'Urbervilles (1913) - Alec D'Urberville
• The Inside of the Cup (1921) - Eldon Parr
• Received Payment (1922) - Daniel Milton
• Sherlock Holmes (1922) - Count von Stalburg
• A Virgin's Sacrifice (1922) - David Sherrill
• Tess of the Storm Country (1922) - Elias Graves
• Forsaking All Others (1922) - Mr. Morton
• The Power of a Lie (1922) - John Hammond
• Trimmed in Scarlet (1923) - Charles Knight
• The Abysmal Brute (1923) - Mortimer Sangster
• The Man Next Door (1923) - Colonel Wright
• Railroaded (1923) - Judge Garbin
• The Light That Failed (1923) - Topenhow
• The Drums of Jeopardy (1923) - Cutty
• The Dawn of a Tomorrow (1924) - Sir Oliver Holt
• Which Shall It Be? (1924) - Robert Moore
• Surging Seas (1924) - Lionel Sinclair
• Tiger Love (1924) - Don Miguel Castelar
• The Sawdust Trail (1924) - Jonathan Butts
• Love's Wilderness (1924) - The Governor
• Idle Tongues (1924) - Cyrenus Stone
• He Who Laughs Last (1925) - George K. Taylor
• The Reckless Sex (1925) - Robert Lanning
• Her Husband's Secret (1925) - Ross Brewster
• Fighting the Flames (1925) - Judge Manly
• The Mystic (1925) - James Bradshaw
• What Fools Men (1925) - Williamson
• The Wheel (1925) - Theodore Morton Sr.
• The Tower of Lies (1925) - Eric
• The Other Woman's Story (1925) - Judge
• The Auction Block (1926) - Robert Wharton Sr
• The King of the Turf (1926) - Martyn Selsby
• Oh! What a Nurse! (1926) - Big Tim Harrison
• Sandy (1926) - Angus McNeil
• The Isle of Retribution (1926) - Godfrey Cornet
• Brown of Harvard (1926) - Mr. Brown
• Race Wild (1926)
• The Wolf Hunters (1926) - Le Grange
• Laddie (1926) - Paul Stanton
• The Man in the Shadow (1926) - Robert Rodman
• Forever After (1926) - Mr. Clayton, Jennie's Father
• The Unknown Cavalier (1926) - Peter Gaunt
• The Third Degree (1926) - Howard Jeffries Sr.
• The Midnight Watch (1927) - Chief Callahan
• The Mysterious Rider (1927) - Mark King
• Annie Laurie (1927) - Sir Robert Laurie
• The World at Her Feet (1927) - Client
• Rolled Stockings (1927) - Mr. Treday
• Hazardous Valley (1927)
• On the Stroke of Twelve (1927) - Henry Rutledge
• The Big Noise (1928) - Managing Editor
• The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come (1928) - General Dean
• Undressed (1928) - Martin Stanley
• The City of Purple Dreams (1928) - Symington Otis
• The Cavalier (1928) - Ramón Torreno
• Silks and Saddles (1929) - Judge Clifford
• Untamed Justice (1929) - George Morrow, Investment Broker
• Strong Boy (1929) - Railroad President
• The Black Watch (1929) - Field Marshal
• Hearts in Exile (1929) - Governor
• Disraeli (1929) - Lord Probert
• City Girl (1930) - Mr. J.L. Tustine
• Raffles (1930) - Inspector McKenzie
• Scotland Yard (1930) - Captain Graves
• River's End (1930) - Inspector McDowell
• The Devil to Pay! (1930) - Mr. Hope
• The Bachelor Father (1931) - Dr. Frank 'Mac' MacDonald
• East Lynne (1931) - Sir Richard Hare
• Five Star Final (1931) - Arthur Weeks (uncredited)
• A Successful Calamity (1932) - Partington
• Smilin' Through (1932) - Gardener (uncredited)
• The Mask of Fu Manchu (1932) - McLeod
• Cavalcade (1933) - Man at Disarmament Conference (uncredited)
• Horse Play (1933) - Uncle Percy
• Voltaire (1933) - Dr. Tronchin
• The Masquerader (1933) - Fraser
• Berkeley Square (1933) - Lord Stanley
• Queen Christina (1933) - Archbishop
• Madame Spy (1934) - Seerfeldt
• Mandalay (1934) - Capt. McAndrews of the Sirohi
• All Men Are Enemies (1934) - Sir Charles Ripton (uncredited)
• Jane Eyre (1934) - Mr. Brocklehurst
• Charlie Chan in London (1934) - Home Secretary
• What Every Woman Knows (1934) - Alick Wylie
• Black Sheep (1935) - Capt. Savage
• Bonnie Scotland (1935) - Mr. Miggs - the Lawyer
• The Dark Angel (1935) - Mr. Shannon (uncredited)
• Harmony Lane (1935) - Mr. Pentland
• Charlie Chan in Shanghai (1935) - Sir Stanley Woodland (uncredited)
• Mutiny on the Bounty (1935) - Lord Hood
• Captain Blood (1935) - Andrew Baynes
• The Country Doctor (1936) - Governor General
• Mary of Scotland (1936) - Lindsay
• Annie Laurie (1936, Short) - Sir Robert Laurie
• Beloved Enemy (1936) - Alroyd
• Lost Horizon (1937) - Prime Minister
• Ebb Tide (1937) - Tapena Tom
• Five of a Kind (1938) - Sir Basil Crawford
• Bulldog Drummond's Bride (1939) - Donald Fenton
• Stanley and Livingstone (1939) - Mr. Cranston
• Rulers of the Sea (1939) - Donald Fenton

External links

• David Torrence at IMDb
• David Torrence at the Internet Broadway Database