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.
Captain Blood
as Andrew BaynesDr. Peter Blood, unjustly convicted of treason and exiled from England, becomes a notorious pirate.
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Mutiny on the Bounty
as Lord HoodFletcher Christian successfully leads a revolt against the ruthless Captain Bligh on the HMS...
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Lost Horizon
as Prime Minister (uncredited)British diplomat Robert Conway and a small group of civilians crash land in the Himalayas, and...
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City Girl
as Lem's FatherA waitress from Chicago falls in love with a man from rural Minnesota and marries him, with the...
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Cavalcade
as Man at Disarmament Conference (uncredited)A cavalcade of English life from New Year's Eve 1899 until 1933 is seen through the eyes of...
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The Mask of Fu Manchu
as McLeodThe villainous Dr. Fu Manchu races against a team of Englishmen to find the tomb of Ghengis...
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Queen Christina
as ArchbishopThe popular monarch, Queen Christina of Sweden, must choose between love and loyalty to her...
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Bonnie Scotland
as Mr. Miggs the LawyerStan and Ollie stow away to Scotland expecting to inherit the MacLaurel estate. When things...
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The Devil to Pay!
as Mr. HopeSpendthrift Willie Hale again returns penniless to the family home in London. His father is none...
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The Mystic
as James BradshawZara, a phony psychic in a Hungarian carnival who, under the guidance of a Svengali-like con man...
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Charlie Chan in London
as Home SecretaryCharlie Chan is sought out by Pamela Gray, a desperate young socialite whose brother Paul awaits...
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Scotland Yard
as Captain GravesA criminal fleeing a bank robbery has a chance encounter with a banker and his wife and takes a...
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Five Star Final
as uncreditedSearching for headlines at any cost, an unscrupulous newspaper owner forces his editor to print...
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Jane Eyre
as Mr. BrocklehurstJane Eyre is an orphan who was raised by her aunt until she came to Thornfield Hall as governess...
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Brown of Harvard
as Mr. BrownTom Brown shows up at Harvard, confident and a bit arrogant. He becomes a rival of Bob McAndrew,...
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Mary of Scotland
as LindsayThe recently widowed Mary Stuart returns to Scotland to reclaim her throne but is opposed by her...
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The Masquerader
as FraserA drug-addicted member of Parliament needs to take time off and secretly pull his life together,...
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Voltaire
as Dr. TronchinWriter and philosopher Voltaire, loyal to his king, Louis XV of France, nonetheless writes...
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Mandalay
as Capt. McAndrewsAbandoned by her lover, a woman becomes the main "hostess" in a decadent nightclub, but tries to...
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Berkeley Square
as Lord StanleyA young American man is transported back to London in the time shortly after the American...
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Harmony Lane
as Mr. PentlandThe life and loves of composer Stephen Foster, from his early success through his decline,...
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Smilin' Through
as GardenerOn the day of his wedding, Sir John Carteret's fiancée, Moonyeen, is killed by a jealous rival...
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Beloved Enemy
as AlroydIn 1921, British Lord Athleigh arrives in Dublin with his daughter, Helen, to engage in peace...
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The Drums of Jeopardy
as CuttyThe story centers around two small statuettes containing valuable emeralds, which are said to...
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Silks and Saddles
as Judge CliffordJockey Johnny Spencer loses his job with Mrs. Calhoun for throwing a race. An adventuress named...
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Tess of the D'Urbervilles
as Alec D'UrbervilleA peasant girl sent to make a claim on her family's ancestral home in England's Wessex is...
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The Big Noise
as Managing EditorJohn Stoval, a guard in a New York subway, thinks that Philip Hurd, who owns a concession at...
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Hearts in Exile
as GovernorIn this romance set in Russia, a fisherman's daughter is jilted by her true love and instead...
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Madame Spy
as SeerfeldtMaria is married to Captain Franck of German Intelligence. He does not know she is a Russian...
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Bulldog Drummond's Bride
as Bank OfficialHugh “Bulldog” Drummond is on the precipice of matrimony to his beloved Phyllis -- but a bank...
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Disraeli
as Lord Michael ProbertPrime Minister of Great Britain Benjamin Disraeli outwits the subterfuge of the Russians and...
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What Every Woman Knows
as Alick WylieAspiring young Scottish politician John Shand enters into an unusual agreement with the wealthy...
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The Black Watch
as Field MarshalCaptain Donald King is sent to India to carry out a secret mission while the Black Watch, his...
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Black Sheep
as Captain SavageOn an ocean liner crossing a professional gambler comes to the aid of a naive young man...
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Tess of the Storm Country
as Elias GravesWealthy Elias Graves builds his home on the top of a hill, where a group of squatters have taken...
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Raffles
as Inspector McKenzieA distinguished English gentleman has a secret life--he is the notorious jewel thief the press...
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The Country Doctor
as Governor GeneralA doctor has a rough time obtaining the money for his services in a lumber town until he...
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Annie Laurie
as Sir Robert LaurieThe story of the famous battle between the Scots clans of Macdonald and Campbell, and the young...
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Rulers of the Sea
as Donald FentonThe struggle of a man to build a steam ship to take him across the Atlantic in spite of all...
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East Lynne
as Sir Richard HareThe refined Lady Isabel Carlisle, after leaving her family and enduring nearly a decade of...
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Sherlock Holmes
as Count Von StalburgSherlock Holmes is a master at solving the most impenetrable mysteries, but he has his work cut...
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The Bachelor Father
as Frank "Mac" MacDonaldLonely in his English country estate, Sir Basil decides to gather his grown (albeit...
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Laddie
as Paul StantonHandsome Laddie Stanton courts neighbor Pamela Pryor but meets opposition from her stern...
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The Light That Failed
as TopenhowAbout Dick Heldar, an aspiring artist. Although he is devoted to his childhood sweetheart,...
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River's End
as McDowellSgt. Conniston and his alcoholic guide O'Toole are on the trail of an escaped murderer named...
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Abysmal Brute
as Mortimer SangsterA young man is raised in the mountains by his prizefighter father. Although he possesses great...
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The Other Woman's Story
as JudgeRobert Marshall’s dying utterance seems to point to Colman Colby (Robert Frazer) as his killer....
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The Isle of Retribution
as Godfrey CornetFive people are stranded on an island off the coast of Alaska. The poor girl, Bess Gilbert,...
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Stanley and Livingstone
as Mr. CranstonWhen American newspaperman and adventurer Henry M. Stanley comes back from the western Indian...
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The Voice That Thrilled the World
as Self (segment 'Disraeli') (archive footage)This short traces the history of sound in the movies, beginning with French scientist Leon...
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The Tower of Lies
as EricAfter his beloved daughter leaves for the city to pay off his debt, an old farmer goes mad when...
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Strong Boy
as Railroad President"Strong Boy" is offered a promotion for saving a child from being crushed by a trunk, but to the...
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The Inside of the Cup
as Eldon ParrMinister John Hodder becomes rector of a prestigious church in the Midwestern city of Bremerton...
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Forever After
as Mr. Clayton, Jennie's FatherA wounded captain recalls his youth, his time at college, and the woman he fell in love with.
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The Unknown Cavalier
as Peter GauntTom Drury, a cowboy whose quick thinking stops a notorious outlaw, "The Hawk," from further...
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Ebb Tide
as Tapena TomIn 1890, two British expatriates, Robert Herrick and Huish, and German Captain Jakob Thorbecke,...
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The Mysterious Rider
as Mark KingJack Holt stars as Ben Wade, a rancher framed on a robbery charge by crooked lawyer Harkness...
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Idle Tongues
as Cyrenus StoneAfter serving 5 years in prison for embezzling church funds, Dr. Ephraim Nye returns to Ostable...
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The Cavalier
as Ramón TorrenoIn old Mexico a masked rider (Talmadge) and an impoverished girl (Bedford) fall in love, against...
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Horse Play
as Uncle PercyRanchowner Slim Perkins is in love with his neighbor's niece, Angelica Wayne, but her aunt and...
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Oh! What a Nurse!
as Big Tim HarrisonOh! What a Nurse! is a 1926 American comedy film directed by Charles Reisner and written by...
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Tiger Love
as Don Miguel CastelarThe Wildcat, a Robin Hood of the Spanish hills and son of an aristocrat, falls in love with...
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What Fools Men
as WilliamsonJoseph Greer is a wealthy businessman in New York City with all the trappings including a...
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Annie Laurie
as Sir Robert LaurieIn late 18th century Scotland, Annie Laurie and William Douglas love each other, but their clans...
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The Sawdust Trail
as Jonathan ButtsClarence, an eastern college youth masquerading as a mild, inoffensive dandy, joins a Wild West...
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Rolled Stockings
as Mr. TredayThough billed second, the stunningly beautiful Louise Brooks is the focal point of the campus...
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A Successful Calamity
as PartingtonHenry Wilton is an elderly millionaire saddled with his selfish young second wife Emmy 'Sweetie'...
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The Third Degree
as Howard Jeffries Sr.Alicia, a circus artist, deserts her husband and child to elope with Underwood, her handsome...
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The King of the Turf
as Martyn SelsbyGenteel southern horse-breeder Col. Richard Fairfax is framed on the charge of embezzlement by...
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The Man Next Door
as Colonel WrightThe story to this comedy-drama is based on the book by Emerson Hough, who was experiencing a...
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Forsaking All Others
as Mr. MortonJealous of her son Oliver's interest in Penelope Mason, Mrs. Newell takes him to a resort where...
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The World At Her Feet
as ClientIn a reversal of the usual situation, it is the wife, not the husband, who is the neglectful...
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Sandy
as Angus McNeilSandy McNeil adopts strictly unconventional jazz ethics and against the wishes of her parents...
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Trimmed in Scarlet
as Charles KnightDisapproving of the loose woman her father has married, Faith Ebbing leaves home and goes to...
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